->.'T t,'A q t-W SATURDAY, JANUARY 16,1869. con- . . .:■ -■ 1 . - , ’v", ■ Tlie/NCWB. ■ ihe>?»ifis Railroad, bill was.under consldora tlon in thaUnited Slates Senate, jostorday. Mr, Bigler’S;,proposition to limit the route within the thtrty tevdnth and forty-third parallels was lost. Mr. WiltotihisubiitUttte to'have ehgineersappoin,t;- ed to loiato tbo rood,' shared the same fate. Mr: Thompßobl'tpf 'Ketituoky, made a'vigorous speeoh ■ against’-the rohd, donounolngitfcsa great hum 1 bng-hogreatereveri than the Atlantic telegraph— -1 and oelllngbn the'conservatism of the-Senate to ■rejeßlHt altogether. A ,long debate ensued, and ' an’dmendment was adopted, offered 1 by Mr. 'Door ■ Uttlepthatany.contraot.made by tbe President • shouldbeSubmitted by him to Congress for ratifi cation", • After 'considerable talk, the Senate ad journeduntilMonday.- . In the Houso, a resolution was adopted insti tuting‘ibqoiriee into the coal oontraots for. the navyjind'the amoank'of commissions paid the agents^rW,ijh.thiß'exoeption, no business of pnh. lio interest gras transacted. lie House Committee on Foreign Affairs, as we learn by a lator despatoh, agreed to report a bill similar to Mr. Slidell’s, plaoing thirty millions of doUers in the hands of the "President for the pur, ohaso of Cuba. The minority will report against this. .' ' ■ . But little business waa .transacted by either branch. of the Legislature yesterday. In the Senate,, the. bill Incorporating the Philadelphia and-Darhy Railroad passed finally. Fiftoon can didates ware placed in nomination for State Treauster, Monday next being tbe day. on whloh the. eleotien will. take plooe. Tho tolographic despatoh does not give the names of,the candidates, The House patriotically refused to oonsidor the resolution'reduoihg the pay of its members'? A committee waa Eeleotedto try the oase of tho con tested seat ofOliverEvuna, of Philadelphia. • Mr. Sllfer was nominated, in oauous, last night, at Harrisburg,• as , the Opposition oandidato for State Treasurer. By the arrival of the Isabel, at Charleston, from Havana, "we learn that tho 'slave tradowas in full' blast,' two thousand negroos having been landed recently there. . We have advices from Vera Cruz to the 9th. President Juarez, who,, our readors-will recolleot, is, firmly'ensoonoed' there, flatly.refuSeß to listen to the propositions'of the commissioners sent by Gen, Robles—bo that lire may soon look for more pronnaoiamientos, containing tho very host “high faiutin’.’' There were some English, Fronoh, and Spanish veßBels-of-war stationed 1 at Saorifi eios.. There bos bean another overland mail from California, bat the news has been anticipated by the last steamer. From Kansas we learn that Montgomery’s party was'fortifying bis position near the Missouri line; ' that United States troops Had boon sent to that vicinity, and volunteers had been raised. As an evidenoethat a collision is anticipated) it is stated L tbai six hundred muskets had passed through Jef* ,/ferson city for Kansas.. - Later news from the Morjnon country, by way of St. Louis, states that much oxoitement prevailed in Sait Lake r Oity on nccountof the mysterious disappearance of a deaf and dumb boy, and that Ihe Mormons are suspeoted of makiog way with ; him.: * In the base of Diblee, and others, of New York, agairistJ. A. Furness grtee below zero. This is colder than bos been known anywhere elietho same day. A oarioas epidemlo prevails among the hogs near Raritan, Now Jersey. The Mayor of New York yeßlerday received notice that thediseared meat was sent,to that city and sold. Pork-eat cri caniiot botoo careful. The Kansas Frauds Proved! We pntllah, this morning, a highly impor tant letter,-sighed by Ex-Governor Walkse and Ex-Secretary Stanton, of Kansas, re lating to the celebrated forged return from the precinct of Oxford, in the county ot Johnson, rejected-by them on the 19th of October, 1857 V, It will .be remembered that the rejec tion of this lorged-retnrn by Messrs. Walk er and StAHTOH decided the political com-, plexion* of the Territorial Legislature for Kansas in that year. It trill also bo re; membered that the Lecompton papers, In cluding' those' which subseqnonlly supported the Administration, meat vehemently de nounced" these distinguished gentlemen for their,notion against the fabricated returns, ahd-lnsisted that they were legal and gonniho. It now appears by the letter of Mr. Bait Jones,'one of the judges of the. election at Oxford, whose name purported, to authenticate the returns, f/m'f he never subscribed them, nor authorized any one to do eo for him , and conse quentlyfhat they are an admitted forgery, as ■ alleged at the time by Messrs. Walker and Stanton. It Is, therefore, now a conceded fact that the Oxford returns were a forgery, and that they were properly rejected by Messrs. Walker and Stanton, notwithstanding they were so, violently assailed at the time .for acting upon that which waS to them a cer tainty. .There istho more • importance at tached to this fact from the circumstance that these Oxford and other forgeries were incorpo rated into the Lecompton Constitution, and -avowedly constituted a part of the legislative apportionment adopted by that instrument. It is blear, then,'that- the Lecompton Constitu tion was based upon fraud and forgery, and, should,-.of -course, ..for that reason, have’-been rejected- by both houses of Congress. 1 Tot, .as Messrs.. Walker and StAnton state In their communication, the President of the United States, with the full knowledge of all the facls, urged upon Con gress'the sanction of this forgery. This fraud, now proved by the very judge whoso name was forged to the Oxford returns, and which was laid before the President by Messrs. Walker and’‘Stanton, has lately been con ceded by Mr. Senator HauWond, of , South Carolina; . and wo do hot donbt that, In duo time, the whole masß of the people of the South will unite, with him in con demnation of . this forgery.‘ We observe ' by Mr. Bait Jobrs’S letter, is willing io testify before' a proper tribunal as to the 'authors of this forgery. We hope he will bo so examined; and it he is, wo cannot doubt . that : ! 'fhe i same_conupt’ ; ahd ambitious aspirant • who- prepih^dt' andcarried into effect, as ; far,as praetieable, these frauds and forgeries, . with the view of his eleotion -to the United Statefi'Senite-from Kansas, Jvill be found to . . have been tho real author of all these conn- terfeits'hpbn the elective' franchise.' It iy’wlth ; deep regret; as an-Amerioan cttiaaa,,\that we repur .toVtheße :;’;'fbrgeties;uow admitted;, aSdJe thefr'adoption ~;'?;und. bf the '*?