thpbsda^WP , ab^-&;1859. a :j .Jod* w‘th6fe^rii“a^Mo^ ! fact - - that at the moment . otation to .«!.? agstssmsto i ,coplß i*e tgratefQt.'tMKwtyta-eleetUlf hlia'th’ihp Son ate' , of tto United Stite^aiia;tKl^|ot|aj^%. sut^ohna^d :-Hotd’{ifi'ffiiWaWo Southern'! city, DooatAs wat yos ; jwrtw*’ toHHw'. x'.’S'iv'J' the-fourth^!Marebi’XBfe?j■'.''" ' ‘*| r at'>sey«» I 'o’plookj l ; v «- a tti:ah^ayfJp^,yerjf((*iejed;a,. tiqij.f; 1 ' gepoßes.hack to'his friends -'»-Kn-a^ld!ottfaieJd&fiiMip‘iJiafte^tothqBewho • direct',ApplipAtionto -the- Executive hjmseif, .ff *r»,itf;thS^otaß;of I ';;;: , ; :I/.’, i | X~-l B <ioft£!iq‘‘!Xhftrl|tHwWsi|hvtJi}yday,D|,,pain)i j „>, ;W«3l*W«ha“ nshnlthulighthlng-aflssh', v lV - Theybadejm® to destruotrori daafij; lld - - , TAato^J^FthouidjlcofMffgainf dT "**^&-®ffijtf^p£g v g l ff i oU Sa <qtltkgr3g iQ t^aJJ ji Z?-.j ' ;W O9I(Ti?QKWS USCOCRTRdTJe-^DH! e-io^ guld, ■■• :>' •bj bound me to tla fbttnfn^pflMk’f o*? , iinktb'l ;tEem jm? ' f?. ?T e * ; •' j ” ; > And if we do bat watoh'the heir, •- 1 c - * . ■>■„ , > v ;; ,ttJjiSiiswSw|NM«4'ed vigil 1? D 8 k.-J,; t-T* J - 1 -' jdm'whhttoSrarefiip ■ 7 ‘ml 4<t» ti.i-.iv: - '. ■ ■ ’-- ‘'v' ' !•. -JtonafitophenAriMugls* wasjra-pleoted ,XJ sited ids. .’'State® SSfiilßf fifths' legislatur’edf; Ililneis,' yes- ; Tb'e message .of GoyeraqrPacker.was sent intp, ' qv andwiUbefound ''’ ' npon tho first pago.. It Is one of the ablest; and most satlsfaotorv'djßments that has over ema- 1 - noted frdS ! the XixwSßvo Chamber of. this State. , e ;JYJ!rjiS*j , |l!3rda3fia&rnooniriwitVfdstr"days' ! ;lßteri! li She ’Waa short of fuel, and leaking message had ; been reoelVeAin England, ynd.xits jPubant Mqxl >J"l< propositioha^had'oee n-« tßCEngliphJpreSsViiA F®- - f,!? adeiegraph oablej itelwoqniiiLnd’s Kndand -HaHfax; on anenliiely near plan, The appeal of .Count Montatfimbert hid 'be'eh : heard Atfore' the imperial Court of jfyapqp,tand> resulted inHbe rdduotlonof his terra .so epjtimprisonment tO,thr«e''monthsj original' fine was ,oopdrmed. „jrhqre,, A has'been a slightdo, ' *® ~ «totton'atldyerpoolr: ‘ ’®‘'! «•: , Bfkssaob'il»eits; offered :»•> b .■»o;ftteffe/K-ttoj*pp«tetmentAf , a#oommittod*bf fire, '. to inonlre employees of (be lo ' * laid over. Inasmuch as tbe Pr&sideut bas, bj (?■: tbis:HU’Cdesher/iot(Srtlirelt sq' Bolemnly on:tbe OTlls of tho use of.maney for this purpose, that, jy eyeA<ftff|miui(>n:3V«Be»ift3'beco’me‘ilaribid' for' thefntareof theooantry I ,'!!;seems bbt proper that i irraserltnralforf sKJnld'be I ’m&d'il: ! tofpfobethls.m4t- In the gtatg gesatevywtaiAayj all the nominees, of the DA^raUtQlauuswsiwwlMted ofßoerS. In, the Ilouse, A fiie Kepublioaii.nominMS Were eleotejl/ and a bill to abollah-tbe-Board of Canal Commls- A sioners waxtMKdf and passed*tl'ndiiyi by a vote of pinety.-foartoaixaiin-•’ : j " Hon-itTohritlitteber, tke Demooratio nominee for, —SeVethor whSaras Auierly assailod ■ durlhg the oanvass for the nomihatroni on aoooira£ roonneotipn fwithp pampblet--agS!nst';slavery,-*says In .hlsletter an.: ‘sWipHfig thij'niimln'iitlon': ' 1 '■ f*’’ |. “ To avoid state in’lari gusgo dLstinofaud einphatior that I regard the irx , stitatlon qf d.<weßtjo,slaveryj-,oxlsUngln'Vlr&lnlii " i and' > tbd bther'slereholding States,;morally, so:- ' •■'bliilfy.'and 1 polltroally rlght. . I trnst that I will bt ' „'fotmd ae tho sinatitntion, and U 'jresist.aU enorpaohments npon 'lt; as any man'ln ,-tho Commonwealthr 'lh dofng this, I vrlll'be de fending andprotea ting my ownlntorestsiandpro; eperty/asiwelras tbb fiiterosbi'nrid.nroperty of. my -:fe)lbw-bltisens. u ’i*' «(•?*"?• * **■-< si v‘ : ’ , tldeaoftanyottaaholal aid -bulbg extffidedjto sail I'iiirihe^tele^r aph ,4ompiinfei E b'y the BritlshtGo-j ’* 'vornmont7nnless they are. suoh as wlli.. !n; establlsbitig' lelegrapHo; qtjrijmtinloation’.between* ; rtebomeGoVeroment„d.ltsdi J tant T »: !StMi onS In India. -. It ealls "attention to.thenrqsneols.of al , .^'tTbc,line,,would;start; from Fstinonth, And.: ( toqehUig.at .Capß ; Pintsterre, I,Ubob, Cade. .St! Cadi*lS®f,(3lbraltar)! (wUh'itbVanbhtd-ifadbliai) the'Capei deVerde’lalandßiini'th’e’islahds'dfStqPaulaud! Noronba.’lt 'wUl 4mye at br neanPernambuoo? in * tbe Bbaills; JA lapdi.ielegrapb will continue ibis. line it through. Ihe Brasilian -territory as far ar Para, wbonoea submarine line will bebarrlM :J6 HtojßrUish settlement’df Demerarm' ln;Guiane From hem »:6ombln&tlon*df'Jend and subinailne wireewtu berfnoMtrttlted ■.through,''{he,- nrlnolpal West Indla islandS t6'Nbw,orlsans l ;ln the United Statoj, whqre it,will.join,the network of existing telegraphs .bqlonglpg to the Amerioan'companies’ Xhe linq,.would '-and-Gulona oqastSj oross ;to Trinidad, pass along the sebiloirolo oflslands to Porto 8100, thenoo to HaytinCuba, andaerostfthoGUlrtSNon; r . ; ' v >- r ■'Bebaio'rVCooper,' in a spceob he dollvercd at a essrfbietiotf of,.thlafoity,'.on' 'Monday,evenjiigliist; said iV-fEyefy day to adding iron ia employed; and' noas-; slgnable limits toitsnraicqn' 'ho^Set';‘ : , ir fl'e, ; .have: sseh'Already‘ , t4'a£ If ! the s ’pifoduotlon In England andiib.OiUnitedrStatSsahbnM;jrdg'rtss"th!tiie;mme ratiountiU the-'end bf 'ibo .century.wbiph it has that.the •nnlfed : toak’e. oMAitwoiWuntrles in 19C0',jrnr hTsivo ettalne'i qi 'fonrteimtimes the produoed in; 1865 .by ;the wbolo Wqrld * B»oh an eatlmato' is jwnse, and yet Ih'view bf'thO'extending inoreaee of its" cojisumption-ln iall dmsglnpble' .‘.who ehellrsayHHof the' e’slhfisM'jiajtooJlqrAAii.-Butlt Is t.my purpose tq.da jnorq.thancall'atlentioh to,.tiq#ubjeot,andto statq : thatthiatrado.wUl bo monopolised In a great : measure by Englapd end the UrilteirS tales ,orono' or theotbor of them.- -it. we-'qrq’ truo'. to qurselreSj - and the Government Irue.tq'ihq'toterMUof <thfpeqpio,vlbtqryiri'thi9 rarad^^oi^brptoj'dqtolnJmmuatrremainifTrttb l mereial nstiqMi b'ttt wbdrVbqi sb'far behind her “ e EvemnbW7if • the - amo'uniqther, iron exports;lm s "BUreS'tnqf'allo-tKejrbitAddaddeAiojOurs.f.'wo. shall Xe schrdbty behind. Give us ten-years of adequate-amount r of > jtrbte'o- 1 tlon,andvreshall.be ‘4n< advance’bf T our mighty’ rivalf-whobas lon g /foJpi^ d ,Jn,Xhq''proud but mFIJed tiy.q'.qljttiq of the beas.'i ,'. \ _ xgp.MautiomeiyfAlto)^ the 'Afrloaiis (landed; by jM yiaqbtiJy'andereri'that passed" tbrqugh.thbt. plaoeafew;days‘ag'q, , nrequiet,ly , "4Uarteredonthe plautattqtfqf,' ifAsntle'mau'residing within flTO fP!ft'Aibf-ibafeoity^wH«n>:;th|y,.Af f e' , > l)(ijag'ri craltedfrom the hardships .of their voyage, pro paratofftro!tdklhi!’tbeSri'ibe'’ j ln.‘.t|e^eid.i, The. Con W%f‘q'»r,‘«iddstbat;‘,‘ : twO/bf'.thomiserable.' wrelcheq have died rlntb thejx 'tirrfval At theiV, placeof ! des tihht toh,' a ltd.! that many others are rtitUM to.lhegravt’sifint by the suffrrings and hardshipiof the Midfile'-Piieeage' \ The Jlartford Times, ef the 3d Inst.,-states that tho "IM^Hon., Henry I/.iEllsworth gWeato Yals flqifegS SevetL-slghUis of hla great estate. The, proviriontfqfhhfWiU'Sfe'r \ I- jfrist 'toJhla ran,' Henry W.Ells worth.,*, t -Vogt’VSw 2. 825i'fiOQ iT tq-i]ls; l daughtef,.,wifo of'Boswell Bmitti;;isqf, ym-rt.® »to--asi 3. $25,000 to the heir* qf-hlq jomEdward... n, - ■ 4. Sljidf'apnuaily'to. hls.wife,V' Tll his property,’ umonntltig to aboutaevon handred’tboUßanddollars,ho gives io Yalo College^,,eind ; , s thls; ram'Vmounts' to more', probably,,lJian. the:prs Mn t 4“U r i s Worth; of that’ corporation'! hbr. , A ne F, r.fsi®.Bfl f .qutragos.,lnKanqisare'reported. Tho mallU thfeatehbd'by, and ysiting,,4 fayorabio loppartualty to attaok ;• the Stages,,but»4t'i ? 'lffiiod tfiit'lho: troops;. to keep'thaSS iu&raaaefs in ohftok. h- sploudlditOfttholltt'dliffiih -waS deslrovod by firs at Moniroal on 'thb.'"nlgHt'hf''th : e:4th .luat . ; -: -i - tMrfT- ■' i 1 -V,'.-,'3,, , «redit feqV h o i n mnnyitliagrdo ji’iY * • T-rni'~*v- f Tft *4 QuAtcnn, Oirr, InftifciadW. ors stotonjenbol' tho would cajhthalr speMal hte(JtfdSy' , >ti«%ili'kf f ’ ' and^w . basis., , &?JS, I,--, h.'.iti'.it'st ■'.H'.iiir/JuiUa .■ d ay'ipapBr.‘ha^^|‘'jl3 J octOi»antedi**:aW'e,ire-> assured that rad buslnesspresente a rue opprafu? i’:' fin -it at e!Hw,sjls’« t ’ .firfqoa tml.'d.ie«fj JwiTno : ■ _ . . f , - .»ois«ine< Governor Packer’s Message* The first animal toewjago df Wtti.uk F. Paokeu, ijovornor ol Pennsylvitnia, will too round to TBe Pbssb jrf this thoinlng. It ts a papuavof uncol&mbfi ability, and of interest to of Jthls - Md,' indeed, to the'lpeople; ofrevery part olttub Union. plttt’great Coik monwealtil.fkl’qinnimbnl-reßOiiicea, itsprond, and tearlbSb positionf its- gradual bht certain escape from flnanoial difficulties, and its aus picious fnture, are set forth with equal frank ness and eloquence. Fennsy 1 vania, from th is ’pictiieyprbves herself to bo tho great centre fSt&e|pf/thb Confederacy. She id not depon ,dqnt-jipon»a.r great e metropolis,-,bnt. mainly. 'draWa her Jffe-, b,lpbd;&om j hqr. owi}. soil. She ;lp:rqraes;not ! morbly in pnq element, but inall. Sheila' great, not only in the head, bnt in the .heart,‘and ', ; IS-allke powbrliii' in body and in mii!td,V ili'et those,- who Idoubt read Governor Packe'e’smessage. 1 '";;'-! - 'emi’o'rsei, his : reCoihm'endatlons in re gard- to c the; banking; system, and we trust thafi'r'Uke,' moqt' l 'pf Sitoiiar feodmmenda'; , tlotts, . they ,/will not .be . overiookod and laughed at by the Legislature. To suggest - refortas '• in' lbanks '. by ~the GoVornor, 1 arid to .;:reject ;,ail.; .suoh , snggoßtiohs by—the Legislature,.has heretofore bbett the beginning And ending of all improvement in. that depart mentpf finance,;,JPfe confess we-have little hope that what has been true, of tho past ,wili be iinlrue'bf 'the Minre;. EV-en the starving condition ol the last batch of new banks will not, we fear,' awaken' any sensation Of hostility tb additioos.to .thbsQ already in existenoe. We aro oif tho threshold of f< hotter times j” and ' the very faot that'we’ are is the boat .assuranco that indifforonoe to matters of as rauoh - public concern as this is certain to '.people '.yjiU heartily applaud .Gpvernor.''Paoksb’s eloquent : romarks in relbrence ■ -tb; banks j .but; they will” wait to. censure thotr ‘ roprosontutiveB until a new crash Sreaks upon. them. ’ And ybt wo com plain -that’ legislation 1 iiUoften .corrupt bind ’disgracefuli!’.. "-.,, 1 - - r Wo could write columns in support of the GpYerho'r’s admirable allusions, to the public, debt, the salo of tho public-works, tho com mon Schools, hod other portions of bißmos- but’ our limited spabo forbids it. Von* poat,’ tho wholo - retrospect is of the most bheering and interesting character, ' politics Governor . Faokeb is characteristically;explicit and clear.