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iteiffiit
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• fruottho Mormon flf.tb# n
’ .Ter'Shoridin i,„o(eneM.,S«w«.^,ir.oupTn
' Tlia'Coatte'; Id»t, of gotten rem«hiing in
■ > U,i ! Miiaaelpiil»'’*<««9®« wte'l* o’<?look; P.
M.jEiinrdaji Jan; I®;,'* ' ’ *
Thtf News.
■V the; national' House of .Representatives, on
was adopted haying in view:
'f’tho’redhotioh of the enpenses of tho navy: The
sf ;Houe’o)went-into Committee of the Whole on the'
/ bill to codify the'reyentte', laws, hut" the debate
’ ' tarnod lo a 'slaverjrdlFoußaloh between Messrs.
Glddings and -Cox, of .Ohio, apd Mr. Smith, of Vir-
T i ginio, in. whioh there was, considerable sharp
. .thooting'on the eternal negro question,'and but
triify little eaid pertinent to the objeot of tho bill;'
The Senate'waS noli Inlessioh.'
TheBUto;Benato was nob in'stpslon • onSatarday.
In theHoußB,the Goyernor’svefo of tbe Insu
ranoebillwaa sustained, „ Several bills were read
in place, two of which were ;,to - incorporate two
r 'mote railway-companies in this oity,' A statement
,'oftbo street renoontre between Messrs; Ohurchand
'Donovan was road by tho.'olerk, Ipabllshfed nnder
tbe regular proceedings.) A' motion was made to
exolude Mr- Donovan—the attacking parly—from
tbo‘floor of tjc House, whioh, 'after, some debate,
* wu adopted j'and the'Housa adjourned. , ( J 7
'• A Tory important cawwaa deoided.in the Nisi
41 Prlns court lt will,be .remembered
tthat the' Directors !of< tholGirard College; softs
time: ago, deotded >that, for tbe futuie,no child
c iboald- enjoy the benefits of education In that lb*
•' gtitutlonwbe had Ipst butone.parent., ’An Injono
"fcion’waa iy^e;friends of a boy re*
: 'fttBed : admittanoe under this rule, to testrainthe
from carrying-'eut what : U was bon-:
•tended Jwas lii .'opposition 1 _ to. Mr. Cilrard’s
’ wishesand will. Tbe deolslon of Justice Bead
'was; that. tbe. direotors bad jgone beyond their;
Bu&orityji and that, they cannot refuse to ad
mit an applioant booause .both parents are not,
'dead. By-ihls decision, a number of.children
who!were admitted some time ainoe as whole or
phans K will have to be takon from the Girard Col
lege until the oqmplainant, and ethers under the
same clroum&ta’nbes, are admitted ; in other
words; a child'that has lost. Its' father is as much
an orpian agon'e that has lostboth its parents.
. Borne important marine intelligence from Key
”West will be found among ourishipplng news.
cin the Buprome Court,■ on Saturday,’an injono-,
tion was applied 1 for to prevent the Falrmount and!
Passenger Railway- Company from.',
finishing their rokd, oin the ground that they are
acting contrary to law. The opinion of the court
'miheoMewasteßemd.' ; '777'7/
The malls by the steamer Niagara have arrived
iff this city* hut, with, the exception of the par;
Coolers of-the dreadful, aooidenfc at the Viotoria
Theatre; which -wc publish, the papors'contain,
nothibg bf was not glyen in the,
telegraphlo sumniary onFriday. -7 -■>
The particular a of the murder vrhloh took place
down town*- eh Saturday night, will bo found in
our city, oolumn. .The miserable victim, .as well
as. all: the parties oonoerued 1 in it/helongod to the
lowest dregs of Moiety? ;* Bum, as usual; was the
principal causff oftheaot '
Tije'arresi of a notorious gang of burglan 1b
giveu 'in our.oolumns to-day. The gang is‘said’
to be’ a daring onej-'and the polio'e deservaCredit
for their’efforts' to brlng the VlUalns' qompbsln^U
tojusldob..//* '7/ ~*7 ■ 7 -
- The number of.deaths In this oity, for the week
ending on Saturday last, was one hundred and
eighty*two, of whioh twenty-seven were by con
sumption/ This exhibit shews, a decreoso,io the
totar number 'of deaths, bf eleven, as compared
with the'week'previous. .The total number of
deaths In-NewYork, for the same period; was
three hundred and"sixty-six.
Orders-have been issued by the, War Depart
ment for the Governor, of Kansas to call.on the
CDlte’ff States troops stationed in that vioinlty to
quell the; disturbances now existing, there.' s ; r .
John'W. Chase, the noted forger,'who Was.con-'
vioted off Tuesday, in New York, of forgery ini the.
second degroo, ,was sentenced to imprisonment for
nine years and nine mouths—-being the extreme
peualtyof thelaw. “,I am much obliged toyour
Honor, 1 ?, was the naive remark bf the knave, as
ho left;&e bar. 1
We bave'areport from. Toronto,,Canada, that
it hasbeen decided 'to Wako Ottawa the seat of
Government,! ,7. .7. .--**■ »i i ” 5
Thp Florida Xegielature has’repealed, thb law,'
providing forthe inoaTccTatibhof free negro] aaU*r
orawhiletholr,vesselsareinport., ,77 7 t * •'it
Commander Perry hsiibeen ordered to the’com
mand, of the, storeship Belief; soon to 'leave for
Asplnwall. .7, - ' '. 7
Thfi'Jonrnal of. Commareo oowbradiots^byau
thority, the report that the CoUini.steamships hid
been bought by k Freffch company; andvrere to be
put NftV York to,Havre. : r --'.ji .7
The Mormons*
A letter,front Tiii: Pekbs
this moralng. which wo insert, although nearly
all oar information directly contradicts the as
sertions of the writer.'' The Mormon question
is a ouHons prbbloin. 1 It wouid have pnzzied
the .wisest Administration, and we do not won
der embarrassed the present, which
is not of .the wisest.' It seeins to usthatGov.
Commiko,' who represents the United States at
the head of the executire department in Utah;
has adopted a line of notion which is about the
best that couid bo adopted ; and it is no less
clear'that but for Thomas L'. Kin'sj of our
State, who volnnteered a "private "and fdisin
terested interposition between the Administra
tion and the Mormon authorities, Gov; Cbm-
Mino would have been powetless’ to enforce
our laws. Nothing could fie more'abhorrent to
principles and social prejudices than
Mormonism. We participate in eveiy just an
tagonism toll j but for all, this, we think it right
that the troth should be stated, even in refer
ence to those who belong to this infatuated
persuasion.' •
V&* Ourcorrespondent,'« Pioneer,” re
minds us that the great question which agi
tates the pre paid politicians; and all those who
look to the fuvorsof the General Administra
tion, is whether Senator Douglas l 'and his
friends l ’wili;.;submlt; to- the- decision' of the.
Charleston OonyeatiOulßolongthg, as we do,
to those who sate ready -to meet every such
question mere than half way, we, think it well
that the rebtiro pps)tlohs.of the Administra
tion pap fyitpid the Democratic ; party—the
two being, in our opinion, wholly'separate,
and antagonistic- intere^—should' be*clearly,
and promptly "esoerteined. Senators l - Davis
and IvissOK, together with many other Repre.
oentatives and organs of
intimate that they would prefer thy election of
a Republican to the Presidency to the election
of StSphss -A. DouOLAs,' and all these poten-,
tial interests,.claim,.in.advance, tho-ondorse-■
ment by, the Democratic National Convention
of their peculiar doctrines against the accepted
Democratic .theory of popular ..sovereignty.
They have, -therefore,' taken -their stand,
leaving little to inference, We like thls. it
is characteristic ,of their section. ' But beforo.
the friend J of.,Democratic principles,' os
interpreted; by ■ Senator 'DoueLAst give in
their adhesion to a Convention .which,'.'we are
daily advised,' is to be by the
Federal' Government,' and uot by the people, ’
we should like thePreaident and hie parasites
and adhefenfs to . answer l whether they will
eupporl .Stethsm ;A, Douolas 'for. the Presl- ;
dency,should he be nominated iitthe.Char lesion
Convention? Or whether..they:would support
any candidate standing upon the doctrines enun
ciated and advocated by Douolas ip hie late'
campaign in Illinois? ’’ It’ seems . to us that if
is a poor preparation for; Democratic' fidelity
to a National Convention to have that Con
vention controlled, by men who announce
it conditions pfecodent”. to their oisn support
of Itsfindiaetton-
Lsoruaa nr Hon. 'Jona* lnvite
the attention of our readers to the fact that tho l
next lecture of the interesting eputeo now in pro.-
gross, at the rooms of Crittenden's Commoroial
College, Chestnut street,' beloir peventh, on the'
subject of “Mercantile;Law,”'wilt be delivered
this evening by. Hen. Judge Jones. These leottiree
have thus far bosn ohoraoterised with the deepest'
interest to .business men, and,the popularity of the
leoturer now, announoed is a aoffloient guarantee
that the effort this evening will Jolly; ausUin tfitir
reputation'in-this r^jeot. 5 ’Ae'these ieotares are
free to budjese men,,the mercantile community is
under cMlgatlonsto Mr.Crittendon for hialanda.
ble efforts in.affording to the .nfsrohinta, who at
tond rMpeblf infqrmaliom ‘ -
BbAI, BsnW.f oBUO AlfP. PuiVATB
Be© Thomy, * Sow , v pamphlet catalogue and id,
vartisomoßts for 'to-morrow: evening; at tfie'Ex
amount of Valuablo property;atprl'vate Mle. ,
■ f*, • -j . w ,' , jK
. U !nvi W : to an advertisement in
to-day s paper htforingfor sale or to let the Fou
ntain Green. Rolling-mill, Bltnate on' ! the Sohnvl.
kill, above Fafrmbant'. ‘ !
-vtvttjj v.s-i.-:’ /•> u*-*.!.; > *.-’a
A jus namedVMttfsnoyi foil dead in Nor-
The Messages'of "Americau Governors*
W© have thought that a raest“ interesting
, picture'of American prosperity and progress,
as well as of Amerioan independence and
statesmanship, coqld be diuvra with the mate
rials presented <o .the student :in tlre„ various
messages of the. Executives of,the sovereign
members of the-American Oonfederaby. Some
of these papers are of commanding ability.
Governor Wise, of Virginia, has been a rare
providence to the Old Dominion, in putting
life into her fossil fogyisms. Governor Bae
bis, bf Tennessee,7and Governor Beown, of
'Georgia, andGoyernor Winston, of. Alabama,
and Governor Wiokmite, of Louisiana, have
said and dduo things which, because mainly
interesting to their respective localities, have
passed observation, but .which, . for every
reason, deserve the most careful attention of
the people of the whole country. Our North
ern.. Goveraors,, too, especially Governor
Ghasb, bf Ohio, and Governor Banks, of
Massachusetts, and Governor Whlabd, of
Indiana, have given glorlqus accounts of the
happiness and growth bf their respective
States., ’ Taking up these several communica
tions and comparing them with the fatal follies
and mad mistakes ot the head of the General
Government, what a sod commentary Is sug
gested to the disadvantage of tho latter, who,
violently negligent of his trust, and. daringly
resolved to entrench upon rights alike sacred
and revered, has set an' example to the na
tions calculated to bring our whole Union into
contempt. Our Governor Packer's message
has been received with extraordinary favor in
all parts of,the country; oven those who do
not- like his politics, admire tho bold and
thorough spirit which pervades it. The Berks
County Democrat has the following notice of
it, whioh is a fine speoimen of the feeling It has
aroused-: - 1 : , . .
“ There axe some persons who affeot—we do not
believe any one of them is sincere—to believe that
it would have been better if the Governor had
said nothing about one or two matters of national,
polities. These, of pourse, are the great questions
whioh have so violently agitated, and are still Qfci
tatingj and will long agitate the pablio mind, with
regara to the extension of slavery and the protec
tion of Amerioan' industry. For ourselves, we
thank God that Pennsylvania has a Governor who
is not a ‘ dumb dog,’ butone, knowing the will and
wish of nine-tenths of her people on these sub
jects, has the heart and the soul to give effective
utterance to that will and wish from the high
place to which that people ratsed him.