>, pidted States messages toOon ’--'i/gtess; rMqjflfcitaiflre -may'; havo, ilepibred j the of tllß , Southern taem-' Vi j-MirtußbebMesS on thlß .question, tyiewduld JpV^|j^t^ftjji^def|nce,.;that'mpny of them, ;>J»o'KdoUbt; llto Senator-'tiAMHosb/ief! South of the United States, in, support of" these frauds -7 : - s \ TV The Influence of Railroads. Railroads are the greatest , achievements of modern civilization. The superfluous ©Re gies, which in darker ages were worse than wasted in bloody, and destructive wars, and in the infliction of untold miseries upon mankind, *are now happily applied to the construction of these works. When we consider that this Union has exponded more than a thousaud millions of defiarii Upon them, and that a vast iron net work spreads overthe whole country, we are enabled to obtain" a faint idea of the mighty influence they exert upon the pros perity, tho trade, and tho general welfare of the nation. At the same time, we are im pressed with the important influence they no r cesearily exercise upon tho fortunes of re spective localities. American towns and cities arb: advanced or impeded in their pro gress, not as the towns and cities of oldon times were, by the tide of battle and the tri umph qr ,defeat, of this or that military chief tain, but by the success or failure of the railroad projects of tho day, and the character of the regulations adopted by the companies which control them. A friendly railroad company, with great and important extensions striking into tho heart of the interior, and placing in the lap of a, great city the trade and commerce of an extensive and wealthy rural region, can exercise a more beneficial and advantageous influence than ‘any old monarch or warrior conld ever have ex erted in behalf of his favorite locality. In the very nature of things a convenient system of transportation is one of the first necessities of commorco. Whore it exists in a superior degree, commerce flourishes and prospers, but in its absence commerce cannot thrive. Philadelphia has her strong points, and her weak ones, in this connection. The struggle of tho Eastern citieß for tho groat trade of the West has terminated in her favor, and in that dircption she can defy all competition. Pos sessed of superior natural advantages, these advantages have been made to tho fullest ex tent available, by the energy, talent, and en terprise of those to whom this important por tion of her railroad connections has been en trusted. The completion of one continuous railway link between ibis city and Ohicago is an event calculated to exert a more important influ ence upon the destinies of tho city than al most any other occurrence that has ever transpired. It has given us the vantage ground for tho traffic of tho whole of the great West, and taught our merchants that if they can offer to the people of Ohio? Indi ana, Illinois, Wisconsin, lowa, and Missouri as great inducements as tho merchants of other Eastern cities, they will have tho first claim to the trade of all that vast region, on account of the superior facilities for trans portation which they possess. A simple fact like this, practical and self-evident, appeals at once to tho judgment of thousands of busi ness men, and lays so broad a foundation for successful commercial operations, that untold millions of . wealth should be derived from it. In another direction,/ however, a widely different condition of things has '’existed. Naturally, Philadelphia enjoys a superior po sition for tho trade of tho South and South west, as well as for the West and Northwest; but by one of those hocus-pocus operations incident to the peculiar and mysterious sys tem of railway management, it seems that a passenger can be carried with his baggage 'from Nashville, Tennessee, to Now York, ninety miles beyond Philadelphia, for $6.90 less' than ho can be brought to this city. Such a system may well be rogarded as one of tho marvels of modern commerce. It is a refreshing cariosity in Its way. heard before now of competitions among steamboat, captains, where tho fare was not only gradually reduced to nothing, but a good dinner finally thrown in by an over zealous competitor for the honor of catering to the wants of the travelling community. But the railroads which form connecting links at Philadelphia between the North and the fionth far. exceed such extraordinary demon strations of liberality. They carry their pas sengers ninety miles for nothing, and give them money enough to purchase half a dozen good dinners. .If success rewards their pre sent system, wo may, perhaps, look forward to thnri"'r ♦ fifty will not nwlg ♦?nVrti_r mnn ~tirNtnO" - to cotne' off in Pittsburg, was placed on Wednesday afternoon, by Mr. William Pinkerton, of Pittsburg, and Mr. Michael Geary, of Chicago, a r t^Panh’a' > 'salo<)n l Third street, for a purse of t hon dred S.o] 1 ars. The game was played npon one, of patent elastic combination oushiom tables,* with two and a half ineh balls. W. 0. Gallagher and Gibson Miller were ohosen judges.. , The game , commenced at two o'clock,.anC was oonoluded-at five, Mr. Pinkerton winning by twoThundred and twenty-six points. The .highest" was fifty* two, made by Mr. Geary. Mr. Pinkerton’s largest run was fifty-one. The Piloort -wOrf’vety much' crowded, and great interest was felt daring tho progress of the game. Mr. Goary is said to be oho of tho best billiard players in the' West. Another match is talk of. Public Entertainments. The Opera —lf any augury may be formed of tho suooess of tho present brief operatio season, from tho attendance and marked enthusiasm last evoning, we oannot go far wrong in predicting that Mr. Ullman will have abundant roason for satisfaction from his trip to the “Quaker City.” The excitement for securing places for last night’s performance was unabated all day yegterdny, from the time that tho box-offioo of tbe Academy open ed until it olosod. As a natural consequence, when tho ourtain roso, every desirable place in parquotto and balcony, every box In tho whole house was filled. We question if any city which possesses an opera-house, whether in this country or Europe, conld have presented a more elegant or tasteful display of toilettes than that whioh illu minated every point of view beneath the spacious dome of tho Aoademy last ovening. The “ Daughter of tho Reglmeut” is so familiar an opera to all frequentors of the Academy that it seems like trenohing on the domain of common, place to undortako a detailed analysis of its spo. olal points of interest. Its musioal beauties, though abundant and striking—the “ ’Rataplan''' and the. < f Saint ala France ” haying become to American ears almOßb as familiar as national airs—are sub ordinated in great measoro to the dramatic inte rest whioh never flags to the olose. It is for this reason that it is admirably adapted for bringing out, in the strongest possible light, tho peculiar capacities of Mad’lle Piccolomini. Tho debut of this muoh feted oelobriiy last night was a gratiying success. In porson, Madllo. Piccolomini is deoidodly petite, being rather un der middle height. Hor movements on the stage are easy and natural to a rare degree, and charac terized by marks of high-toned breeding. Iler features ore of exquisite regularity, her eyes of a dark bewitohing expression, and her figure of a graceful mould. Every word she utters is elo quent of on inborn ardency and enthusiasm of genius, whioh sho cannot Toprosa. It is the genu ine Italian fire whioh fascinatos, while it subdues the charmed spectator: Iler voice, whioh has called forth no end of criticism elsewhere, is cer tainly sympathetic- in a high dogroe, and in tho tender passages of the opera wins irresistibly upon thefeeliDgs. Asaniustanco in point,we were struok particularly with the sad avia at tho oloso of tho first act. In* quality, wo should say, to speak criti cally, that it is not of the very highest stylo,bub any dofioienoy that might bo found in this rospoot is more than made up in a certain power of aotion and expression whioh is brought Into play at tbe identical orißis whon most accessary. Wo mast ronder this distinguished artiste the justice to say that her enunciation is singularly oloar and dls tinot, and that her voice is, at all timos, under admirable control. But tho groat ohann of her fascination eonslsts in the wonderful facial mo- bility by” wbiob sho is enabled to express tho minutest shade of fooling. In this regard, sho has few, if any, living superiors on tho lyrio stage. It is difficult to realize more perfect acting. It Is tho exact counterpart of