i‘.;v. *Ai '• r-r. •'< ‘-V, .1? '. Edwardsp-Charlea Brown,- Janies I?.'Johnston, - WilHamE. Lehman, David Webster,-: (EdwardW Webb,* Daniel Dongherty,: 'John O’Brien, ■ ; ■’ P. Barry Hayes, ; 'Rohert'M. Logan, ! John Sherry, , ' Pantß/Goddard, , J. W« r Forney, , _ , Jamos B. Nleholaon, Geo. W- Neblnger, . . Wm. A Edwards. -, - James M. Leddy, . - Wm. 8.-Campbell, ' Geo. Presbnry, - '• ■ - Wm. - Goodwin; ■ - AlexMddrfleron, - Samuel P. Brown, ' Wm.B'Small,, EdwardHarst, ■ Geo. Williams, , "Frahois Tfoftan,, : Geo. .Northrop, *. ] Samuel 0. Perkins, JobnE, Montgomery, Ju. P. Mclntyre, Jbha Binns. Harry Connelly; ■ John W. Moore, ' George B. Moore,' . John Havtland, . Albert D. Bolleau. 0. Q. Briohion, 7 James D. Finletter, : Charles Worrell,. James MoPeak, - JohnE.Deal, , Lewis S, Ilußh, - H D. Lents, John ll. Diamond, E imund A. Mcnch,. E. H. McCann, . , 1 JobnTf. Bolleda, ■ ' George F.' Spicer, ‘ Andrew,J. Reilly,." Dennis A, MoElhono, . Samnel Oomegys, ' 1 John H, B. McClellan, Joseph Enon, < ,J. W. Bock, . Eiohard Ellis, C. E. Kamerly, Henry,Baker, ■. Engene Ahern, - Jas 6. Gibson, Joseph Megary, f Jas. R Steel, Franols Wolgamnth, W.R. Tipton, Wm. Sergeant, J. Wagner Jefmon,' David M. Lyle, John Oraig, ' Wm. O Kline; .. John B. Oolahan, Bred. C. Smith, > John Gamble, ' Albert Lawrence, 1 Robt. K. Haekell, J. Mi Reiehard, Edward Murphy,- ' JobnHooper,'. John W.. Moore," - -Ered. Lecoh,, - : Cfias;Koht,. : ;" 0. Lewlsj. . John Hobson, ' Adam Diller,. John H. Taggart, ~ A. H. Millor,, ' William F.' Alter; ; Wm; MoGlenaey, D. R. Woir, " John S Kafnor, John D Benners, Robt. D. Bherrard, ’ John Phllbin, Charles Zelgler, J. L. Rlngwalt, 9 hod. Markley, E. K. Massinr, - E.M. Blotter, James W. Harrlis, Philip Imts,- Charles McGrath, : J. J. Komerly William J. Reed, J. J,.Greenfield, • ' 0. A. Caeseday,. . Jonathan Campbell, ' James Campbell, Bernard Karl, J D. Bird, Oh. M. Foering. - Joseph J. Price, - John Shonemaker, J. K.Ashlnead, Thoo. Smith, 0. I) 'Hardy,. * Adam H Holshoner, T.W. Msrkley,. Jacob Eink, Joseph Collins, Joseph King, F. M. Commlsky, Joseph Henderson, Edward H. Flood, , Charles Brockerman, John Hill, . , P. M. Sohenok, Benjamin, F. Mifflin, tC. Ramsey, ; - B. Ward,.' . Francis Kramer, ' . Matthew Tan Beil, * Edwin Jones, . ; B. Lelbor, - . Charles Barnes,. W.Hart. . M. A. Bnrke, , John J. Leri, George Stillman, , F.H. Smith, S.Yooger, ’ E' W.' Williams,. George M. Heinlteh, ;S. Frank; , ' A. Ho opes, . A -Salinger, .. John Pepper, , Win. H. Taylor -Ed.'Jones;, - William A; Pest, John F. Deal, ”J. W. Gladding,; ■ ' Fred; 0. Smith, ~ JsmeS Hennessey, Job R. Gibbs, Jr , John Minderfiefd,' ' George W.'Thorn, - J. H. Cunningham, Alex. J. Smith, . . J. W. Riohards, ' J.Baeoom, . J.-M; Kamerly, L. W. H. Korvey, , o George Moothhonrt, - ■W. D. Mensing, H. J. Hammell, r Joseph J. Williams,. Albert Lawreiieo, ' William F. Steelman, • Ohrlst. Souder,, Henry F. Deltry,. , , ; .Thbal-S.-Blngnmah,.' ThbmaSPcan;, -.7.: , ,B. W; J(o%e, v f William,Dann; E. J.' Wyokoff, ...ThotiaaManderfleid, , , .Enos D. Benners, , . William A. Moore,. I ; Brtley.Thomaa, ' John ?,;RidgWay, ; Robert Neblnger, , . Thomas Hays, , Edward Potts,, . . M O.Hari; . - . AquilaParooe, N- E, Wood, George D. Glen, T. Breitag, E. E. Hughes, . Ang. Prins, . . • ' G. Wolff;; , -> Johanße'rass, ■ ,* S. Rrßrvbn;' . . Carl Tsohiroh, > John “Holland,' WiUlamEhrhardt, . 1 i ' Samhol'P. Dutton, ! Edward Carroll, - William Ibwrey, T ._. Jaokson Barger, i .. Henry S. Palmer, ..Goorgo.Hays,,, ' .Isaac T. Dutton, ' John Lawrence, ; ' Henry E. Smith, , . - George Lawrence, ... Stapheh B, Rlcords, Edward Lawronco, ; . ... .JohnMoManns, ■ . P. W. Groar. - : William Strong, ' . George W. Menm', . Davld Littlo, Charles Gruber, John B Tfttes, 1 - Franoia Hnmel, ' ~ .RichardC.DnvaU, ' Jacob Bowler, ;r - ; , , John MoSheehy, . John Regen, 1 : , On the arrival of; the train'ftomi Amboy, ' Senator'Dohoeas wIH he wOlobmed by a salute ftom, SmSth’S -Tslana, atid . escorted by' the' commltteß to'.hifl head-quarters. Due notice /trill be.jgiven hia engagements to-morrow, .Tuesday,, ~ , -TwoCobßs,':' " ' ; Theproposition that the distinguished Howr . jEtu^O.dßß, Secretary ofthe Troaaury, l and 1 of the New York ahonld exchange places/'has been so 'Je. the ijdWspaper press,' , ofthe v. couhtry'dri jrogaidrtd- 'it may now be . reached; andj citfefiij_iSnfvby of the' premises, wo. r are; eitiefjqajfitt; so iSt at regards' tho idea of " depart; . y M^^prbsjnf: \j ftybHtof on'tKls accoaniTf is ife/irßd wili not be effected. ,- ': ’: ; l ; gs?:Mr.;'Josß!>n G. BittehEous* will continue .Benjamin 0. Hornor A Go. , at 231 G. Blttenhouße; as was British" AmcElcanConfederation. The growth of the British provinces on onr northern border, from infantile feeble ness to numerical, commercial, and political jpotrer, has been only second to that of the ; TTnited States, and at this moment their pros perity and progress are more rapid than ever before/ The .’organized political divisions, generally called provinces, are at present as follows: ■■ Population. Square Milos. •Newfoundland..; 90 000. 50.000 Priwe Edward’s Island. 37,000 2 000 Nova-Sootift.«..».»»•••• 200,000 . Now Brunswick 160,000 26,000 , Canada Ea5t. .......... 954000 . 194.000 Canada West!... 1,861,000 I®o_ooo Columbia .....unknown indefinite. Vancouver’s Island. ... .unknown about 17,000 3,302,000 The present population cannot bo less than our millions'. In the order of the above list of organized provinces, we began on the ex-., tremo oast and ended on the extreme west. Between Canada West and the now province of Columbia there is. an extensive territory yet under the jurisdiction of the Hudson’s Bay Fur Company, embracing all that region lying between Lake Superior and the summit of the Rocky Mountains, north of the inter national boundary. This region is not less than 1,200 miles In length, from east to west, and extends northwardly to the Arctio ocean. The northern portion of it is too cold to admit of settlement, but in the southern part, from the Lake of the Woods to the mountains—not Jess .than 1,000 miles—embracing the basin of Lake Winnipog and the valleys of the Assini boine andthe Saskatchewan, the land is gene rally very fertile, and the climate much like that'of'Canada West. / ■'' The province of Columbia is composed of .what>was formerly known as British Oregon, extending from the summit of tho Rocky mountains to the Pacific. Hore are the Fra zer' river gold mines, and some settlements near the coast and on the lower part of Frazer ■river.- The charter of the Hudson’s Bay Com pany was only extinguished In this important territory in' May last. ’ -Vancouver's Island, separated from Colom bia by a narrow sound, known on the maps as the Gulf of Georgia, but more popularly and .properly, known as - Puget’s Sound, is a fine ; island; about 800 miles long, and from 60 to 80 "wide, of greatly diversified surface, rich in coal and other minerals, and indented on all sides with numerous bays and harbors. This island, with the adjacent continental shore, is by far the most important part of the posses sions of Great Britain on this continent. Ca nada West, now so populous and flourishing, can never attain to more than seoendary com mercial importance; but Vancouver’s Island is destined to become, on the western coast of this continent, what Great. Britain is on the western coast of Europe. It is in fact one of the most commanding positions on the globe; for in front it has Asia and the whole Pacific Werld, ; while in.the rear it has a vast domain, of which it is manifestly destined to be the gate and the emporium. A commerce exceeding anything 'the world has over seen will, before many years, centre in tho beautiful and tranquil wa ters that surround that island. This great lino of States, extending from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, in the Atlan tic, ito Vancouver’s Island, in the Pacific, four thousand miles in length, is likely soon to be united under a Federal Constitution like our owii,undor the rule; probably, of a Viceroy—an empire in itself, having its own Constitution, its own Parliament, its. own institutions and laws, its own mint and treasury, and its own Democracy. Already Its institutions are be coming rapidly assimilated to those of the United. States. The legal currency is now composed of dollars and their decimal frac tions ; and in a thousand things pertaining to their municipal and social fegnlations the peo ple are following tho example of their south ern neighbors, rather than that of their fathers on the other side of the water. . But.the most, significant sign of the times is the late treaty establishing reciprocal free trade between the people of the United States and those,of British America. .This was ne gotiated in.Waablßgton in 1864, between Lord Buoix, Governor General of Canada,'and Mr. Miner, Secretary of State., ' In this treaty it was stipulated, « that all thejSsheries of British America, except those of-Newfoundland, and of salmon, shad, and sfaell-flsb, shall be open to American citizens; that American fisheries