- He not phly re-asserta'ids' position- taken in January jjf 1858,1 jbnt’Jiie"advanceB upon it—-as every public man should do in b good cause.' ‘ This pait pf.hisjmessage, will bo,read with .especial pleasure by the peoplo of, Pennsylvania. It -itf-pointed,'.feat-lees, and comprehensive. bribe tnossnge which. relates lo tho lariff ia equaiiy candid and conclusive. " -• ~ ~Wo shail have much more to say of this ad mirablo dooument in future nnmbors of Tub .Pass's.' * -'Lofd Napier’s Destination, f. All doubt aa tb Lord Nambb’s destination is onded. : Thb London. Gazette, of the 14th ,ult.,"q£ncially' anbouncea the removal of Lord NAPiitß from Washington to thoHague—ftom' .the'great republic of the United States to tho petty sovereignty of Holland. ‘ It alsoinforms the’world that, Lord Ltors’is removed; ftom representing Queen Victoria, at Florenco, to, same’dufy at “Washington.. This, in ape cnniSfy ipbint "of view, 1 is 1 a decline for one diplomatic agent,;an advttnco for the other. - removed ftom a salary of £4,600 in this country to one. of £3,600 in^Holland—a .most undoubted ''declerisiba,'thb'causes ‘of which have yet to be ascortained and, stated. Wo should say •that; it was, in Bomq mahbar, a declension, if Lord Uapike had' been originally appointed by 'the 'Derby-Disraell Ministry. ' Bnt Lord •Uapjeb l Was sent to' Washington. by Lord PAiMKabroN, and therefore the.snc'oessors of that Minister oonld scarcely be expected to promote ytben they removed him. > On tho other hand, Lord Lvosa is pesitlvely 'aSvanced'. < <! Ho leaves Tuscany,-where he was o'nly’a third, class .diplomatist (Envoy Extra brditiary ; and . Minister •-Plenipotentiary), to assume ‘position,^Tat.',Washington, °f a second- ciass -manyand, rises from a salary of £2,000,-at Florenco, to ono of £4,500 a year, at Washington. To make the matter more, horlons;,tie new British Ambassador to this country ■ aii-ives heye 1 with little; diplomatic 'experience, and : scarcely any defined diplo matic - character—for,.ho was .no more than an attache of-the British Embassy at Athens, and. for' a brief time, Spcrelary of Legation at. rFlorenee,.before his unexpected ment as Mibistef to Tuscany. Is he sent to ns to learn his-trade ? :: : r ’ r LordjljvdHB,,l)o‘rn. in 1817, is two years rOider than Lord-NAPiBE. At!the age of forty t,wo!;ith, erefora,'hb.tnay hfl considered as a de sirable man at' Washlngton,‘for.be is unmar ried.. 'His peerage is one of tho latest ere attonSj and ho' 'succeeded to. it, only a few ‘Weeks 'ago, on .’the- depth of his fatbor, the late ; r Adntiral ! Sir Enubtib Lions, who was raised to. the Peerage, in 1856, after the Cri mean War, iq which ha took a distinguished part. q-Tho late Lord! Lyons was one of the few instances ; of British’ subjects going out of one profession, into another —for, being shelved As a naVal officer, with little chance of again ..being engaged'in the wars, “ which makd' ambition virtue,”, he then took to tho diplomatic line, and was British .Minister at Atheiis';irom;July,'lB3s,.'tO'Fobi-uary, 1840; I thence-itP 5 the‘ Swiss Cantons , to, February, :185 1 f' and' finally tb Stockholm nntil Feb ruary, 186 S, when he .waS appointed ‘second ;iu cotamand -of the. British squadron in the Mediterranean. ‘ | ! That. ’estimahle journal, tho- - New Yprk 'Herald, 'spbaklng of the transfar of Nawee 'to the Hagno, and of Lions to Washington, sagely.'adds; “This upsets the report re-" jseived by telegraph from Halifax, that Lord ’ was to take Lord Napier’s place.:-The-' error aroso from.,the state , ment; that-Lord Nafibe is to succeed Lord Abebobohbi at the Hagno.” “Tho fact is, 'however, that “ Lord- AnEHoaounv ” nover .was at tbeiHaguoj as JJritjßh'MiniSterJ mor do lyo' see Bow he could have been there in any such, character ; for Geoeoe Ralph Abeb obombi, third Baron - AbESoromby, was not ,b,orp;UntiUB3B, and, therefore, is iittio more .than, twenty'years'old:, JTh'e, inevitable hlun dbroi- of the Herald, who rarely writes upon European . subjects oxcopt to blunder, evi dently confounds the youthful Lord Aber. ohoudy, with his. consin, Sir. Ralph Abeb obohby, who - was ! British Ministor at the •Hagtio, and resigned that post, very recently, upon the death-pf his father, Lord Dvnfebh line, Ex-Speaker of tho House of Commons. Napler may go, he will leave a very favorable impression in this.coun try as to the qnalitios of ’his head and heart. Ho had,,a difficult .card to .play here, aad ac 4»ittcd: himself, 1 we are bound to say, in a manner/alike creditable to .the, Sovereign whdni"^b. represented, and honorable to tho great Union to which he was apefoditod. ' Tit* Constb llation.—Several years ago a woekly newspaper, published;ln New York, and ,qal|ed The New ?For/<?).aobieved.a groat SROoess, :by t reason of the ability employed upon it, tho boldness with whlob it expressed Its views, and Uio.trua Hterary feeliug which porvadod it. Park Benjamin was editor of'that journal v After a re cess of several yearsVduring ahioh he has 'de lighted, thousands, as one df tho most popular of ho has resumed the editorial soeptre, ana; The Constellation, of which the first number is just, out, shows his active and'able mind all through. It is a journal qf vqSt sice, treating of ,a.'great variety of subjects, and, whether in its original,, translated;--or soloeted matter, every ; "here gives evidence of. au experienced mind bs iog at tho helm.-- Racy,- spioy, and fearless, The Oonstellaiion Ae a Cflpllal joUrual. 1 Among its proniijos Is a quadruple number! (printed on one of sevonty-two inches long by one hundred -inches wide,) with an Immense nnmbor of. firet ojaxa; engravings. We oordlally- weloome Park Benjamin book. to. the.field of journalism, in which he formerly wpn so many and such signal tri umpba; , . , ; ; . l - Public, Amusements. • Qnatave,Batter's third Condert takes p fac'd; this evening, at tfnajca! Fund, Hall.> The .vocal per . jfolmers.yiji,beldame Johannsen and Mr. Rohr the instramental, Mr. Batter j»nd Mr, L,. Schmidt,’ pianp-ifortb ;W. /Mbltorhs, Ante; Mr.- H: Al ien,; ytolln; htr.' Adolph-'SohißHfc,' .viola; Mr. .0. Bobmilv,- violoncello; ' Thespeolal ‘ attractions, as • ann6hnoed, are . ‘ 1 The Star-Spangled Banner,” by 'MadameiYJohatrasenMendelesohn’a Qnartet—B Minor—(piano/- violin, viola, and cello),' and 'Mosohelos’--, Horn wage [Vlluendel; a 'duo for two Wano^-.byoMrJ s Setter’ And' Mr.' Av R .'.(bjj'woatber.. oontinuo favorable, Mp. Batter -has (evMy-pVoapeot of a full hoßSei ; : . , .'/. tjeieneJt'of L'ambßbaok and Bandis, at which ftey will bpth appear In tie ring, Will oodurat the ] ■Oltouetj-plght. a -An excellent Mil U ••ji/f,.d; .o-.-n fit} .. ' The Tarili—No. 3. The V-o is something in the function of monhjr hat is not displayed in the. dashing generali ties ef theoriSiß, hor & It4hv hotter explained, by thp notions of men who Mieob-at aiid do their thinking without any: ;! Robinson Crusoe, digging for roots, turned ,up a lump of gold., He kicked it con temptuously aside. It had no value to him. If he" had found a galyanlb battery, with a telegraphic wire, long enough to go round his island, beside it, he tmghthayo moralized npon its.worthlossness to him to the.samo edoct. Monoy, as an instrument of exchange, qnd electric machinery as a means of commnni -oatton between .men in society,- are 1 not to be . estimated at their social value by , a solitary savage on a'desort island. - He might as well employ himself in keeping tavern, or printing a daily paper, as in coining or hoarding gold.' Money oannot be oaten, nor worn, nor bo oth erwise made of itself to Servo the wants of a man’s life, it is truo s but if saying so means nothing, it is simply nonsense. A mail had' better Savo his breath thah spend it in telling ,his .neighbor that Shakspeare’s plays are worthless to A California Indian. ~ , : AhotPor style .of philosophizer -thinks that he uncovers the secret, and makes every mys tery of the matter plain, by saying that tho precious fhbtals, like the useful ones, are dug frbm the mines; their greater value is their greater scarcitythe world must have some standard of exchange, and these, for tho reason that they have several fitting peculiari ties, are adopted, merely to measure values, as a yardstick or a-pound weight does it—with the difibronce, however, that tho money stand ard is a constantly varying quantity, while a throe-foot stick and a sixteen-ounce iron block are always and everywhere the same. Yot, everybody knowing this fact as well as he does, nevertheless uses it, merely as a. stand ard. Here, the noqsqnao of taking a thing for a.measure or -weight which is as much the thing measured or weighed as it is the measurer or wdighe'r, must, ho charged upon the blundering world that so employs it, or it must ho turned back npon the man that makes tho charge. . To dispose of the problem of money, by calling it a mere measure o( valnos, is to affirm of it just what may as truly be said of wheat, cloth, iron, bank-notes, or operatic music. It is" no definition of the suhjeot; for it does not distinguish it from anythtng else. that passes either for' property or service. To call it a. standard of value, merely, is still worso, for it is ju9t as variable in exchungea blo worth as anything for which it is ex changed in tho world’s business. .But, says another, it is, at any rate, a commodity of trade—ran object of commerce, and as suoh, its functions and all its laws are at once settled. This statement, with its ’necessary implications, to just tho proposi tion which of all others is the most erronoous and the most mischiovous. In the first place, under, the law of legal tender, it is carried widely away from .the sphere of all commodities. The Government of this country declares that- 3151 grains of pure silver, properly stamped, shall pass and be taken for a dollar pf account ( and that 232 1-5 grains of pure gold shall bo received in payment of ton dollars .of debt. Other civilized countries do the same thing, bnt none fix tho value of wheat, cotton, or cloth. Tho lbgal tender law of all countries stares the commodity doctrine out of countenance, if it 'bo,itself defensible. But whether it bo a ne cessary incidont, or an arbitrary rule of the money,function, it does not make the dollar of account a standard dr a measure of 'ex changes, for In purchase and sale no certain and fixed amount ef monoy is the equivalent of commodities. . In the movements of money there is a grand difference from those of commodities. Money, like wheat, flows to the place wliere its purcha sing power.is the -greatest; bnt, unlike all commodities proper, it flows to tho, place Where its rent (called interest) is lowest. It goes ftom Mississippi and lowa, where it Is at ftom fifteen to' filly per cent, per annnm, and ftom New England, where it commands ftom six to twolve per cent., to England,-where it is seldom ab.ovo, four, and