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rary Lounger Senator Douglas's Spoeohltems
orNews r'Xhe. -my.’ List of
Letters. V*~ " 1- ’ V
The .'News...', . . *
. ne steamer, America has arrived at Halifax
„i«i two dayilater hewsfrom Europe.. ’Themeet
ing of the Atlahtib Telegraph Company had passed
off harmbhtohily; : ’The balance in its treasury is
£B,OOO. There has been an advanqe in the prloe,
of cotton- V”’.- / ‘I' 1 '
It appoaw that the filthuatera of.the whr. Susan
were .wreaked oh the 16th «U; at * port 60 mues
from the - Theywere] through the kina as
sistanoo of the Governor, of Honduras, sent baok
to Mobile 3 wheretheyarrivedon Saturday.
Tbelato railroad accident inGeargiaoansed.the
death pf ten persons! . The.oars fell a distance qf
thirty feet, and were entirely demolished, empty
ing the passengers into the stream.' '' ’. ‘
The number - oMnterments in this oily for the
week ending, January 1,1859," was 174-88 adnlta
and‘BB children; ■*' . , ‘
• B eception : of Stephen A. Douglas.
The ieceptlon "of Senator Douglas, who is
expected to 1 reach •Philadelphia in the train
which, will arrivf. at Walnut-atrcetwharf about
setin o’clock this evening, will, no donbt, be
worthy of his high doserrings, if we may
judge from the manifestations of pnbiio feeling.
The unanimous action' of. the City Conncils,
offering him the use of /Ihdependonee Hall,
for the purpose.of receiving the, people, was.
a testimonial, ail’ the more gratifying bocauso
it was, cntiroly voluntary. A .similar honor i
has not ."been ’spontaneously conferred' in
many years. Although SenatorDouOlab will
bb'rescortedi.'td'.ihlsi : cUy,l ! iro(tt ?New TSTorlr,
by .a committee of ; bis political ’friends,
his reception ,is not i intended to he a
mere party reception. 1 It'was ‘right that
those .who. had more immediately sympathised
with, him in the great struggle frbm whlch he
has triumphantly emerged,: should move .in
the ■ expression of their sympathy. Bat the
sentiment which, animates ■ them is that
which animates the ,entire' body of the people,
with very inconsiderable exceptions., They,
feel that the man who has been so firm and
fearless in the championship of a great trnth,.
should be duly honored. The effort to
that Jndge Douglas is to he received in this
city, as a Presidential candidate, id' neither just
to him nor to his Mends. Speaking for. our
selves; we repeatthat, whatever onr individual
feelings may .he, we hope the day has not yet
arrived when a fearless American statesman
may not be honored and applauded, without
lmlng pressed Jntb'„the.fleid as an.aspirant'for
the- Presidency. , c- • ,
: “ Honorto Douglas for what ha has done
and done so well. M lVh&t patriotic citizen
will refusetouhiteinsuchatrlbato?
The following Is the invitotion forwarded to
Senator Douglas by a special- committee, and
wbich he had accepted by telograph:
. i . PHiiAnsipau, Jan. 1,1859.
To Hos. Btbposs A. Douulas."'
De auSir : The undersigned Democrats of the
oity.of Philadelphia,; earnestly desirous ofeom
memoratlpg your'recent gtpat triiunph in Blinols,.
over ail Hot th. .and South, ana
especially of yournoble defoSoe of the principles
of the Oonstltution.and the TJhion.abdof the re-,
oognised policy of too Democratic party as asserted
initsNation al Conventions, and aooepted, by its
candidates, have ibe honor to extend to you toelr
sincere congratulations,' and .toasmro yon that .it
will afford them great pleasure to;- receive on yonr
arrival In this olty, and tb tender to youeuoh a re
caption'as will mark their selue of toe important,
eervloes which you have rendered to yourooun
tty* 1 ./ rV 1 ' ;■ ’ ;
This communioatdbn will be. presented to you in
person by a joint committee of toe undersigned,"
who will await yony .reply, and accompany yon to
Philadelphia. :
' Very respeetfoUy and truly year friends,
John 0. Knox, < Henry Horn,
O. Biddle, James Magee,
George W> 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, &<s. —Their
■ tOjattotrOW WbifipSg.inCluaeS yaluable business ’
‘itand’s; Market Jtigj>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 <?Aro Statesman has p'apjed, or is about to
pass, out hands of its Administration editor
lute those of. Colonel Manyponny, an avowed oppo
nent of the General Administration. The dcoqy
of the Administration papors In Illinois is admit
ted. In New York olty .the only sueoessfnl Admin
istration paper is the lltrald % whioh did its best
to destioy Mr. Buohau&n’s private oharaoter be
fore hia election, and whioh now weakens him
more by its support than it ever damaged him by
its abuse. In Missouri, the Republican) the lead*
lag Domooratlo paper ef that State, is for Douglas.