to the thirty-sixth parallel of north latitudo, shall be open to British subjects; that bread stuffs, flour, animals, fresh, smoked, and salted meats, cotton, wool, seeds, vegetables, fruits, fish and products of fish, poultry, eggs, skins, furs, undressed stone, unwrought marble, slate, butter, cheese,, tallow, lard, horns, ma nures, ores, coals, tar, pitch, turpentine, ashes, lumber, round, hewed, or sawed, and manu factured In whole or in part fire-wood, plants, trees, shrubs, pelts, fisb-oil, broom-corn, bar ley, gypsum, ground or nnground, burr or grind-stones, hewn or rough, wrought or un wronght, dye-stuffs, rags, flax, and unmanu factured tobacco, the product of either Canada or the United States, shall pass the customs of both Governments free of duty; that the river St. Lawrence and the canals of Canada shall be open to American vessels ; that the General Government of the United States shall urge the State Governments to open their canals, also, to British vessels; that both nations shall enjoy the privileges of navigation in the waters referred to, on equal terms.” Such a treaty between distinct and separato governments is something new in the annals of diplomacy, and is equally honorable to both the contracting parties. It is a union to all intents and purposes, so far as it goes, and brings the people of both into as close com mercial and'social relations as if they were under one common flag. The spirit okgjbe American Constitntion pervades this treaty— that Constitution which unites independent sovereignties in fraternal bonds, without im pairing their individual independence. It inaugurates a new era in the relations of Christian nations. It is an abandonment of those barbarous ideas which have come down from those dark and bloody times when every city had its wall, and every man went armed against his neighbor. Up to this time those old ideas have entered into and moulded the policy of all nations. They have been ad hered to by Governments long after the private gentleman throw away his sword, and long after it was deemed unnecessary to construct works of defence around cities and towns. No people are more loyal to their own Government than are those of Canada, and we love and honor them for it. We would not have it otherwise if we could. The policy pf tile Imperial Government toward them is kind anffpiternal; and in everything essential to their happiness and well-being they are in dependent. They are very differently treated from what onr fathers were prior to tho Revo lution ; and that change of policy is attribute ble to the immense advance in liberal ideas since-1776. - Up to-that time the world was governed by force;' now it is, to a good de gree, under the government of opinion. The loyalty of the Canadians is a. matter of free will, of choice, hot of coercion. When the time comes—if it ever comes—when they would be absolutely independent, they have but to will it, and it is done. That time, however, will probably never come; but tho day may come when the British Empire shall have its greatest power and wealth and popu lation on this continent; and all this be the result,of quiet and steady progress. ' Be this as it may, however, nothing is more certain than that a mighty empire is growing up on onr northern border, olosely assimi lated with and closely united to our own. It is not possible, however, that, In population, wealth, commerce, or available territory, it can ever rival the United States.. Its access to the Atlantic is through a stormy and danger ous gulf, audits principal avenue to the great contral valleys and to' the Pacific, will proba bly ever be. through our territory’.'• But in this there will be noo hindrance to.the growth and prosperity; of British-Amorica, for it wilt’ bp put.fa}r MQ. Phnal reciprocity—our people having already equai wights with the. Canadians themselyes in'the' navigation*of-the St.' Law .renpo and thp sbip can a!q of Canada. 1 ;-•:?» >»Yit- ! " flnAn RSi'lT*, Stooks, Aft—The two next sales $l. (1$ sie))StgV!wjll ho field by M. Thomas & Bfns,on tile4;U andT Ith January,and will In: elude ttvory largo a'monnt of valuable property.' ’ Stand jb'Conntry Property, &t,.BQutK Bfoond street; Ship pen street; Ao.; the'Uniled States Hotel, Atlantic city, N. ‘J,, and other oottntry property. Also, ground ronts, mortgages, stooks, pews, Ao., by order of oxeentors, Orphans’ Court, trustees, as signees, and. others. Bee catalogues and adyer- Un»wt«." -*■ Tlic Uestlny of Cuba. The relations existing botweon Cuba and the United States are so intimate that all im portant occurrences transpiring in that fertile island are almost as interesting to the people of this country as they are to those of Spain or to her own inhabitants. There is some thing so tempting to our national cupidity in her rich resources, and she opens so wide a field for the profitable exercise of American energies, that it is not to be wondered at that the almost universal belief of our citizens that Cuba will one day become ono of onr possessions, should constantly be generating a desire for the acceleration of that event. Tho percentage of her exports to the United States. Is greater than to any othor country, and her imports from America aro greater than those from any other country except Spain; and if Spain once lost tho control of tho island, we would immediately obtain the opportunity of furnishing a large portion of tho articles which sho now only can sell on account of the advantages she derives by her partial and restrictive legislation. Wo aro not disposed, however, to attach much importance to the rumors of a contem plated revolution on that island, to be aided by a body of Americans who are said to be now stationed there. Tho rumors themselves do not appear to.be entirely well founded—at all events they are accompanied by a simulta neous contradiction of their truth. Even sup posing that a revolutionary movement is con. tomplated at this timo, there is very little 1 probability, and scarce a possibility, of its Buccess. Cuba is guarded with a jealous vigi lance, almost unprecedented in the history of the world. Although the total white po pulation of the country in 1863 was but a little over half a million, an army considerably larger than that which tho United States employs to guard and pro tect its vast possessions, is regularly stationed on that island. According to an of ficial statement mado sinco the commence ment of 1854, the regular army of veteran troops was composed of 20,938 men, exclu sive of the civic guard, which made up a total of 24,438 troops; and tho Cuban naval force, whichis constantly cruising around the island, consists of twenty-five vessols, car rying 219 guns and manned by 3,000 men. It is also well known that recently the Spanish Go vernment has been making extraordinary exer tions to strengthen its military forces in Cuba with a view to a preparation for a descent with a largo landed force upon Moxico, whenever the exigencies of the relations between the two countries require .it. We see but very little prospect of tho success of a contest against an overwhelmning force like this. Spain is, to-day, in a more vigorous military ' condition than she has been for years, and able, too, as sho would be, to concentrate all her resources for the preservation of her do minion over Cuba, and with France probably willing to assist her with any number of troops that she might require, this seems one of the most inopportune moments for a revo lution that could be selected. It must be re collectod, also, that while the burdens which aro imposed npon the people of Cuba are of tho most onerous and oppressive character, they fall with the greatest force upon her planters—a class which, after all, comprises only a small portion of her popula tion—and that the great mass of her people aro not composed of that stern, vigorous, de termined, and courageous stuff, whioh alone can fhrnish the material for 6 selt-sacrifloing, brave, and deveted patriotic army. The suc eess which attended Mexico and the Spanish Sonth American colonies in their efforts to secure their independence, was doubtless owing, in a great measure, to the fact that tho Spanish dominions were spread over so wide a surface that the home Government was ntterly unable to concentrate upon any one point her resources with the ease and readiness that she is now able to array them against Cuba. Hopeless, however, as any present rovoln. tionary movement in Cuba appears, it is not difficult to imagine a future condition of af fairs that might render the forcible achieve ment of- her independence a comparatively easy task. Should Spain become intrioately involved in any great European war, which would divert her attention and possess a para mount claim upon her energies, the resistance which tho people of Cuba would otherwise have to overcome would naturally be greatly lessened. The American population in that Island, in spite of all obstacles and disadvan tages, will naturally continue to increase, and in tho course of time may become the nucleus of a great revolutionary