“ Let all men bear In mind that, from the very
beginning, the Democratic statesmen of the early
BepublioToresaw that tbe liberties of the oountry
could preserved only by the States. It was
olear to tboiralmost'prop{ietto eyes that tbe dan
ger. to liberly would come from the Federal Go
vernment, Hence, ;t.heir anxious care to found tbe
,Democratic, party upon.this one, among other
grand' principles, of State, 1 rights, by whioh they
meant -that the States, watohing the Federal Go
vernment with sleepless vigilanoe, should keep It
Within' its prescribed orbit. They foresaw that
.the, day.would come when the grandeur, and
power,' and majesty of the Federal Government
would overshadow tho States; when its constantly
growing distance from the people would tempt it
to become, In bad hands,,a Government ovsr, not
0/, tho people. - And from this their wißdom saw
no refuge .but iff tbe sovereignty of the States.
“ Governor Packer plants himself upon that
rook, and from it, as the chief of the sovereign
State of Pennsylvania, in fitly oboien, manly, yet
modest words, he, rebukes in her high name those
flagrant and flagitious .attempts, to,establish do
mestic institutions over the heads and against the
wishes of the people of the Territories, of whioh
I we have all bfeen aorrowing witnesses. - And who
floes net cry Amen to all-he says? Who would
Site rone of those words-? Who wonld daro to do it,
qnd take the responsibility ol the aot before the
people?
! “ If he be not right in condemning, in advanoe,
the new:heresy.which wonld invoke Oongressional
intervention in making laws to oarry slavery into
the Territories, and protect it there, if he be not
right In thaty then the Democratic party has al
ways been wrong. Who will dare to say that on
that point? After sixty yean of happy and con
tented acquiesoenoe in It, are we now to learn from
the babes and suoklings , at. Washington that all
the 1 wißdom of the Demooratio party has been fool
ishness? Are we to be soriOualy asked to undo
all that has been done by such men as Madison,
and Monroe, and Jaokeon, and all the great
statesmen of all parties ;. and, Instead of re
ferring "slavery to-the people to be affected
by it, drag it into the' legislation of Congress?
Will that calm the public agitation? If the
Union has been almost rent asunder by mere ab
stractions about slavery, will it be strengthened
by making slavery, what it never has been, the
direct ana real subjeot of legislation ? The pro
position comes from some crazed traitor, whose
burning brain revels in dreams of tbe ohaos that
would follow dlsnnton. Itfindsslendor favor even
In, a perverted seetional sentiment, Brave and
true men in the South ifiiß their scorn of the mad
new.' Many,Southern States will utterly condemn
it. : Atrd yet, our true-hearted Governor is to be
backed at, loudly condemned or faintly praised,
because he smites this foul heresy whioh the South
itself loathes and will crush.
Whilst heputa his .heel upon this latest South
•e'ni treason; he* does not allow an equally mon
fitriras hatching of Ihe North to pass. A Senator
who towers! n mladabove all thoee .with whom he
acts/ and whafee.sropoattian Jtaa- tho
teohed to It of being endorsed by the first State in
the) Union at its lat«sfc_elpofcion, and from that oir
onostanoe alone, is, priotically dangerous, has do
glared,that all the States must beoome bond or
free, stare.Statesbr.free States..
‘ “Is notPennsylvaniainte rested In snoh questions?
• Are they hot questions that go to the Tory marrow
of her bones? ' And ahalf sho be still, whilst
treasons, such as these, aro forming public sent!*
ment to"their several purposes? A thousand
times, No! : From every hill and valley, the people
of Pennsylvania will hail and* bless the Governor,
who, standing a faithfut sentinel on the outermost
walls of the Constitution, oballenges the dim.
speotral forms' of treason, marshalling and getting
Toady for the assault.
14 The subject is one that glows with Ufe. We
couldsay, muoh about the duty of a Governor in
bis annual-message; hut why say. more? The
Governor’s fault, or It may .be orime, in tho eyes
of, these fastidious' people,' is, that he stands pre
cisely npon the same platform whioh the Douglas
stands on, : .The. viotory in III! nois, and tho sub
lime response to H of THE PEOPLE in the Bomb,
.And in toe North, and in, the West, and in the
n.ast—eves under Domitian’s palace window, and
at the Very-foot of theOapltol—these are the
things that mak e this message wrong.'
44 But read it, ye men of Pennsylvania! read It
for yourse|vos, and in yonr honest hearts, and
dear, cool heads, judge it and its writer.”
Public Entertainments.
Thb Opera —lf there remained any lingering
. doubt,:on Frjday night, whether Piecolominl pos
sessed the qualities essential to brave triumphantly
'the ordeal of a Philadelphia audience, thaf
doubt mnßt have been dissipated in great measure
by the* performance of Saturday evening. - Cold
Jand impassive as Philadelphia judgment invariably
is upon the first recognition of a musical artiste, it
is rare to grow warm, and tend to the other ex.
treme, the moment it discovers the latent sparks
of gebias,. This is proverbial of the musical taste
of the. oily; and Piccolomini has reason to con
gratulate herself that she has so soon conquered
the difficulties of a first appearance. <
The opera of 11 Le Noire di Figaro,” whioh was
prodnoad on Saturday evening, is remarkable as
one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of its oom
poser’s works. It is fairly overrunning with mu
sical outgushings of melody. Throughout every
act there is an opulence,of idea, a fertility of mu-
resources, a .startling novelty of-harmony,
modulation, and instrumentation, whioh cannot
be surpaued in any opera extant. If we did not
know, from indisputable history, that its compo-
Wolfgang Mozart, had written four successful
hberas before be had passed his eighteenth yew,
be bard to comprehend thathsoould have
oompleted tbe i&esentMs/ d'auvre at the age of
thirty. His father, Leopold, had a terrible life
struggle with misfortune,-and nothing but the
oonviotion of the immortal genius of his sm could
have borne up bis spirit amid the indifference and
rebuffs which ho rnet with at the various conrts to
whioh he appealed for sympathy.
, It Is impossible to analyse, with justioe, the
beauties of raoh amasterpieee as the “Noise di
Figaro” In a brief and hurried newspaper artlolo
The opera is a oontlnuons stream Of melody from
the opening note to the . close. It is in marked
contrast to the Italian sohool, to which wo have,
of-late, been surfeited almost ad nauseam. In
stead of Containing a few, specially striking arias,
or fine passages, apparently throws in to relieve
a tedioua^recltative,-deficient of all musical ex
pression,- the 44 Marriage of Figaro” is, every note
of it, delirious musio. lt abounds in concerted
passaged, whioh follow each other, .soeno after
scene, with ever original freshness and variety.
The dramatic part of the opera is equally full of
.interest, and as full of tho elements of fan as any
comedy .whioh holds a plaoe on the stage.
* h* a whole, the performance of the opera
was decidedly the most satisfactory operatic repre
sentation,ever given in the Academy, The orches
tra was under the 'most admirable control, and
shared the plaudits of the audienoe with the vooaj
artistes. -The ohorus, whioh had butvery Utile to
do, dia that'little'with consummate skill. With
these aids, efficiently co-operating, it need not ox
oito surprise th at the opera was a wonderful suo
'cess.”,. . . .
Fiocolomlnl, as. Susanna, had an easy task to
execute, the musical difficulties whioh she had to
enoonnter being neither many nor overpowering.
This was of coarse so much the more in her favor,
and she went, through the role with adash of viva
olty. in admirable keeping- with the oharacter.
Her’eyes winked and flashed with twinkling glee,
or.withv kindling ire; her brow grew serene,or
spoke significant frowns; her playful arms mo.
Honed weloomes, or threatened defiance ; her lit
tle feet made .merry, musio, or stamped emphatlo'
indignation; her every movement oh the-stage
was instinct with meaning. The impression made
on the audience was more favorable than that left
by Friday’s performance.. Our opinion firstformed
is still further confirmed. We regard Fiobolomini
gs a pleasing, oharming, ooptivating actress—not
a graqd nor astonishing musioal artist. Bbe fasci
nates by hpr winning grace and ooquetry, under
tho spell of whieh fascination the oharmed auditor
forgota to oritioUe the voice or the music. She has
the elements.pf popular snooess, and she knows
.exactly how. to use them.
;-The other .artistes wore deserving of great praise
fer their caretul and judicious rendering of Mo
x®rt?s ihßpir'ati©ns. 'Madame Ghioni and Madame
Von Merkel were r admirable in thejr,respective role’s. I
The voice of the former artiste is not very sy
tic, though powerful.' 1 Von B&rkoPavoioo is an ex- I
quislte contralto,, and managed .with excellent I
taste. Herr FornUs\ waB glorious humor, and
vras most deservedly enoored in “ Non piu an
drai,” whioh oould sot bavo been given with more
unotuous expression; Signor.Florensa is a oapital
artist©, having a good presence and fine conception
of the duties of bis part. As a' baritono, he must
take a first rank. Mr. Perring had a slight tenor
part to exeoute, and made very effeotivo. His
voioe is singularly sweet.
-We cannot dose this notiae of the opera without
expressing a wish for its repetition. Tbe public
oould not possibly enjoy a more exquisite musioal
treat. To* night, Verdi’s familiar opera of “La
Traviata n will be performed, in whioh Piocolo
mini will appear as Violetta*, the part in which
she achieved her greatest .popularity in London.
Walnut-Street Theatre.— Notwithstanding
the operatlo and other attractions, a full and fash
ionable audienoo attended the second representa
tion of Miss VandenhofFs new play of “ Woman’s
Heart,“japd appeared thoroughly to appreoiate
the manifold beauties of thought and feeling,
whioh like gems are liberally scattered through
It—whilst the graoeful and poetic elegance of dic
tion seemed to strike the attention and enlist the
sympathies of ati present. The recalls were again
frequent, and on the fall of the curtain quite an
ovation was tendered the fair authoress and ac
tress. The fine manly speeches on art and liberty
admirably interpreted by Mr. Swinbourn, more
than onoe brought down the house. It will be
repeated this evening
Arch Street Theatre —To-night is the
sixtieth and positively last representation of Tom.
Taylor’s oomedy of “ Our Amerioan Cousin.”
National Circus.—Tho programme offered for
this evening is availed and novel one. The man
agement has effected an arrangement with the
world-renowned Van Amburgh, who will exhibit
his trained animals, amongst whioh tbe wonderful
elephant, Tippoo Saib, figures as a grand attrac
tion.
Sanford’s Opera House.— This place of resort
knows no diminution of popularity, and has be
come an established institution among the publio
amusements of tho oity. An excellent bill for to
night. ;
Big. Blits still repeats his over-attraotive feats
of legerdemain. The oanary birds and the start
ling trioks of ventriloquism exoite as nmoh cu
riosity now as when the talented Signor first in
troduced them to a Philadelphia audience.
BY MIDNIGHT MAIL.
Letter from Washington*
[Correspondence of The Press.}
WAsnlitaTOH, Jan. 18,1869,
Some of the Bepublioans are urging their
brethren in the House to push the tariff question
over into the next Congress, or so as to eompel the
President to oall an extra session. They aro not,
however, booked by their party, I think, It is
now generally asserted that the Seoretary of the
Treasury will ask for a new loan ! I notice several
of your prootioal Pennsylvania men here, and
hear, with pleasure, that they intend seeing tho
President to-morrow, to ascertain whether he in
tends standing fast to his promise in his last mes-
Bige.
You should oertainly get a copy of Gen. Norris’s
protest, showing up the soandalous conduct of the
Seoretary of the Navy as to the machinery for the
new sloop of war at your navy yard. It is a racy
dooument.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, is one
of the most publio in expressing bis joy at the re
election of Senator Douglas*
It Is now asserted that tbo Administration is se
cretly against tbe Paoifio Railroad bill, after ati
its professions. Time will show.
Tbe Washington Union 1b silent over the terri
bly soothing letter of Governors Walker and Stan
ton on the last exposure of the Kansas frauds.
Some most discreditable disclosures are on the eve
of being made, shewing the complicity of the Ad
ministration with theso forgeries. •
■ The amusing part of our potitioat theatricals
here is the amazement of some of the eohoeßof the
Administration at what they regard the “ bit
,terness” of many Demooratio papers against
tbe Administration! They forget that everything
that has, thus far, been said against this Adminis
tration by theso papers ft nectar to that whioh that
Administration has heaped upon them and their
course'of aotion. You hear no word of complaint
against suoh Southern men who say they will
not support Judge Douglas if he is nominated
at Charleston, and that they will support
body nominated there if thoir own special
views are not asserted and endorsed. Bat let a
Democrat say that he ls willing to wait to see for
a few months to ascertain if tho Administration in
tend cutting the throat of Douglas at Charleston,
and he is forthwith expelled the party. They ory
out that he is a traitor, and forget that the exam
ple bas been set by tbe foes of Douglas on the
other side.- As a test question, I wish somebody
would ask President Baohanon if be will support
Judge Doug] as should be _b e nominated
ton on the old Democratic platform ? My prophe
cy is that he would say No 'emphatically, and
whenhe did so his toadies would ory amen fro\n
all thoir official throats. They go for Charleston
only as it suits them.