Iq Virginia, the old Richmond Enquirer has taken
ground against tho Administaation. Every known
Domocratio paper that has advocated the Admin
-1 Istration polioy has been embarrassed by the asso
ciation, and has been compelled, in some way, to
‘ qualify its support. I do not know anywhere a
! more pregnant comment upon the oourso of events
for the Inst two years.
You have already commented upon the extra
ordinary inlJm&oy that existed between Sir Gore
Ousoly and President Buchanan, especially upon
the marked distinction conferred apon the former
by the latter at Bedford and elsewhere, to the ex
clusion of distinguished Americans. No such
spectaole was over witnessed in this country. The
paid diplomatic agent of a foreign Powor —a titled
dependant of monarchy—whose mission, if any
thing, wag to subordinate Amorioan interests and
to gratify British cupidity—the publio recogni
tion and oouTting of such a man by a Democratic
President would In any case have been a strange
sight; but when this was done as if to show that
he was the intimate of tho President, notwith
standing he was tho soheming adversary of our
interests, it loaked like an intentional insult. The
truo oharaotor of Ousoly, who is now absent on his
mission for her Majesty’s Government, only be
gins to app3ar. The States , of this oifcy, a few
evenings ago,*oharged that his objeot in remaining
hero so long was to induce tho United States to
seize Cuba, in order to involve us in a war with
Prance! Pioneer.
The New. York “Albion.”
A good papef is a good thing. The Albion , es
tablishodinNew York, over thirty-six years ago,
is now a regular “ institution. ” The editor is Mr.
William Young, translator of Bcrarger; the man
of businossis Mr. Ahearn. . One is intensely Eng
lish ; tho other is sensibly Irish ; both make a
thoroughly good Company—Young and Co., our
excellent Irish friend being “Mr. G 0.,” but notaa
Mark Tnpley was in the famous partnership at
Eden. The Albion , to our taste, has wanted only
one thing to make it the perfection of a weekly
journal for general, but especially for Anglo-Ame
rican reading. This is to acknowledge the sources
whence its principal copied , but rarely quoted, ar
ticles are derived. For, to make a dean breast,
wo get puzzled in oonjeeturing what artioles are
“conveyed” and what original. Here we have
the New Year’s number. It opens with two
poems. One entitled “Red Leaves,” is not ac
knowledged, the other, from Punch, is. Whymake
a distinction? We want to know whether the
beautiful lyrio, “Red Leaves,” bo original or
oopiod. There follow—l, “ Heotor Garret of Ot
ter,” a oharming story, not acknowledged. 2.
“People who are not Respectable,” a sarcastic
and lively notioe of people and books, not acknow
ledged. 8. “ Gib,” a yarn about Gibraltar, taken
from “ Household Words,” but—not acknow
ledged. “Autobiography of Catherine of Rus
sia,” not bokqowledged. Why are they not ac
knowledged ? Every reader knows that they are
oopiod. Every reader would be gratified by being
told whence they wore taken. WUliam Young &
Company ! quote the periodicals whonoe suoh ar
ticles aTO derived, and you will not lowor tho
value of the Albion, For, truth to say, remove
all theso artioles, and still there is a great deal—
we might say, If it were grammatical, a very great
deal—of good, honest, original matter in your pa
per. Ultra-English, it is true, but well done and
extremely readable. After this long screed we
have to notioe three facts, that the Albion , yield
ing to “ tho pressure from without,” has had to
oommenoe the New 'Fear with a permanent addi
tion of four pages; that it “was never more flou
rishing ; ’ and that its new plato, “ Tho Hero of
Lucknow,” will be issued in a few days. If it he
as good as its “ for 1858, it will, indeed,
be worth the whole annual subscription of the
Albion. —Wo have said more of this journal than
our space properly allows; but it really is & oapi
tal piper, and we are happy in thus rendering it
justioe. Let it take o\t, r advice ftpd it will be—
Perfection.