nature’s self. ( At the olo3e of eaoh aot, Piccolomini wa9 loudly called for, tho enthusiasm of tho audlenoe, which at first seemed a little difficult to kindle, rising evonly and gradually until it oulminated at tho olose in a significant ovation of applauso. Opinions among tho audicnoe were not, perhaps, unanimous on all points, but tbero' oan be no question that Piccolomini will become a deoided favorito. The othor artistes wore careful and vory impor tant adjuncts to the success of the opera. Sig. Formes was warmly welcomed back' to tho scono of bis former triumphs. His rendition of tho Sergeant was inimitable. Tho new tenor gave very general satisfaction as Tonio. Tbe ohorus was admirably drilled, and the orchestra was de cidedly tho best over assembled In the Aoademy of Musio. To-night tho magnificent opera of “ Lo Nozze di Figaro” wilt be produced for tho first time. In surprising effects of harmony and situation, It Is superior to nearly any opera extant. Mozart pro duced it at the ago of thirty, at the highest point of his musioAl famo. It is regarded by critioa as a finer production than (( Don Ghvanni.” Ficcp lomini appears as Stuanna. . On Monday, the opera of “La Traviata” will bo performed, wbon our opera-goers will have an opportunity of pomparing their remembrances of Gnzzaniga’s admirable performance with that of Piocolomini. On Wednesday, Mpyjorbper’s gropd opera of the liuguonots ”isto be brought out, with all the soeuio effcota whioh aro requisite to give it a proper settiog This will make four dis tinct operas In five nights, a varioty which cannot fail to hit the public taste. Walnut-street Theatre.— Notwithstanding the extremely unfavorable state of tbe weather lost evening, and the debut of Piocolomini at the Aoademy of Music, the benefit of MBs VandenbofT, and the production of her new play of }i r otnan'r Heart, attracted a largo and highly fashionable audience. Time and space only permit us to say, that tbe play was a complete and uuoqulvooalsuccess; tbo «him»gnput was nnmi »«««- ~ every BrfghTgem ~of thought and poetlo sentiment was appreciated, and found an epho in the brensts of all present. We fully anticipated these results, and feel assured Woman's Heart is l destined, as it deserves, to run a brilliant career, ft will be repeated this end every other ©rening, until further notice. Miss yandonhotf and Mr. Swlnboarne were reoalled at the end of the third not, and again on the fall of the curtain. BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. T.etter from Washington. r Correspondence of Tbe Press.] Washington, Jan. 14,1859. I bolieyo you aro one of the many who wrote obituary notices over the advertised denth of Albort Pike, of Arkansas, the poet, orator, lawyer, and wit. If you are, I am desired by the aforesaid Pike, who says he is not dead nor sleeping, but alive and in dignant, to say that ho intonds having a resur rection in a short time, when all the lamentations of his oditorial frionds are to be read and la mented upon, and the rewards and punish ments duly distributed. Somo of those com. mentations aro very scandalous especially thoso which impute to Pike the design of dying rioh and others are, vory laudatory. Your friend —of the National Inlelligmcer y how ever, insists that Pike is dead, and that the parson here ealled Pike is an odd fish, and cannot ho his Iniuentod friend. Meanwhile, “Albert Pike ” is the name formally entorod at the Kirk wood. It is a knotty question, and will require some while to decide it. It will appear from cortain of the speeches made in the House, as well as oortnin newspaper articlos, that tho radical Republicans are-resolved to fight tho Presidential battlo npon the most ultra Aboli tion platform. Mr. Israol Washhurno, of Maine, Intimated as ranch in his violent speech j>n the 'llth. He repeated a good part of Mr. Seward’s extreme Rochester speech, and made it a part of tho Republican platform, Ido &£t believe that anything is moro certain than the fact that the party suaoeoding in'lB6o will i not be a seotionaj party. Tho almost pnitod sentiment against tho policy of the presont Administration is not a sec tional sentiment. Those who think it ip will find themselves grossly mistnkon. The condition of Mexico continues to be so dis turbed that wo Bhall presently bear of a great de bate on the following bill, introduced by Mr. Senator Mason, of Va., on Tuesday last, from tho Committee on Foroign Relations, authorizing the President of tho United States to uso the publio force of the United States in tho cases therein provided : Tho President,of the United States, in the discharge of the duty imposed on him by the Constitution, from timo to time to giro to Con gress information of the state of the Union, and to reoomtnend to their consideration such moasuros as he shall judge necessary and expedient, has in formed Congress that, by reason of thb dlstraoted and revolutionary oondltton of Mexico, of certain of the States of Central Amorfoa, and occasional ly of thoso in South America, as well tho property as the lives and liberties of Amorican citizens, peaceably and rightfully within their rospeetivo limits, aro subjected to lawless violenoe, or other wise placed in peril,by thoso claiming to be In au thority, and for redress thereof negotiation and remonstrance, in tho forms of diplomntio inter course, Are nttompted in vain; and lb being mani fest to Congress that suob condition of tiring* in tho States aforesaid will oontinno so long as Go vernment is fonnd there in the unsettod and Irre sponsible condition at present, and at times here tofore tolerated by thoir people: and it befog tho indispensable duty of tne Government of the United States to proteot Its oitizens against law less violenoe without the limits of the United States, whorover found on lawful errand; there fore, Be it enacted , tye , That whenever it shall be or mode to appear to the President that any eltizen oitizens of the United States have been subjected, within the limits of any of tho States aforesaid, and without oommensur&te offence on their part, to nny act of force on the part of those claiming to be in authority therein, nffeotfog the life-or liberty of suob citizens; and the case, in the opinion of tbo President, demands, on his part, the interposition hereinafter provided, it shall be lawful for the President to übo the land and naval forces of the United Stateß, or such part of them as he may deem requisite, in Bueh way as, in his judgment, may be most ef fectual, by foroe, within «he oountry bo offending, to give full and adequate relief aod protec tion to any oltizen or oitizens of tho United States so injured or imperilled, and at his discretion to obtain redress for any wrong so dono : Provided, That the President shall report to Congross (if in session, forthwith, or if in reoess, at its first meet ing thereafter) whatever may bo dono by him at any time in tho execution of ibis act And pro vided further, That as soon as the object shall be obtained in any case whero tho provisions of this act shall be carried into execution, the land and naval forces so used shall be withdrawn. Mr. Mason gave notice that he wonld ask the Senate, at an early day, to prooeod to the con sideration of tho bill. In September last, General Norris, of Philadel phia, engineer, offered proposals for furnishing the machinery for a sloop-of-war, now building at the Philadelphia navy'yard. At a subsequent period, General Norris was in formed that the englneer-in-ohief had furnished parts of his drawings to a competing bidder, when he.proQoeded to Washington and asked an expla nation from tho Hon. Secretary, Mr. Touoey, the head of tho Navy Department. THE PRES?.