Governor Walker, who left here on Saturday
last for New Jersey, is in favor of the reiteration
of the tariff of 1846, and a bill to this effeot will
be introduced to-morrow or Tuesday by Colonel
Savage, of Tennessee. Governor Walker does not
favor speolfics, but is very anxious to assist our
manufacturers. He thinks ipcciflps would pro
duce no sufficiency of revenue, and books up his
argument with characteristic ability. He favors
a freo list of such a character as would benefit the
manufacturer, and, I think, takes ground against
that part of the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, Mr. Oobb, whioh proposes to tax certain
articles now inoloded in the free list. You will
rooolleot that Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, some
twelve years ago, offered a olause to allow 40 per
oent. ad valorem on iron, Ac., but Pennsylvania
refused that and other offers, and voted against
fie bill of 1846. I think you will find this foot In
the Globe, though I write from reoolleotion only.
The letter of Mr. James B. Sheridan In reply to
Mr. Senator Stdell appears in last evening’s
States. It is clear and to the point. The gist
of this whole oontest is this, 44 somebody” gave
Mr. Slidell as the author of the statement that the
ilaves of the oblidren of Senator Douglas, in
Louisiana, were treated cruelly. It appears that
his somebody is understood to be a Dr. Bralnard.
of Chicago. Mr. Slidell denies that he over said
so to Brainard, bat attempts to raise a new issue
with Senator Douglas, on the point that he (D)
was cognisant of a certain letter reflecting upon
Mr. Slidell for the statement referred to, taking
Brainard’s authority as genuine. Mr. Sheridan’s
letter is explloit as to tho latter allegation, and
Judgo Douglas stands doubly acquitted upon both
all egatlons. Pion b b r .
. Our Harrisburg Correspondence*
tOorreapondence of The Press.]
HARRiiimca, Jan. 16.
The necessary, but oftentimes potty and per
plexing, prelude to all modern legislation—the
strife of the ambitious and the spoilsman, in
whioh the rancor and rascality of low partisanship
are so often strongly and shamefully developed—
has been noted out. The iortunate havo obtained
fame and finances; the “Representatives” rest
from the torments and tugs of anxious applicants,
and the defeated are left to contemplate the
ohanoes as seen by an outsider. Amid the groups
that greoo our streets, hotels, and halls, may ho
found men merry, mute, or mad, according to
their 4< innor workings” or external surroundings.
Although this prooess of political auger* ing has
been reduced to seml soientifio principles, the
results in the elections of this session have
destroyed- air claims to tbe anoient ait*,
gury whioh 44 the initiated” have ever trea
sured as reliable. Last night’s struggle, re
sulting in the selection of Eli Sllfer, of Union
oounty, as the Opposition candidate, and'H. 8.
Magraw, of Lanoaster, (by acclamation,) as the
Democratic nominoe for Btate Treasurer, bos
given a quietus to tho hopes of many would-bo
14 money changers,” and banished the oharming
ring of metal whioh had lullod them into a de
lightful rovery of eoheming and speculation.
Prior to the oauons, powerful combinations to de
feat Mr- 6. were talked of, but tho ourroot In his
favor seemed to swell steadily, and defy all ma
noeuvres. The oleotion of Lawrenoo, as Spcakor,
was at first deolared to be disastrous to Blifer, in
asmuch as 44 the unseen hand” would regulate
both, but the programme was either misrepresent
ed, or obanged subsequently. Who oan say ?
The previous career of Mr. 8. in the capacity of
State Treasurer, and his acknowledged faithful
ness and ability as a financier, afford sufficient
guarantee of a oorreot administration in bis of
ficial obaraoter, whioh, we presuppose, he will be
oalled upon to. assume by the aotion of the joint
convention to be held on Monday next. Mr. Ma
graw will retire with the esteem and confidence
attaching to an efficient and worthy offioor.
Having thus ended the ceremonies of ohoosing
officials, the vast and varied constituencies of our
Commonwealth have a right to expeot and demand
of their representatives prompt and proper leglsla
tion. It is to be hoped that, with a Demoor&tio
Senate, a Republican House, and a statesman of
pradenos and power as Governor, aoting concur
rently and oantionsly, we may have not a 44 come
dy of errors,” suoh as has so frequently brought
mischief, discredit, and confusion upon oar State
and its institutions, but a dignified drama in whioh
eaoh shall play a noble part towards his consti
tuents and the Commonwealth. The Governor's
message, replete with sound sentiment and sugges
tions, unfolding the true prinoipleß of State policy
as direoted to material and political Improvement
and progress, should claim serious attention. Few
messages have so muoh of sober sense or practical
wisdom.
Although the regular committees have been or
ganised, no bills of general importance have yet
been reported. In the House, the formation and
operation of the committees dn the contested seats
of Messrs. McLain and Evans, of Philadelphia,
and Mr, Portef, of Cambria oounty, have occu
pied considerable time; so that the machinery of
THE PItESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1859.
legislation is scarcely in moving order. Nume
rous passenger railway projeots are represented as
coming from your oity, with a wondrous link of in
fluences and interests. Mr. Walborn read in
plaoe, to-day, “ An aot to incorporate the Twelfth
and Thirteenth-street Passenger Bailway Com
pany;” Mr. Abbott, (( An aot to incorporate tbe
Ridge Avenue and Manayunk Passenger Bailway
Company.”
The expression of the people, through their Be
preservatives, on the tariff question, superfluous
as it may appear, will be as empbatio and decided
as the voioe of Pennsylvania at the last election,
whioh will not oease its calls for “protection”
until the National Government removes the bur
den of iDjustloe which pressos so heavily upon her.
interests and prostrates her Industry.
The resolution introduced by Mr. Hammersley,
instructing the Committee on Banks to inquire
into tbe expediency of & uniform engraving for
the bank-notes of this State, so that by making
the real plate more familiar, to deteot the spu
rious, !b intended as an aim at the skilful roguery
of counterfeiters. Whether it would b&ve a ten
dency to render more difficult or oheok imitations
is exceedingly questionable. Tho resolution offered
by Mr. Miller, in the Senate, (as published in Sa
turday’s Press,) calling upon the Governor for in
formation in reforenoe to the excess of the sum
offered for tho Delaware division by responsible
parties, over what was actually received, £o., is
regarded as significant of an intention to renew
tho lamentation over the transfer of the publio
works.
The Senate adjourned until Monday.
The House bos been in session to-day, but
nothing of partieular interest transpired. The
street enoounter between Messrs. Ohuroh and
Donovan, of whioh our dailies give detailed ao
oounts, bas oreated a “ sensation” by no means
favorable to Mr. D., as one would infer from the
general expression of Indignation,in different oir*
oles, and the’adoption of a resolution in tho House
excluding him from its floor—tho right to do
whioh, Messrs.* Smith, of Berks, Thorn, and Hard
ing very forcibly disputed, although agreeing with
the majority that Mr. D.’s conduct was not justifi
able. As isusual, the accounts are conflicting, and
I shall not venture upon a history of this legisla?
live digression, hoping that the law , In strict jus
tioe, may be administered to the erring ex
law-maker. Albion.
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THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS,
Washington, Jau. 16.
The Senate is not in session to-day, having adjourned
over until Hooday,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Fostbb, ‘of Maine, asked, bat felled to obtain,
the Consent of tbe House te the introduction of a toll 1
a-thorlzing tbe Postmaster General to contract for car
rying the mails between Bangor and Halifax, Nov*
Scotia, by railroad.
Tbe bill extending for seven years tbe patent to Jas.
G. Holmes for improvement In a chair for invalids, was
paeeed—yeea 108, nays 67.
At the instanoe of Ur. Stspbbns. of Georgia, the
consideration of the motion to commit the French spo-*
Hatton bill, reported last session to tbe Committee of
the Whole on the state of the Union, was further post
poned till next Tuesday two weeks. This does not affeet
the similar bill recently passed by tbe Senate.
Tbe House then proceeded to the consideration of pri
vate bills.
On motion of Mr. Winslow, or North Carolina, a re
solution was adopted calling on the Secretary of the
Navy for Information generally, concerning the navy
yards, tbe object being to facilitate the business before
tbe Naval Committee.
On, motion of Mr. How aid. of Michigan, It was re
solved that the Naval Committee report what legisla
tion Is .necessary to reduce the expenses of the navvi
and whether any of the yards and docks can he aban
doned.
The House then wont Into committee on the bill to
codify the revenue laws.
Mr. Oomins, of Massachusetts, while not approving
of all the details of the bill, would give it his soppirt,
on broad national grounds; it being important not only
to tbo navigation,*but all the transportation interests
of the country.
Mr Giddinqb, of Ohio, gave notice of au amendment
he intended to offer more effectually to prevent the traf
fic in slaves, to the abolishment of whioh this country,
la Its treaty with Great Britain of 1814, is committed.
Will gentlemen countenance this traffio in human flesh,
and involve the nation in the guilt of perjury ?
Mr. tMiTH, of Virginia; - What do you think of the
Coolie trade and the French traffio in Africans ? t
Mr. Gmsisas. I Jbink it es bad at the ooaatwtie
slave trade, if any person was to sell the gentleman
and his wife and children, I should objeot. [Laughter J
Mr. Smith 'suggested whether It would not be as well to
comment on the interesting fact that, of thirty-five slave
vessels captured, thirty were from the free Btetes, and
only fire Irom the Bcuthern, before the gentleman un
dertakes to reform the morals of his neighbors
Me Gjddisgs. I would as soou lay n)7 hand on a
Northern as a Southern pirate lam not sectional In
my views, i Laughter.] In the course of his remarks
he said if he should he nominated for Governor ofOhlo,
he wanted to make a straight-out issue with the Demo
oratio party. He wished to know from his colleague
(Mr. Cox,) whether the latter's party was for or against
tbe slave trade ?
Mr. Cox, of Obioj said he rose to pay his respects to
his colleague for a few moments. [A crowd of members
here gathered around him.) He said that Mr.’Giddiogs
knew that the Democratic members of the House,’ at a
former session, had voted, that it waa inexpedient and
Unjust to restore the stave trade, and that tbe Demo
cratic psrty, North and South, were opposed to it.
Mr. GfDPiaos remarked that he bad alluded to tbe
coastwise -lave trade
6os resumed. Hr. Glddlcge, be Mid, had under
taken to plaoe the Democrats In a false positioo, and
inculcate the idea that the Democratic party era* > prd
wtiii tie tl)i* —rn-> tA riTi |i-r —-
slavery, but treated on the doctrine of ltaVlog the people
to regulate the matter at they deem proper. He-hopeff
that file colleague may be nominated for the Governor
ship of Ohio, and then vhen the election is over, he
would be left to ponder over the result and exclaim
with Aristides, “I yield to popular opinion In every
thing, even w&en the people drive me Into exile.
[Laughter.] By the way, he had noticed that h'a
colleague had advocated “ negro equality’* lablsapeeoh
made the other day, but in the printed epeeoh he had
modified hie language. /
Mr. Giddikos here remarked that bis colleague
must have misunderstood him.
Ur. Hox. Are you in favor of the negroes in Ohio
votlog?
Ur. GiMHfaa. T exprereed no sneh opinion.
Mr. CoX Would yru perml’ them to vote!
Ur. Gionixaa I would whenover negroes excel the
D«moeratic pady in intellect and moral virtue. [Ex
cessive laughter.]
Mr Cox My colleague does not come up to his doc
trine. I eeam ask—ls he or Is be not in f*vor of Afri
can equality and negro suffrage In Ohio ?
Hr. GiDDiKos. I would put them and the Democrats
on the same footing, f aogbter ] Bn'l will not in
teifere in the quarrel between them.
Mr. Oox. The difference between my age snd that of
my friend—if I may so tall hlra—will not allow me to
put him to the toriure, because ho eavnftt be oleeted
Governor of Obio In rising, all I wished to do waft to
put the Demooratio party right, and It is right. The
gentleman can oirae on with his forces and wo will
meet him
Ur. SriNTOH, of Ohio, wanted to ask Mr Oox a quei
tloo.