movement. Besides, if tho neutrality laws of the United Staton were repealed, and no legal obstruction was thrown around the firmed emigration of our citizens, in large bodies, to any point that they might wish to attack, it would be by no means diffionlt, at a timo when our national sympa. thies were strongly aroused, to accumulate and despatch to Cuba a force so mighty that the Spanish legions quartered there would fly before it like chaff boforo the wind. It will readily bo seen that “ manifest destiny ” pos sesses an abundance of resources to work out her onds, when the proper time arrives to use thorn; but we aro not disposed to advocate or urge such measures now, Mr. Buchanan, in his lato message, recom mended another plan. for the annexation of Cuba, which, while it unquestionably possesses the great advantages of being perfectly peace ful, and at the same time honorable, Is per haps more galling to the haughty pride of tho Spanish race. His proposition to purchase Cuba, has been viewed by the Cuban repre sentatives of Spanish sontiment with a de gree of scornfhl aversion that augurs ill for tho success of his project. We can well im agine how we of Pennsylvania would receive a proposition that might appear in a speech from Queen Viotobia to the British Parlia ment, to obtain an advance of money to pur chase from the President this State, that it might bo annexed to Canada, and tho indigna tion with which we would regard such a propo sition to buy us up like slaves in the market, is scarcely less great than that which is oven now felt by the small bnt favored loyal Spanish por tion of tho population oi the island of Cuba. While we do not doubt tbat the thinking and reasoning portion of hor native children would hail with delight the prospect of release from tho galling fetters which so long havo bound them, their voice is never heard at the Court of Spain, and their wishes command no re spect or consideration. The national sontiment of Spain is against the sale of Cuba—not snly on account of the large revenues derived from it, but on account of the pride which naturally revolt?. from a voluntary and venal surrender of one of her proudest possessions; and also on account of tho great amount of profitable employment, official, civil, ecclesiastical, and military, which Cuba, by her present condition, natu rally furnishes to Spaniards. The only mo tives which could, In the face of these powerful incentives against the sale of Cuba, induce a Spanish Cabinet to consent to it, are, first, the (ear that it might be forciby wrested from them, either by a rebellion, a filibustering expedition, or a legitimate conquest; and, second, the corrupt consideration presented to a debauched Cabinet, by the opportunity of obtaining, in advance, enough American gold to compensate venal ministers for the oppro brium which would inevitably attach to them, If they consented to its sale. While these considerations conspire to throw great doubt upon the present success of Mr. Buchanan's projeot, one which will probably be still more efffective in defeating it is the spirit with which the American Con gress may view his proposition. It was made at an inoppoitune moment. There never was a periqd in the history of this country whon an addition to the strength of tho slave holding powef of America would have excited deeper hostility than at this time, and for this tho Sonth'-has nobody to thank bnt Mr. Bu chanan, and his infamous Kansas policy. .There are hundreds of thousands of men who, ago, would as gladly have seen new slave States as now free States.' added do this Union, whose sentiments upon this point have bepfi very essentially- modified by the occurrences of year.'' But, apart frbm this, the condition of the National Tren-- sury.by po means justifies ahy pew extraordi nary expenditure. On the heelf of a year fn ’whioh wo have expended nearly forty millions more than.our legitimate income, when our national credit is threatened with serious injury, and when rio earnesfand sincere dispo sition to restore our financial policy to a Bound basis is manifested, we are in a sorry condition to pay an extravagant price for more terri tory. If CoDgress does not act promptly in revising the tariff, we shall, in the course of THE PRESS,-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 3. 1859. anothor year, lie in a condition that will ra ther auggoat the necessity oC selling some of the territory possess, than of buying any of tho possessions of other nations*, Tho African Slave Trade. History is said to he philosophy teaching by example \ and if this be true, and it doubt less is, there is a short lesson in regard to the African slave trade, which it may be not un profitable for this country to study at thfs time. It is known that the slave trade has long flourished to a greater or less extent, on the Island of Ouba, notwithstanding tho laws which strictly prohibit it. But those who have investigated this snbject state that its encouragement depends almost entirely upon the disposition of the Captain-General, for tho time being, of that island. The slave trade papers, for 1846, report that the Cuban slavo trade was almost annihilated under tho administration of Captain-General Valdez, who, it appears, was honest and' sincere in his efforts to suppress it. It appears, how ever, that tho suppression of that trade has been prejudicial to tho interests of Various parties who have possessed a controlling influ ence in Spanish politics ; and those who are too faithful in enforcing the laws against it, are very apt to be summarily recalled, for mysterious reasons. After Valdez had been i supplanted by another General, the trade sud denly revived and soon attained a height it had never reached before. With tho histori cal fact clearly established that the continu ance or activity of tho Cuban slaye trade de pends npon tho disposition of the Captain- General of that island, is it not worth while to consider how far a parallel case is presented in the recent landing of African slaves in Geor gia by the yacht “Wanderer,” and how far the disposition of the Captain-General of the United States has influenced the conduct of those engaged in that nefarious transaction ? Our dramatio annals daring the past week have been uneventful enough. At Walnut-street The atre a series of Benefits were given, whioh were more or less affeotod by the weather. Yester day’s Transcript says that Mrs. Bowers has ap plied for the Howard Atheoieum, Boston, for the purpose of giving a few performances at the oloso of the Nixon & Kemp’s olrons sea son at that establishment, and introducing to the Boston publio her company. Mr. and Mrs. Oonway certainly will play in London early in the spring, and Mrs. Bowers will probably aocompany or follow them. At this moment there is a great want of young and good ao* tresses in London, (where Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Sterling, Miss Glynn, &o , are past 40,) and Mrs. Oonway and Mrß. Bowers wonid be very attraotivo. There is a ohance, wo thlpk, that Mr. Oonway may become lessee of the Prinoeis* Theatre, on Charles Kean’s retirement. If so, we know that Frederick B. Oonway will make lb the homo of Amerie&n actors—the plaoe where an American perforator will, at least, have the opportunity of letting an English audienoe know what stuff ho is made of. At Walnut-street Theatre, this week, several benefits for well-deserving aotors will take plaoe. Mr. Keaoh’s this evening; Mr. Thayer’s on Wed nesday { and Mr. Samuel Hemple’s on Thursday. There was a very large oudionoe at this theatre on Saturday evening, to witness the third per formance of Tom Taylor’s new fonr-aot play of Retribution” (with an “intense” duelsooneat the denouement) between Messrs. Perry and Keaoh, whioh caused a great excitement among, the celestials) ; and, os an afterpieoo, the new Eoglish oomedtetta of the “ Bonnie Fish wife.” This pieoe has been played with a good degree of suooess In some of our provincial thea tres, and has proved quite a hit at this theatre., Mlss’Riohings’ personation of Maggy Macfari lane was the life and sonl of the piece She played with more freedom and spirit than usually’ characterizes her Btyle of acting, and sung a couple of Sootoh ballafis so prettily that the audi enoe insisted on a repetition. We notioe by the * bills that this is Miss Riohlngs’ last ap pearance. Wo shall regrot her retirement very much, as sho has proved herself a valu able addition to Mrs. Bowers's company daring the past season. We have' notloed with much pleasure the many signs of Improvejpept she has shown. As we before remarked, we oan&ot but regret that she did not have a separate benefit, as was aooorded to the other mombers of the company, and hope that she will give the pnbtio soon at op portunity of testifying in a substantial manner their appreciation of hqr merits as an actress "and a Jady. Continued prosperity at Aroh-street Theatre,- where “Our American Ooneln lUtcAyAd/ run “to the orack of doom.” Public Opinion seems to have settled down to tho argument,(first, stated