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1859. The honorable Secretary assured General Norris that such a disgraceful aot oould not bo perpetra ted by any one in tho Department, and that it was untrue. Two boards of engineers of tho navy wero suc cessively appointed to examine and report upon the plans of Gen. Norris and others, but certain members of those boards were influenced by tbe enginoor-in-ohief to vote against Norris, so that no decision was obtained from either, the result in oach ease being a tie The Secretary of the fNavy then appointed a board of three engineers out of tbo navy, who gave a full and dear majo rity for Norris. Tho Booretary, howovor, for rea sons best known to himself, delayed from day to day giving the award to Norris which was ju3tly his duo. 1 Tbe Hon. Secretary, boing determined to give tho award to the agent of tho competitors of Nor ris, ana s> knowing v ho could not deprivo Nonis of tho oontraet by fair means, resorted to foul by raising a new issue. In his usual amiable and diplomatic manner ho told Norris that ho wished him to add to his proposals a schedule of prloes for speed, and gavo him tho starting point in figures, thus proposing a formula to suit himself. As soon as the Secretary obtained this, means were soon found to inform tho agent of the com petitors of Norris, who forthwith sent in their sohedulo of prices somewhat lower than Norris. Upon this new issue, oontrary to all established usage, tbo lion. Secretary of tho Navy gave his decision in favor of Norris’ competitor. Norris promptly entered his protest and served the lion. Secretary with a Btrong affidavit, setting forth in-clear terms, tho existence of gross fraud and corruption in tho Bureau. The President and Attorney Genoral interfering in behalf of Norriß, tho further aotion of the Score' tary of the Navy was stopped. At an interviow on the 2Sth ult., between tho Secretary of tho Navy and General Norris, tbe Booretary deolared, that if Norris oould further substantiate the alleged fact, that ooptes of his drawings had been furnished his competitors from tho Bureau, he would forthwith dismiss tho engincer-ln-ohiof and see him righted. x Norris requested, by lettor, tho Secretary to glvo his porm’ssion for certain officers of tho naval en gineers to testify in the matter, bat the Secretary did not reply. On tho 4th instant, Norris presented numerous affidavits and letters dearly substantiating ovory ohargo in his affidavit, and waitod patiently for tho honorablo Secretary’s aotion ; whioh, however, did not take place until 7th finst., whon tho honorable Secrotary gavo his judgment as fol lows : . That the famishing of ooples of Norris’ drawings from tho Bureau W-;ryiOg lujjiu.iwv lUI tuffwiuiumiwu VI, the manoialnons aod desert portion of th&, t route, although they differed respecting ~- In the course of the discussion, Mr. Doouttlb, of Wisconsin, submitted as amendment, providing that any contract by the President s*>a(l be submitted by him to Congress, and tske effect only by joint reso lution. , Ur Trumbuli., of Illinois, supported Ur. Doolittle’s p’an, insisting that nnlew some provision was adapted taking from the President the definite seiecticn’of tb* route, the bill could oot paw The Senators who were opposed to the coostinctlgo of the road altogether had united with a few of its fri&cds, and reacted the amendments to limit the line of the road between the parallels of latitude tbirty-fou* to forty-three degrees, thus leaving to the President, a r , will vote for the Senate bill for the admUslon of Orrgou into the Union, and oppose all efforts to trammel 1U isssAge. The present difficulty is to obtain an oppoi •unity to report it from tho Committee on Territories, Thn United States Agricultural Society, Wasuinoton Jan. 14 —The United States Agricultu ral Society have re elected Gen Tilghmau president, and ono vice president from every Rtato a d Territory. B. B. French Is re-elected treasurer, and B Pe-hy Poore seer *tary The executive committee for 18f»9 is M follows: Messrs. 11 Wager, of New York; J McGowen, of Pennsylvania; J War.*, of Virginia; F. Bmyth, of New Hampabire; J. Merry man, of Maryland ; U. Oapron, of Illinois; aud J. M. Cannon, of lowa. United States Supreme Court, WasniNOTON. January 14.—N0 285. John T Maaou va Joseph G. Gamble, et al. Motion to dismiss argued pro and eon. No. 39 Goorge Smith vs John J. Orton. Argument concluded for appellant No. 40. The United States v*. Michael 0 Nye. Ar gument commenced for appellant, and continued for ap pellee. Adjourned till Monday. Washington, Jan. 14 —Tbreo mails from New Or leans and several of the intermediate points were re ceived this evening. The papers contaiu nothing of special importance. Adcjohta, Jan. 14. —The Southern malls, as Into as duo, have been received. Nothing Important in the papers. The Steam fillip North American. Portland, Jan. 14.—The steamer North American will nut rail to-tnorrow, an elm will be obliged to go into the dry drek for repklrs. She tHUprobably sail on Saturday, the itfth lost. Second Session* Washington, Jan.-14, 1860. BKNATK. Tho Southern Mails* PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. Ha&bibbubq, January 14, SENATE. The Sonata mtt at 11 o’clock this morning. Mr, Sibelb, of Luzjrne, from the Ooramfttee on Railroads, reported a bill incorporating the Philadel phia and Darby Riilroad. P*»sed finally. Monday next being fixed for the election o* State Trees rer, fifteen candidates were placed in nomination. Adjourned. Mr. Botjibrford presented a memorial from George Bergoer Sc. Go. relative t) tbe printing of tbe Dally lie* o'rd of proceedings—proposing to furnish the tame at a cbeaperyrate than now naid. Mr. Bell, & supplement to tho act erecting the town of Chester, Delaware county, Into a borough. Albo, a bill relative to costs io equity In the District Court or the eity of Philadelphia. Mr~ Turskt offered the following, which was : adopted : Whereas, It is alleged by one of tho papers of Harris burg that the franking privilege has beau abused by the clerkß of the Senate and House of Hep-esvn’atlves during the receia of the Legislature'. Therefore, Resolved, That tbe Committee on Accounts he, and they are hereby, r*q«sted to ioTectigatc said charge, and rerort the facts to this Senate. Mr. Millmr submitted a resolution providing that the Ponate, on Monday next, at 12 o’olock M , will join tbe House of Representatives in couveutlou for the pur pose of electing a Blate Treasurer. Adopted. Mr. Millkr submitted the following : Resolved, That the Governor is hereby requested to inform the Seuate, under the act for the Rale of the public works t® the Banbury and Erie Railroad Coru ptny, what sum was offered for tho Doltware division ef said works, by responsible nersous; who the pa-tles were; how much tho sum offered by raid parties ex ceeded that sctcallv received for the said division from the Delaware Division Canal Comp3ny ; within what time after the pas«age of said set the entire public works of tho Commonwealth were sold, aad what sure of money the said Bnnbury Sc Erie Railroad Company The resolution was laid over under tbe rale, the una nimous consent of tbe Senate not being obtained received for negotiating a sale to third patties. The Senate adjourned 111 Monday moraiog. HOUSE. The House met at 11 o’clock. The Ifonee refused to coosidcr the resolution reducing the psy of lHombors Mr. MoOuirr, or Franklin, present*il his reasons for .alsmce from tie committee on