Mr. Houstoh. of Alabama, objected. The House ha l
had enoogh of this cross-examination. [There w*s
much contusion daring these proceedings, everybody
evidently belog interested in the dialogoe.]
Mr. John Ooorraris of New York. In dosing the
general debate on the bill, raid be did not antloipate
that they would embark on the sea of Abolition and
slavery difeassion simply on a question or eommeroe
and the codification of commeroUl law. Ue then pro
ceeded to answer the objections to the bill, and advo
eat«d Its passsge.
Thefeommittee then rose, and the House adjourned.
Washington Affairs.
Wasbixqtor, Jan. 10,—Orders have been ißsued from
the War Department similar to those which were lent
to Kansas during tbe former troubles—namely, to use
the four or five companies of troops now there as a
posse comitatus, to enforco the lawnduring the present
dislurbaoces In that Territory.
It is repo'tad that when the Senate French spdia
tion bill, whioh Is now on the Speaker’s table of tbe
Honse, is taken up for reference, an effort will be made
to pass it by a suspension of the rules, and under the
operation of the previousquestion.
Tho Cuba Question*
OAUOUS OP DEMOCRATIC SENATORS.
WisniHQTOH, Jan. 16— A cauousof Dsmoeratio Se
nators was held yesterday in relation to the President’s
rteemmendatlon with regard to Cuba. A dsba'e of
three or fonr hours ensued, Involving tbe question
whether any steps should be takenVlth regard to it,
and If so of wbat chara ter. Acuordivg to the best
attainable information. Ur. Uanon made the opening
sneocb, and was followed by Messrs. Hunter and Bbieids.
Though favoriogthe acquisition of Onba, tboy thought
nation at this time to be impolitic, and calculated to
impair rather tban improve cur prospects to that end.
Mr. Douglas regarded appearances as gloomy, but
said he would support Mr. Slidell’s bill placing thirty
millions in the hands of the President to be used la ne
gotiation. lie expressed tbe belief that the President
would not endorse this measure without sufficient data
to justify him iu so doing. Ur. Douglas fald he bat
long desired the acquisition of Cuba j but in his judg
ment there was but one mode and that was. on the hap
pening of another case similar to that of the Black
Warrior, to seise the island by way ofreclamatlon, and
negotiate afterwards.
Mr. Davis and others did not like the suggestion of
Ur Douglas The discuesion at this stage became in
tensely interesting, the best ability of the participants
beingpat forth., Mr. Slidell or coarse, advocated his
own bill Messrs Davis. Toombs, Gwld, Bigler and
Olay,'favored the idea ef increasing to a sufficient ex
tent .the foreign-intercourse fund, leaving the matter
to the discretion of the President. Mr. Iverson thought
that Spain could be wearied out with the question of
Cuba, by tbe repeal of suoh parts of our laws as restrain
the aotion of onr oitiiens toward forelgo Powers, or
something to this effect. The determination of the
caucus w«s, with a few exceptions, to favor tbe recom
mendation of the President, although the precise mode
in whioh it should be consummated was not so clearly
indicated, but tie probability now is that the Senate
will pass Mr. Blidefl’s bill.
Revolution in Haytl*
Biston, Jan. 10—The schooner North Wind, from
GonaiTCn, with dates to the l*t Inst., is below. She got
ashore, but will get off to-morrow.
A revolution broke cot in Hayti on the 2M utt., when
apart/ of Republicans,headed by Gen. Geffard,took
the city of Gonaives and proclaimed th* le leader Presi
dent He entered the cliy with only four men, and the
inhabitants are joining him wherever be gods. Anx
Oayea, Jaomel, and all the towns in the south, had de
clared in Ills favor. St. Marks, a small fortified place,
was In flames on tbe Ist lost., probably on account of
some division in opinion on tbe put of the Inhabitants.
Gen. Gefferd was to havo entered it onthatday. He
probably did S 3, but met with some resistance.
The sobooner North W*nd was unable to get a fall
csrgo, owing to the political troubles.
U. S» Treasury*
Washington, Jan. 15.—The Treasurer’s statement
shows:
The amount subject to draft $3,116,000
Receipts of the week 720.000
Increase over last week nearly 82,000
Diafta issued * 688,080
Drafts paid 644,000
Net balance 1,017,000
St. Louis, Jan. 16.—The constitutional amendment
limiting the Btate debt, passed the Stats Senate yester
day, by a vote di 20 yftas to 6 nays
No action has yet been had on the bill providing for
th* protection of the border counties against the inroads
of the Kansas b tndiUi
United States Steamer Harriet Lanei
Nnw Yoax, Jan. 16.—The United States steamer
Harriet Lane, of the Paraguay expedition, was spoken,
December Bd, In latitude 20 S, leogltudo 34. She was to
touch at Rio Janeiro to repair her engine.
Departure of tlieNew minister to China.
Bavannah. Jan. 16.—Mr. Watd, the newly appointed
minister to China, left here yesterday on the steamer
Angnsta, for New York, cn route tor China. Tbe
wharves were crowded on the occasion, and a salute of
artillery was find.
< The Cnpital of Canada,
Toronto, Canada, Jan 13 —lt ie said that despatches
have been received from England by the Canadian Go
vernment, containing the command that her Maj sty’s
award of Cttowa for the seat of Govornraenl shall be
carried out.
Second Session*
Missouri Legislature.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
[Reported by Carr A Johnson, Telegraphic News Report
ers for the Press throughout the-Hnited States.)
ILUtftisiraio, Jan. 16
SENATE.
The Ben*t« is not fa seaei a to day, hating adjourned
over until Monday.
The House wet at eleven o'clock.
The Governor’s veto of the insurance bill w&s sus
tained by a vote of eyes 84. nays 4—the latter being
Messrs. Obarcb, Foster. Ne*l and Boh’ er.
The bill authorising J. M. Pennook to appropriate
certain trust funds for tbe payment of debts was sus
tained—sves 88. naysl, Mr. Bayard.
The veto of the act ,to quiet titles under wll's of other
Btates was sustained, those who voted against it being
Messrs Acker. BaUiet.Grsham, Mann, McClure, Pink
erton, Price, Rouse, Whitman. WUliston
Mr Hamubrslvv. of Philadelphia, from tbe Com
mittee on Coroorations. reported bills to iucorporate
tbe Penn Warehouse Company.
Mr. Ellmakbr. of Lancaster, from the samo commu
te*, reported a bill to incorporate the Delaware and
Schuylkill Dredging Company
Mr Wslborn, of Philadelphia, read a hill to Incor
porate the Twelfth atd Thirteenth Street Passenger
Railwav Company,
Mr Abbott, of Philadelphia, one to incorporate the
Bldge Avenue and Manayunk Passenger Railway Com
pany.
Mr. Nbil. a supplement to tbe several seta to lelieve
Hens of mechanics, and materials and laborers.
Mr. Thorn. I ask leave to make a statement Tbe
late olerk of the House of Representatives, for whom l
had, in common with all those who hare been asso
ciat'd with him, entortalned a very high respect, has
requested me to ofTor the .following preamble and reso
lution Having obtained leave, Air. Thorn submitted
the following .*
Whereas, It is alleged by one of the papers of Harris
burg that tbo franking privilege has been abused by
the clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives
during the recess of tbe Legislature; therefore,
Resolved, That the Oommittee on Aco-nols be. and
are hereby, required to investigate eald charge, ood re
port the f«cts to th’s House.
Mr. Thorn continued: I only desire to *ar, sir, jo
justice to myself, that I know nothing abeut these
feet a. I neyer daw tbe statement in a newspaper; I
offer this resolution at the request of the late clerk of
the Honse.
Mr WiLLifiTOR The House deolded. on a similar
question, that they would not invesMgate unless there
was a proper reason before the House I think the
principle or pract'ce of appointing committees would be
a very-bad one. Out of respect to the late olerk* I
make no objection to this
Mr. Kbtohbw. I think aid hope this resolution will
be passed* through justice lo the parties concerned.
Buch reports are well calculated to injure, and it
should be passed
Mr. I do not wish to be misunder
stood, I make no opposition to this resolution, be
cause of my vary high almlntlon for the late clerk of
this House, jT
The resolutlbn was then passed.
Mr. Chase submitted tbe following:
Resolve 4, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
State Treasurer, Attorney General, Auditor General,
Surveyor General, and Superintendent of Common
Schools, be requested to furnish tbe House, as soon as
possible, a detailed estimate of the Contingent expenses
•f thelrrespectlve depirtraentt fbr the ensuing year,
ewbraeingtheamounts paid clerks and messengers, Ac ,
designating particularly the nature of each item of es
timated expenditure.
Mrl CHASn-moved that the rules, requiring the reso
lution to lay over for one day, be suspended. The mo
tion wA* Agreed to; and the resolution was read a second
time and passed.
OHr. ObUros. I ask, air, for th* readihg of a passage
in one of this morning’s papers.
Mr. Obvroh here sent to tbe olerk’a desk a copy of
the Daily Patriot and Vniott, of Saturday, Jan. 16,
and tbe clerk retd therefrom at follows t
Troudls. ib High Life.—A Lkqislator Cowhidbd.
—Yesterday afternoon, soon after tbe adjournment
or the House, the ne'ghborhood of Stite and Be
oond streets was the scene of quite an animated ten •
counter between two gen'lemen from Philadelphia—the
one holding a aeat as Representative, and the other as
contestant The difficulty grew aut of some remarks
made by Col. Church,'the holding member, whilst the
question of his right to* a seat was under consideration In
the House. Donavau struck Church several severe
blows, broke his cane over his head, and drew his cow
hide, with which he dealt a number of severe blows.
The parties were separated by some gentlemen who
chanced to be present, and the unfortunate affair was
prevented from leading to more serious consequences.
Col. Church* we understand, *hak several cuts and
bruises across his head and faee, although not seriously
Injured. The'e are the facte as well as we have been
able to glean them.
, Mr, OBcaca. Allow me, Mr Speaker, to say a word
in this matter. I think it is my duty, and I think it is
the duty of this House, to reflect for a moment on this
snbjiot. To my constituency it is of as muoh Import
ance what Ido on the streets of this city as it is to
myself. How, sir. I say that the statement fa that pa
per is incorrect, nut I believe it Is not an intentional
mistake, I hare ho contest with any party whatever,
t have been awaited, but that is a matter to be attend
ed to at another place: but the statement of that pap *r
is of son e matter to the constituency whom 1 have tho
honor to represent.
Mr. EllhaKßß submitted the following:
Whereas, a most brutal and cowardly ai<ault has
been committed upon a member of this body by 0. M.
Donovan, therefore:
Resolved, Thathe be hereafter oxoluded from tbe floor
of this bouse.
Mr* Smith, (Berks)—l submit to the House whether
the object contemplated in that resolution does not
transcend the limits of the jurisdiction of this House
Mr Speaker. The Chair decides the resolution to be
in order.
Mr, Pmitb/continued. I shall feel myself nnderthe
necessity, air, to vote against that resolution, because
I feel that we are called upon to transcend the limits of
our jurisdiction, and for that reason only.
Mr Thobx. I must ray, sir, that I too am compellod,
by what I conceive to be a sense of duty to myself, to
vote against this resolution Whatever occurred in the
attests of Harrisburg yesterday Is not for us to consult
upon; that Is to be determined in a court of justice I
doubt very much the propriety of our passing a reso
lution of that kind, at this time, and I shall vote
against it.
Mr. Haiding. I agree, with my colleague (Mr.
Thorn) on thiaiubjugV I think that whatever it due
to tbe gentleman from Philadelphia (Mr. Church,)
should be done,' but we have no right to go beyond tho
prescribed limits of our jurisdiction, aod therefore I
shall not rote for that resolution.
Tbe question being put, the resolution was agreed to.
Adjourned, •,
From Havana*
■ Niw Yoia, Jan. 16 —l'be steamship Philadelphia,
from jHavanjfrftaji,Arrived with dates to the 6th lost.
DestrmiUon of ltollroiid Property by
(N,Y.,) Jan. 36.— I Tbe offices of tbe
Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad Company, at this
place,; were dee troyed by Are last night.
Robbery of the Mexican Boundary Com
missioners.