in The Press) that Mr Webster, having pnrohased this play from Tom Taylor, the author, and given It to the late Mr. Silsbeo, had no right to chisel the said Taylor by Bnbsequently giving it to him in s£ohange for another pieoe.; and that Mr. Wheatley, buying it from the original owner, Silsbeo, is not to be affeoted by Laura Keene’s having got it, at second-hand, from Taylor.. In short, Wheatley really is the proper owner. Laura ifoene may have a legal shot at Tom Tay lor, who can fire ayray at Webster—quite a trian gular duel! On this bead, the dramatic critic of Porter's Spirit of the Timet, speaking of Laura Keene’a Theatre, says: “* Our Amerioan Cousb ’ draws fuller houses than it did six weeks ago, atfl, if the management only h&ve the ooarage to kesp it on the bills to the middle of February, enough strangers will be thronging to tho oity to provide relays of spectators sufficient to last through (he season. The faot is, persons who h&vo not seta the pleoo since the first week'or two of Its oareer, might go to Laura Keene’s now, and almost fancy it was a different affair altogether. Every week, Mr. Jefferson or Mr. Sothern, (in Asa Trenchtrd and Lord Dundreary,) introduces some tew “business,” or bit of dialogue, and, singuiirly enough, this “ gagging” process has really had an improving effect upon the-original author. By referring to Tom Taylor’s letter, It ;wiJI be seen that he fully establishes Miss Kerne’s moral right to a sole property in “ Our Aueri can Cousin.” Nevertheless, wo believe fiore Is but one way for her to render that fight a legal one; and that is to let Mr. JefiVson, on tho strength of the many additions he has made to tho part of Asa, take out afopy right in his own name, in the s&mo way as long fellow seourod his property in “ The Courtship of Miss Standish,” against the piraoles of Etgllflh publishers. The experiment would be wortl try ing, and would cost very little.” This is aorpital notion. j At the National Girons, so rospootabiy maiaged by Mr. Lent, a variety of new and intopstiog performances will be presented all through this week. These inolade a youthful Napoloqi and his Mameluke; tho Conrier of St. Petersburg, in whioh Mr. 0. W. Dodge will repeat Dorow’s great personation; Danoing Horses, Ponyliaoee, Ao. On Thursday evening, Mr. 0, K. Lawbook, of tho orchestra, and J. W. Landis, EtHopinn olown, will take a benefit, both appcoringln the ring, the first as riding master, the other tpnegro olown. > At Sanford’s, the pantomime is in ii third week, with new songs, new dances, and xsw per forators. Sanford's String and Braes B»nl give a promenade conoert and ball at Musical FiSd Hal; on Wednesday evening. | Blits, the wonder-working, still holdiout at Assembly Buildings, Tenth and Ohestwt, with crowded houses every night to seo his jerform anoes and his canaries. ‘ J ' At Thomeuf’s Varieties, under Mr. a’Hoket as stage manager; a good Company of veoalia), actors, and danoors perform every eveniog. The Musloal events of the past wookiro vary few. Indeed, they are limited to Mbs Suiin May’s very successful debut, at Musical Fund lall, at a Ooncert given by Mr. Setter, and the poformanoo of “ Tho Messiah ” by tho Handol and laydnSe olety. Mr. Sattor gives a third concert s Thurs day evening, in the hopo of more favorabljweather. This gentleman, it soems to ns, porpetally falls into two errors. Ho has too much reliabo on his own piono-forte playing, and too little first in the attractions of vooalists. “ The Banner,” by Madame Johannsen, and p Italian dnot by that lady and Mr. Kohr, with j 1 tho rest of tho porformanoo instrumental, oaj soaroely draw a good houso in Philadelphia, dr. Satter is a good player, but not even Thalprg, Gott. sehalk, or Madame Vinoont Wailaoo caUl bo at traotlvo, for two hours, without tho robf of vooM performsnoe. The Messiah.— Tho performanoo c Handel’s oratorio of “ Tho Messiah” by tho Jandol and Haydn Sooioty, on Tuesday last, is an vent whioh dosorvos moro than a passing rooord. [This great work, originally produced in 1741, hs now stood tho test of public opinion for more tho a century and is still a groat attraction tifall Salivated mu sioal minds. Handel’s genius has aurwed his ge neration, and though there have beodoony revo lutions in style and taste sinoe bis Unit yet, in the solid grandeur of his harmonies, ho itnds unsur passed, while tho dramatic boldaot of somo of bis t (Foots assort tho great power of hi genius and show how immeasurably ho towerod hove tho age in which ho lived. * It is in tho oestruotion of melody that tho groatost. ohange hejsaken plaoo. To an nnonitivated ear many of jindei's airs soom quaint and uncouth, but a morohorough ac quaintance with thorn ■ dispels, ths idop, and though tho-stylgßS among tho-tjiigs gone by, it is-hot without groat beauty fi,those who have tasted and -industry to study, niUßloal education sufficient tp appreciate it, (f - The Handol and Haydn Society on bis occasion/' mustered a ohottis of nearly two hlidred of the" boßt voioeß in Philadelphia, and sehwd the ser vices of, the .Germania OrohestrU; ;bt an insuffi cient number of rohearsals occasioned n iinsteadi*' ness in the time, as well as want of uity between the voioos and the orobestra, whioh odd only bo remedied by moro frequent praoth together. I ho ohoruses wote glyen wilk groat ppisipn and Public Amusements. spirit, (perhaps too .much of the latter;) an occa sional piano wonid have been a rolief to tbe au dienoo, while, by bsing constantly forte , many fine effects were totally lost Tho blame of this lies upon those who drilled tho ohorns singets. i The solos were the weak points of the perform ance. To sing Handel’s music properly, requires a particular stylo and a high dpgree of cultivation. None of the solo singers were equal to the task as sumed by them. The advertisements styled them “ Amateur members of the Societybut, on re ference to the books issued, we foand them to be professors and teachers— who, by taking the po sition at a publio performance, lay themselves open to oritioism as artists whose plaoe they as sume. ' Mrs. Reed, with a voice of good oompasa and power, has a style so fiultyand so at variance with every thing like good taste that oritloism is superfluous Mr. Ifasolwood has & sweet light tenor voice, deficient in power, and laoklng culti vation ; the inasia was evory way too much for him. Miss Shaw (who is very young) has a fino fresh voice, of which, by careful tuition, under competent masters, much may be made hereafter. Mr. Taylor po« scsscs & neblo bass voice, spoiled by boing produced from the , throat, which gives it a sepulchral effoot He lets us bear a fine tone now and then, wbiob shows that this is a defeot of habit or carelessness, but it is one wbiob, unless cor rected,'will forever prevent bis becoming nn agreeable singer; he has evidently studied hlsxmuio, and with one exception (not his own fault) sung it steadily. Miss MoCafory (not a member of the society) has a young, fresh, And well-produced voice, and sang her recitations with good expression, taste, and intelligence; she was a bright exooption to somo of the othors, and the applause of the audience showed that they felt and appreciated the differ ence. Many of the pieces were taken In a'wrong time—generally too slow, wbiob, ne thcro aro copies published correotiy marked with tbo metronome, is unpardonable. If the society have not suoh a copy, let them at onee order one from Novello, in New York; Now, a word of advice to con* olfcfio. The London Sacred Harmonic, and other societies elsewboro, never perform tho great ora torios without engaging the best professional talent that oan ho prooared, and they find their acoouut in-it. Clara Novello, Mbs Birch, Sims Reeves, Loohoy, Maohin, Henry Phillips, or artists of equal merit, are always to he heard at suoh oonoerts; and if the Handel and Haydn, or any othor ama teur society, oxpeot the public to support them by paying their half dollars, they must pursue the same course. If suffioient talent cannot bo found in Philadelphia, wbiob wo doubt, lot them engage it from elsewhere, or they will go tbe way all other societies have gone. The full attendance of tho Other evening proved that there is publio spirit and taste enough in Philadelphia to support them them if they go the right way to work; the ball is at their feet, and they must not bo sparing in energy or liberality, and keep it rolling and in the right oourse. We have never yet known a society of amateurs, howover prosperous may have been their career at first, who .have boon able to stand thoir ground with the publio, unsupported by professional talent. Lot them take this advloe jin good part, and we will plodge our long expe rience that they will not repent it. Park -Bbnjamjn’s LpcTpßp. —ln oonsequenee the violent storm of Friday, Mr. Benjamin did not como to Philadelphia to deliver bis leoture on “ Amusements,” as advertised. It will, we pre sume, he spoken on somo evening of this week and we hope, will be very largely attended, as it i? to bo given for a most praiseworthy and benevo lent