to Holland, where it is most commonly at two and a half. An iron wind-mill, if its transportation cost no thing, would not move'ftom twenty-five per cent.' upon its value to five per cent., under the laws of .trade. There is nothing of the commodity, character in this tendency, bnt the, contrary. • This would bo a paradox, if it were, or conld be, affirmed of things alike in nature or under the same laws. But they are hot. Commodities are distinguished front money by the striking faot that they are in tended for consumption, while money is im perishable. A wind-mill, yielding service to the amount of five per cent, of its value per annum, wears out in twenty years. Monoy yielding five per cent, is as perfectly in being, and as.capable of yielding its product, at the end of twenty years or ono hundred as at first. If a man bare as much in commodities as will support him twenty years, and for that period lives upon them without labor, they are exhausted; hut, if he change them into' money and lives upon the interest, it will sup port him and one descendant forever without labor. Commodities perish with the using ; money 1b immortal. The digging of it out of a mine, the ex changing'of it for merchandise, and the al leged worthlessness' of it while employed ns currency, for the servico of life, all put to gether, do not make a commodity of it. It is something olse, whatever that may be. Wo may add that mon go where their labor or productive power is greatest, and where, therefore, its sale brings the largest value in exchange; but this does not make the man himself a commodity. Wheat, iron, and eloth, as we have said, go to their highest market to be consumed, neither mon nor money go to the highest market to bo con sumed, but to bo employed in producing values. Both wear a little in their work; and it may be that tho matter in both woars out in about the'same timo, say one and a half per cent, per ' annum, bnt it is their imperishable powor that commands their price. Mon and money are a great deal more alike, as business agencies and forces, than commodities and money. When a man is hired for distant nor-- vico, or dahgorous service at homo, ho charges for the servico and for the risk; when inonoy goos into foreign servico or a doubtful investment, it charges for the sorvlce, the rate of interest in a safe investment, and tho premium of insurance besides, adding to the three per cent, interest in the consols two por cent: for the risk In our State stocks, and four in our railroads. The health of the one, and the soourity of the other, are objects of ex treme caution—both pretarring safety of re turn above the temptation of higher wages or intorest. And, in both cases,, it is only the surplus, Which cannot be otherwise otuploycd to advantage, that can be persuaded to take tho risk. The difference of tho effects produced by the oxport of spooio and of commodities, in quantity large onough' to tell upon tho busi ness of the country, shows incontostably that money and its movements aro-not under tho laws of merchandise! Say tho whent crop of 1857 was one hundred and fifty millions of bushOls, at one dollar per bushel, and tho spe cie in tho banks of the United States amounted to sixty millions of 1 dollars. Now, let twenty millions of busliols of our wheat be exported to foreign oonntries in the months of July and August of that jfear. The effect would be to bring its price into the country in some form, enriching the people in proportion to the real value of the returns; with the farther’ effect of enhancing tho prico 'of the one hundred and thirty millions of bushels remaining on hand, and with tho still further effect of inspi riting trade and advancing the valuo of land, labor, and every branch of bjisinoss in the Country: every form of industry, and every species of property in the nation,. except money, would be advanced by its distributive share of the'returns for this wheat export, and of! their stimulating influence.. • But Suppose that, Instead of the demand for twenty millions for export made in wheat, it tvere made for gold; and Bnppose that this sum were withdrawn from our banks to be so export ed within tho space oftwO months, as it might be if a new and reduced tariff wore going into • operation on the Ist of July, and importations wers delayed, and goods were warehoused for months before, to tako , advantage of the re-, dneed import duties, and were then let loose, draining tho banks to pay for'them abroad, and the duties to tho treasury at heme. (In the montlrs.of July, and Augnst New York ex ported ten millions of gold more than was, re ceived in the saino time from California, and the rponey in tho Bub-troasury increased twelve THE FKESS.—PHILADELPHIA, THUKSDAY, JAJNUAKY t>, IS ay. millions, tasking a drain of twonty-two mil lions.) What in theso circumstances would follow,, and. how wonid the business of the country be affected? In the first place, the loss of one-third'of tho .speolo basis of our circula tion would have the effect ot gl-eatly impairing the value ef the bank paper ih the han.ds of the people. Two hundred and thirty millions of this paper afloat would be so much affect ed, that, supposing not a bank were broken,- the wholo amofintln circulation Would dopre ciato five per cent., or eleven and a half mil lions upon the whole sum. A general sus pension - of- specie.'payments cannot, be got over at a less cobl ’than this, though it should cotttinuo but lor a month. Here we have ono point of correspondonbo Only betWoen tho re spective effects of exporting wheat and money. The stock leftwould appreciate (say)- flvo per oeht.—that iS, two hundred aid forty taiiilo’ns of specie in the Whole country wontd swell to the value of two hundred and sixty twq tailliohs by the sudden export of twenty millions of dollars, and one hundred and thirty millions of whbat WdUld be made worth one hundred and thirty-six and A half millions Of dollars/by the export of twenty millions of bushels. But the enhancement of tho one would ho full of mischief, whilo tho other would be a general benefit. Here we have two hundred and thirty mil lions of paper money, depreciated eleven and a half millions, and two hundred and forty millions of specie enhanced twelve millions, or the specie and paper circulation, together, loft at about the same nominal value, which they had before the crisis ( while, in the other case, we have an increase of six And a half millions added to the value of the wheat on hand. But, in the former ease, we have a vastly diminished circulation, or money ser vico ; while, in the latter,wo have not Aoheck : ed wheat culture, but a stimulated industry in this and every other branch of business enter prise. The one operation cheoks commerce and trade, bankrupts business men, arrests productive industry, destroys .confidence, starves onr laborers, and demoralizes the na., tion; the other, in every way contributes to tho wealth, welfare, and happiness of. the nation. Truly, in the condition of things which wa are considering, the export of money is a very different thing from the export of any thing which may rightly bo called a., commo dity of trade. There is an cqnal difference botwoenthe import of merchandise and money, which will apperr as we proceed. In the meantime, a word to those who would tell ns that gold is a product of onr own soil as well as iron, cot ton, or wheat, and ask why we shall., not seek a foreign marketeer it as wo .do for them ? Our answer is manifold. For the present we submit these considerations : Money can not go abroad to bring money in return. Iron, cotton, and wheat can do so, and may do so. Its returns must come hack to us in some othor form. What, in tact, is that form ? Actually, and necessarily, it must return to us in tho shape of manufactured products, whieh shall, have the effect of supplying tho place of our own industry of the same kind. It must, and it doos, throw onr skilled labor out of employment. It must and doos confine us to the least nri' munerative, tho least educating, the least im proving forms of labor. It shuts ns ujj to the production of raw materials, in which,wages are low and profits small, and whose followers, are in the end impoverished and demoralized. Money may indeed go, as it has gone, to China lor tea, to the West Indies for coffee, and. to the tropics for spices. For suoh ar ticles as theso which do not displace onr own industry, like any commodity, it can he ex ported; but only in limited quantity—quan tity limited by our necessities or onr loxuries," and capable, of course, of being restrained or increased by our ability to indnlge in these things. Bat, wo are now Bpeaking of the precious metals as a staple product which may be indefinitely extended in amount. Say that California may he mado to yield, as onr cotton doos, one hundred and thirty mil* Hons a year—as ohr wheat might be made to yield an equal surplus for exportation—and as our iron conld be increased to a like atnoant, beyond our own consumption. What then, wo may he asked, shall we do in tho premises ? Our answer is, that neither' tho Iron, cotton, wheat nor gold interest may bo allowed', to destroy every other form of industry of the nation. Iron, cotton; and wheat have, however, this -mnoh hotter - claim to ho indulged, that they do ’< em ploy an immense amount of labor, -and afford a proportionate support to the laborers. They cover a large geographical range, and. employ and Bustain millions of onr population; • They all re-enter the Workshops, and Undergo constantly onmulatiVe changes of form, at every stage requiring and requiting better and more improving forms of industry. Whiic the gold prodHCt is limited to a smalt tract of country, engaging only a handful ofmon inthe' business of mining ana separating it, and, when exported, it is gone forovor as a sub ject of industrial art. The male population employed in agricul.' ture, manufacturing, and labor which is neither agricultural nor manufacturing, aro at least six millions of persons, who represont more than fiftoon millions'of dependants upon their labor. The. California gold-workers and their de pendants do not exceed a quarter of a million of persons. They are not more numerous than the workers in tho other minerals of tho country, nor than the tailors, nor half so many.as tho cordwainors, all of whom are injured by tho export of gold for the purchase of that foreign labor which displaces theirs. Is it a sound policy to permit a gold pro duct of fifty millions a yoar to disturb, de press, and, once in a score of years, over whelm the other industries of tho country whioh yield three thousand millions per an num t California has not prevented a bank suspension, a general revulsion in business, and a national bankruptcy. And bow