Bt. Loots, Jan. 16:-—Mr. Wakeman, a passenger by
the overland mall Arrived last night, report* that the
Mexican Boundary Commissioners bad strong oon
taiolog valuable papers, stolen from their travelling
conveyance, a shortdisUnce this side of £1 Paso.
The Steamer Jura Signalled.
Naur Yore, Jan 15—2 o’clock P. M—The steamship
Jura, which sailed from Liverpool on the Ist instant, Is
signalled below.
Departure of the City of Manchester.
Saw Tore, Jin 18—lbs steamer City of Man
chester sailed at nosn, for Liverpool, wi Ih $170,000 in
speole.
Markets by Telegraph.
New Orlbahb, Jan 15.—Pale* of Ootton, to day,
12,500 bales; p ices stiiTer without change In quota
tions. Sagarfeflxm; 2,000 bhds sold st former quota
tions. Oa's are steady at 75®800. Ootton freights to
Havre, 1.
OiaciasATi, Jan. 14.—Flour is Arm at $4.80a4.90 for
seperfine. whiskey is higher, and sells at 25Xa25#.
Provisions are buoyant; Mess Pork has advanced to
$17.25, and no sellers at this rate towards thee’ose.
Lard) lakegs, Utfc, and in bbls 10?fo.
Oinoikeati, Jan 15 —Flour is firm at $4.6005.
Whiskey has advanced to ]7o. Mess Pork opened with
a good demand at $l7 25®17.60, but dosed quiet, there
being more sellers than buyers. Bulk Meats are he*vy
and nominal. Lard, in kegs, Is quoted at Dike, and in
bbls at lie.
New obl*aMB, Jan. 14—Sales of Oetton to-day
24 000 bales at lift oil# for middlings.
The reports foe the week foot up rs follows :
Sales for thewepk....;. 75,000 balds.
Becelpta 60,000 “
Against receipts for same week in 1858... 40,500 <(
Bxporisforthe week... 28,5C0 “
Total exports for the season, 664 000 ”
llecelpts ahead of last year 313,760 1 <
Receipts at all ports la\t year... 874,650 11
Stock at this poft 440,000 “
Against at the same time in 1858 851,000 “
Exchange on $ ordon is queted ; bills on
New York 2#j sight bills 1% ; Go tou freights to Li
verpool )*,thi market closiog Brm. rugar buoyant;
2,500 hhds soil at 6X ©6. Molasses—3.ooo bbls sold at
an advaooooflc; it is now quoted at 29®30e. Flour
advancing; sales at $5.10. Com advancing; the mar
ket la bare; silesatsl.l6. Lard, in kegs, Bacon
Shoulders steady at 6jfc. Coffee firm at lOVollVc•
sales of the week 11,040 bags; 24,000 bags against 89,-
000 bags last year; receipts daring the week 6,000
flags.
Mobile Jan 15.—Ootton—Pales yesterday 6,600
bales, at 11X9 for middling. Tbe sales of the week
have been 94,000 bales. Receipts 85,000 against 15,760
for tbe same.week last year Receipts at this port ate
now 185 000 ahead of and the stock in port
is 179.000 babe. The latest advices of receipts at all
Southern ports make them 874,660 ahead of last year.
Savah.nau, Jan. 10.—Thoro was little inquiry lor Cot
ton yesterday,-and prices were weak. Accurate quota
tions cannot U given.
Mobile, Jsq. 15 —Ootton— Sales to day 4 500 bales
atU*o formLddliihfß. *
• Charleston, Jan. 15.—Ootton—Tbe market closed
with a declinlag tendency. The sales to day were 2 000
balea ( i
The Mails by the Niagara.•• The Acci
dent at the Victoria Theatre.
The Niagara’s mails add vory littlo to the ab
fltrnot of noVs published by telegraph last woek.
The London Times has tho following account of
the dlstreesiig aooident at the Victoria Theatre:
From the Amble Icquiry which has been iustitated
into the esuaepof the catastrophe at Lambeth, from the
Investigations of two courts and the verdicts of two
juries, we gati at least tbe satisfaction of establishing
the origin aet oircumstances of the disaster beyoid
reach of doubt Thero is no longer a single touch of
mystery abouttbe affair. We know precisely whit oc
casioned the a'arm, what immediate effects the alarm
produced and what particular incidents rendered that
alarm so deetrictiv*. Wh«n we come to applv the re
sults to >ome tsoful deduction, we shall bo moro per
plexed, but u; to this point the elucidation is com
plete. i
On Monday, the 27th lust., being what is known in
thoatrlcal laruuege as “boxiu’ day,” the Victoria
Theatre, ia tin Waterloo road, Lambeth, was twice
opened, according to progtammo, tor public entertain
ment A morting performaice was advertised lor half
past one, and it was to be repeated Id the evening at
half-past six. Tbe bouse is capacious enough to hold
some 8,000 persons, of whom It is estimated that nt
least ooe-third would find accommodation in the gal*
lery. Thls pai iof the theatre is reached by a tolerably
spacious staircase, constructed on the extorior of a
rqnsre shaft, fhe staircase hoe four lao'liugs. ou the
third of Whid is placed the raouey-taker's box, and
here tbe etn’rsare eroded by a strong door opening in
wards, and fl' ctred, when necessary, by a bar on tbe iu
aide.
This, in fact,*s far as gallery visitors are concerned,
may be cooflide'ed the e .tranca door of tho theatre.
Tbe staircase lipraot colly divided into two uuequol
portions, the hrger of wh ch, consißting cf three out
of Its four flight, serves a* a kind of ha 1, vestibule,
vhere the peop’e waiting for admission
may congregate until the door is thrown open and
access given to the gallery. On Monday afternoon,
at about halfpast fear, when tho pintomlrae had
reaohed Its Ist scene but, one this staircase dor r
was closed and barred The truth was that the visi
ters at tne tvo performances were likely to orowd
npon each other; for, be'ore the morning tlJo hod even
begun to ebb, the evening tide was setting strongly in.
There were alnady some 800 people in the gallery,
while on tbe ovter aide of tbe staircase door was wedged
a second mass,lmpatiently watting to occopy tbe stats
which would bi vacated by tbe fermer. In this posi
tion of affairs tome lad in the boxrs of the theatre
struck a light, tnd In so doing igplted the box or fusees
In his hand. A puff of smoke followed, some women
screamed 11 Fir< I” aod the catastrophe was consumma
ted. From theboxes the alarm shot liko lighting to
tbe pit, and fron pit to the gallery. The people in the
gallery, je-eohoing tbe ory, rushed down their stair
case, threw openthe barrier door, communicated their
own terrors to the head of the ascending column,
turned it back,and thus drove 000 half of th* living
masa into deadyc llisicnwlth the ether. Those at
the top*oT the sta‘rc«P, frona’ei and panic-struck,
threw tfmrase.vffl downwatds; those at tho bottom, ig.
norantof the ilarm, aod only knowing that the door
was open, redotbled their effjrts to get up Between
these two fie ceand a**grj currents some scores of help
less creatures struggled and gasped in vain, and when
at last after a q a*ter of an hour’s agoDj. the scene of
de&th was cleared, sixteen pallid and lifdesi bodl e told
the dreadful nature of the disaster.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS BVRNINQ
Acadsuv of Mosio.—“LaTraviata.”
Mat}. D P. Bow***' Wai,hot-ut*ket THWiTaa.—
“ Woman's Heart Old Honesty ”
WhBATLBT Jb OLAEKB’B ASOH-rtTSIIST THSAVXB.-
“Our American Cou*in”— “Maykiand Faces.”
- National Oibod3.~ u "Van Amburgb’s Menagerie”—
“Lent’s Olrcus Company”—“ Equestrian, Gymnastic,
and Acrobatic feats ”
Sanfobd’s Opsea Housb.—Ethiopian Entertain*
menta
Assembly Boilbihqs.—BJgnor Blits.
Hobbible Murder in Prosperous Alley.
—Yesterday morale? Coroner Feaoerwas notified to
hold an inquest upon the body or a man earned Hetrick
MsgUn, at his residence In Proscerous alley, (now
Darcey street,) running from Pitzwater street to Sbippvn
street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, whose d«»th
was caused by violeoce. Th’jdece sed wav found silting
in a small hou»o in*<the rear of the buiMiog with the
top of his bead apparently smashed In His colt, satu
rated with blood, was drawn over bis bead, and hiß
olothlpg gone, undeniable evidence tba+ he had been
beaten a’- some other point, and put in that position by
his sasa'lants.
Mary Mftginn, the wife of the deceased, was sworn.—
She bad a quarrel with ber husband on Friday night
lost in her father’s house; that la the place where be
gave her a Wow over tbe eye wi h a brick ; ebe remained
In an adjoining house over Friday night; tbe laet she
saw of her husband was at seven o'clock on Saturday
night, when he left in company with •« English Bob;”
on Saturday Dight her 1 üßband saM to “ English Bob”,
that be owed him a lickD g. and when u English Bob”
wentto Young’s (a house in the neighborhood) he would
settle it; the next sbe saw of her husband was In the
house at the rear of tbe bu’ldlng next morning; there
were spots of blood on the pavement leading to this ut
house, and also blood in the alley end on tbe pavement
in f out. The witness hadsn Infant in her arms
Mrs, Sarah Booner was next sworn.—She resides In
Prosperous alley; there was a figbt in her bouse on
Friday night, when she bit tbe deceased in tbe arms, as
that was tbe only way in which sho could ile'end her*
se’f; the deceased and bis wife, With tbe infant, slept
in an out-home all ntgbt
Gras*-»xarrined —The deceased struck me on the sid-j
of the face on Friday, and also on the arm; the witness
is the mother of tbe wife of the deceased; she coaid
not toll who dressed her wound when she was struck on
Friday night, or where it was done; she could not ac
count for tbe blord on the floor of tbe room of her
hours. Her evidence was very conflicting and unsatis
factory; she could rnttell at what hour she went to
bed on Saturday night; ehe saw the tracks of blood
up to her door; there was a quairel between two little
bo s and the deceased in herhonse on Saturday night,
but it did not last long [Phis witness presented a most
repulsive aspect; her face was bloated; her person and
clothing flltbr In tbe extreme, and-she held in ber asms
an infant with scarcely a rag upon it.)
Francis O’Neil, a lad abeqt yepre of age,-was next
sworn.—He resides in Prosperous alley, and saw Mrs.
Mftgino and Mrs. Bonner drunk on Saturday night 114
was io Bonner’s house on Saturday night when tbe de
ceased came in and quarrelled with him. The wi ness
was knocked down Dy the deceased when bis brother
interfered and took him away. When he was on tbe
floor be beard Mrs. M say “give It <o him” There
was another boy in the room at tbe time bat he dil not
interfere. He knew “ English Bob,”and had seen him
among the loafers in Baker street. The witoess had
been drinking whUkey that night.
James O’Neill was next sworn ETo wont into Bonner’s
at 12 o’clock on Friday night, and brought out his bro
ther, who was fighting with Mag’nn His mother told
him that on Saturday night, when she tame through
the alley, old Bonner and Mrs Booner were fighting
with Mag nn.
Dr, S. P Brown sworn—l first saw the deceased back
of No. 6 Prosperous alley; I made as careful ad ex
amination of the premises as I could; the crowd was so
great that all traces cf blood outside of the alley were
effaced; just at the gate post of the alley running off
Prosperous alley there wasacoagulaof blood; up tbe
alley on tbe side of the wall there wore a few drops of
blood ; in the outhouse wds a large quantity of blood;
a coagulated mass at least thirty inches In length, aud
nearly twelve inches in width; also bloot on tbe side
of tbe onthonse and on the door; in the house of tne
deceased there were spots of blood up the steps
into the second story; I observed a pretty serere
bite on the arm of t>e deceased, below tbe elbow ; the
indentatidns of all the teeth were very dist net; there
we e two cuts on the head through the sotlp; one above
tbe left eye, and just v ithfn tbe hair, about three quar
ters of an Inch fti length; the other about au inch be
hind the left ear, and half an inch in length; these
wounds did not appear as If inflicted with a sharp in
strnment; be died of hennrrhage ; the right side of his
face was thickly coated with dark colored mud. which
he could not have got on io the yard in which he was
found.
Thomas MoAnary, alias “ White/,” was next sworn,
but no facts were ellolted, excet t that he was playing
cards in Airs O’Neill's until 2 o’o ook on Bundsy morn
ing.