object. The lecture Itself is said to be ono of his best. Whatever evening may be appointed for its delivery, will, we hope, be reserved by our oltizens. BY MIDNIGHT MAID. Letter from Washington. Correspondence of The Press.] Washington, Jan. 2,1859. There is a great straggle for tho contract for the . machinery of the sew iloop-of-war, now being built under the superintendence of Mr. Griffiths, the agent of the Navy Department atyournayy yard in Philadelphia. As if Ith nearly everything else concerning the nqvy yard and the Navy Do* partment, I am sorpy to say, there 1b a good deal of mystory and suspicion about this affair It ap pears that Goneral Wm. Norris, a near connexion of tho well-known Democratic firm of the Norris Brothers, in Philadelphia, (and ono of the most enterprising in the country,) has put ip a bid for this maohinory, with ample and powerful testi monials as to his oapaoity to construct the afore said machinery. His bid is considerably lower than that of the firm of Reaney, Neafie, «fc Co., which firm is supported by certain offieioi and non-offioial influenco in your oity. It appears that the first board of navy engineers deoidod in fcfor of Norris, but this did not satisfy Mr. ' Wltto and othors; then a private board was .summoned to decide whother Norris was.enUtled to the oontroct, and three out of four of this pri vate board deolared in Mb favor. Tho Seorotary of the Navy, Mr. Toucey, after all this, whother booked by Witto, who hag been acting as a sort of attorney for Reauey, Neafie, A Co., or whothor beoftuse of his determination to pul down Gen. Norris, postponed and provarioated, until, finally, it Is said, Mr. Buchanan and Judge Blaok both took ground in favor of giving the work to Norris, the lowest bidder. The case is postponed. I be lieve, until Wednesday. Meanwhile, (general Norris has drawn up a pretty strong protest, in which he exposes the triokoryof Ilia onemies, and is pretty hard, I understand, upon a oertain ofil oiat in your oity who has lent himself to the pia nceavrlng of our wooden-nutmeg Secretary cf the Navy. I am not disposed to complain of Seorotary Touoey, nor te reoall attention to his rumored connection with former contracts for furnishing piper to the Government, nor to tho notorious favoritism manifested in the dejlgnatiqn of his re lative—another New Eaglander-—to supply an tbraoite coal to'the regularly-appointed agents of the Government in Philadelphia. Bat it looks very bad—this new attempt to deprive Pennsyl vania mechanics of the work to which they are entitled under the laws of the land. X am glad that Mr. Buohanan and Judge Blaok are reported to have pat their feet down upon this last trans action. Wisdom eomes to ail men sooner or later; and it will be apparent, J think, even to the Pro? sident, who has boon flattered out of his senses by the onemies who persecuted him with mad malevo lenoe until he was chosen to tho Presidency, that no man can oarry on this Government who does not throw bohind him every corrupt inflnenoe. I only regret that Mr. Buohanan did not see this plain truth at an/earlier day. Unfortunately for h'm he made a blunder at the start, which, so far from being corrected in the comparatively little spioo of time left to his Presidency, could not be oorreoted In a oontury. But every good aot that he does now will speak to the historian trumpet tongued against “ tho deep damnation of his taking off.” I told you, some days ago, that a new Adminis tration papor was to be started in Philadelphia, pledged to a “slave code” in the Territories, to unceasing war upon Judge Douglas, and to tho support of all tho outrageous doctrines inaugurated under tho present Administration. It now ap pears that I was right. The proprietor is a Gor man called Morwlie, a managing politician, not long in the oountry, and a steady apologist for Leoompton in his German Democrat, a paper whioh he owns in Philadelphia, and pays othors for oonduoting. This is tho man who is to teaoh you Pennsylvanians Democracy, and to assail the old and well-tried obampions of the party. The editor is to be Mr. Nimrod Strick land, of West Chester, pretty well known here in Washington, and sinco bo loft It, as one of the most venomous foes of Mr. Bucha nan (till ho became President,) in the Union. His presont specialty is hatred of Hiokman, Douglas, and tho gallant men who so nobly resisted Execu tive insolence in tho last oieotions. How Senator Bigler comes out of tho concern, I do not know, but as ke always has an eyo to Number One, ho has no doubt lookod after his dimes. ThoSonator is asort nf newspaper broker, and thinks there is as muoh effioaoy in a good newspaper puff as in a box of Dr. Townsend’s sarsaparilla elixer. His friends seem to have boon discarded, whether with his oonsent remains to be sean. Meanwhile, It is said here that the Hon Thomas B. Florenoo h exces sively wroth at all this newspaperlng. Ho has a paper, too—-and he has rendered tho State some service. He is resolved that ho won’t bo sponged out. What would he be without a newspapor ? How oould he survive without a daily notice of his doings in a safo and friendly quarter? And, aftor all Ms cervices. Is his paper to bo choked out, morely to put money into the purse of a strange man, who cares about as muoh about tho Demo cratic party as for the last year’s dead ? Aftor carrying Leoompton, the navy yard, and theous tom house upon his shoulders, and not goiegdown, I ask, and he asks, shall he bo supplanted by a now-comer? Perish tho thought! Tho wholo of tho arrangement is thus talked of on tho avenue. Noeeorot is made of it by tho parties going out. Some yory fioice letters have been written to head quarters ; bat the word has gone forlk, a new ar rangement mast be made, and the raenwho made tho ’battlo for the-Administration are to give way for the reornits referred to. There m a singular fatality attending Adminis tration paper* in different parts of the Union. Th£?e never has been enoh & prostitution of patron age to keep up these organs of power; nover has the people’s money been so freely squandered; never suoh a jobbing to maintain tho betraycrß of prinoipte. But with all this, these organs of the Administration are dying out everywhere. 1 seo that tfifc 7th nit. The steamer Prince Albert from New York on the 2d alt,, arrived at Galway on the 17th The steamship Glasgow, from New York, arrived at Glasgow on the 18th, the day the America left Liver pool. The extraordinary general meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Company passed off harmoniously. Tho Di rector’s report was adopted showing the balance of funds on hard to be onlr 268000. The Government guarantee of the new capital is still pending. Continental polities are quiet. Additional arrests have been made in Ireland of the members** the Pbmoix Club. - , Tb £ Balk Holland has reduced the rate of dis count )i pcx“**»t. GRISA'P' BftTT&TW. ~ At the meeting of the Atlart o Telegraph Com pany the directors’ report showed that tho total receipts of the company had been £3h7,479, and the expenditures 45504,046, leaving a balqoce of £5,449, against which there were various outstanding liabilities. Free shares to the value of £75 000 bai been issued to projectors in the rurchase of their origi nal rights and privileges. The chairman, the Hon. Stuart Wortiey, made a long exp’aoation of tbe condi tion of the cable. It had been under run for a dis tance of eloven miles from Ireland, and found perfect. The directors, for want of funds, were unable to ca-ry op farther operations. They had appealed to the Go vernment for a guarantee of 4# per cen<. on £585 000 of new capital, with which to construct and lay another cable, but no deoMoq had b ß en received. He urged apop the projectors harmonious and energetic action as tho only way to ensure success, and moved the adoption of the director?’ repprt, which was carried unani mously. Mr. Wbltehouse, late electrician of company, called attention to the establishment of another com pany for establishing telegraphic communication with America, by raraos of a southern route, and haviog half of itscapitAi subscribed. He had been lostractsd to state the condi’ion* ur>der which a fusion of the two Companies might be effacted. Several shareholders suggested that such a matter could net be entertained by the meeting, and the chair man said tlat, pending the negotiations with the Go vernment, the proposition ought not to be discussed. Mr. Whitehouse withdrew the subject, and an ad journment until the next general meeting in February wis unanimously carried. The London Times, taking for its text President Bu chanan’s letter to the meeting in celebration of the capture of Fort Duquone, comments on the desponding tone in which the president speaks of the future of the Republie, ana brings into oontrastthe language of pub lic men on the future prospects of England, who deem that England’s evils are passing away, wbt'e the lone of society ip Americq indites that those in the new world are iucreasicg. The Reform movement was progressing John Bright had addressed another great meeting at Edinburgh, and at Manchester a Reformer's union had been formed by the Bright party. An influenzal meeting of English ship owners had been held In London, to take into consideration the ruinous condition of British navigation. Resolutions were adopted attributing the cause to the repeal of the navigation laws, and an address to tho Queen was adopted, praying that the ships of non-reciprocating countries may be placed on as nearly as possible the same footing m British ships are plaoed in those coun tries. In relation to the arrests in Ireland, It is evident that the Government was not a moment too early in interfering. The Belfast Mercury aays, there Is little donbt that the Pboeolx Club Is entirely seditious, and made npof the drags of Young Irelandism. In regard to the late arrests in IreJahd, it is stated that the treasonable acts of the seoret club were carried much farther than was at first suspected There were daily drillings, pikes bad been manufactured, and arms ware imported from America. The military have been distributed in the eastern portion of the county of Cork to prevent go insurrection. Seventeen arrests have been made at Belfast. Lord M'tltnsbury has declined to Intercede with the Pope of Rome concernlng'the Jewish boyMortara. The present rate of discount by the Bank of Holland 1b 8 per cent. Cardinal Antonelli has stopped the letters written by the foreign correspondents oi the English press, aud threatened the writers from Rome, Italian affaire look still more serious, and Austria is apparently preparing for an attack, Rumors prevail of a ministerial crisis in Turkey, and that Fuad Pacha will be the new Grand Vizier. The Government was expected to Ufiua a special commission for the trial of the prisoners arrested. Mr. Guernsey, arrested by the Government fot elid ing the lonian despatches lately published in the Daily NewSi has been tried and acquitted. The Protestant Alliance having memorialized Lord Malmesbury to intercede with Kome in the Mortar* case. Lord M. replied that, while the Goveraru»nt was indignant at the outrage, it did not thick the intorfe rence of a Protestant power would do any good after the failure of a Catholic power like France. A prospectus haß been issued in London for the Madras Irrigation and Oaoal Company. The capital war fixed at £2,00),000, of whioh £1,000,000 is to be first Is ued, the Indian Government hiving guaranteed five per cent, on that amount The objsot of the com pany is to carry out an extensive system or Irrigation, particularly in the districts adapted t~> cotton The prospectus has also bean issued of the Canada Landed Credit Company, with a capital of £ 200.000. the object being to encourage a flow of capital to Canada by making advances on mortgages of tnnd. The ship Orwell, from Melbourne, with £317,000 in gold h*d arrived at Loodoh. ' The West India mad steamer had also arrived with £l6l 000. The Government o' New Booth Wales had deputed an agent to visit Englant and oonfer with the Colonial office io ciojuaotion with other representatives of the col>ny, on the.best me&oaof establishing a mail ser vice via Panama. THE LATEST, Tho London Tirqss of Batqrday in Its OU7 article giyst The funds opened at lower prioes on Friday, and even exhibited a further tendency to depto sloo! and fic-ally closed at X below the ofllo'al quotations. The weakness of the market was generally tttrl buted to speculative realizations, capitalists being at the same time properly sensitive wllh regard to the effects to be apprehended from an absenoo of diaposi. tion to keep the den-nods of India tud tho coloaics w.thlu reasonable limits, Money is in active demand, and the minimum rit* in all quarters was 2# percent. Applications at the bank continue t> ioorease. There were no gold operations at the bank on Friday. Exchange with Russia has sud denly become much less adverse for tbit nount-y, the difference In the week bring about 8 pa;'cent. Ru mors of an approaching Rmaiaa wa* have consequently become current. Sllrer continues in active demand The steamer on the 20th for the Bast will take out’ £324,000. 4 The Daily News olty article myg that the funds showed a droop! Dg tendency, notwithstandiag the pur ebas#s of consols by oao operator to the extent of £lOO,OOO an! continued investments by ihe Govern ment broker. The market closed flat. The increased demaotl for money in the discount market threatened the introduction of new projects, and the drain or silver t* the Fast excited disjufsion, Meanwhile the bank returns show a further increase in the enormous unemployed resources of Iho bank. In some of the department? of tin Block exchange heavi ness likewise prevails but considering the depression ot consols, the market for British railway stocks exhibits steadiness A fall in the leading Canadian railway ee curities formed a feature of the diy. Some Paris letters mention a report 'hat a reduction of the # ratoof discount by tho Bank of Frauoe to 2X por cent, is not impro bable. At a meeting held In Paris for constituting the Sups Osoal Company, it was positively stated that bona Jide subscriptions hsd been obtftined for the fall amount of the capital. - , The Paris correspondent of the London Gfofirs'vs, that the Count de Moutalombert has received a letter from Count d« Obamborl, noogrAtulvicg him on his independent att tude, and expressing deep fljmpithy for him. The Bourse hw been heavy, but subsequently im« proved, and on the 17th the 8 per cents closed at 73 p . 95c. The budget hai been brought forward. The estimated expenditures amounted to $17,860,000 under the esti mated receipts. The correspondent of the Baity Nexos says that it is not easy to get authentic intelligence from Borne, in consequence of tbe action of Cardinal Antonelli in stop ping *he lelt-rs of correspondent* A letter from Turin states that the condition of Italy grows evtry day more serious. Tbe Impression ral that a political crisis is at hand. It is from a high source that ramers of a warlike tendency proceed, • It is also believed that Piedmont is encouraged by the Tuilerles. AUSTRIA.. The Venice correspondeEt of the Times says that notwithstanding the inclement season of the year, men who who were on a furlough have received orders to join theirregimenta in Lombardy and Venice, and no tice has been issued that the military authorities desire to purchase horses for the cavalry and artillery The necessary supplies were also being s»nt into tho for tress :B in Italy, so that if the attack should be made on Austria she will not be taken by surprise. There were rumors at Frankfort of a new,Austrian loan. PRUSSIA. The Prioce of Wales had returned to Eugland from Berlin, taking with him tbe Order of the Black Eagle, conferred on him by the Prince Regent of Prusa'a RUSSIA. The Empress Dowager of Rsesia was suffering from a severe a lack of bronohitis. , A powerful party is Baid to hare been formed among the nobility to frustrate the Emperor’s emancipation scheme They have a projeot for diminishing the power of the Emperor, and Increasing that of the no bility. mx. « . TURKEY. The Porte has addressed a oircul&r to all the Turkish legations, in consequenoe of the American frigate Wa bash having passed through the Dardanelles, in viola tion of tho treaty of Paris. The rule Is laid down that the light vessels of war which are placed et the dis posal of legations are to be excepted, but these are to obtain a Turkish note of authorization to pass through the Straits. • The London Times , in its leading article, gives the details of (he pro re»s at Shanghoa of Lord E»gln acd the Ohinese Gommlsiloners. The demeanor of the lat ter had been such as so confirm the belief that tbe Court of Pekin is resolved to carry out the provisions of tho treaty in entire good faith. The progress of the tariff negotiations already prom ises an early and most satisfactory t-rminaUm. There is every reason to anticipate that the vexed question of the opium trade wi’l be settled upon a basis which will prevent its becoming the cause of further difficulties. It is probable that the exportation of opined copper and the re-exportation of rice will be legalized upon equitable terms. • Mr. Reed, the American Minister, was working har moniously with tho British Commissioner on the tariff question. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—The brok'h’ circular reports tbe sales of the week at 67 000 bales, of which 6,600 were on on, and 3.000 for ex port. AU qualities of Am«r*can were X higher, and the market was bueyaut under an increased demand. The sales of Friday were B,oflo balee, of wh’ch 1.000 were on speculation and for export, the market closing firm at the following authorized quotations: Far Or leans, 7#d ; Middling Orleans, 7d j FairMobilep,7kd: Middling Mobiles, 6 !5-16d; Fair Uplands, 7j*d. Mid dling Uplands, 6 13-16 d. The stock in port*was esti mated at 290 000 bates, of which 218.000 we e America? gome circulars quote the advance at , chiefly on the Inferior qualities. LiTxapoot 1 , Dec. 17.