much can she contribute to the Pacific Railroad, which we must have to connoct her with the Atlantic States I If that work shall cost only one hundred millions,it will take as many acres of tho national domain as there are in all the improved lauds m the Union. If her gold is to be exported to foreign countries at the rate at which it has beon going since the mines were oponed, they wore bolter Bhut up, or re stored to Mexico, to help her silver mines to destroy hor. But if it can in any way ho re tained among us, it will be worth all tho cost of the war, the monoy price of its acquisition, and as many railroads to the Pacific as the next ten generations may have occasion to build. Wo are now prepared to inquire what is the function and service of money, and to do duco from it tho revenue policy which shall secure to the nation the benefits which our gold should be made to yiold to our own pooplo. Jons K. Thompson's Lectures. —That highly glftod and aooomplished man of letters, John It. Thompson, editor of tho Southern Literary Mes. eevger, (ono of the oldost and host of Amoricsn mogoilnes,) is In tho Sold, we understand, as a Looturer, and has four leotures ready for delivery before public bodios, &o. The Bubjeots are: " Virginia in the Olden Timo,” “ Paris in its Ex ternnl Aspeots,” “The Mountains nnd the Ocean, as Bourses of Inspiration,” nnd 11 Tho Two liano vers." We take leave to say, from our personal knowledge of Mr. Thompson’s high attainments, extensive reading, and nouto observation, that his leotnres ought to be well attended, and tho northern States would only do the oourteous thing by him if they invited him to looturo. Ho resides at Riobmond, Virginia. Peremptory Bale Market-street Pro perty.—Thomas A Sons’, twenty-fifth fall sale on Tacsday next will include ono of tho most valua ble business locations in Market streot, the solo of whioh will be absolute. Valuable Germantown Property. Also, soveral valuable properties in Gormantown, in cluding a handsome oountry seat, with 29 acres. Also, oity dwellings, stores, ground rents, Ac., byorder of Orphans’Court, executors, and others. Bee advertisements: Tub Portsmouth (Ohio) Tribune says that as tho wife of Mr- John M. Broom, a muslo teacher, with a baby sovonteen months old: was retiring from tho Massie Hall, at Portsmouth, on Saturday evening, after attending a concert, she was pushed over the railing of the staircase by the orowd, and fell adlstanoo of flfteon feet, with her infant in her arms. Strange to say, neither mo ther nor child was injured. : A contract lias been made' botwoon the Union Coal and Oil Company of Maysvllle,. Ky.', and certain parties at Boston, Mass., by whioh the former agreed to'furnish the latter two. thousand gallons of the crude eon! oil per day, during tho noxt two yoars. lijEKßAl,—Twelve of the parishioners of feo Bov: Montgomery Bohuyler, (formerly of Buf falo.) at St- Louis, presonted hint.with $2,000 on Christmas. BY MIDNIGHT MAIL . Letter from Washington* [Correspondence of The Press.] Washington, January 5,1859 Tho news from Otiba indicates that there id in* tense feeling among all the faotlons in the island against the recommendations of President Buoha nan, in his last message, in regard to that depend ency of the Spanish orown. His public, QBtentatlous proposal to buy Cuba has awakened the keenest hostility of all Classes, and has really assisted the home Government. The present Govornor Gen eral, a shrewd and resdlufce politician, has, aa you will .have perceived, laid \ia vdws at the foet of her most Christian hiujesty,” denouncing this ‘'monstrous” proposition In tho true high-flown style of Castilian indignation. Mr. in reality given the present corrupt monarchy of Spain a stronger hold upon the people than ever they had bofore, and, what is worse than all, his plan awakens no rosponeo in tho United States. This is a bad state of things forOol. Preston, our new minister to Madrid, who goes out full of lofty aspirations to “ conquer a piece ” of tho Spanish dominions—that pieoe in whioh we feel so much Interest. This position will not be nearly so ploasant as I would like It to bo. X commend him, on his arrival within sight of tho Alhambra, to a pat’ent study of Don Quixote and other emi nent statesmen. - Ills master at home has spoiled his diplomaejk Tho tariff question, or rathor our iron interests, are becoming tho sport of a very shabby set of political malingers here. The moat of these, and : the most reckless, are thoso who constantly assail the Democrats os froo-tradors, and oharge upon the Demoofats nil the revulsions in trade, whioh must have resulted In *any event. , These partisans desire to keep tho tariff an open ques tion, [or their own sahos, nnd are by no means desirous of settling it this wihier. They forget that things are no longer as they were In the days of Clay and Webster, who carried multitudes by the force of their own personal influonco. No na tional party can ever be znado upon a high protec tive issue. Now is the time to settle tho question ; but now is not the time to do it by silly abuse ef .the Democratic party, without whioh nothing con be done in tho matter, either presently or pro spectively. I oommond to these men every kind of prudence nnd forbearance. The approach of Judge Douglas to the Capitol la signalled in more ways than ono. I read it In many an earnest face, in many a bright oye, and in many a kind inquiry. Even the offioe-hblders are not indisposed to talk about him now. I will not be at all astonished if he should have a hearty publlo reoeption here to-morrow evoning. The Philadelphia demonstration is regarded in Washington as the most magnificent and sig nificant since the days of Jackson. (■Correspondence of The Press.] Washington, Jan. 5, 1859. Through late loiters from Sonora and Arizona I am plooed in possession of the following informa tion from those highly interesting regions. A lettor dated Guaymns, Nov. 25,1858, states, in re lation to tho pearl fishery, that purohasers from Europe are on hand at the grounds at that place. During the fishing season of the year wiioh has just olosed $20,000 worth of pearls were taken at Molygo. The acquisition of tho State of Sonora is strongly urged. It is the opinion that the United States would bo fully justified now in taking pos session and onding tho anarohy; and, indeed, un« lees this Government Intends to abandon its citl sens who aro in the State, it must tako possession pr keep a naval force constantly on the ooast of the State and a strong foroo on the frontier. Tho most dignified course, howevor, would be, in caso quick acquisition cannot bo made, to take posses sion for indemnity and security. It h&B beon stated elsewhoro that Dr. Stone, of the survoy party, now engaged in Sonora, has been ordered by the Government under Pesqaiera to discontinue his work under ponalty of being expolled. As, however, this work is being per formed for the Btato Government, Pesquiora will not dare to molest them. Judge Hart, of Westorn Texas, writes, relative to tho gold mines of Sonora, thatmlners thoro are averaging tea dollars per day with caso; and, from other sources, the news relative to this re gion is of tho most interesting character. A letter to Lieut. Mowry, dated Orville, ArU zona, Deo. 8, *6B. says: “ Tho mines oontinue the same as when you left; some olaims, very rich, pay more, others more moderately. A great many prospeoting hardly pay board. A fow days ago, I struck a olaim that wo suppose will pay ono' ounce per day to the hand. -Oar olaim oonneoted makes twelve thousand feet, and there have been somo rioh discoveries made in our distriot a day or two ago. Gold disoovorles in quarts have also been made, which contribute to inorease attrac tion in the diggings. This Orville at. which I write is a new mining distriot, three miles above Gila city, whioh was organized about the time you left, mado soparate by-law*, and is not under tho jarisdiotion of Gila oity. The business, how ever, continues there (Gila) as yot. A gentleman from Ban Franoisco was here the other day, and proposed to bring out water engines to convoy the water .out into the hills and mountains. This ’Will Jfittke the mines vory interesting.” T ThoJAgricultural Convocation oalled for Monday, January 3d, assembled at the Patent Office on that day, at 10 o’olook A. M., Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, of Mass,, president, and Ben Perloy Poore, (of Boston wheelbarrow notoriety,) of tho same State, secretary. Some-fifty-four gentlemen, from the different States, responded to tho call, among whom we notice the names of James Gowon, Esq , Hon. J. C. G. Kcnnody, Hon. John H Ewing, and W; P. Shattuck, Erq., of the old Keystone. The title of the “ Advisory Board of Agrioulture of the Patent Offioo”'was dcolded upon. Its meetings will be continued for some day** whioh, being of a strlotly private nature as yet, I am unable to givo you any information relative to its proceedings. Messrs. Haskln, Adrian, aud others, camo over lost night. Tho balanoe of these remaining in Philadelphia, who have been spending tho vaca tion thoro, will probably not reach tho oity before the starting ef tho Dougins train; ho, as you know, being surrounded by a body-guard of tho A. L. D.’s,” who will not rest satisfied until he Is safely onsoonced at Washington. Tho brilliant reoeptions which have mot Douglas on his way to tho o&pital has created tho liveliest intorest in his futuro, and predictions whioh have beon made Adversely to his political welfaro have obanged tun os within the past few days. Tho proposed railroad through Pennsylvania avenue is exciting considorablo attention. It is assured that certain New York speculators aro now lobbying Congress to obtain a ohartor for the Simo Against this tho corporation of Georgetown protests, and & matter to this effeot has been laid before Oongross, asking that the passage of tho Now York bill may be dofoated, and the right to lay suoh track bo granted to the Metropolitan Railroad Company, a body composed of tho citi zens of Washington, Georgetown, and the State of Maryland The lattor oourso would appear tho moßt com mendable—that the entire control should be givon to tho oltlzens of these places. ' Con. Suicide , of a Mubdkreii.—A Gorman named Seibert, oon&ned in tho Columbus (Ohio) jail for. murder, esoaped, and on Saturday, Janu ary Ist, was seen near the city and pursued. Finding he would bo overtaken, ho got upon a bridge of the Columbus and Cinolnnnti Jl&ilrond, and told his pursuers that if they attempted to arrofit him ho would kill some of them, or himself, for ho wus determined not to bo tokon alive, at the same timo pointing his rovolver nt them Tho party were similarly armed, but. conoluding not to expose themsolves recklessly, they sent for a riflo. As soon as the German saw the mcs&en gor returning with the weapon, ho put his revol ver into his mouth and blew out bis brains. Sneak Thieves.