the contested elootbn case, for which he was reprimanded. lie was unani mously excused. DBAWI.NO A .OOMMITTBR OK CONTB3TBD BR T. Agreeably to order, tho House jroceeded to select a committee according to law, to try the matter of tho petition presented on last Toesday, comp’aining of .an amine election of Oliver Rvanß, returned as a member of the House, from the Thirteenth Representative Dis trict of Philadelphia. The roll of the members was called, and thomombors were all present except Meters Glatz. Good, Harding, Irish, M’Dowell, Hill, Puttorson, Qn’gley, Robrer, Walboro and Whitman Mr. Thorn announced that Mr. Ifammersly would officiate temporarily for the contestant Messrs. Gritm&D, or Luzerne, and Mr Goepp, of ’"Northampton, officiated on behalf of the sitting mem ber, Mr. Emus. The Speaker directed that the names of Movers. Ila merely, Goepp, Evans, and tho Speaker should not be placed in the box. Messrs. Bayard, of Allegheny, and Broadbead were appointed to write down tbe namps of the members as drawn by the clerk and announced by tbe Speaker, ac cording to the actof Assembly. ' The roll was then called by tho clerk, when tbe fol lowing were challenged by tbe counsel for the pe titioner. Messrs. Bert'riet, Boyer of Gloat field, Brcdhe&d, Cas ter. Dism&nt, Fleming, Galley Gray, Bill, Hottenstine, Jsckson, Laird, M’Olain, Oaks, Porter, Shields. Bmith of Philadelphia Stephens, Stonoback, Stnait, Warden, WUcox, Wolf, and Woodrirg The following were challenged by tho counsels for sittirg monitor : Messrs. Abbott, Balliet, Barnsley, Barlow, Bayard', Boyer. ( 7 rhoylkill,) Bn son, Burley, Campbell, Chase, Church. Dodds, Ellnmker, Fearon, Graham, Ora*?, Green, Keneagy, Betchuin, Rinneyctt'&wreoce, (Wash ington,) Mqon, McOlure, McCuwfe' Palm, Penuell, Pierce, Pinkerton. Price, Rama#«L'Rouse. f-haeffer, Sheppard, Smesd, Taylor, WaggOOTeuer, Walker, Wig ton. Wiley WiUJtms, (Bedford,) Williams, (Backs.) WiUlstou and Wood. The following names were ppt objected to by either party: - Meiers Acker, Fifihor. Foster, Mohaffey, Read, Thompson Thorn, and Wilson. Thn nawpß l}»Tinß been p*haußtpd, excppt sufficient in number, with those se'eoted, to make seventeen, th"se remaining in the box were read out with tbo names previously chosen, and were declared by the speaker to be the seventeen names required by the law. They are as follows : Messrs Acker, Fisher, Foster, Thompson, Thorn, Wilson, Sty or, Rckraan, Smith of Harks, Witborow, Miller, Neall, Purborrow, Pngh and -The parties being furnished with the list of seven teen names, doly chosen, retired with the clerk of the House for the purpose of striking alternately until the number should be reduced to nine members After some time they returned, and the clerk an nounced the followlrg merabe-s to constitute the soleot committed, who were dal/ qualified : Messrs Acker, Wilson. Fisher, Fcstor, Smith of Berks. Miller, Thompson, Them and Rose. Mr. Hahmkiibi.y moved tba: the commut e just se lected meet to-morrrw morning, at 9 o’clock, in the east committee room, whiih was agreed to. The House agreed to elect 4 State Treasurer next Monday. The namps of nineteen persons placed in general nomination for the office. Adjourned. American and Republican Caucus Nom< inntion tor State Treasurer. JJabbibbobo, Jan. 14—The Am?ricao and Republi can members of the Legislature held a caucus this evening. At 7 o’clock the body was called to order and organized by the peleotien of the following officers: President, Andrew Gregg, sonator from the Twelfth district | B«cratarie«, 0. !\ Itam'doll, repreaenUtiTe from Venaogo, and J. 11. Foater, iQpreaentatira from Alleghany. The caucus then proceedod \o make & uonjiofcUon 'With the following result: Ist ballot. 2d ballot. 3*l ballot. ....21 34 69 lO 18 11 lltmrferson,....,l4 10 7 Slifnr. Ftrutber*,, 4 Cochran,. ’ Taggart, , - fif’.nther.. , Waiters!. 8 6 8 0. fU. ? 4...: d. 4 1 Mr. Slifer wib deoltiel to be the nominee, and tho •atomisation w*rf made unanimous, nod the oaucu* I‘bc f?o*t OJiice Department. ' WABHiftaroH, Jaa, 14 —Tbp Postmaster Qeqeral, in reply to a resolution passed by the Senate, Inquiring whether the department can pe self-sustaining, says that In no esse has the *xlstiog eerrlce been railed to a higher (rfade, or mere frequent mails been granted, than the Imeued growth and buAlneßS of the cities and settlements through whioh they pus seemed fairly entitled to, It !• evident that by a uiminution of the ierviO“, the seltauatafuiug of the department can un questionably be secured But >t is wo'tby of mocb cona'deration, whether tbatweuld not leave th<* mere skeleton of a postal saryice cornmenpuraie with neither the business nor the sooiai wants or the c country. The Postmaster General state* that under the postage law of 1845, the revenues and expenditures were about equal. Bioce the pawage of the law of 1851 Bxlng'he f resent rates, the expenditures have been regularly and argely increasing These fatts obviously suggest that if Congress is to make tfce department self-sustaining, the surest of doing so would be $ return to the Jaw cf 1845, and establish five cents postage for dia tincee under, and ten cents for dit-taoces over three thtu aid miles. Hence he favors the bill introduced in the Senate at a former session This, together with the amendments which he has already suggested In re gard to the mode of inviting proposals for carrying the mills, nod the substitution of pottage stamp* for the ranking privilege, would render tho department self sustaining in what relstsn to its regular and proper operations. Two set* cf service were called Into exist ence in consequence of the necessities of the State—one the Paoifio route, the other 'he great overlaud route to California. The former, deauoting postages, will cost $3lO 586 por annum.' The la'ter, when the Halt Lake line is added, will co«t $1,500,000, for which there will not probably be sufficient postage revenue to pay Further from Hle\ico. REPI/SRS TO MSTKN TO KOHI.RIi’ COJfMIS' Nkw Orj.kan3, Jin. 13.—Advices from Vera Crur. to th* 9th lust, state that President Junrea lad refused to listen to the ircprsltions made by commissioners cent by Gen. Bobles Gen Kulosga befopo Jifs fall from power, had ap- f troved of the propositions made by France i»od Kpg, and for the 'settlement of the Spanish difficulties, aad Spain had agreed to the reference The United States sloop-of-war Saratoga was at Saorl «pl0f». Later from IfavQua. New Orlvaks. Jan. 13.—The Empire CMy, from Ha vana, Is below, with dutss to the 10th met. COMSRROJAL INTBLLIGRNCB —'art) dull at 0# rials; stock Id port, 27 000 boxes Corn ia steady liird, inkogs. 17£. Exchanges are advancing ; bills on London, 13# per cent j on New York, 3# do. Further from Ifavnim. OiUSl.euton, Jan 14 —The steamship Isabel has ar rived with n&yaoa dates jo phe Bth lost The slave trade is carrlel on with great activity in Cuba. Two thonsaod negroes are reported as recontly landed An extensive system or smuggling lard, in packages represented as (on'alning potatoes, has been discovered. Ao Order bill coon be issued requiring cargoes to be oertifiod toby the Spanish consul* ‘ Tlio Kansas War. Bt Loots, Jan. 34 A special messenger from Go vernor MftWry. or Kaasn«, to Governor Btewart, arrived at’Jefferson oity yesterday, who reports that Mont gomery was fortifying his position near the Missouri line; that the United States troops had been sent to that vicinity, and volunteers vrero b-lng raised as ra* piilv as possible. Six hundred markets passed through Jefferson city on Wednesday, for Kansas Later from Salt Lake. Pt. Lours, Jan. J 4 —The Sait Lako mail reached St, Josiphs on the 9th instant. Tbo District Oonrt met on the 17th nit. - Mach excitement prevailed in the oitr, growing out of the myrferions disappearance of a dear and dumb boy The Saints are charged with foul play in con nection with the affair. The Florida Indians CHARI, rstoh, Jan 11.