James Bonner was next sworn. He was not in the
alley when tbo fight took place on Sunday night; he
put Maginn outof tbe alloy between 6 and 7 o’clock, be*
cause he was drunk; eked tbe gate and locked
him out; when b** threw the decaaed out he fell into
the gutter; he did not flrht with him, acd could not
tell who was in the a’ley with the deceased.
Robert Sherman, alias “English Bob,” was next
sworn. He reotdea in St. Mary street near BeveutU.
He declared that hr did not see Bonner’s wire on Fa'ur
day night, and that he was not ent of doorswithMa
gin on that evening.
Cross oximined*—The blood on his biots and on tbe
left leg of his pants came there inconsequence of h’s
falling down, and his norebtganto bleed; he aid not
hearof Jfaginn’s death until 9 o’clock in th* morning.
Several other witnesses were examined but nothing
of much importance was elicited from their testimony.
After the bearin', Mr. and Mrs Bonner and Hobart
Sherman were retained in custody. A further invfstl
fationof the case will be held on Wednesday next at
o’clock P. M.
Another probable Homicide.—Victim to
tub taros of Jkaluust.—A tragedy was enacted about
7 o’olock last evening in that delectable vicinity called
Middle alley, between Sixth and SoveDtb and Spruio
and Pine streets, which bears no slight resemblance, in
many points, to that of Othello and Deedemma Tbe
Sorties concerned in this probable fatal tragedy were
[rs Elisabeth White* anegrooFvrrylight complexion,
and Thomas, her reputed husband, a colored man
Elizabeth Is a doctress, of 35 years of sge, and astrolo
gUt.and is said to have been very iUcce#*fulih the
practice of both her profes ions. Thomas is a man of
over fifty years of age, and of herculean proportions.
Being the husband of so learned a lady, he has
thought it beneath his dignity to labor for his
livelihood, and has accordltgly been an Inmate
of nor alms-house for the last fire weeks.
On his return home on Wednesday lest ibe “green
eyed monster” was aroused within him by the discovery
of a handkerchief which be found In his domicil*,
and which he suppose * belonged to another mau who
bat Instated himself into the affections of Mrs. W
xm» Jratvw* M«*» «OTT MmiifU.iWMrnvßdoova*, *sA
tores' coed vengeance dire should his suspicions prove
correct. Last evening affairs were b'oughi to a crisis
Mrs. White, arrayed in her brat, announced her inten
tion of going to church, aud her liege lord wished bor
toio:omp&Dy him to some other place. Mrs W re
futed, whereupon Mr. W acdused her of having a con
templated meeting with her lover. Mrs. W. became
indignant at the btio suspicion of ber chastity,
and, after some angry words, her husband threw
her on the floor in tbe ohlroney corner, and
drew a knife with which he Inflicted a se
vere cut on the knee, and afterwards cut several
gashes In her breast He then made his esespo, aud
Mrs W., with a great deal of difficulty, procoeded to
the residence of Dr Haney, who rvSidts In tbat vicinity,
who, after making an examination, considered her case
a crit'cal one, and, after notifying tbe policeman, abe
was taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital Her woanda,
at l hough very severe, are not enppcsedto bedangerone
The polioeraen were immediately put on the alert for
the inhnmtn wretch, bat np 'o a late hour l«st night
they bod not uucetdod in arresting him. A white wo
man who was In the home at the time the affair occur
red, nursing an illegitimatebaby. was taken into cus
tody, and placed In the Flftht-frara station house.
Fißes on Saturday and Yesterday. —
Abjut balf-pa*t 12 o’clock, yesterday morning, Mr.
Thomas H. Peto observed dense volumes of smoke issu
ing from the windows of the third story of Goldsmith’s
Hall, which is tituated on the south side of Library
street, between Fourth *nd Fifth streets. He quickly
notified the operators at the Central Police station,
and tbe State Hous* bell rang the alarm, whloh had
tbe effect of attracting a lsrgo number of fire companies
to the designated locality. The room In which tbe fire
originated is the tbitd*story front, and is occupied by
Messrs E. F Traoy & Go. for the manufacture of watch
cases, gold assaying, &o. The woikmeu, it appears, use
a gas light for soiderlog purposes, and upon leaving the
estab’ishment it was not entirely turned rff Thelittle
i't, which was probably scarcsly perceptible when the
workmen left the room, after the gas l’gbts used by the
city Were extingalihed, gradually increased to a strong
flame, which came io contact with tbe surroandlog
wood work, and set it on fire. Part of the fire then fell
outhe floor, and burned a hole through the floor into
the Recond story.
The room on the second floor was ocmplel by Mes*r3.
Orlraey A Markiey as a printing office. The damage
by fire and water will probtbly reach about 3500, the
principal part of wbioh will be suftaiued by the above
firm, as a large number of books and papers In their
room wrre considerably damaged. Great credit is due
to t'-e opeieto s for telegrapbiog in so expeditious a
manner, aud for tbo promptitude and skill wh'ch was
manifested by the firemen In checking the flames aud
saving so large >n amount of valuablo property. Had
the flames destroyed the adjoining building, which is
used for th*s Mercantile Library, the loss would proba
bly nnvor have been replaced.
At abcut half past seven o’olock on Saturday
eveniog an alarm i f fire was created by the partial
burning of the stable of Mr. Joseph Ladley, on bheaff
e’reet, about a mile above the s'ation house cf that dis
trict, which was .used by Mr Joseph Nolan. The
amount of damage wai not accurately ascertained.
About half past 1 o’olock yesterday morning a stable
situated in the rear of CallowhUl street was set ou fire
by a bundle of straw being placed between the weather
boarding and then Bred. The Ore was fortunately dis
covered by Oftbers Nulty and Patten, who extinguished
tbe flames Wore they had gained much htadway.
Arrest or a Gano of Burglars.—Officers
Mirkel Sohleiu, Franklin, D*rthol mew, and Green, of
the Mayor’s Detective Police, have arrested Jjuies
MoFagsn, (tins Looney Dick, George Wilson, alias
George Colhus, alias Charles Stevens, Ad«m Henry
(German), Sherwood and Smith, alias A. W.
Sbnff. on the i harg* of burglary, and Adam Wal’ers, for
ru;oiv.ng goods knowing them to be stolen The fol
lowing offoccea are charged againat the prisoners : En
tering, on tbe night of December 13ih. tbe house of
Dr. Piersoll, 1110 Spring Garden street, sod taking 3100
worth of silver ware, clothing, &c. Also, R. AA. Wa
ters’ pearl and fancy storo. 3i3 Arch street, on Decem
ber 10th, and taking therefrom a large quantity of pearl
goods and fancy articles. Also, the honse of Mr.
Stavens, i i Camd-n, N.j.,00 New Year’s night, from
which piaco a 'large amount of jewelry, plate, &0., was
fttoleo ; ar.d also entering aud robbing the dwelliog<f
Mrs Lynn, 622 Green stmt, about ten days Bgo. All
the goods which we*e stolen at the abore places have
bven recovered andldentified by thoirresprctlre owners.
The -rrett or this notorious gang may be well regarded
as one of tbe meet imperUut that have been made for a
long time, as burglaries have become alarmingly fre
quent Id ourc'ty. and aoythiig tendiug to prevent their
occurrence must be of deep intereat and flatisfoallon to
our citizens. A great deal of credit is due the above
energetio and persevering officers for tbe successful
manner in which they bare succeeded, net only la
bringing the offenders to justice, but for the recovery
of tbo stolen p-operty. The prisoners were arrafgutd
before Alderman Freeman on Saturday afternoon, and
io default of ball they were committed to answer.
Sudden Death.— A roiin named Dickson
King, aged about twenty seven yotrs. died t*rjr sudden
ly at an early hour on Saturday morning last Weharo
been informed that King bad epent the evening previ
ous with a young companion and appeared to be in tho
full enjoymentof his usual health aod spir.ts. The two
separated at an early hoar ou Friday eveclug, and de
ceased returned to his home, where he was feund doad
In his bed on Saturday morning. Bin companion, being
advised of hie sudden decease, immedin eiy intimated
that the death mutt have been tbe result of foul play,
alleging tbr.tKing audbis wife bad lived very unhappi
ly nod that the latter was a woman who
wou’d hesitate at no means to accomplish her purposes.
The decoas-d, he said, was in perfect health at tho time
he parted from him, and tbe death could not have been
brought about by natural causes. Coroner Feoner held
an Inquest on the body on Saturday, and after the ju-y
had completely and thoroughly investigated the cir
cumstances connected with his death they rendered a
verdict that •* Dickson King came to his death from
disease of tbe heart.” Much excitement was oreated
in tho neighborhood, aad various rumors were afloat re
rpectiog the matter. {
Pickpockets at the Opeba House The
immense crowd of people who assembled at the Opera
House on Fidayaml S&’urdty evenings offered a fine
field for our light-fiogered gentry, and on F iday even
ing a gentleman who was amobg the crowd that fur
rounded the only ticket office connected with that vast
building was suddenly relieved of bis pccktt-bock,
which contained about thirty-seven dollars and a check
for twentv-one. This was paving rather dear for the
deieure cf listening to the delightful (Trains of Picco
omlol. On Saturday the detective police cf Mayor
Henry and the special police of Recorder Eneu were
well represented, and as they kept a keen watch on the
movements of the light fingered professors, we have
not heard of any lossos.
Launch.- Commander Carr has received
orders fr in tbe Departmental Washington to launch
steara-slorp Nj. 1 as roon ns it on be doue wi h safety.
At everything is in esdm wi* nodust nd the
launch will .nkc trace on Wednesday n»xt, at 2 o’clock
P. M.
Fire,—-An alarm of tiro was cauacd about
half-past oight o’clock last evening, by tbe burning of
a pile of b a*ds and lumber at ay ml noirTwenty-t ird
and Hamilton street* The SUto nouse be’l gave the
alarm ani several of oar fire compan'es proceeded to
the spot. We were un able to ascertain the loss.
Fatal Casualty. A singular accident
happened on board tbe bark Sarag eaa oa Friday
la<t, which resulted in the death of Mr Wm. Belly,
aged twenty-eight years was ergaged on
boa d the bvk. which was being towed ip tbe Dela
ware bay. When cea>‘ Lewes, a large ho *y of ice struck
tbe bark and caused the hawsers to rby off, when the
body of M p . Reily bee line en'angled in ’he roll of *ope,
and before he ooald be rescued be wav crushed to death.
Deceased leaves a wife and two children, wh > reside In
th’s ci-y, in H opa fl t ree t near Otter. Ihe body wav
taken *o his res denco, and Ccr n*r Fenner
held au inquest, and rendered a Tirdlct in accordance
with the facts.
Tub Southwark Library Building on
Fibb The bui ding of the S’Uthwark Library, on
Second street, opposite German, ws slight y damaged
br fire at two < ’clock on Saturday morning There had
been a ball In the saloon of the building in tbeevenintr.
end a portable furnace, which had been used for cook
ing was carelessly left up r n tbe counter in the re fresh
rnent room 'I he wood-work took fire a't-r the build
ing wa* closed, aod the counter was de-troyed Hal
the firemen been less active than they were there wou'd
have been a different story to tell. The entire lose by
fire nod water will not exceed fifty dollars.
The Military.—We learn that the Mil
wiukee Light Guard, C&pla’u John C. Starkweather,
have already determined to visit Albany, New York,
Philadelphia, and perhaps Washingtm. starting on
their trip at an early day in the spring. They will be
absent Irom home some f*ar weeks and will muvier
about fifty men. accompanied by *coU’b Bind, of Mil
waukee, The Guards have made a reputation in tee
West, and C ptain Starkweather is we<] known to many
of our military men as the “big login,” from the
maoner In wh'ch his company u*e Ihswa'-whoop of the
red man in place of the “tiger.”
Night Schools. The Jackson Night
Fehool First ward, closed on Friday eveoing with
appropriate exert lees, reflecting erf dit upon the direc
tors and tho*e having charge of it The teachers re
ceived suitable pr?seotß. some of them valuable,
addresses were made by tbe Hon. JohnM. Bead and
George F. Gordon E*q , which wore listened to with
marked attention. J. B Smith acd Chav. 8. Close, Erqs
two of tbe directors, and the principal, Asa Jones, Ern
made some seasonable remarks, and the school was
dismissed.