—Among tho groat variety of thieves and depredators which infest our city" Is a class which /loutish under the title of “ Sneak Thieves.” ThlHClaai is generally composed of juveniles ranging from feu to sixteen years of- ago. These boys are in the hdbit of sneaking along at dusk acd on rainy eveniogs, and enter any houses whioh they may find open, and they appropriate generally such art olea a? can be con veniently carried away. The Mayor’s detective police force have been diligently epgagod in watching these youthful offenders and Offisrr* Smith, Wood, and Mlrhle have finally succeeded in arresting John Bark ley, alias Hopper, Davll McFarland, M. Nnthnon, W. Irwlne, and other youths uaund Robinson, Martin, and Scott. Robineon and Irwioe bad a hoaring bofore Alderman Freeman yesterday, and were committ-d to answer the charge of stealing a number of a*tie!es, among which aro several gallons of whiskey, contained tn two or three demijohoß, sever »l bixos of sardines, hate, cap), boots, and a number of aitieles of a similar desciiptr>n. In stealing the whlrkoy they resorted to a plan which displays an ingenuity and tact wbieh serves to show tho skilful manner in which these youthful thieves have been carrying on their nefa rious ope ationß. A few evenings since they went to a Ja-ge grooery establishment, and one of tho partr aeised hold of the hoisting rope and wav pulled by his com panions to the fourth story, where he found the demi johns, and after securing them ts his person, he was a;ain lowered to the ground with his prizo All of he above property has been recovered by the respective owners. Tho remaining portion of the patty wll be variously diposed of Burkloy and M’Farland bate born teut to the House of Refuge, and tho remaining throe have not yet had a hearing. Cuuroh of St. John the Baptist, GERMAN TOWN ,--ThlM church was opened for services last even ing, at quarter past sevon o cluck, by Bishop Bowman, assisted by a number of clergymen of the Kpißo*>pal de nomination, Tho church, which is beautifully situated at the corner of Mebl and Main streets, is of solid atone, pointed, and is in tbo early English Gotbio style, from a plan furnished by John M. Cries, Esq , archi tect. It baa an open timber roof, bell gable, and the south porch and all the wood-work of the Jutorior slightly stainod and vanished Tho stained glass win dows, by Gibson, are a very beautiful feature. That over the chancel is rioh in coloring and of beautiful de sign, r> presenting the baptism of Christ in the Jordan It la a memorial window—the gift of a family to the church The services last evening were pa} ticlp&tod in by a large congregation, and were of a highly Interest ing and Impressive character. Hospital Oases.—A young mag, named Jamos McGee, was badly braised, yesterday afternoon, by being caaght betwoen two elop-carts, in the vicinity of Twenty-third acd Arch streets. Wm. Turner, aged forty, slipped on the loy pave ment. on Tuesday night last while walking in the vicinity of Seventh and South streets, and sprained his right ankle. Both of the above were admitted to the Pennsylvania Hospital. Slight Fire. —An alarm of fire wuscansed about twelve o’clock, yesterday, by the burning of a stable in Iz-ybert street, abovo Eighteenth. The fire wai.canßed by a child ploying with some matolies, which, upon becoming ignited, set firo to a lot or hay. Two cows, which were in the stable at the time, were resoned with a great deal of difficulty, and,were badly soorohed. The property belonged to James Craig, and the loss is estimated at about $2O, No insurance. , THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. Sec first page, [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO TIIB i?BBES.] Senator Dougins in Baltimore* Baltimore, Jau. 6 Judge Bouolas was wel6om<<i Along the route t> this city with great enthusiasm. M*» -LbdMan surrendered the Judge to the Baltimore com mittee at Havre de Grace. He was roceived in an olq quentspeech by Mr. Spencer, on buhalf of Baltimore. Judge DouatAS will partake of a dinner, and be ierfe. coded to-night. Illinois Legislature* UOH.ATKPnBM A. DOUGLAS hBBLHOTBD USITSD STATES Sprinofibld, 111., Jan. 6 - r Hoo. Stephen A. Douulas was this afternoon re-elected United States Senator from the State. ~The vote stood : ' For D'uglan ~..,.1.,.. 64 For Llncaln'.., 40 FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. THE STEAMER NORTH AMERICAN AT HALIFAX IN DISTRESS, NARROW ESCAPE FROM SHIPWRECK The Appeal of Montalembert. IMPEISONMENT rkbuced, The President's Message in England. STRICTURES OF THE LONDON TIMES, A Hew ocean telegraph enterprise, Cotton LoWer—C'onsols Halifax, N. S , Jjtn‘. 6 —The screw steamship North American, Captain McMaater, from Liverpool ou the 22d ultimo, arrived hare this afternoon. She was bound to Portland, but Was compel ted to put Into this port, being short of fael, and also -leaking badly, hav ing struck on a rock off Cape Race Her bow was in* jured by contact -with the rock, and her’ forward com partment Is full of water, showing tha’ had she not been providodwith wator-t’gbt compartments, it would have been a difficult matter to have kept her afloat She is Awaiting orders with regsri to her futnro movements, bnt will probibly proceed to Portland on Friday. Her dates from'Liverpool are four days later than received by the America. She brings the United States mails, the steamship City of Wash ington, which sailed from Liverpool on the same day, having only n ship mail The North American.experienced boietorons vet Oh-r during the whole passage. On the night of the Gr t lust., during a heavy snow storm, she struck the rocks off Oape Race; • The missing steamship Wescr left Bremerbaven for New York on the 4th nit. The steamer Bavaria, from Now York, buund to Hamburg, put into Queenstown on the 20th ult., disa bled. The Canard flteamer Africa arrived at Liverpool on the 19th tilt. ' The United States steam frigate Wabash was at Malta on the 24th of November. President Buehaoan’s messege had been received by the steamer Africa, And was printed in full in all the English papers. As was expected, the Cuban, Mexican, and Oentral Ameriosn repositions were very tn?> lite ble, and were variously commented on by the press. The London Times ia very severe in its ortt c sms. - The London Txints announces a new ocem telegraph enterprise for laying a cable from Lind’s End to Hali fax, on nu entirely new plan. The filibuster excitement In Ireland is gradually dying cut. , The appeal of Count Montalembert bad been heard before the Imperial Coart. Thet°rraof bis imprison ment w»fl reduced to three months, but the fine im posed was confirmed by the court The Portuguese minister has been recalled from tbs court of France. Pioneer. Ia commenting on President Buchanan’s message, the London Times says there is nothing in the message that can be called, .more than usually interesting. Whether the Chief Magistrate of tbe United States dis • cusses domestic or foreign affairs, we hear only what we might have expected At home material progress, nod abroad visions'of tettitorfaVaggrnndiremoot, make tip tho substance of hfs communication It then trieQy critiotses.it* .prominent points‘and sajrd, In >egard to external affairs, “Per a peaceful nation the United States are certainly most unfortunate U their political relaMons. A quarrel with tho United States on some subject or other is a ma'ter of course. Without one, a President’s message would read tame and meagre. Mr. Buobauao, therefore, evinces a laudab'e anxiety to keep one in reierre. % Great Britain having given up the right of searoh, Ml Buchanan pays ris many com pliments upon dur moderatloh; but declir.es to suggest any means by which Spanish and Noith American ships, hoisting the United States- flag, can be interfeted with.” It then refers to, Mr Buebanan’s reference to tie slave trade, and bis original proposition for itsanp ' pression, And says that hia arguments in regard to tbe cession of CUbi are each as a man might have used when be wanted to jfurchase the vineyard which was nigh to his places end that it wotild he injjerflumn to point out the exquisite force of the argnmeut. Tfce Times then sketches the Pres'dent’s views in regard to Mexico aud Oentral America, and concludes as follows: (( It Is ovident that the utter decrepitude of the Spa rieh race both noith and south of the Isthmus is about to letd to the virtual supremacr of tbe Anglo Ameri cans in the whole of the tropical regions. There Is no need of oxpeoted moderation'on their pArt, and a phi lanthropy which few will credit .The fact is plam Nuoughthst Mexico and Oentral America and the greit Spanish islands will soon he under their sway, direct or indireot For onr own part, wo see little ti regret in the prospect except the extension and perpetuation of slavery m Mexico and the other new territories. But that the Americana might gain in the end by form ing States under the equator, we do not believe The European race becomes not only enfeebled, bat de moralised. by .a residence between tbe tropics, and the Republic has already suffered enough from the men of thu South to make it cautious how it turns the SpanLh main into the home of Amerlcao oitizeos ” The Daily News reviews the message in connection with Mr. Buchanan’s recent letter to the committee of the Pittsburg celebration. It argues that the Presi dent’s policy in regard to Cnba and Mexico is iatendei as a conciliation to the South, aud p**d!cta th*/ nothing will be done at prevent towards the annexation of Mexico'. It fak.es exception, ti the view taken of England’*' supposed cooccf,slons about tho searchlrg of suspected slavers, arid concludes by hoping that the people will accept the admonitions in the PltUbnrg letter, not by holding their t -ngaeß about a yarticular form of danger, but by dealing with the ranges of dis union and corruption, and by recore'ing tho principles and spirit of their Constitution rather than bv falie idolatry of its form. •* The Morning post confines Its remarks to the Presi dent’s polioy in regard to Cuba, and denounces it in strong tefcmß, The Star refers to the Conttal American question, deprecates the President’s request to be allowed to em -ploy force in the protect’on of tho tiansit route, aud doubts whether tbe' European Powers would quietly permit the exercise of an excluslve protectorate by America over tbe Isthmus. Tbe rest or tbe London papers comment on *ho docu ment with a mixture of satisfaction anddiMilia'aotiou. The Manchester Guardian, in objecting to the pro* position that the President should he armed with power to