—The brings ad victs from Tampa Bay to the Bth lint. The Pen uvular of the Sth states fb&t Colonel Rec tor arrived on th* Otb, with a «*<*l«gatioo of Western Sem’uolee, and is to make a last effort to effect the re moval of the Florida Indians. The Cuba Telegraph Line. SiVANXAH, Jao. 34.—The Barann'h and Cuba Tele grajh Company has commenced planting their point in this eity. The extension of the line through Boath wvsiorn Georgia to Fernandina, Florida, will be rushed through. Vphsols of War at Sacrificing. jNKW ORUUNB Jao. 13.—Tetters from Vera Cruz reoeind br the Tennessee, state that there were Uve French, four Spanish, and three English vessels of war Buttoned at Bacrifloios at the latest dates. 'Steamship America Outward Hound. llAL.’Fix, Jan 14—The steamship America, from Boston, arrived at 7# o’clock this morning, and sailed again for Liverpool at 9 o’clock. Markets by Telegraph, Baltimore, January 14. —Flour firmer but unchanged. Wheat better; white $1 OOtfDl GO, red $1.33. Corn study; yellow 77, white 75 Provision* quiet, and quo tation! nncbaoged. Ohio whiskey held at 27c New Orleans, January 13 —Balea of Cotton, to-dsy, 14,000 bald. Thn gtcimar’s nd»ic a s had no effect upon thß ralrket, and quotations are uncharged Corn has a/tvaateJ to $1 150. Whiskey—Rectified 2»#. Lard 10« Uimi.EKTON, Jan. 34 —Cotton depressed ; sales of 900 baba Bavaniah, Jan. 14 —Cotton—Bales of 760 bales to day. The foreign s‘oamer’B news caused greater firm* new, an! there in a better feeling in the market; mlddlhgi arequotod at ll#fl>ll#o From California, fPur Overland Mail j St Lons. Jan. 14.—The overland mail from Cali fornia on the 20th nit. has arrived. She brings no through pissengers. There B no way news of importance, and the advices from CallLmia have been anticipated by steamer. CAMBRIDGE CATTLE MARKET. Jan. 12—At market, 828 Cattle, 760 Beeves, and 78 Stn*es~cousist iogof wr/king Oxen. Cows. and one, two and three years old Prices—Market Beef, extra $7 25®7 60; Ist qua Ity, C.6o«ii7 { 2d quality, 75 50 ; 3d quality, $5 ; or* dluavy, $< Working Oxen—None. Cows and Ca1ve5!!28.40f1i21.67 !!28.40fli2l.67 Yearling*— Nono. TwoyearsoM—s2o© !;24', Tbpe years old—?2stf3o. Sheep and Lambs— -2,240 At tmrket. Prices In lots. $2, $2 60a3 25 each. Extra. ftfflffO 60. Hides lb. Tallow r,ua 7c lb. Pelts $1 26cs 1.60 each. Calf-skins 12®13c V ?h. Xokjdwlkdqmisnt.— Tlio undorsignoti ac knowledge the tecelptof five dollars from ‘*A Mrauger” for the Kansas MUuUmary. Riosaxd Nmwtok. THE CITY. IMUBHMBNTB THIS SVBNING AOADIMT of Mosto.—“LeNozze dl Figaro.” Mt». D V BOWXXS' TSSATM.— u Woman's Heart The Beacon of Death.” WnsATLirr & Olaxkb’s Asob-stbbst Thuavkv. *• Oor American Oomia”—“Robinson CruHoe and his Man Friday.” Watiosai. Otnoofl —“Lent’s Circus Company.”— “ Equestrian, Gymnastic, and Acrobatic feats ” Sanford’s opkma Houbb.—Ethiopian Entertain* incuts AaußMßi.r TiniLoiKOS.—Signor Blit*. Mcsioxl Fohi> Uali.— This Afternoon.—The Ger mania Society Rehearsal. Miraculous Escape from A Large Fire*— The alarm o'f Ore about 7 o’e'ook la*t evening was cutised by a (ire at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, which is situated on the north side of Chestnut street, west of Eighteenth ; And had it not been for the timely discovery, which rendered its suporession an easy mat ter,.there would have occurred the largest and most destructive,fire that has taken place in our city for years The fire Is attributed ent ; rely to the culpable negligenco of those who constructed the heater, from which it originated. The trimmers and joists were completely charred, and the process of charring has doubtless been going on ever since the church was built. Around * the fnrn&ce was piled a quan tity or shavings and refuse lumber which, if it had become fairly ignited, would have rendered the destruction of the church and the surrounding princely mansions inevitable. A bene volent association of ladies conneite’ with the church held a meeting there yesterday afternoon, and it was designed to hold a prayer meeting there in the evening. About quarter to seven o’clock a little girl (the daugh ter of the sexton) went in t~> see if everything was right, and war surprised to fiud the church filled with smoke S*e quickly notifi s d her father of the fact, who immediately entered the church with several policemen and gentlemen In that vcinity, and succeeded in ex tinguishing tbe flames, which had ju«t come through the floor, before the fire companies arrived on the ground Our readers will donbtie'R remember thafthe abore church ha* one of the highest steeples in this city ; and if the fire bad got fairly started, it would not only have destroyed a large amount of valuable pro perty, bat would probably have caused the death of intny-of our citizens , In returning from th*s fire, we learn, from a relia ble source, an unprovoked attack was made by the flh lllar Uoee Company on tbe house of Mr. Staocliff. Several bricks, it is stated were thrown through the w'ndorr; and a 1! this, it appears, alongside of a police station Where were the police, and why are sach disgraceful proceedings allowed to take place with im punity ? At a special meeting of the Board of Di rectors of the Tenth Section of tb<* First School Dis trict of Pennsylvania, held yesterday, tbe following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, It has pleased God in bis inscrutable wis dom to strike from our mld9t our well-beloved associ ate and president, Benjaniin Gaskill, whose practical attention to the danse ot education for a period of over twenty years has endeared him to the hearts of all who are interested lathe publicsohools of the city of Phila delphia: therefore, bo Jt ResolreU, That the members of this Boa'd express their high sense and aupreciation of the wisdom, ur banity, Impartiality, and spotless honor of our late president, Benjamin Gaskill. Resolved, That his early demise has deprived us of one who, by his courteous maonors, well-tempered zeal, snd active energy as a direotor, contributed in an emi nent degree to the advancement of tho cause of publie school education. Resolved, That we hereby tender to the family of the deceased our sincere and heartfelt sympathy in the loss they have sustained, and that, as a mark of the senti meutsof high regard and esteem entertained by us toward him as an honorable and upright citizen, and as some acknowledgment of the services rendered by him to tbe public reboots of this Section, it is hereby directed that tho schools of this Section be e'osed on"h% day er his burial, and that this Board attend his funeral in abody, Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be con veyed to the family of the deceased, and thqt the pro ceedings of this meeting be published. The Case of Patrick Lociue.