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Issued, Bemi-Montivly -in time for the California ‘Steamers. ~~ - p . , <4 Ere “ Long Earn.” .. AT. THB r BABA Of TOWSR BAhh. c - jL young into, from some place away, E- ' CAnbeonto PblJ-vdel-phia >c < ; .To enter', here, a college; That, as a student, he-might g*sn ‘ A we&Uh thebeat—thewealth'of brain, ■ Toundin the ‘mines of knowledge. A'lcaid be loved was left behind, - Pet thoughts'of her mind, 80 that he wrote, “ Dear Naney, - - v My swelling heart o’erflow* with lore . Tor tbee.'to me affection’s dore, , That, ut my realm of fsnoy, " Does On ita wihge suproudly soar, That, looking upvrMd, I adore, 'And (pel lora’anecrotnanoy Wlthinmyspul,'wbich makes each thought % do winged to thee, with' garlands wrought, Proof flowers of love, with fragrance fraught,' Plnoked by the streams or song. -Oh Met them-be, within my heart, Of it, and of thyself a , - Tor all thin* own, ! to' where thou art I shall return ere long ,J ■ -Alisa Nancy soon received the hots, , -And thus ah* made reply— '•You saythatyonUlyeiurnerplong, • Which I cannot deny; Tot* fa your letter, to my mind , . The fact at ooce appeared That yon coaid but return ere long, Because you erb'long eared. ' Affection 1 ! dove In fancy’s realm, Would, on her wings stiil straying, Tour tain-presumption an upbraid ‘ , Thatyon may stop your braying ” The student scanned the sharp reply; A meanteg light beamed is hit eye ,* ' He said, « Yet once again I’ll try, ~ Although my chance looks small ■ And then he wrote the maiden fair i “To lift toy eyes to thee I dare, Because the raiment that I wear Was made at, Tower HaU.” - . This letter sent, an answer came, ' , . -Which kindled up his hope’s dim flams That had well nigh expired:' His Nancy wrote, “ I did thee wrong ; Thy ease, X know, cannot bo long, It than thou art attired.. If clothesfrom Tower Hall, alone, Thou wearest—then the.wiedom shown ' Makes myrespoaslva heart thine own— Aye. from'- this Very hoar 1' A wedding salt «o there and buy; With thee I will in wedlock tie,?- • And all our hopes shallrise as high As Bennett’s lofty towsr!» ' All .persons In, want ,or Winter-garmenti should ba ■closing tii towards. Tower Hall,-where BENNETT.& QO. are closing out.their Immense stock of xeady.made Winter Olothlng, unsurpassedfor.quality of fabric atd finish, at prices lower than.the .lowest. If yon.want to be fitted In garments, and suited in price, the golden opportunity is now offered you at 618 MABKBT Street, between Fifth and Six’h. ; . . * -- Jlnsaronte' CEompantcs, Eenn mutual life* insurance COMPANY—Office, N. '' • 'Bank*Stock;*/..*;i-.’i; iT. . i .'... v 2,784 00 62 “ North America 1 Bank Stock..-,...' 7,042 W)‘. 336 “ OlrardUrelnsoxaucdOo. m ..,,.. 8,536 25 600 << Pennsylvania R, (Jo. “..,... 28,445 77 175 .“ . NewOrleansGas u ...... 18,397 60 Mortgages and,Ground Bents, all first 1ien5. , .222,C75 05 Loans on Policies 20,876 19 Loans rm CfoUaterata^...2o,2ll 53 Bills Receivable, Premium Notes. .105,694 10 Meal Estate, Office Building.... 87.040.7 p Scrip Dividends of Insurance Companies..., 41.310 00 Agents,’bslanceof their accounts d0b........ 15,617 91 Qoarteriy payments on Policies Issued...... 11,697-82 C*flh on baod and in Bank,. 18,703 75 Interest on Investments to lan. 1.1859...... 16 606 70 Offide I’amHur*-,./..,; 1,335 41 Franklin Pire Insurance C0mpany........... 800 00 Deduct three Losses due to 1550,,v.« ~ .: „ -"•, , .v - ' |BOB 226 28 6a&rant«»o»jrtUl..,. 100,000 CO i > Philadelphia, January llth, 1859. At an election held et the office of the Company, on Monday* the tyl.lnst., .the following gentlemen were daiy.elecUd Trusted, to asm for three years flimaelGiHueyi -* • SsnraetE. Stokes, r ' TheophUua Paulding, Daniel L Hutchinson, Charles HaUoweH, Henry 0. Townsend, Edmund A. Bouder John W. Hor nor, Petet a. Bffohrer, Ra*ton. v Ata meetlng-of the Board of Tioeteas, held this" evening* DANIEL. L. -MILLED, . Keq ...was, elected President, and B'ASfUELa. STOKES, Zsq., Vice Pre sident, for the entalngyear. The Board of Trustees bare' THIB DAT 1 declared a Scrip Dfr/dand of TWENrV*FIV.B PER CENT, upon the cash premiums paid in 1858. - . They hare aled declared a CASH DIVIDEND of SIX PER CENT, upon the Scrip Dividends of 1850 to‘lB6B, iooldslve; parable at the office or the Company after the 4th day of February next, to those who have paid their whole premium in GASH: and to thoee indebted for premium notes U will be allowed in settlement of their next premium. ’ DANIEL' L. MILLER, President, ' ' SAMUEL B. STOKES. Vice President. JOHN W HOBNOB, Secretary, Jal3-th»la-Ct fJIAMB INSURANCE COMPANY.