Officer Shot. — Shortly after 12 o’clock on
Saturday night lost, a police officer named James Divine
was pursuing a mao in tbe neighborhood of Eleventh
osd Lombard streets for the pnrp-» e of arresting him
lie had almost succeeded in arresting him, when the
man suddenly turned and fired two shots from a revol
ver. One of the bullets lodged in the left thigh of Mr
Divine. The bullet was subsequently extracted by Dr,
Keys, aid the unfortunate man was removed to his re
sidence The perpstrator of the crime succeeded in
miking his escape
Another New Engine.— Tho America En
gl oe Company are roatirg vigor us off rta to procure a
steam fire engine, with every prospcc' of suceess. The
following gentlemen constitute the committee to soli
cit subscriptions for this purpo-i : Messrs. John F.
Bslsterl’ng S. Soeider Leidy G r org* P. Epler,B*muei
Taylor, George Erety, Thomas W, Ftee’ing, PetorPar
bnldt Wilson, Childs, H Co , Robert P. Bender John
Way, John Lovatt, Thomas X. Moore, A. J Stoitz, and
Wm. F Small. *
Suicide.—A woman named MargaretKemp
tor, re Idiog at She’lta’k strse’: near Juniper aud Race,
committed suicide yesterday altirnoon by taking an
over-doßefof laudanum. B**e was & married woman,
about 25 ye*r4 of age, ant leave* a young child; and
as sbe is addict'd to exce'sive drinking, it is presumed
she took the fatal dose while in a state of intoxication.
Coroner Fenner held aq inquest last evening, and ren
dered a verdict of “suicide.”
New Engine House.—The new house of
the Columbia Engine Oompvoy. in Filbert street, above
Eleventh, will be fully completed and ready for oecu
paney in about a week Preparations for appropriately
commemorating the event are being made on a large
scale by a very competent committee of arrangement
The inauguration ceremonies will doubtless b* ef the
most interesting kind
Annual Election.—The annua! election of
the Nonpareil B-chty took place on
ra’urday evening Tbe following named gentlemen
wvre elected: Preside t John H Brlmner; Vice
President, Owen A. DuSle; Secretary, John H. Tag
gart; Assl'txnt Socrttiry, John Mead, Jr ; Treasurer,
Robe t 0. Smith; Stewards, Rowan Foulke L, W.
H Hand, Samuel L Bans.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
The Money Market.
Philadelphia, January 15,1859.
Wo are indebted to tbe courtesy of John A Fisher,
Esq , of tbe House of Representatives, for publio docu
ment*, including tbe Report of the Canal Commission
ers for the fiscal year ’ending November 30,1858. As
tbe sale of the public works is a fixed fact, snd the bill
to abolish the canal board has passed the House of
Ropresentatives by a decided vote, and will undoubt
edly pass tbe Senate at an early day, it wonld be hardly
wjith while to allude to this roport, were it not for a
Pnrth-’ao shot, fired in bad taste, but in the most Bubtle
manner, by »he dying Board, In its concluding para
grsphv The Board says :
“If thn rale of the canals to the Sudbury aud Erie
Railroad Company is considered a fixed fact, then tbe
OcninionweaUh has parted with all her pnbllo works,
constructed at an aggregate cost of about thirty-five
millions of dollars.
“ To represent these improvement*, erected at sueh
a large cost, the Stste h's the bonds of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company, the bonds of the Banbury and
Erie Railroad Company, and the tonnage tax. M sources
of revenue towards meeting the intere»taud liquidating
the debt, to wbioh purposes the works and their pro
ceeds hid b»en pledged.
“ Tbe b'srdino’ude the tonnage tax, because it was
tbe consideration for the depreciation in the value of
the State improvements caused by the construction of
competing company works, and it stands now ss it wm ori
ginally understood and intend'd to be, a compensation to
the Btate for that depreclai ion To repeal it. or release
it without a fair consleeration, would be to fasten upon
lb e people no amonnt of the pnbllo debt which, In jus
tic, shoo'd be met by tils t«z.
“It is but due to the Commonwealth and her citi-
zens that all these sources of revenue be held sacred
for tbe objects to which the jvorks which they repre
sent, aod the revenues therefrom, were pledged. If
one be relinqulshe*, or released without full considera
tion to the State. It is to be teared that such act would
prove the precursor of the relinquishment of the
others ”
It Is unfair to introduce the esst of the State works,
.notcr'.ously swelled far beyond a proper amouot by the
peculiar system under which they were conitracted,
into the comlderation of the subject Intended to be
-’%<r«<iUd by ih«e« **maxks. It la not the cost of its con
struction, bnt the value of a thing, that determines
the .advantage or disadvantage of a sale. In view of the
worth of the public works to the Btate, their sale to tbe
Pennsylvania and the Sunbnry and Erie BaUrcad Com
panies has been decidedly beneficial Bnt the real
object of these remarks Is the tennage tax , to tbe re
peal of whloh the canal board Is opposed. Tbe effort to
make the tonnage tax a part of the proceeds of tbe sale
of the Main Line, and as each irrevocably pledged for
the extinguishment of the publio debt, has at least tbe
merit or not ally, if not of boldness.
It is not ttuo that tbe tonnage tax was the considera
tion for deterioration in the value of the canal. The
detenoiation was “ a fixed fact” whether the Pennsyl
vania Railroad should ever he built or not. With the
two great railroad lines of New Yoik in operation on
one side, and the Baltimore and Ohio l ; ne on the other,
there was nothtog cqore certain than that the greater
patt of the forever trade of the main line of the oaaal
was lost. It was merely a question, then, whether a
portion of the trade of the West conld be resoued from
our rivals on L the north and south, by availing our
selves of the geographical advantages we possessed,
and construction of a first-class railroad across the
State of Pennsylvania. The road was projected, and
instead of the encouragement and assistance it had a
right to expect, it was at once me anted by the e&nsl
board, which proved to it what it his generally been to
the State, a complete Old Mau of the Sea To hide
from the people the decadence of trade on the ranal,
a cry of competition was raised against the railroad,
and a tonnage-tax imposed, notwithstanding the fact
that this tax was really levied on goods carried instead
of on the carriers, aad tended, not to the benefit, bat
to the injury of the canal,' by driving nil trade Into the
hands of our rivals.
Like the canal board to the people of the State, the,
tonnage tax has been & f 'rmidable load upon the trade
of Pennsylvania. The people are about to be relieved
from yie ineubns of tbe botrd, uud a proper agitation of
tbe subject will relievo our trade of the burden of tbe
other. Let our citizens leave off figuring over tbelr
town lots and ccal interests, and put their shoulders to
the wheel of progress and reform In this vitally Im
portant matter. Our natural advantages are noHur
paibad J and if we can but rid us of tbe burden which
this dying board is trying to bequeath to us, we may
defy competition on either side.
In the abolition of the canal board we are getting Tree
from a consuming and chronio disease; let rs Bee to it
that this running sore of a tonnage tax is cot left be
hind.
Tbe stook market vas dull aed dspresicd to day, but
the bull interest ia too hopeful and atrorg to allow of
any considerable decline. Batk slocks and passeoger
railroads aie in demind at rising figures, and Pittsburg
Fort Wayoo.and Chicago destruction boads are at
tracting more attention for investment.
The Rochester l r ni<m alludes Jo a disagreement be
tween tbe Michigan Central and Great Western and
Canada roads, growing ontof tbe recent opening of
the Detroit and Milwaukcecompetitfoo. The report is
tiat—
*• Tho difficulty has arisen out of tbe new routeto
Milwaukee, by the Detroit and Milivaokee lUiircad,
wbioh ia controlled by tbe Great Western. Tbe Cen
tral Company demand tbet tho fare by the sew route
across Lake Michigan to Milwaukee shall be the same os
that by Chicago, which ia cne hundred miles farther.
Incase the den and ia not complied with they declare
that they will pot on a lino of boat« between Buffalo
and Detroit, and bo divert as much busiueas as possible
from the Great West rn Railway. In answer to this,
the Great Western Company say they will potonnut
only boats from Grand Haven to Milwauke9. but to Chi
cago, thus making the Dilioit and M Iwaukoe Railway
a Detroit and Oblcsgu Railway.”
The Now York and Krio i« said to be bohmd, thus
far, in January, abeut |7S,QGO.
The earnings of tbo Central Railroad Company o
Now Jersey wore :
For the month of December, )568.,,,
For the same month of previous year.
looreA*o, 31 p?r cent.., .$lB,BOl 00
Thu receipts being larger th*a tho'o or any preyioun
month.
Gcal shipment* orer tho Iluctlngdon and Broad Top
Mountain Railroad for the week, ending Tons
January 13. 1859 ....2,435^
Previously from Ist to 6‘h January 1.331 X
Total since Jan. Ist, 1869,
Same time Uni year
Increase 2 816
PHILADKLPQIA STOCK JBXOHANQB SALAD,
January 16, 1859
aaroRTRD bt maklst, bbowk, a 00., bawk-kots, gtooe,
A»D KXOEAROS BROKBBS, HOBTHWBB7 OORHBB TNI»r
A ttj> OPSBTNOT 6TBBGT9.
FIRST BOARD.
100 PonnaGi.. .CAP 91 1000 AUe’y ce 6* Steub 51
2500 do Gt 20C0 Cataw Ohat’o 10s 59X
1000 City 6s 99Jf 165 Minohill R b 6 Its 69
2000 N I’ennaß 105... 5OO Reading It 2bX
)CO9 L Island R 65.... 82 21 Lrbigh Val R Its 44 W
1090 Cam A Am 6d ’6l 95 3 Lehigh N&v 49V
1000 do ’B3 86 IT Peana R 43‘
2000 N FaK6?..,cash 64 8 ReaverAleadowß (8
2000 Cataw R 7“.. .h 5 65 10 Union llh gltf
2000 Ft Wayne & Chi 2C FarAMech Rk.lts 69
real«at7sb6.lt* <OV 2Girard8k..,,,,.. 12V
2000 ohesValß7s... 4JX
BKTWRBI
500 Penoa6s....CAP 04
GOOSchlNav 6s ’82..
1000 Reading R6s ’43 93
Q7OO Lehigh mort 65.. 99%
100 Headiog F. .s&Alnt 2tJ*
3 Girard 8k........ 12*
6Bk N Liberties.... 00*
BBOOND
SOOfcityOa 99 V
6000 Pa It 2d ratg 03... 92#
1000 Alle co 6a Steub. 51
200 J HeadiDg It Os '43. 93
1000 do ’7O. 84#
2000 N Pena It 105... 89
9500 Frauk’d &. Pouth
war l ! B7a
1000 FtWajne A. Chi
construe 75.... Oik'
300 Leblith Mott Us. 100
4 Morris Oul pfd. IC9
10 d 0... bSHO
4 Pennsß 43
20 Little LchF.... 25*
2 UnzlotonCo’lCo 40
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS—Jtva 16—Eyesixq.-.
Tho Flour market is quiet, but firm, at previous quoted
rates Standard shipping brands are hold at? 3 26, but
there is very little demand for export, and the onlj
rale we bear of is 600 bh!s 17. B.Thomas’ super at (6 37*
bbl. The trade Aro buying in lota ai wanted, at
these ratea for superfine, $5G2*aC bbl for extra,
And from up to bbl for extra family
Flour aud fancy brands,' according to quality * Bye
Floor !. ,t?a.y j and atont Ito Tjtlj bar. been sold » t
13.87. K V bbl. Corn Weal is eca ce. bnt quiet, and we
quote Pennsylvania Meal at 13 60 bbl. Wheat—
There Is not nmth doing; shout I.COO bus found bnj ere
etsl.2Sol.3ororgocd and prime rede, end $1 Mel 43
for fair to good white, In (tore. Bye is wanted, and all
offend sold at She for Pennsylvania. Corn le nnsettled
and lower, and 3 500 bus Jersey and Penn sold et 78®
790, In Store, closing at the latter prico forprime lots.