use force iu the protection rT the Isthmus, says : “ That between the expeditions of General Walker and his filibusters and the proposed Invasion by the regular forces or the United Slates there is not a pin to chooie, so far as the Independence of Nicaragua is concerned.” The same journal like*iso condemns the effrontery of the President in regard to Mexico. The Liverpool Albion characterises the mossage as dishonest in tone and filled with a braggadocio and filibustering spirit The Times, in an article on. sohnarine telegraphs, says that since the laying of tbe cable, at least eight or ten new plans have been pot forth, and draws spe cial attention to the "Greet Oct an Telegraph Com pany which proposes to submerge a cable direct from the J.had’s Pnd in Eugland to Halifax. It Is proposed that the cable (hall be constructed on Allen’s system, which does away entirely with tbe fruUlde covering of wire and makes the conductor of the oable its main strength, thereby reducing its weight to ten cwt per mile. Theexcitimeut in Irolnnd, as to the arrest of the members of the Pfcoenix Club, is dying out. Two or three additional arrests have been made, but nothing of mourn t hadtraosp'red. - A club is said to have been established In Kerry by a person who was engaged in tho Smith O’Brien affair of 1849. The London 7 \mcs, in its olty artiole, remarking upon Mexico, rats that no one entertains the smallest doubt but that the American claims on (Vlexioo wlil be '‘btsioed to the last dollar, sod atka, “ Why nhoaM cot •’’qiml reliance be felt by Buropoao creditors ? ” It says that tbe foreign debt of Mexico is ten millions, of whioh probablv more than three-fourths la held in Eng land. If the United States nra to seize a material guar antee, what, it asks, is to be done by England, whose wrongs and demands r.re of so much greater magni tude? The Daily INVitu’ city article, dated Tuesday evening, says tho funds to-day wero heavy, and closed at a re duction of one-eighth per cent. The approach of the holiday season, and. tho threatened introduction of a large mass of new securities of v&rioni clashes, have an unfavorable effect on tbe market. In tbe other de partments of the exchange, general Inactivitv pre vailed, but only in a few instancies was any reduction of prices established. An active demand for money is still experienced, and a good business continues to be done at tbe bank. A boot £25.000 in gold by the steamer Africa was sent into the bank to-day, and £137 700 Austra'innvold by the Niagara was purchased to-day for the Continent. There was no general alteration In the Foreign Ex-* changes this afternoon. The Timet’ city article, of Tuesday evening, flays the English funds romain without the slightest symp toms of revival, and in every description of security therein inactivity and weariness There was again a 1058 denund fer money in tho discount market to clay; some trnnfii ctious took place at 2# per cent , the gene ral mi. imuut being to 2)£. On the Back of Eng land, however, the applications were namsrous. The Times explains ibat M. de Montalembert having prosecuted his appeal to an issue, tho result has been iu a great uunsnre confirmed, although the penalty has beeu sonic* hat mitigated. The actual decision ja that he stands acquitted of the ohsrgei of attacking the principle of universal suffrage and the constitutional rights of the Emperor. Ia consequence of this modifi cation of the original sentence, jits term of imprison ment has been reduced from six to three months, but tho Sue of 3,000 francs has been maintained. FRANCE It in stated that a contract has been signed between the Marino Department and a firm at Marseilles, to supply Guadeloupe and Martinique with twenty thou er.nd free Africans, suited to agriculture! labor, before the year 1803. Similar coutraots have Also been en tered Into with other bouses. Paul Morphy was unable to commence the chess match with Anderssen, owing to indisposition. The French rqualron on the western coast of Africa is said to be relnforcod by several ships. It i» stated that the French Foreign Office beard with some surprise Presidout Buchanan’s reoommendatioo for the purchase of Cuba, France haviug previously no* tifled theAmorican minister of its determination, in conjunction wiili England, nol*lo tolorato the cession of Ouba to the United States, even were Spain to con sent. Detachments of French troops having advanced into Swiss territory, tho Government of Switzerland has de manded an explanation. Great iodignatton exists in Switzerland in consequence. It was stated that the Kmg of Naples was likely soon to grant tho atnuesty urged by Kpgland and Frauca. A Wurtemburg paper eavn the Neapolitan and Roman Governments have proof that the agents of the French Government are endeavoring to bring about a move ment in Italy, and that a large Austrian loan is ox pi-ctod The India mail had reach'd England, hut contains no additional news of importance than previously recoiled by telegraph. Commercial Intelligence. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—The saleflor the threo days in the Liverpool Cotton Market were 22,000 bales, of which 2,000 bales Were taken by speculators, and 2,000 wero for export. The advices from America, per steamship Airlca, caused a decline to the extent— according to some circulars—of l-10d. Others, however, merely quote the market easier, but tho quotations un changed. The rasrketcloetjd quiet. The quotations of most of the circulars are—for midd’ing Orleans, 7d; for middling Uplands, 0 19-l Cd. TUB STATE OF TRADE—The advices from Man chester continue faTorable, the markets being Arm and closing with an advancing tendency. LIVERPOOL BREAD3TUFF3 MARKET.—The Li verpool- Breadstaffs market was dull. The stock' of Flour on hand wea of an inferior quality and almost unsaleable. * Messrs Richnrlson, Fpcnco, & Co. quote Western canal, 19o20a: Philadelphia and Baltimore, 20®21a; Ohio, 21 st 24s , Wheat wts qoiet bat firm. fßed Western, 4 1 6d©6e3d } white do, 6ilod«nps!li; white Southern,6s6dci>7s. Coni dull. Mixed, 20jt2Tsj yoltow, 2;fl>23s; white, 30s®3ln0d. i,. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET. Beef was hftavy. and holder* w-re growing tlieir ptocki; on the market. Voikdunand heavy ) Bacon also dull, Lard dull but firm, and selllog for 645©54s 6d. Tallow quiet; Butchers 625. * < ’ . LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET. —JRoiIn wftJ GREAT BRITAIN THE VERY LATEST. London, Wsdsvsdat Morning steady,common belngquotedat4a3do4«4d. gplritkof Turpentine dull. Sugar quiet Tea inactive—Congou Hd.ißiceduU.' f Ashes quiet—Pearls 31s 9d0325; Pots 29@20a6d'- Linseed Oil 30®30s 6d. LONDON MARKETS.—Breadstuff* firm. Wfieat cloved with an advanerg tendency SagarduU and pticea’eaßirf. bnt notqaotably lower. Coffee buoyant. Tea was Ijut little Inquired for. And prices were Weak, *nd in some cases vd lower. Rice firm. Tallow 6Us 7d061s . LONDON MONEY MARKET.—The Loodon money market wai generally unchanged. American securities quiet. i Cm-Bols were quiet at 965*096V for the account ei dividend. further News from Kansas* MILITARY PREPARATIONS BY &OYEHNOR MEDARY — NEW PARTY irAMBS-r-TDE “ JAY-fiAWKERS” AND “ AXTI-JAY'-n.'.-.I'KERS.” Bt. Luuis. Jan.-6.—A despatch from Kansas City ears that a gang of “ Jay Jaawkerß,” under Captain Briwo, entered Bates comity, Missouri, on Thursday last, and vtolo four horses from Jesse Jackson, and also burned down. , . , . ’ It ia Stated, on good authority that Governor Me darv has ordered four' companies of dragoons to start Tor tl at region; and has also ordered four companies of milit : a to be raised in Linn and Bourbon counties, the rflion for which have a’ready been commissioned; and. further, that he has telegraphed to the of War to send arms and ammunition from St. Louis, which has been done. It is expected that these counties will he kept under ran till law f< r some time A reliable person from the vicinity of Fort Scott re presents that tbe condition of things there is similar to tbe times of the notori usMorrel. The whole country is divided into “ Ja*-hawkers” and 1 * Apti-Jay-hawkers,” formed for the purpose of eohmitilog all sorts of crimes. Many respectable people belong to the Jay-hawktrs, and they are openly upheld by some of the Methodist preachers, who justify their acts as being'& proper re venpo for the sa oe kind of depredations, worse atroci ties having been committed on them by the pro-slavery paitr, whrri they were in tbe majority. Th- pto-slavery party still hold most of the publie , offices and are accused of rppresslve acts. The old prosecutions tbatare pending ouaocouct of the former troubles, are the great cause of the dissat isfaction which now exists.' The Kansas Legislature* St. Louis, Jan. 6.—A despatch by telegraph from. Kansas city says that a quorum of the members of both Houses of tbe Legislate met at Lawrence on the 34 Inst, and pawed a revolution to meet And organize at Ltcoiopton tbe next day. They also held a caucus for the purpose of fixing on a place to hold the Session, nea-ly nG being Agreed in tbe determination to adjturn from L» compton to some other point in tbe Territory. The same night a general caucus of the ultras was held, when nominations for officers of the House were made, embracing Mr LarsaLre for .Bpe*ker, Mr. Delashaj, clerk, nud Mr. Thatcher. printed Itis the general opinion that this Organization will bo carried, everything b3ing in the control of the Heme. Later from Havana—Arrival of the Cahawba.' * New York Jan 6.— I The steamship Cahawba arrived from Havana with dales to the 31st alt. The news is generally unimportant, the excitement with regard to .the message of President Buchanan hav ing somewhat abated. Business was dull on account of the holidays, aud a fall in fhs mice or sugars was expected. The stock in port w*s 201.C00 boxes. Freights are nominal. Ex change on Loudon was quote 1 atllSj£oll3#. Legislative Caucus* Harrisburg. Jan. 5 —The American and Republicss members of tbe Houke met in caucus at 3 o’clock this afternoon, and made the 'oHowingnomlnatioos: For Transcribing Gierke— Edward H. Ranch, of Car bon; J« hn Picking, of Adams. For ScrgoAot-at-Arms—John Clemens, of Washington. Assist nits—j. m. Horley, of Junfala jJ. W Fletcher,* of Fr&iklm ; Foster Gehr, or Crawford: B. E. Eels, of Bucks. > The caucus then afjourned to meet at 7 o’clock this evening there being further nominations t? make. . Harbisborg Jan. 6—The American Republican member r of tbe House met again this evening and com pleted their nominations, which are as follows : For Poatm*s\cr —S. E. Stewart. D *rrkftepe"—John 0. Morgan. A*s slant Doorkeepers—B. McDonald. Wm. Gardv, A.W Kimmerly. Messenger—A. D. Davis Assistant Messengers—J<B Williams, A. Hemperley, Wm. Diehl, and M. B. Reiner. This closes Ihe nominations, and the canons lias ad* johrned. Burning of a Catholic Church* LOSS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. MoftTKKAL, Jan. 6.