— Phi- M ■ jLADELPDii, January 10th; 1859. . The following -Statement of the affairs of this Com* panj, on the Slrt December, 1868, Is published In pur suance of the Charter: Capital authorised and subscribed. .1100.000 00 Paid 1d.................,....560,000 ■4SSMB. Mud Mottgigu 44,626 00 Cashonhand..-.{*. 0 987 66 Loans on eaU.«> .6,000 00 Balances, doe—y.s; Agents' Accounts, In terest, Ac...,. 8 063 16 BiU« receivable. Premiums on open PolicM, (earned).;........., 1,090 00 BEOBIPT8; Premiums tm. Site; Blrita, amounting to. A *1,2U : 722 6T , I 10,056 23 Pre* iumr on Inland RUki, amountlna to *187,014 29.: *. f.Z 1.230 64 interest 2O LOSSES. EXPENSES,'Ao. Fire Losses, all settled; 6,028 35 loland L055e5.....M,.*.. j 345 62 SaUries*.... 1,883 38 Rent. Advertising, Return Premiums, Be* Insurance, OOmmlssions, and all other In- 2,082 60 GEO. W. DAY, President. V. I. BLAXQifAgp, Secretary. Jall-taths 2w OR- THE AFFAIRS OF ►3 THE UNION MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, In conformity with a provision of its Charter t - PBVIQD&fSfrom January 1,1868, to Janu ary 1,1869 >242,323 6 PREMIUMS earned on Marine and Inland Blahs daring the year ending as above... *lB6 680 26 BBOEIVED from Interest on investments/. f ,108 66 XiOrBEU, Return Premiums, Beiasaraaces, Expenses, and Commissions daring the same period, end bad debts.'.;, >104,020 81 ASBB rg OF, THE COM if 2Y, January 1,1869. 6.ooo.Pesnsylvania 6 per cent. Loans,'cost ,$6,965 10,000 PhllsaelphlaCity6 percent.ZioanS) “ 10,300 7.00 J City of Pittsburg 6 “ “ “ 6 790 7,000 j do. 6 “ « “ 6,800 41,620 Camden and Amboy Railroad 6 per - cent.-80nd5..,,.,;,,..,,......... " 41.718 14,610 Ohesapeahe and Delaware Canal 6 per cent. Bonds,. " , .14,610 6,000 Ncrth Penns/Iranla Railroad 6 per coot. Bonds./.-....“ 8,760 lOOshares North Penna. Railroad...... “ 6,000 117 *» Philadelphia Bank “ 14,71)0 87 -*< Delaware. Mutual Tosaranoe ‘ Confpany;. “ 2,176 40 “ Delaware Railroad Company “ 1,000 , Sundry Stock of Steamboat and Tele . ..graph Companies, and Certificates of Profit In Muiaal insurance Oom- pany “ 18,077 Xstlm&ted value of the ab0ve.,,5100,640 Cash on hand. 8,035 Bills Rece1vib1e.............................. 66.088 Dae the Company for unsettled Premiums, Salvages,and other aooounts,..,, 77,878 -t' : , -* BIOHABD S. SMITH, Preald^T JoS.CotLiSOX,Becrstary. . w jal4-12t DLASMA OK ; ARTIFICIAL ~ LAKD « JT SPECIAL NOTICE TO PHVSIOIANB.—The above offers a vehlole for the exhibition of remedies to dis eased g&fiteds, Which Comblues the following advanta ges? 'Agdodand unraryinfoohslftenoe, eadly washed off wltt water \ dissolves all substances that are solu ble fa water* hence facilitating instead of. obstructing their gel rtuUid. 'The last property alone -venders, It an invaluable acquisition in the practitioner. - Prepared and for sale wholesale and rotul/at«an«i iiiboratbry and Pharmacy, - r -■ £• :* fVs r.*: tutS ffluwlw** lOw X> ALE manufactured 'forsaIebyWEAVBB;PXTLBB* A 00, No, n North^WATßNßtrw^ahd-I>NortITwBABTJES. VOL. 2—NO. 150. i'.|f f rm SATURDAY, JANUARY 22,1869. A Dinner with the Dead I [W© could eoßily ckaDge the enclosed com munication Into an editorial, by substituting the plural vac for the singular I, (very singu lar, at times,) but it'clearly was never In tended for publication. The writer, wo may premise,, has beon spending a week at Wash ington—his first visit, too—and although he quitted Philadelphia with the decided im pression that ho need not write a line for The Press until his return, has been pelting us with « leaders” from Baltimore, and letters, each of some eight foolscap pages in length, describing his Impressions of Washington. Of course, these could never have been in tended . for publication. Wo are not quite sure, however,, about that. At any Tate, boldly running the risk of his displeasure, we take leave hero to reproduce one of our fHend’s missives.] —J3d. Press.. . Washington, January 39, 1859. .My Dear Colonel : Among the curiosities of this great metropolis, itß architectural wonders, its mingling of various nationalities and intellects, its aggregation of “ fair women and brave men,” its political intrigues, £ts ambitions, its defeats, its loves, Us hates, nothing has astonished me more than a dinner at whiob. I had ' the pleasure of as sisting yesterday. I have partaken of many a hanquot with the living, but never, until yester day, sat down to table, aye, and fairly hobnobbed, with a dead man. Yon will, ask for particulars, and inquire In what mausoleum the repast took place ? Whether a tombstone did duty for thb table, and a shroud was the substitute fora table-oloth? No. My legs were, under a living host's mahogany, and several other living people formed the company. But