—Tho case of this unfortunate mau is exciting a good deal of at tention, aud has had the effect of bringing out certain statements which will doubtless interest many of our readers The Ev ning Bulletin Bays: “We had an interview, this morning, with Dr Smith, one of the physicians of the Moy&measlng prison. Dr. 8. assures us thsf the rfitcers of the prison feol much aggrieved at the yrrdicf of the coron r’s jury in the oaseof Lngue, which sets forth that hie death was the result of cold taken In prison through expoflu e. Dr. Smith says that Logue was suffering with a bronchial affection when admitted to the prison, and that while there he received the attention which his oase demanded. He had a prisoner in the cell with him as a nurse, and when be was Anally hailed out he deotared that he had been well treated while in eonflnement He also requested Dr. Smith to continue to attend him, which Dr. 6 declined to do Dr. B. says the cells are heated with hot air, and that no steam can get into them from tho heatioj l apparatus. The Ares are never suffered to go oat, am tbe prisoner can regulate the temperature of the air in his cell by meaos ot tbe register and the window, both of whioh he cad open or shut at pleasure Net the least extraordinary part of the affair is that the verdict was formed without hearing the evidence ofa solitary person fromthe prison.” ■ A Youtiifui. Rooue. —A short time since an Italian lad, aged fifteen vea'S. appeared at tbe resi dence of Commodore Bead. In Clinton street, and stated that he was in great distieia. The lad, who was almorft destitute of clothiog stated that his name wss Felice Greaobi, ard tkat be had a wealthy father residing in Leghorn. Mrs. Reed became deeply interest ed in tho boy’s recital, and took him In and furnished him with clothing, and offered bira a homo. He had not been there long, however, before he stole a pocket bfok snd several «.ther articles which belonged to his benefactress. Ife was detected, but, after making some fair promises of amendment, V'ewas forgiven. He after wards indulged In his thieving propensity, and after fil ling his trank with olo'hlng he was banded over to Mr. Sloan, the superintendent of the newsboy’s lodging house, and shortly after his arrival thsre he robbed Mrs. Sloan cf $26, aftep whioh be made his escape. Information was given at* the ceotrtl police station, and on Thursday evening Lieut. Henderson arrested the rascal. Upon searching his trunk, a piece of black cloth, which he acknowledged ts belonging to Mrs. Reed, was found} also a gold th mble and several or naments. the properly of his benefactress. The un grateful rogue was sent to the bouse of refuge yeaterdqy raor* Ing. lie bids fair t*> be a follower in * f ho footsteps of ljis uotorjoqs countryman, C^ucenii. Uanoeroos Sport.—On Thursday after noon a serious affray took place at a pigeon-shooting match whioh came off at Little Bristol In the Twenty second ward. Among tho participators were two bro ther*, who reside in the lower part of Germantown. 4t between tho two brothers for some time part, and owing to some disa greement between ttjem tbe shooting matsh« they went |o work to fettle old scores, faring the t coAlo rue brother struck the other and broke his nose, which so enraged the Injured man,* that he seized a gun and struck the other a blow with the weapon, injuring him very severely, and breaking ibe gun. After this, one nf them B' Iz«d a loaded gun and attempted to shoot his brother with it, but he was preventing from executing his murderous design. Tbe affair took place outside of the poifee limits, and consequently no arrests tyero ifiadtt. Murderous Attack.— John H. Parker and Elizabeth Elliot, both colored individna's, were taken before Alderman Femington yesterday morning, charged with having been engaged Id a fight on Thursday even ing at a house in Bedford street, below Eighth, baring the fight, Elizabeth struck John on the head with & pitcher, cutting an artery. The latter bled freely, apd he war taken to the Secood'llatrict station house in an joeenpible condition. Dr, Benner was called In and dressed the wounds. Alter the hearing they were both sent to prison. Assault and Battery.—A man named Ed ward Quinn has been held to bail by Alderman Elliot.' of Fraokfrrd, to answer the oharge of assaulting Dennis McAvoy with a loaded club. It seems the two were passing along th* Main street, when Quinn commancod tantalizing McAvoy. McAvoy proposed to “ fight it oht,” when Quinn drew the club from hU coat-sleovo and committed the assault. McAvgy’a hold wq.9 badly cat, a«d he had sftveu-.l or Ulb teeth knocked out by the blows inflicted. Ooumittai. op “ Bid CnuoKß.”—Thomas W. North, alias “ Big Ohucks,” was arrested on Thursday last, on the charge of committing ao assault aud battery on an officer of the Second police district. The officer rapped’ Chucks” oyer the head with his “ billy,” and Chucks ” waa afterwards sent below in defanlt or bail. This fellow la a slippery customer, and although sent below very frequently, he never seems to remain long under lock and key. Housed— Yosterday afternoon the Fair mount Fire Company housed their ’•crab,” at their house, on Ridge aveuue, above Wood street. The crab has been handsomely repainted by ore qf their mem bers, ybohft* never'received any instruction in the art of painting. The frontispiece is embellished with a noble bull; tho back locker with an American eagle, bearing a Bcroll with the date of institution of the company, and tl\e side panels are decorated with white swans. Boy Ron (Jyoa.—A boy named Midhael Hayes was ran over about three o’ci ok yesterday after noon, by car No. 27, of the West Philadelphia Passen ger Railroad. The accident occurred at Fifth and Market streets. Tho boy was very severely bruitied by the car’pasaingover him, and was taken to the Hospital. Serious Accident.—A boy named Ellwooi Hoe, aged aboqt seven years, had bis right arm torn ctf J&jjt eyopiogj by a sausage.paitiog machine, which was yorkpd by horse power. The ao *ident occurred at Kiog sesßing, Twenty.fourth ward. The boy was taken to the residence of his parents. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL The Money Market* Philadslpika, January 14,1869, There was littlo or no animation in the stock market to day, but prices were welt maintained. Roading Rui\ road ft hare* declined owing to a pleasure of stock on the market At tho decline, however, there waa more eagernoss manifested to purchase than to sell. The bears are eudeavoring to break down the market, bnt there is no probability of any success on their part. Every* where, throughout the country, we hear of a steady improvement in business, Indicating a rapid return of prosperity. The bears have had their day, and reaped a rich harvest, and the turning tide favors the bulMc terest; And it would not surprise ua to see a rapid riso, In a short time, in stock-values of every description. Onreferrlng to thelastiflftuoof Peterson's Counterfeit Detector) wo fir.d that forty-six new counterfeits hare been put in clroulatiou since thsir last monthly taue. Iralay A Bicknell’a Bank-Note Reporter gives a list of over foply recent counterfeits. The business of coon ter felting is alarmingly on the mcreaso, aud the amount of money out of which the producing olai-ea are annu ally swindled by theße bogus issues must be enormous* yet there Eeems to be but comparatively few of the rogues who manufacture and circulate these issues ar rested and punished. There is t:o much clemency in our laws in respect to this crimo, and the serious at tention of our legislators should ba called to this fact, and they should be urged to correct this great and grow ing evil, by enaotlng such laws, and visiting the crim e of counterfeiting with suoh penalties as would make it of rare occurrence. The following is the amount of Goal transported on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad during the week ending Thursday, January 13, 1860: From Port CArbon...... “ Pottcville ” Schuylkill Haven, |f Auburn “ Port C1int0n...... Total Tor week Previously thia year. To name time lost year. A printed circular Just issued from the Mercantile Agency ofMessrs. B. Douglass fc C.» reports the whole number of failures in the United States and tbo British Provinces, In 1858, as follows, compared with the year 1867 ; United States Number of failure*. And in Canada, JcO. Total 4,687 6,118 Liabilities $llO 187,671 $200,801,003 The States in which the faUureaiucrefaHed in 1868 are: Michigan 16 Arkansas...... 