—The splendid Catholic church, recently erected in t>'t. Denis street; at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars, was destroyed by fire last night. -It was in charge of tbe Rev. Dr. James. Opposition of the Sonthcrn Baptist Chnrch to the Importation of Africans* Augusta. Ga.. Jan. 6—The Baptists cf the Edge field district, South Carolina, are moving sternly, in opposition to the importation of Africans. The .Wreck of the Vauderhilt. New London, Jan 6— Evening.—The steamboat Van derbilt is so much injured, and has been exposed to such rough weather, that she will probably prove a lo? 8. Her malls have been forwarded to this place by tbe cutter Campbell, and were sent to Boston. Arrival of the Steamer Augusta* 1 Naw York. Jan. 6 —The steamer Augusta, from Sa vannah, has arrived. The Steamer Gen* Rusk at New Orleans. New Orleans, Jan. 4.—The steimship Gen. Bosk strived to day from Indlanola. She brings no news of importance. Sailing of the Asia* Nbw Tore January 6.—The steamship Asia, for Liverpool, sailed At 9 o’clock. She carries out $400,000 In speoie. ; JHarkets by Telegraph* Savannah, Jao 4.—Cotton—Sales of 1,200 bales .to day ; quotations are nncbaoged. , Baltimore, January 6.—Flonr quiet; Howard-street and Ohio saperfine is quoted at $5. at which p ice there arenosales. Wheat dull; sales at 1390145} for wffte. Sales of 65&69s lor white, and 71c for prime yellow. Oats nominal, at4s®47c for Pennsylvania, and 43041 c for Maryland. Provisions firm. 'Mess Fork $17.60. Lardlloll#o for Weitern and city. Sugars and Molasses quiet. Whiskey—The demand js limited; Ohio is held at24#®2s, and city at 23024 c. Charleston. Jan. 4.— Cotton—Sales of 2,700 baits to day, the market closing firm. k Mobile Jan. 4. —Colton—Sales of 3,500 bales to day, at ll# The sales of the past three days amounted to 15 600 bales, and the receipts during the tame to 4,800 bales. Cincinnati, Jan. 6.—Flour firm at $1.7004.90, Whiskey steady at 22#0 Hogs dull, and prices are 40c lower; sales of *2 000 Hogs to-day, averaging 200 lbs each. The stitemeot published In the Price Cvttb nt t of this morning, show a net Increase of 87,000 hogs packed. The market'dosed unsettled. - Provision*— Mesa Fork has declined 6Qo7fic; sales of OOO.bblsto day at $l6 75®17, e’oalug at $18.60016.76. Bulk Perk has declined tfc. Lard has also declined sales of 900 bblsatlO&allc. ' t New Orleans, Jan. 4. to-day 4,600 bales at lljjolltfo for middlings, an advance of #o. The sales for three days amount to 34.000 bales, and the recallt« during the same time to 84,600 hales Sugar is Arm; sales 0f1,5C0 bhds ats#osJtO. Flour is steady rales of 1.600 bbl* at $4 90®5. Oora firm ; the market is bar*; 90c bushel is asked. Bacon—Shoulders are qriiet at Freights on Cotton to Liverpool un changed} to Boston %q. THE COURTS. YESTERDAY'S TBO DEEDING 8. (Reported for The Press.] Nisi Paius—Judge Thompson.—John His don vs. William Buoklus. An action to recover a tract of land (before reported.) This case was settled by agreement of parties Emma N. Kenyon vs. Mary Ashbrfdge. This is a feigoed isfue to test the validity of a will. It Is al loged, on tho part of the plaintiff, that the testatorwae not competent to make a will, by reason of the mind being affected from a tumor on the brain, which ha! p> eduood paralysis. Considerable of the testimony was from medical gentlemou, as to the effect of a_tumor on the brain—how far the mind would be affected by it. Not concluded. Burt-tn and Brown for p’aintiff, Fallon and Serrill fordefeodant District Court— Judge Sbarswood.—Ed ward U. Willett vs The Bank of the State of New York An acti n of ejectment. Charles G. Lewis and others, to the use of the Com* metcial Mutual Insurance Co. va The City of Phila delphia. This is snaclion to recover for the loss of the brig Evergreen, which was towed down the river by the city i e boat. In January. 1857, and left in the bay. Tho vessel was afterwards cut through with the ice and was lost. On the pa*! of the plaintiffs it is alleged that there was much ice when the vessel was rut loose; on the other side, that there wjs little or no ice in the bay at the tim*. It was proved lhat there was a con tract on the part ol Captain Hewitt of the Evergreen and Captain Kelly of the city ice boat, to take the ves. sol down; that she was taken about fifty or sixty miles where the city ice boat was cut looso. Captain Dewitt remonstrated with Captain Kelly against leaving him at the point he did 5 the pilo* of tho brig also remon strated Several on the ice boat till not hear the re monstrances. Not concluded. Quarter Sessions.— Jndgo Allison.— " Wm. Miller, a policeman was put on his trial on the charge of commUiog an assault on Alextrder Colley. Tho testimony for the prosecution showed that Collar and hiswifewere Hitting on their door step when Miller passed. Home remark was trade by Mrs. Coilsy which thf> officer took notice of An altercation ensued, which ended in the officer soiling hold of Mr. Colley, and tak ing him forcibly to the staticn houße, whero be was kept for seme lime. The defence alleged and attempted to show that Coller was drunk f.t tbe time, and that the officei arrested him for that reason. Judge Allison, in ahurgiuz fhojury,Bsid that If the officer made tbe ar rest for tho words spoken by Mrs. Colley, it was wholly unjustifiable. He said it w&b a great mistake for offi cere to suppose that, for an impudent remark, they were justified in making an Arrest. If, however, Col ley was drunk, though on hiß own donetep, which is on the highway, the officer properly arrested him The jurr convicted without leaving the box. Sentence was deferred. Jacob Stroebel was put on his trial on the charge of assaulting Josopb F. Cox with intent t» kill The af fair took place in a lager beer shop at Front and Poplar. Stroebol was bating a padding at the bar ; Cox came in, and won about to take a piece of the pudding when fitroebel said, “ if you want that, you must ask me ; its mine.” Cox said, “ it is nothing but a three-ornt pud ding Siroebel said, it is a lie, I paid fourteen cents for it ” A difficulty then ensued The testimony showed that Cox was wholly in fault, and the jury ren dered a verdict of not guilty—the prosecutor to pay the coats.' . John Myers was acquitted on the charge of as3auUiDg John Weyback _ Decease op an old Printer.—Francis Adancourt doparted this life in Troy, Now York, on tho Ist inst., at tho ripe ago of eighty-five years. 110 was born in France, Maroh 7,1774; came to this oountry in 1783; in Mas sachusetts, and served an apprenticeship As a printer with Isaiah Thomas, in Worcester; worked as a compositor in Thomas’s printing office on tbe first Bible pnblishod in this country. Ho wont from Worcester to Charleston, 8. C-, and was en gaged in mercantile business there for nine years In 1803 he went to L&nßingbnrg, where he estab lished the Farmers ’ Register, with whioh, three years afterwards, he moved to Trov, whero he continued tho same until 1831. The Register was u respectable and influential Demooratio journal, and its editor was always a dovotedDomooratio part 1 ..in, originally ot tho Clintonian sohool, and always candid and sincere. He was tho first man to raise tho standard of General Jackson in the State of Now York, since whioh it has been the veteran’s prido to stylo himself a true Jaoksonian. Camels a Nuisance.—Tho City Council of Galveston, Texas, have passed tho following ordi nance : From and after the passage of this ordi nance no person or ‘porsons shall rido, drive, or introduce within tho corporate limits of this oity any camol -or oamols. except for tho purpose of immediate shipment from the oity; and any per son or persons offending against this ordinance shall ho fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundrod dollars for every such offence, and for eaoh and every oamel so ridden, driven, or introduced within said limits, to be recovered by oompluint heforo the Mayor or any court of 00m potont jurisdiction. Judicious LiBERALixY.- i -The*Croton lino of Fulton Ferry omnibuses, New York, last Tuesday, sent a large wagon along the route, and along Fulton street workmen ©n it wore observed sho veilieg out salt with a free hand, in order to melt tho enow. On tho Third Avenuo Railroad line a o»r was provided with boles it) tho bottom, im-, mediatoly over tho rails, through which a number of workmon shoYellecTsalt fiom tho salt-bin oar In which they stood.' Salt was nleo used on Broad way. 1 Its is of great benefit, and is’becoming generally appreciated. TIMNCiALANI)COMMERCIAL. The illoney'Market* - ' - - . '.Philadelphia, Jan. 5, 1869. The uiesaage bt Governor Packer is particularly lu6id ih its statements respecting 'the’State finances, it shows tbit $421,494 of tho publib debt hds been eilltt gnlshed ; that an exeeseover receipts for damages and old olaimson the ptiblic from which' wefihflU be free hereafter, was paid to the amount of $246 966; and that, at the balancing of the book* oil the' first cf De cember, the true excess' of the receipts over the ordi nary expenditures, for the'fiscat yearf wass9o3j3Bl 1 he entii-e debt of the Commonwealth, funded and un- fdnded, is,atthi& time, $39,2^8,111; gainst which the State owns, of ee:ured bonds received froiri the idle of the public wotks, $11,181,000, leaving a balance unpro vided for of $28,087,111. The Governor thicks that this debt maybe ecsily re duced at the rate of not less -than a milllon a year, end urges ( the Legislature to adhere to a policy that ehail look steadily to ih&t end ~ ‘ ' , , The Governor announces, in the plainest language, bis belief that true, wisdom dictates a reformation in our hanking code, and his determination not to approve any additional bank charters without*a radical change , In the entire system. He a careful in quiry into the present condition',of the Tioga Coonty Bank, the Crawford County Bank, and the Bank of Bha> mokin, with a view to the repeal pf the charters of all or any of them, in case it shaU he found that the pnblio is likely to suffer Injary by their further ex ■ tension. -The Governor holds the' opinion that « the Govern ment that authorizes the issue of paper currency, is under a high moral obligation to require ample aTa l able security for Its redemption.” Hia suggestions upon this topic are of the highest importance, and we earnestly recommend them to tho cartful perusal of all our readers. The exhibit made by Governor PAcker of the finan- cial condition of our, good old Commonwealth, is In bright contrast with ttat presented by Governor Mor gan, of New York, concerning the affairs of the Empire State. Governor Morgan states that the funded debt, OT the 30th of B*ptember, 1868, was $30,913,2*8.77 ; bf which $6,606,664.37 was the general fund State debt, and $24 307,704 40 was the eanal debt. Of tEe general fund State debt, $360,000 becomes due in 1869, and $460,000 becomes doe In 1860. 