THE#LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
THREE RATfS EATER FROM EUROPE.
The Steamer America at Halifax,
HALiFix, Jan. 2.—The Canard steamship America,
with Liverpool dates to Saturday the 18th alt., arrived
here thid moroing.
The steatmhlp City of Baltimore, from New York,
arrived at Liverpool on the >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 28<r27s:
yellow 270285; white 80<»31a6d.
is heavy and quotations are hsreljr
; Pork dull, aoda alight decline ia ell <m%-
litjea. Bacon dull. T.erd Arm, bat quiet, at 64054* 6J.
danTisoal. b “ t,te ’ lr - «Jo*w,ai.t. Bid-
Bonin B-m Old scores, ot 4u4i 3d for common, ond 13
M - E » lcit ' or Tnrpaotlno 39i.
LONDON MARKETS, D.O IT —.BroodotnO. dnll :
Bug»r steady ; Goff?** d*»flfd buoyant.
LONDON'MONEY MARKET, Deo. IT.—Amerlcon
stockscloseiquiet. Railroad securities are depressed,
In State securities th**re h»s been an average business.
Without any quotable change In price*.
Consols ciored at 97 for account the transfer hooks
belog still oloaed
THE LATEST.—London, Pa*u*dsy Afternoon, Dec.
18^— uonsols dosed to-day at 98#a87 (ex. dividend) fer
The bullion la the Bank of England has increased
The money market closes with mote ac
tivity.
Losnox, Saturday P. M.—Consols 96X®&7 for ac
count ,
HAVRE MARKET.—IIavbu. De\ 15.—The sales rf
Cotton, for the week en ii -g 14th, foot op 8 600 bales.
The market opened with a d»clining tendency, hot
closed firmer. Stock «t this port. 93 000 bale* New
Orleans tree ordinaire 105 f. Breadstuff* verydull with
a declining teudenoy. Ashes doll, and quotations no-
JBioal. Coffee firm. Oils quiet. Rice heavy—Uaro'ioa
"v* ougrr buoyant at an advance on aU g’&des Lard
quiet at 72f. "Whalebone andTallew are firm.
• HAVRE COTTON MARKET Dec lfl—New Orleans
♦res ordinaire opened at a -‘ecliningt .'ndency* but elorel
firm at 105 f. The sales of the week have been ffsoo
bales. The stock in port is 93,000.
AMERICAN STOCKS —The market for American
stocks was quiet, Messrs, Baring & Brothers quote .
U. 8. G’s of 1807 and 1868,103X®104X •do 5 T s, 95;
Mass. s’s, 103ol03k; Mai-y’anrt 6’s 97; Penna 6’s.
84; do do bonds 1877, 80X®87X 1 Xllln »Is o*ntral
shares. 82 discount; do. bonds, BQ©B2 « Pennsylvania
Cantral 6’s, Ist mortgage, 92®94.
Messrs. Bell & Co. report an average bas'neu In
State steake. at unaltered prices. American Railroad
Securities depresed.
United States 0 percent 1867->6l 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 fir<t citizens By tbe way, we
learn that Senator DousUs has received .an invitation,
acd has signified his willingness to he present.
The National Guards.—The members of
the National Guards, .ira making * xtenaive preparation
for their next street parade, which Is to take plsee In
the mouth of April. They expect tc parsde over 350
m*o. They wi'l wear the new grav uniform, and wM
doubtless present an extremely creditable appearance.
Overboard.—Before daylight on Saturday
morning, a chaiseman named Doyle drove otcj hoard at
Maiden-street wharf. The first intimation the driver
had of being near the r ver was finding himseU j«>rked
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