—Cotton The sa’ei for the week have been 67,000 bales, including 6.600 to specu lators and 8 000 to exporters. AH qualities had ad vanced X , and the market closed active and buoyant, with an increased demand. Tbe sales to-day /PridarV. were 8,000 bales, including I,COO bales for speculation and export, doling firm at the following quotations: FaK Middling. Nobile- 6 15-16 «PJ*ms »,1X B 18-10 m?™* toek .° r cotfon in port is 290,000 bales, of which 218,000 are American. Bome circulars quote the advanceas 1-16® Vd., chief ly on inferior qoalatles T £® advices from Manchester are favorable, and a’l qualities of goods for shipment to India had slightly advanced. Yarns and cloths also closed with an ad vancing tendency. •> STATE OF TRADE-—ln the Manchester market, Indian, goods were slightly hWher. Yarns and Oloths advance * n P war( *’ w ßkout, however, any particular LIVEE? 00 ! BREADWUFFS MARKKT.-Messrl. Bichurt-on, Spenoe, & (Jo. quota Fleur vsrr dull, and «»1«b trifling; Wmtarn, 19o20a) Philadelphia and Baltunore. 20ai21a J Ohio, 21»21a Wheat quiet, hut “'““7! good white getting toirco ; red Weatern, 4,6 d “S’o > wllito do, Os 10300 a 3d; S nthern white. Si 6d ®‘ B Corn dall, and quotations nominal; mixed, 2fl«m*; yellow 27©28a; white. 80®3ls6d LIVERJ*OOL PROVISION MARKET —Meaart Df*. J*nd Atbya. &Co : Richardson. Bpenee, & Co s Jas. McHenry, and othe-s, quote Provls'ona dull Bief ! heavy, and quotations barelr maintained Pork doll, ' and all qaatJttas alight 1 ? declined. Bacon alao dull. Lard arm, hot quiet at 5450>54 6d Tallow easier, but ; qno*a*jonsunchan?p(s; Botch» T ’a/>2« ! LiyERPOOI, PRODUCE HABKBT.—The Broiere’ clrcaUr qartes A»hen steady at 2Ps: 9d.©295. 61. for I pot*, and 31s. Qd ©32«. for pearls Bngar dull, but ! steady. Coffee quiet. Rice doll, but steady; Carolina 18s,©21s. Tea firm, but quiet. Rosin firm and scarce ; common 4s.©4s, 4d.; zned'nm 7s.©los : fine Ids.ol&s. American tir 14s 6d. Spirit* turoenttae dull at 30s. Quercitron U-k. Baltimore, 6s. Bd. God oil £Bol6s © £ll. Peal oil slow of sale at uncharged prises. Pot linseed oil there was a better demand, and it was sell* ing at 29*.©30*. i O'JDON MARKETS —Messrs. Baring Brothers q Q o»e breadsta ffa dnU. Boglith wheat it sell bt s<«wtV at a slight deoline on all grades; white American 40©425; red do 36©405. Flour 20©245. Iro« dull. Welsh rads £6 20s; do bar £6 6s; pig Iron steady at 64 6© 655., dollrerahte on the Clyde. Sonar cufct. but steady.. Onffeo buoyant. Tea firm, with more Inquiry; Congou, lid. Spirits Turpentine steady at 89s. Tallow quiet at 60s 04. Linseed cakes easier: Hew York £lO 6s; Boston £olss Rice quiet; LONDON MONEY MARKETS—Money war In more, active demand Oocaols for aceonnt 96&©97; Bar : Bil?er ss l#d; Dollars 6s ljfd; Baglea-70s 3d The hnlllon In the Bank of England hadJiorT«a«ed £248 000. THB HTBBT MARKETS. ITVBBPOOI, COTTON MARKET, Deo. 18, P. M, —Th« market closes aotire. with sales of 8.000 bales at ao adroeolng tendency and a shade dearer. IIYIBPOOI, SatordarP. M.. Deo 18 —Cotton aotlro. Bales to-day (estimated) 8,000 bales—the market ole quotations a shade higher this yes ter- Breadstuff* continue dull, bat are steady. There is red Wheat. Provisions are dull. * lv ®» p 9 BKHADSTHTPa MARKET. D*o. IT The markets clo*e ve.y dull for flour and grain. Thera Is some inquiry for good red wheat. ~ Rfohirdaon tc Spenc* quote flour very dull and the 5? leil ,.? n * m i >or ** nt Western 19o?0*: Southern. 20a 21s; Ohio, a 0295. Wheat quiet and steady; red West o7a 0d 6(1068 W 5 irkite > 63 IMeOa 3d; southern, 6s 6d o<-«*idull and quotations nominal; mixed 286l lOtelOl Do 6 per cent b0nd5,1868... 103®105 Do 5 per cent bonds, 95® 95X Alabama 6 per ce»t b0nd5....... 79 Kentucky 6 rer cent bonds, 1568, J 72 91® 93 Musiacbust-tts fives ~103®704 Msrylacd fir«R pa® 95 Ohio Sixes, JS76 ~,.'98»100 Pcnosylvaoia fives 83® 85 Do bonds, 1877 Be® 87 Tennessee sixes 84® 86 Virginia else? 87® 80 Virginia five?.. 80® 88 Boston fives ..........mj® 9- Boston four-anda-bnl s 02® 94 Illinois Central shares .....dlscoazit3l® 32 Illinois Free Land sevens... 30® 82 Miohigau Central eighth.... .-.84® 86 Do. shares .45® 50 New York Contralsixes ....83® 85 Do. Sevens ...91® 93 Do. Shares 76® 78 Erie Bevens, let mortgage 86® 88 Do. 2d do 81® 8* i»0. 3t do ..70® 71 Do. Oonye>t;ble3 sod Sinking Fund 40® 42 Ijo. 5hare5......... Parama Railroad Bonds. The Times of Saturday cats the shares of the Illinois Oi*ntr*l and New York Central respectively hare ad vanced, and quotes sales of Illinois at 33w34; Ill’rois 7s at 81; Michigan Pinking Food 86* I New York Cen tral 7s 9i, ex dividend; do shares 78 k: Erie shares 16*. . The Filibusters. SUCCKSBFOL LANDING IN HONDURAS—PREPARING TO CROSS TO NICARAGUA —HONDURAS AIDINO THE PILITIUSTEKS —ARMS READY FOR THEM. Mobile, Jau. 2.—A sloop, arrive! here from Raatin. reports that the schooner, which recently left this port with the Nicaraguan filibusters, had landed them sac cflssfa.ly at Puerto Cnbello, Honduras, and they were proparlng forthwith to cross the country to Leon, Nica ragua. The arms abstracted from the arsenal at Lem are now in the'possession of the Democrats, about Chinan deg* and Sultiaba, awaiting the *drentof the Ameri cans, in order to declare war against Martlnpz. General Chares a relative of Gsnerri Valle, is at Ooloc‘l, on the confines of Nicaragua. All Honduras is ready, with a large nutnbsr of Df mo* cra*e, to unite With the Americans. Colonel Natamerhas been sent forward by Anderson in order to complete the political arrangements with the Democrats of Leon. ANOTHER ACCOUNT—RETURN OP THE FILIBUSTERS TO MOBILE. New Orleans, Jsn. I—The correspondent of the Associated Pr ss at Belise, Honduras, under date of December 20th, gives some further Interesting particu lars in relation t> the filibusters that sailed from Mo bile on board the schooner Su«a > : “ The ?usan was wrecked on Glover’s coral reef, sixty miles from Belize, on the moroiog of the 16th. The passengers were saved, hut the vessel became a total wreck. Captain Maury endeavored tcTchatter another vessel to ca-ry the passengers to their destination.” Governor Seymour tendered the Brlt’eh steamer Ba salirk to convey tbo pmengers to any Southern port cf the United Btntes. An American captain circulated prejudicial reports with regard to the character and deslgnsof thepwsoa gers but the Governor chore lo regard them so ship wrecked citlseoß of a friendly nation, and offered every assistance. The passengers will return to Mobile or New Orleans. Mobile. Jan. I.—The British war steamer Basilisk arrived in (Mobile bar tbis morning, from Belize Hon duras with one hundred of the shipwrecked passvn gets from the sohooner Susan. They were taken aboard on the 26th nit., by crier of Governor Seymour, of Belize, aod were treated in the most gentlemanly* man nor by the British officers, Mobilr, Jan.l— Kvtfbing.—The Susan’s passengers bare been brought up to the city, and having lauded, formed in procesn'on, with the Nicaragua dag hoisted. CJapt Maury was called out by the crowd, and made a spe ch amid much OXcUimont. Pite at Burlington, N. J. Bcrlixqton, N. 'J. t Jfto.l.—About 12 o’clock last night a fire was discovered in the carpenter shop of EJ* bertson & Heeler, in the rear of the Surveyor General’s office, on Broad strtet, near the railroad station. The shop tools and a considerable quantity of door and win* dow stuff were entirely .destroyed, together with a blaehsm th shop, occupied by J. B. Kaine, livery-stable keeper, whose amble was Immediately adjoining; har ntsa corses, and carrlsgos were ail saved. The.fi eis attributed by many to juoendiariem, but others think it the resu't of accident asalll the doorß of the shop were fast when an attempt wm made to get in, Washington Affairs. *?*!• 2. Interior Department hr* «t«u *dv«ed aad placed in posaesfrida of tbe J i^ i B terrns of «>e treaty- with the N&rijo II- Thr'ea delegates engaged promoting SBfiE 1 lTnZ‘ l i&stsuttss?* The digest of stttirtics or the mannfaetnr*».rf«.s tst*'“ed 5 t *'“ ed fr ™ the Mrenth t.aasmltted to Congrts. daring the present week The results are highly interesting? end wiU tend"*l,oll?. tetofaloMinTMt'getions in reference to that bruieh Maoy of the Oonnesß'onal abeenteea hare returned duties ** ttm * *° ** ,llm * their public . The Holiday at Washingtons Wabb.sotos, Jan. I.— The foreign ministers paid ’heir respects to the President to-Say, and the doers of tia white Home were afterwards thrown' open to the public. ■ The Departments are all closed. snd New Year calls are general throughout the city* The Recent Railroifd Accidents in Georgia* Oolombcb. Jan. I.