'There Is also a contingent debt for stock Issued to certain railroad companies, amount ing to $570,000. The canal revenue for the yesr was $2 072,204; the payments have been $1,078,879 ■ surplus revenue $991,425. The comtltatlou requires that $1,700,000 of the revenue of the canals ahall be annually' employed to pay the interest aod pro vide a slnk ng fund; eo that there is a deficit of $706, 674. The sum rrquUed to meet the obl'gitions of Oaral Department is $2 665,000. There will atso be re quired about $l,OOO 000 for damages, and $600,000 to pay the 16 per cent, reserved out or the estimates or wrk done undor contract Tbe Governor says that thus the Caual Department hqf incurred debts of over four millions, in violation of the Constitution, which trictly prohibits mch debts, and he oslls on the Legis lature to adrpt mfasures to save tbe credit of the State. The only thing to be done seems to he to amend the Constitution again. To complete the enlarged canal system about $2.100 060 arer;qulrjd. The “Genera} Fond” of the ft?ate shows a further 'deficiency of $460,000. ’ The preferred stock of the Schuylkill Navigation Gompany not only tr&int&>ced to-day the advance of yes- terday, but gained-an rddilioaal eighth towards the dose of the day. A rather lively business was done in Reading Railroad stock at sn advance upon previous rates, under the influence of which some of the other faticieß looked up a little. ' - . . ■The Quaker City Insurance Company his declared a' dividend of ten per cent', olear of Btato tax, payable on and after the first day of February We have received the following reply to the remarks made yesterday uptin the Darby Railroad cars. Toe letter of our correspondent tells its own story: ’ ’ l>t mo. stb, 1869. Friend Forest: In thy money article of this morn ing’s paper, T observe that thou chastigest the directors of our Passenger Railway, for' having’ the word Derby placed npon the cars In the manner spoiled by oar Eng lish ancestors. Thou art, no donbt, aware that our borough was settled by the friends of William Penn, and that the plain and unaffected doctrines and manners established by that great man. have ever been kept npamongns; we were,therefore, very much annoyed at the charge which thou makeet against us, of desiriog to affect the old English wsy of spelling the' word Derby, and we now give thee an exp’anation. For many years we have written the word Darby in order to make'it conform precisely to the eommon pronun ciation, and we were very much surprised to find that John Murphy, who built orir ears,'adopted the old me thod of spelling. Upon inquiry, we discovered that bis painter was an, Englishman, who considered that his niethod of writing the word was correct. He promisee to have tbe matter rectified. ~ - Our railway has been gotten up In as practical a way as onr primitive notions would admit; and although we desire to keep up our plain style of living, we ate never disposed to interfere with all proper enterprises, or anything that may tend to inoxease the convenience and comforts of ,onr people. . > The only thing we fear Is, that our quiet village may lose its subdued tone by so many passengers coming from the city; In fact, we are almost afraid th «t the in flux'of people may so prejudice the mlnds'rf the rising generation, that the rims of onr bats may be narrowed, and our ooats assume a fanclfnl shape and color; al ready our girls are wearing hoeps so large that we blosh to see so much vanity. - Respectfully thine, W. P. P. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES, Janoa-y 5, 1859 tapoxno BY KANLET,‘brows, tt 00., BANX-NOTS, STOCK, AND BXOHANOB BSOHBB, NORTH WE BY OOEXIB THIRD AND OKiaiVUT STEEITS. FIRST BOARD. 1 20C0 Oity 6s, P R,... 99 V SSSchu Na prf. 37* 1900 do 99k .25 , d 0............ 17* 1009 de 99ff 4 Beaver Mead.O&P 66£ 500 do 99.60 North Am In Go. 15 1000 dv.nw.cp 3<6.103* 8 Union Bk, Tenn. ,100 V 100 do new.IQSV 10 Lahigh. Scrip 2?V 600 N Penn B 10s ... 87 100 Read K.. C&P.ch 26V 20000 Sc Am6s ’76.3d 86 100 do....GAP ch 2«V 1000 Read R65,’86... 78V 100 do....CAP.ch 26* 1000 do 73« 100 de.... opening 26V 1000 Lehigh Yal R6s. 87 100 do....opening 26V 100CSoh Na 1m 91..•. 73V ICO do....opening 26V 3000 de.. 73k 16 do ....openlig 26V 400 Sch Nads, >82;;.-71* 190 do....opening 26£ 1000 Mor Can 6s, 2de. 87u 100 do..,.opeSlfig s 9u^ s 100Girard Bk..eash 12 100 .^do^.opening 28V 31 d0.......ca5h-12 _ do .'..‘.opening 26V 2 Harrlsbsg R.... 6«do GAP 26V 11 Planters Bk.Ten.lo9 50 do GAP 26V 14PennB.inlotf.. 43' 100 do CAP 26V 3MinehiUE...... 62 60Sd A.Sdstß.. b 6 SO 5 Common Bk 22# 460 New Creek % BETWEEN 1000 Perm fIs....CAP 92V1 100 do o*P92#l £OO d 0...... CAP 92X| SECOND 200 City fie, new....103# 100 do ..cash 99 200 do 99 X 500 do PR 99 V 6000 Phil &Sunb7a.. 80 1000 Read B 6s, ’Sfi.. 73# 66 Lehigh Con mt.. 98# fiSchn Na........ -9# 16 do 0# 1 do 9# 2 Penn B 43 CLOSING PI Bid. Asked. U 8 6s ’74 104# Phil a C* 99# 90# do R 99# 99# do New.. 103 103# Penna 6s 92# 93 Reading R 26# 26# do B 4s T 70..84# 86 do Mtg 6e’44.63 96 do do ’63.73# ’,B# Penna R 42# 43 do la tin 6a... 101 106 do 2dm 65....92# 92# Morris Can C00..46 48 do Pref,....‘.107 109 BchuylNav6e >82.71 71# PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, Jan. s—Evening. There is no change to notice in the floor market; the cn’y sale reported for shipment Is 6CO barrels extra family at a price not made public Mired brands of superfine are iroely offerol at $5.12# bbl, but there appears to ba no inquiry- for this description. The sales to the trade are moderate at56.12#«®6.25 1? bbl for common to good superfine; $5 87# ©5 75 for choice brands, and for extra family and fancy lots, as in quality. Rye l 'out comes in slowly; a small tale is reported at $3.87# bbl’ Corn Meal is in demand— a sale of 600 barrels Pennsylvania U reported at a price not made public, v ul ot an advance on our last quotations The reoiipia a Wheat are light, but there Is very little demand frr it, and tbe maiket Is Jnll at tho previous rates; sales of 5,600 luthela in Jots, at J2Bcli7c IP barbel for good and prime Penn 0/Ivaoia anil Southern reds, 135©145c for white. Bye 13 iu demand, and hss-agaln advanced 2o & bushel i a sile of Pennsylvania was. made at 84c bushel. There is more inquiry for Corn, and but little offering i sales of new yellow at 720, and old at has Oats have improved; 8,000 bus pTime Penna. sold at 48®4Sc per bus, chiefly at tbe latter rate, in store. Bark—Quercitron is in demand, and wanted at *2B for Ist No 1. Cotton is held firmly at the improvement noted yesterday, hut the demand for it is only mode rate. Seeds—Cloverseed is in good request, and the receipts continue light; Bilescf 200 bus atfs.76<t6 87# 3P* 64 lbs for prime. Groceries —There is very little doing; further sales of Bio Coffee at lb. Provisions—There is very little doing, and no change to notice. Whiskey is held firmly; sales of Pennsylvania bbls at 24#c, Ohio at 25#c, hhds 240> and drudge at 23c & gallon. Ne York Markets of Yesterday. Ashes.— The inquiry for new is good, and we hear of CO bbls new pots at $5.62# ; old pearls quiet at $5 75. CotTf N —The market is firm at th* improvement; sales of SOD bales to-day, and 2,300 do last evening, of which 1,500 bales in transitu. Covkbk continues inactive, owing to the meagre sap ply offering, and the extreme prices asked; small sales cf Java at 17c. , * &c —The inquiry for Western canal Fleur is more active, and the market is better for the low grades; the better grades are more active at the close. The sales are 11,000 bbls. at $4 25®4 60 for superfine State; ss«ts 30 for extra do; $5 1C3T.5 SO for low grades of Western extra; $5 60 c 5 60 for low grades of rouod hoop extra Ohio; $6 6507 00 for trade brands do; $5 60 <s7 76 for extra Genesee, and $5 6Q©B 60 for ft Louis brands. ... ... Canadian Flour is held higher; small ea es at $5.SO2> 6.60 for extra brands. Southern Flour is quite firm, and in brisk demand, in part for tbe West Indies; sales of 1,800 tble at $4.76«r5.40 for mixed to good brands superfine Baltimore, and $5 53©6 40 for fancy and exi a brands Rye Flour and Corn Meal steady ; sales of 300 bbl, or the tatter, Brimiljwioo, at J,4, afloat. GiuiN —Tbe Uqairy for Wheat is more active, and tha market cloecs firmer; the demand is iu part specu lative; the sales are 16,000 bushels at $1 28 tor choioe red LoDg Ialaod; $ll7 tor tu xed Wisconsin; end $1 40 for prime wh.te Caaaui&n. Rve is firm at SOo. Barley is doll hut firm. Oats A’«, in fair demand and are firm; sales of BCOO bushels Prince Edward's Island at 68#a69; 6P«r69for Western and Canadian, and 52a54a for State.- Corn is quiet, but is firmly held at 74076 c for Southern yellow acd white, and 79©S0c for Western mixed. Molasses.—New Orleans Is firm at 870>37#c; sales of JOO bbls. Foreign remains quiet. Cuba relis at 25c. Pbotisigns.—The Pork market is better, thsjjemaud mainly for filling contracts; sales of 2150 bbls. at $l7 75 for new mess; $l7- 26 for old do; $l3 60 for new prime, and $lB for uninspected old meea. Beef is quite steady, but is in moderate demand; rales of 200 barrels at $006.76 for oountry prime j $7.75 ttO.OO for do mess, $8 76©10.60 for repacked meas and $lO 76©U 60 for extra do. Prime meea is quiol at $16©20. * NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, JiS. 6. i BBOOHD BOARD. 1000 Missouri 6s 87# 200 Harlem R Pref. 36# 1000 111 Int lirp *47 101# 200 Reading R opg 63# 600 111 Oen bonds .18# 100 Mich Cen R 1)30 61# 6000 N Y Central Cs *9l# 176 do 51# 100 Pac Mail 8 S 92 20 Mich So &N la 20# £0 ' do t6O 92 50 Mich SB Guar 47# 100 UO A MUR 2# 10 Panamaß 117# 20 i do 2# 160 111 Cen R sSO 67# 100 N T Cen It f 6 84# 60 Gal & Ohio R bio 70# 100 Erls K - 16# 50Chlo&BkIB 68# 200 Harlem R 13# 100 * 1 do »30 68# 100 ' do e3O 13# 101 do CAP 26V 100 * do'.. b&wn 26V - 0 do .....*.bsirn,2sV [ BOARDS. {lOOO Del Bmt 6a..6ds 86 1000 Morris Ca6a..2ls 87# ) 10 MinehUl R 62 BOARD. 1 Penn R 43 100 Beading R 26# 100 d 0............ 23# 2 Morris Ca prf... .107 # 8 d0........7.V.107# 7 Germantown Gas. 60 6 do 60 8 d 0.... 60 SOMech 8*....e5wn 27# lOOSchNar prf 17# 100 do 17# RICES—FIRM. Bid.A&td. Bflh Nat Imp Bs„74# 76 BchNar Stock... 9# 9# do Pref. 17# 18. Wmep’t&Xlmß. 9# 10 do 7s Ist mtg 72 74 do 2d 66 67 Long Island U# 11# Girard 8ank......12 12# LehCoal h Nav...49# 49# Lehigh Scrip 27# 28 N Penna R 8# 8# do 6s 68, 63# New Creek # # Catawissa R.... 6 6# Lehigh Z1ne.....l 1#
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