Oats are uoohanged; we quote Southern at 46®J7c,and
Pennsylvania at 47®180 W hne. Bark-thare la little
or no Qvercitron offering, and Ist No. 1 le worth .28 air
ton Cotton—the market Is quiet, and a smelt hosin' as
doing at previous quoted rates. Orootnee and Pro
vleions—there le nothing new, end a small business
only to notice 'n the wey of sales Beedi-there is a
eteaty demand for Oloveteeed, bnt not so much date.
in<; ealea of 100 hue ere reported, in lote at from S 5 js
for doe np to 1006.25 y> bus for good and prime seed •
of Timothy, .boot 400 bne, damaged, fold bi
auction at $1 87* but. Whiskey—the market ie
firmer, with farther ealea at 26®27c for Pennsylvania
end Ohio bbla, and 24 X0 for drains; hogshead* ere
scarce
New York markets Saturday.
fW S S#- ,“«*•» ientetdy for pots and parle.
ne'e Ron bUn if proTe ? at full Pdesej etlee
MP “ ne ’ “ I>H '’ “ d S - 500
iaa°iV »id t-e improved feei
li V- I Vo’.J. rt ' ln ' i ,.Wequ-t> m’ddllng upleudnt
51 h0,1 ',"“ k fur lot«,in etore.
t F w D .*’ 4c '— T h» merket is active audit arain better
for Wes ero Canal Fleur; tbe demand is mainly for tbe
home trade. Chucv brands am nrre tetiva 3
«IMOO b , M » at .4 70®4 80 for common to
dofrs Jobs'S/! 0 f . r tho, f’ io • 40 “ 5 65 for extra
d \. IS/JL®!’, 80 e«des of western extris ; Jr, 76
t l K,in 01 ronnd-hcop extreOhio;
*5 05a$7 for trade brands do; *5.76®7.76 for extra
Genesee; and ssoB 50for8t Louis brands
Cenadian Flour Is in good demand, acd Is better at
1 " iD P, “ Albany; of
® rm ® r > hni n °t very active; sales
of 2 000 bbls at $5.20ff6.60 for mixed to good brands
Baltimore, &c ,and §5 6507.60 for fancy and extra do.
Bye Floor aod Corn'Meal are steady.
Gra»x—The demand for wheat ia fair, bnt it is held
we have few sales to S t all lots of
a überWestern .t 5L85. Boris held firmly at 31.30,
with buyers at 31280i29..
Rye Is firm at 80oS2c. o*t« are buoyant and In de
maud—sales of ttite at Mofile., and ea te Tn iQd c a .
nsdlan at fllo62)(c.
Barley is held higher, and U In fair demand, but at
prices below tbe views of holders •- ■
Corn is better and is actlve-lsales of 47,ff00 bushels at
85 for Western mixed In store; the demand is mainly
speculative . 0 *
Moljbssb—New Orleans continues in lively rrquest
at tbe improvement -sales of 600 bbls at iOs, Foreign
remains quiet and prices nominal.
Paov|6ioX3.—Tbe Pork market is firm; tbe demand
‘SS°d.maod ta?™r 0 ' liTery ’‘” 4 hlgher r “ CS;
.I?eV.^ 8006,017 «Xf<w M* MBs;
$l7 * l3 , for 9T]tDe » Included In tbe sales
STmTS V bls ., Megß for firBt of Jane at 318, and
2,000 bb.s for the summer months, on p*!vate terms
steady an"! in fair demand. Pales of 370 bbls
?; for , country prime. sBo9 for do Hess. |9o
10.50 for repacked Mess, aod 311 01i.60 for extra do
flrm » 100 tes fair Chicago at
818 Cut Meats are steady; sales of 150 bhds and tee
at Wppjfe ror hams, aod 6®oJfcfor shoulders.
Jjard is rather firm ; the eyesore 270bbls and tee, at
HJ(®IIK Dressed Hogs are in firm demand; it To
»Rc for Western, and 7tfaBa for elty fintter and
Cheese steady.
Fooars are less active, but prices *re without Ira
oort.nt change; rales oflOO hhds New Orleans at 7©
7Jfc. The sales yesterday comprised 855 New Orlems
st 7©Bs. aod 250 Caba at 7
NEW YORK BTOOK EXCHANGE, Jah. 15.
1 SECOND BOABD.
31B0C0 Missouri fls 86V 100 shs Har B p’d s6O 3»
2000 N Y Gen R7a 102 200 do t6O 39 V
I ?£X2?n? R \ri? , . tb 87 50 Bl’ch BAN I g et’k 48jf
1000 111fr«dl’d bde 90 60 IH Cen R 830 » 69
11000 LaCrAMll 1 g b 23% 100 Reading R 62 V '
150 shs Pa Coal Co 8’ v 850 do jo
209 Cumberland pr’d 23 100 do e 39 61R
60 Had-’n River R 250 do suw, 6lv
50 do b6O 35)f 150 Mleh Cen B i2¥
100 BrunsO’y Loob6o 8?i £0 do 160 62v
300 N Y Cen R b6O 85?{ 100 do b6O 52v
300 do - 85* 150 -do *BO 62U
JW do - 85 % 26 Panama R s3O 116*
300 do e 4 26 da b6O 117 V
700 Harlem B 2OO Gal &0 B #lO
115 Harlem Rprel’d 6O do sfO 71 v
300 do 89 60 do fi6o 71J
Special Notices.
Worms! Worms! Worms!—McLaHe’s ctle
brsted VERMIFUGE, tio great American remedy for
Worms. Bold by all respectable Druggists.
• jal7 mwJtf-lm
Dr. Hoodand’s celebrated Preparations, the
, GERMAN BITTERS and the R&LBAMIO CORDIAL,;
will cure liver complaint, jauod’ce, dyspepsia, chronic
or nervous debility, chronio ‘dlarrbcei, coughs, oolds,
hoarEoneos, croup, broncbitla, and ineipteat consump
tioo, when everything else is of no effect. This may
b« proved by the testiißony of thousands In every walk
of life. Judges, members of Congress, clergymen, law
yers, merchants, mechmios, and even physiMons, have
testifiid to the wonderful virtues of these celebraltd
medicines. Try them.
Prepared only by Dr C. M. JACKSON, No. 418 Arch
street, Philadelphia, and for sole by Druggists and Store*
keepers in every town and village In the United States
and Cantdas. Price 76 cents per bottle. . ltd&W
Jnles Hanel’s Ban Atbenieitne, or Hair Re-
NOVATOR, not only restores the hair, also im
proves tbe-slght; it restores gray and wiry hair to its
original life color aod youthful softyerßland hearty.
Jtis not a dps,and will not soil the skin or linen 1'
Bold by all Druggists, and by JULES HAUEL & CO.,
No. 704 CHESTNUT Street,'Philadelphia.' ' lalT-Ot'
Gayetty's Medicated Paper —Read and Learn.
—Joseph O. Gayetty,'being duly swqrn, doth depose
acd say: That he originated abdicated paper for the
water-oloiet in the year 1863, and that in the ' following,
iyear he filed his caveat at the proper office at’Washlrg"
ton, D. C , for a patent He furthermore deposeth' and
'says: that, to the beat of his kuowledge'&nd belief, he'
alone—having'dlscovered it—poueaaea the secret of,
medicating paper so as to cure and prevent piles, and
the machinery by vrhieh it- is made is sodifferent from
that used in paper mills, that Bobody eonld adopt It
without his aid He also declares that the process of
manufacture is costly, acd cannot be sustained except
lag by large capitalists. In conclusion, he swears that
he has investigated an Imitation cf Gayetty’s Sfedi
oated Paper for the Water Closet, and has fqpnd It to
be a base article—mere cheap, ordinary yellow mailing
piper—calculated, from the cttemieals it contains, to
aggravate the distate which Its bogns doctor proprietor
declares it will cure. JO3. O OAYJSTTY.
Sworn t» before me,' the 10th day or Janntry, 2650,
Jambs G. Coofkr. Oommlssloner of Deeds.
For sale in Philadelphia by TT. R. OAILENDER k.
00., THIRD and WALNUT Streets. ja!7-2t
Great Reduction—White Unit Clothing.—On
the Ist of January we redoeed, as is our usual castor*,
erery article la our bouse, la order to close our fall and
winter stock. Those who B"udy economy, now is their
time to bay. Oar stock is heavy, well assorted, and
at very low prices, especially lnovereoats, thick, heavr,
and warm—well snited to tbis present nipping, cold
we thrr. White Hall, B.W. oomerof FOURTH and
MARKET Street}. jalMt#
Late Fire at Dnbuque, lowa*—Dntraquef Jan.
7,1859. MESSBS. HR&RiNG A CO —Gouts: lam
requested by Ur. T. A. O-Cochrane o'this place, to
gjy to you that, on the morning of the dthultino,
about 3 o’cleck, bis store took fire, and the entire stock
of goods was destroyed. The heat beeame so suddenly
intense that none of the goods could possibly be saved ;
but fortunately his books and papers, which were in one
of your CHAMPION SAF£S, were all preserved perfect
ly. And well may they be called Champion, for dating
the whale conflagration there was incessant pouring of
tlamt l directly upon the Safe which contained them.
And still, upon oponlog it, the inside was found to be
scarcely warm, while the outside was most severely
scorched. Yours, Iru y,
HKRUING’B PATENT CHAMPION FIRE AND
BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES, with HALL’S PATENT
POW DER-PBOOP LOCKS, aff'rd the greatest security
of any Safe in the world. Also, DWELLING HOUSE
SAFES, of elegant workmanship and finish, f»r plate,
FARRBL, HERRING, & CO.,
130 WALNUT Street.
A New Article for the Hair.
PHALON Sc SON'S COCOINE
io the best and cheapest artio'e for tho hair. For pre
serving, beautifying, and restoring the hair, the most
perf ot ha'r-dreß*irg ever offered Jp the public Sold
at 617, 407, and 107 Broad tray, sod by all Druggists and
P*nc/-Gooda Dealers Pint battles oO certs; half-pints,
25 cents. Inquire for Pbalon &. Son's Cocoine. Be
ware of counterfeits.
T B. PBTBUSON & BROTHERS, 396 CHESTNUT
Street, Wholesale Agents. jal4-tl
Saving Fund.—Five Per Cent. Interest.—
NATIONAL SAFETY TRUST COMPANY, WALNUT
Street, 8. W. corner THIRD, Philadelphia. Money
received in any sum, large or small, and interest paid
from the day of deposit to the day of withdrawal.
Mosey is received and payments made daily, without
notice. The investments sre made in Real Estate,
Mortgages, Ground Rents, and »u-h first-class eecuri*
ties as the oha ter requires. Office hours from 9 o’clock,
*n the morning until 6 o’clock in the afternoon and on
Monday and Thursday evenings until 8 o’clock, fed
Window Drapery,
BBOOATELLB.
SATIN DAMASK,
BATIN DE LAINE.
WORSTED DAMASK,
KBPS, MOREENS, AND PLUSHES,
.$79,616 OS
60,7 3 OS
Together yrith all the trimmings appertaining to th?
Curtaia trade.
Owing to the lateness of the season, we will olose out
our heavy Curtains at greatly reduced rates. Curtains
Cut, utvfe, and put up, lower than prices elsewhere
%luo, Whi’e Laco and Musliu Curtains of every descrip
tion, bought at auction, and selling at half the usual
price. Window Shades, Gold Bordered, Landscape,
Gothic, Fresco, Plain Linen, sod Oil Cloth, at whole
sale and retail.
PATTEN'S COBTAIN STORE.
F2O CHESTNUT Btroet
Grover fc Baker's Celebrated Family Sewing
MACHINES.
A NEW STyiiB—PRICE $6O.
780 Cbistnot Stbsbt, Philadelphia
These Machines sew trora two spools, and form a
seam of unequalled strength, beauty, and elasticity,
which will aot rip, even If every fourth stitch be cut.
They are unquestionably the beat in the market for
family use.
oelO-tf O*suo worn a oiboolas. _f fi
One-Price Clothing of the Latest Styles, and
made in the best manner, expressly for bstaii. sai.sa,
We mark our lowest selling prices in plais pioubbb
on each artiole. AN goods made to order are warranted
satisfactory, and our osk-fbiob btstbm is atrJoUy ad*
hared to. Wo believe this to bo tbo only fair way of
dealing, as thereby all are treated alike.
850, 850, 850, 850, 850, 850, 850, 850
SINGER’S BEWING MACHINES.—PRICES RE
DUOED.—A new and elegant Family Sewing Ma
chine for $6O, and the general scale of prices greatly
reduced. All who want a substantial, sir pie, and re
liable Sewing Machine, which b&a an established reptj.
tatloa for doing the very best work on every kind of
material, are invited to call at our office and examine
the new machines, at tho reduced prices. They can.
not fall to be satisfied. I. U. SINGER A CO.,
nc2-tji2 No. 603 CHESTNUT Stiff).
N. A. McCLCRE
JONES Sc CO.,
604 MARKET Street.