—lt has-been ascertained that fcbtnA forty miles of the railroad tra;k ware washed awayTy the recent flood at different points. EnergePe measures hare been adopted to repair the read immedi ately. Twelre bodies of the killed by tba recent railroad ac e»dex.t were brought to this city last night. Eeven more are mining. / Columbus, Qa., Jan , 2 —The reporter of the Sun bos returned from a visit t%> the scene of the reeent rail* roHd calamity, and r«por?a the following corrections* hi the Jlat of persons killed: • Mrs Leveritt and three chi’dren, of Rapides pariah. Louisiana r r 1 ' M*a Smith, of Texas. Taro Mi«zes Guys, of S»l8m, Alabama. J n. Miller, the engineer; Back# fireman, and W. H. Snell, a hand belonging to the train All the bodies have been recovered except Mrs. Le verett’e Infant. The racf-horse Mr.iiorewaa on the triin, and is lost. The cars Fell a dhtmee of tbtity f a et, and were eom pletrly demolished, eraptTing the passengers into tho etream. The first report o< the e. lamity wm ranch ex aggerated. Democratic Nominations: Nbv lork. Jac. I.— Thomas J Barr, member elect from the Fturth district to the next Goner ess was last pfennig nominated bybrh wings of the Democratic prrtv to fill the seat made vacant by the resignation of Mr Kelly.. Mr. Barr belongs to the inti-Tammany organization. inauguration or Gov. Morgan, of New York. Albany, Jan S —Governor Morgan fin lumen rated yesterday irlth the ueual oeremoci Adirea.ee were mate try the newly* installed Govern' r, and by h"e are decessor, Governor King Excitement at Troy, N It—Two Dls- J sected Bodies Found. > . Taor, N. T. Jan.2—Quite excitement prsvailed here this evening in consequence of the discovery of t*o dead bodies iln a putiallv disseoted condition), 5n a house on Congress street A crowd of reversl hun dred persons gathered In Vie vicinity and threatened to tear the bouse down Finallr, coffins were procured and the bodies taken away, and after the complete gut t’ng of the room io wbicb they had been found, the ex citement was somewhat ellaved. Tiie Southern Floods. AnoDSTa, Jan. I,—The Savanaab river it vary fail and rising from the effect of the recent rains. Markets by Telegraph. * Mobilb. Dsc.3l.—OgUoo—Sales to-day 4,000 bales v ll^.[„ r . ro ! dlinD S"- Tl »® of the week have been 19 600 hales, and the receipts 87,600: the steels in port is 140,000 bales. Freights and exohargesre unimportant Vsv Orlbaws, Jan .1 —The sales of Cotton to-d«y were some 1,500 bales The foreign adviceiby the Val ton at Halifax wore received, but produced no effect on the market, there being but little business tranraoted in consequence of the day,.being generally kept as a holiday. . ... THE CITY. KF" See first page. Almost ah Accident,— On Saturday after noon iart a doctor, who was raying his professional vi sits, came very near being placed In a condition to ro- Suire the services of his brother f p£ofessbrj. He wns riving a very spirited horse, end when at a point near Spring Garden «tr*et, the animal bccvme entirely ur nvanase&ble. The worthy divciple of Ssrnlspias,‘al though sadly frightened, retained hiaveat in the car riage and seened in eminent danger of bring drshel to the ground. Quite as excitement occurred in the neighborhood, and vancus- persons attempted to arrest the f'amingeteed, which was finally accomplished at Tenth and Buttonwood at*e*tt .The doctor, with .the exception of being nearly frightened to death, escaped unhurt. Tbe carriage irni minus a wheel; and was otherwise damaged. '* New Year’s Dat.—Saturday was a-sort of semi holiday In this City. The public offices were all dosed and badness generally suspended 1 The wea ther continued dull, and the streets were lo the same lamectsble condition that they have presented fertbe lait week. Sanford distributed &<■' usual donation'of one thousand loaves of Bread to the poor, which were gladly received by the hungry crowd. It will be seen by reference to our advertising columns, thatth* Sons or Mslta intend distributing five thousand loaves to the different societies on Saturday next. *. Hospital Cases.—A colored man v Darned Theophiius Mackell.had his left foot badly crushed, on Satutday morning last, by falling from one of the Darby Road passenger railway cars. He was iotoxfcated at the tim*. and had taken his station on the front' pisi form of the car. from which he.fell and received the a; eve iojuty. He was taken to the Penosplvania Hos pital. * Daniel Agin received several .severe'bruises on his bead, on Saturday evening last, bv falling on the Co lumbia bridge. He was taken to the Hospital. Deaths Dobing thk number of deaths daring tho' year 1868 vaa 10 902, tshioh Is a f maH prop rtion for a o ty of over 600,000 Inhabitants. The mortality for the ten successive yean was as fol low* J • ' ........ M DEATHS IS PHILADELPHIA.' • - m*b o 647ii8vi ..u...,..v..: i .n,Bn 1860 B,«a IBM JSSI 8 841 1856. v...;.., 12,000 ffi-i -10.246 tB6T.. # .... f# . # ;.;..ia9oO 1863 _.v;. 9,750 1868....;...y..»T.;.W J Sjfr Coroner’s' thr Durlng the past year Coroner fanner held SlOlnqnenta and 102 |( The cost to the city for these in quests and views were;divided aorng the months as foHowe t January 8100.90; .February. 8460.75: March. April, $507.70: May, $564 55 ; June, $730 SO; Jtt»v $603 55; August, $572.36; September. $659.54: October. $309.66 ; November, $503.65: December, $360. Tctel. $6 314.64. * Statistics op Matrimonial Unhappiness. —'The fjllowlog gives the number of applications for divo oe. with the final deposition of the cases, dnriog the rear 1853 : Arplie&t : on* a vinenlo Van 19 *' 1 567 » applications a mensaet thoro 13. Tot«l, 180. Dacre-s gr. nted a v itcxlo matri. 74: decrees grinttd a mensa et (hero, 2 Total, 70. Applications Uumihsed, 3; do. withdrawn, 4 The Hibernia Enoink Company’s Ball.— The annnal ball of tlita old and favorite compaoy takes plac* thi« eveninr at Jaynj'n Hall As usual, there will be a large attendance, !rr the Hibernia has hosts of fiiends among onr firrked from his box and ttruggling in tbe water with his horses. The latter were saved with much difficulty. The Gibabd Brotherhood.—This literary organization will celebrate th-ir next anniversary at the Girard College, in eommeroratlon of the birthday or the Founder of that institution. DavM W. Cham bers has been selected as orator, and William Dana as poet of the occasion The Columbia Hose Company’s Ball.— We Ivarn that the Columbia Hose Company deaign giving a social btU this evening at Musical Fund Hall. From the favorablfe q alilles of the gentlemen who are connected with tbe above entertainment as managers, we beepesk a rich treat foe thou* who may attend. Another Nett Steam Enqine We learn that the YigUsnt Fire Company, of this city, have contracted with Mr. McOau'dand for the construction of a new steam fire eoglne. which is to weigh about 5,010 pounds It is confidently expected that the new *ngioo will be ready for service about tbe firet cf March next. Commitments to Hoyamsxsisg during 1858.—Tbe number of commitment* ti the Phiindel phia oounty prison during the year ISSS was 14 913. These are for all grade* of crime, from murder to Jar cenv. and show a considerable decrease from the re port of 3857. - ' Building Improvements dubinq the Year 1858.—The whole number of four e’ory huildirga erected during 1868 was 20; three-story, 655; two story. 297 ; factories, 11; churches. 6; chapels, 2: school-houses, 5. The Courts.—None of tho Courts were in session on Saturday, except the District Court, for the usual Ssturday‘B baldness. Inspection of sundry at tides at Philadelphia tor tho Inst tso years: Porto 0ftbe110.,..,, Pernambnco ....... Maracaibo West Indies Africa Ccaatwiee........... Coastwise. Foreign... T0ta1..,,, 24,977 16,662 60TT0R—OOA8TWX8S. Charleston. Savannah.. M»b11e.... New Orleans. Other ports.. NATAL STORKB. 1857. IS£B. 45,846 48 610 3 627 8,074 1.878 3,440 IS 885 10,725 Rosin, bbls..,, Tar.... Pitch Bpiiite... ... 64,236 64,449 SUGAR AHD-MOLASSES RECEIVED COASTWISE. T0ta1..,., Sugar, hhds and Heroes. “ barrels... “ tags 11,063 Holasse*, hbda and tierce,.... 25 _ «« barrels... 3,7*8 8,441 MTSQBLL\SIOV3 AITIOLBB IMPORIBD, FOEBIOH AND coletwiss. 1857. 1853. .... 2 744 1,950 .... 25 B*s 24,439 .... 255 389 .... 6 784 * 4,930 ... 186.124 174 500 .... 170.013 .101 600 .... 40 393 ' 21,170 4 605 4,040 .... 80 419 - 54 630 .... 6 417 10 4SO - 117 713 216 400 .., 123 067 277 354 ... 7,910 8,011 Brimstone, tons Fish bbla Hooey, packagts Iron,tons <( bars « bdls Leotona, boxes ...... Logwood, i0n5....... Oranges, boxes Rice, tierces Salt, R‘ufe5..v....... “ Siltpetro, bags.....*. The List of Marine Losses reported for the closing month of tbe ye&ritotfl up $2,086,700, including total loner and partial damage to ves sels aud cargoes. The list embraces disasters to foreign as troll as to American vessels-' The esti mates. of oourse, are not presumed to be accurate ia every oase, but they are intended as a proxi mate statement of the aggregate losses for the month. Manley Lookj?, the murderer of Constable Starr, made an attempt to escape a seoond rime tbe jail Ht Rochester, New York, on last Tuesday night, fie had effected a breach in the stone wall of the prison with an iron b&r taken from hts bedstead, and loosened bis shaokles with the blado of a penknife. Fortunately his opera tions were discovered in season* 1857. JBSS. 87 176 69.161 10 032 17,658 848 1.852 1,067 170 14,650 12.629 21,085 21,000 .147,228 121,940 1857. 1868. Pig*. Pf*e. 10.109 12,300 14 988 8,362 1867. 1858. Bales. 13,367 15 950 23,690 14,375 5 200 2.790 10.303 1,713 3,425 3 823 .45,035 33.656