111in0i5...,,, 78 Alabama....... Wiscnnn n.... ......88 Mississippi..... M nnesotn * Territories 27 Tenuersee Delaware* DisofOol... .20 Texas Connecticut 23 Noith Carolina Maryland. Kentucky Virgin'n Georgia. Oanada West ......93 Canada Ea5t....... 32 Nova Beotia &, New-B. .. 1 allarea d*oreaved 1858 are: New Hampshire. 33 Ver ront 17 New Jer5ey............ 23 Lonlslaoa 6 Missouri..». t 27 South Carditis 14 Florida... 1 And the States in which : New York city As 8Ut0.720 Pennsylvania ...171 Ohio 64 Indiana 12 lowa 21 Massacb use tts 232 Rhode Island 9 Maine 20 PHILADELPHIA BTOOK EXCHANGE BALES, January 14, 1859. »IPOBTJ6X> BT IiAXLSY, BIOWM, & 00., BAUX-MOTI, STOCK, AED IXOHAHQB BBOE2BB, MOBTHWBBT OOBMIft THUD AMO OHBSTXUT STBIST6. fIEST BOARD. 2100 City 6s 60* 9 Harrisburg 8..b5 58* 600 do 99* 60 Chest Val R.bswn 4 'GO do 69* 27 Beading R 26* 110 do 99* 50 do 26* 6000 do New ••••103* 100 do 20* 1700 do .....103* 100 do 26* 2000 Pa R2d m 65.... 92* 100 do ...... b 5 26* 1009 Blm let tn 7s..ch 71* 100 do cah 26* 2'lCO RealßGd’S6..oh 74* 100 do b 5 26* 600 do 74* 100 do *5 20* 3000 d n 74* 100 do b 5 20* 34 MorCapf inlots.lo9 150 do b 5 26* 89 Pa Biu lota .... 43* 100 do b 6 26* 89 Union Bk,Ten.lt* 99 60 do ...... M 26* 6 do ........b6 69 ICO do b 6 20* 20 Minehill Rln Its. 69 100 do b 5 26* 10 Hearer Men in Its 68 100 do .... -bswn 28* 70 Richmond Gs..b6 10 100 do .... b6wn 26* 11 Germantown (las 60 60 do .... b6wn 26* 22 Lehigh Val 8.... 44* BETWEEN IOONPaR SECOND ICOO Fa 6a conp..2dy« OS 10) do O&P 93 100 City 6s 99 # f5OO do S&BBBxlOO# 000 do B 99# 2000 0«m k Am 6s ’TO 84# 2000 Read R 6a ’89.... 743 V 6000 Sch Nar 6s >B2 ..71# 2000 Morrifl Ca 65.... 88# 840 Lebtgh Nar 65... 97# 1000 Lehigh Yal B 6s. 87# 6 Pa B in 10t5..... 43# 45 do .......... 43 2 Farm 4c Meoh Bk 59 60 Girard 8ank..... 12# 2 do 12# GLOBING PHj. Bid. Asktd. U 8 6a >74 104# Philaffl 09 #lOO do B 99#1C0 do Now. .103 103# PennaCs ..93# 94 Beading R 26# 26# do 8d5>70..84# 86 do Mtg 65’44.93 94 do do >80.74# 74# Penna R 48 43# do lstrn 65.. .101 do 2dm 6s. ...92# 92# Morris Can C0n..49# 60 do Pref K 9 110 SehnylNar 6s >82.71# 72 New York Markets of Yesterday. Ashes steady and unchanged. Flour, &o—The Flour market i* a shade firmer: sales 0,000 bble at $4 60ff14.76 for superfine State; $5 25 «®S.GO for extra do; ss.3l3* {Hudson R 35*2)36* jCler & Tol R S3* ©32* ’1 Market tfrm_ r HERRING'S PATENT CHAMPION FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES, with HALL’S PATENT POR DKR.PROOF LOCKS, 6(frrd the greatest Keen,it/ of soy Safe in the world. Also, DWELLING HOUSE SAFES, of elegant workmanship 'and Snißh,'for plate, FARES!,, HERRING, & CO.,' 130 WALNUT Street. A New Article for the Hair* PHALON & SON’S COCOINK is the best and cheapest artic’e for the hair. For pre serving, beautifying, and restoring the hair, tha most perfi ct ha'r-dreßaing ever offered to the public Sold at 517, 497, and 197 Broadway, and by all Druggists and Fancy-Goods Dealers Pint bottles'so cei.ts; half-pints, 25 cents. Inquire for Pbalon Sc Son's Cocoino. Be ware of counterfeits. T B. PETERSON A BROTHERS; 306 CHESTNUT Street, Wholesale /gents. jal4-ti Saving Fnud.—Five Per Cent. Interest*— NATIONAL SAFETY TRUST COMPANY, WALNUT Street, S. W. corner, THIRD, Philadelphia. Money received in any sub, large or small, and interest paid from the day of deposit to the day of withdrawal. Money is received and payments made daily, without notice. The investments' are made in Real Estate, Mortgages, Ground Rents, and rueh first-class securi ties as the cha ter requires. Office hours from 9 o'clock in the morning nntil 5 o’clock in the afternoon and on Monday and Thursday evenings until 8 o’clock, fed Together with all tke trimmings appertaining to the Onrtain trade. Owing to the lateness of the season, we will elose out our heavy Curtains at greatly reduced rates. Curtains cut, mafe, and put up, lower than prfees elsewhere a Iso, White Lace and Muslin Curtains of every descrip tion, bought at auction, and selling at half the usual price. Window Shades, Gold Bordered, Landscape, Gothic, Fresco, Plain Linen, and Oil Cloth, at whole sale and retail. Grover Je Baker's Celebrated Family Sewing MACHINES. These Machines eew from two spools, and form a seam, of unequalled strength, beauty, and elasticity, which will not rip r evcn if every fourth stitch be cut. They are unquestionably the best in the market for family use. 1 0016-tf ID*SBHD VOW l OIWOULIB. -HI Une-Frlc© Clothing «( the Latest Styles, and aside in the best manner, expressly for kitiil suss. Remark our lowest selling prices In plaix noosia jo each article. All goods made to order are warranted satisfactory, and our oxt-raioa bybtsx is strictly ad hered to. We beilere this to be the only fair wsy of dealing, as thereby all are treated alike. JONXB & 00., *O4 MABKIT 6tr*«t. #5O, #5O, #5O, 350, #5O, #5O, #3O, #3o. ■SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES.—PRICES RE DUCED.—A new and elegant Family Sewing Ma chine for $6O, and the general scale of prices greatly reduced. All who want a substantial, simple, and re liable Sewing Machine, which haa an established repu tation for doing the very best work on every kind of material, are invited to oall at our office and examine the new machines, at the redncod prices. They can not fail to be satisfied. I. M. SINGER & CO., no2-tJM No. AM CHESTNUT Street. Burnett's Coconino.— A single application renders the hair—no matter how stiff and dry—soft and glossy lor several days. It is THB BIST AND CbBAPIST HAIR DRSBBIRO IN TUB World. HAZZARD CO., Twelfth and Chestnut Sts. Sole Agent. For sale by dealers generally, at 60 cts per bottle nolO-tf Dyspepsia. —There'la probably no disease which experience has so amply proved to be remedia ble by the PERUVIAN SYRUP as Dyspepsia. The most inveterate forms of this disease have been com pletely cured by this medicine, as ample testimony of some of our first citizens proves. For sale lu this city by I. Brown, corner Fifth and Chestnut, and Ha&s&rd At Co., corner Twelfth and Chestnut. a dlO-dfcWtf Premium Perfumery, comprising Bun Lue- TRADE, JSAU ATHENIBNNB, EAU DIVINE DK VENUS, NYMPH SOAP, VEGETABLE LIQUID HAIR DYE, SOAPS of all kinds, POMADES, COS ME lIC3, PERFUMES, Ac., with a great variety of Fancy Goods. Sold by all Druggists, and by JULES UAUEL It CO., Importers and Manufacturers, No. 704 CHESTNUT Street. Philadelphia. jalO-fit Seamen’s Saving Fand—Northwest Corner of SECOND and WALNUT Streets Deposits received In small and large amounts, from all claeaea of the community, and allows interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum. Money may be drawn by checks without lost of inte rest. Office open daily, from 9 nntil 6 o’clock, and on Mon day aud Saturday until 9in Ihe evening President, Franklin Fell; Treasurer and Secretary, Charles M. Morris.' " To WIH lie wreath ot fame, ' And write on memory's scroti a deathless name.** Special Notices. N. A. McCLURE, Window Drapery, BBOOATELLB. SATIN DAMASK, BATIN DE LAINK, WORBTED DAMASK, REPB, MOREENS, AND PLUSHES, PATTEN’S CURTAIN STORK, 630 OUBSTNUT Street. A NEW STYLE—PRICE $5O. 780 Chestnut Stbbbt, Philadelphia, BURNETT’S COCOAINH,