among them, towering alike in physical and mental force, appeared what unquestionably must have been an apparition—for I read a nowspaper account, with full particulars, of his death, and I had mourned, very smoorely, over the extinotion, by the common catastrophe of mortality, of as genial a nature, as flashing an intellect, and as fine a genius as ever aderned the social circle or shed grace and lustre upon the literature of bis native land, os well’as upon that of the antiquated spot which we affectionately speak of as “ the old couu try/ 1 - JFor/ it is a faot that, of lato years, the lit erature of both nations has been amalgamated, &b it were. The man of letters who wins a reputa tion in America,' obtains a brevet of the same rank ip England, and vice versa. The author, in one land,’actually addresses the heart and the intel lect of the other, and his ambition takes a loftier flight; as ho feels that be alms at the two-fold ro cognUton of his gdniuß. ’ ; But—for the festival with the Dead. Would that you had been present, to participate In the oelebration! There was nothing sad—except sjune melanoholy attempts at panning) by myself, with my.usual bad luck. - There was no orape Worn on the arm. No expression of grief, what ever may, or ought to have been felt—on tho whole, jr subdued resignation. That secret grief existed might be inferred only from the olronm stanoe that the company were unusually' thirsty. But that might have been the effect of our host's exquisite vintage, liberally dispensed, and affeo tiohately done justice to. There was one espe ci&l, partfou!ar, pioked, and peoullnr Madeira whloh stood opposite myself, and, no matter what drafts' on that bank were made, that bottle still Wmed to preserve itself perpetually filled. No matter how often it waa usod. BUll it was always full. Suoh a reproductive and recuperative power, seldom has bottleposeeßsed before! Grief is proverbially dry, and!aU of us hod just suoh a decent amount of«. thirst as must have convinced the Departed that be was deeply lamented. iThe dinner took place yesterday. Mr. H , whose guest lam during this, my first, visit to that -Washington in which he once held a Marshal position,' 'though a man of peace, had added to the maDy favors he has conferred upon mo, by ihviting a select party to meet mei Let m®'mention them.,in the 'order .in owhich they niode thelr appeoranooV ' •' ■ , f * * thnfeto • aiquilhtaEce with ali ; tho' cognate lan-, gusges, and also with the. tongues of nearly every undiscovered country in the world. He translates their books,' he spoaks their, tongues, he knows the varieties of their dialects, ho remembers their ballads, mid sings them splendidly, occasionally, translating them into good Anglo-Saxon verse, os ha goes along, for the benefit of the unlearned. .Ishall not soon forgot.thp ore rotundo swell of his efgsu-like tones, deep and resonant as thoso whioh Labiaohe used to pour out from his oapaoious obest. Especially will live in my memory his rindering, first in Itaifan, and then in EugUsh, of the old Venetian chant, in which a gal lant 'fisherman and a gay demoisello are represented as having, a peculiarly pleasant colloquy, with a termination . (not to bo found in* any other man’s edition) whioh could - not have been other than personally grati fjiog* Then, there was the Marseillaise, given by the same multo-llngoal vooatiat, whioh, if he were to sing in the-streets of Paris, even now, would make tho’very paving-stones rise from tho Mreets, and break every pane of glass in the Im perial Palace of the Tuileries. One weakness only was noticeable in Mr. Dimitry, who is full grown in mind and in body—he disliked being al luded to as a polyglot gentioman, and indignantly repudiated the titleof, V Professor,-” He thinks, and thinks rightly, that the mere knowledge of many languages is not very muob to be prond of. He who gets the gems out of the earth is supe rior to him who simply knows that they lie some where underground. Just so with Dimitry. He brings treasures out of various languages, and thus lays the intellectual spoils of all nations at the feet of his own. 1613,168 06 9,942 70 f 902,226 26 Next came Mr. Eames, ex-Ministor to Vene zuela, in manner, aspect, figure, temperament, and acquirements a deoided oontr&st, intellec tually and personally, to Dimitry. In one you see immense physical os well as high mental power, and a stock of lively animal spirits, apparently ex haustless. In the other, a qulot. thoughtful, and observant man, enjoying society more os a looker on than an active participant, and now and then throwing a philosophical reflection, whioh,.in its great suggostiveness, strikes the mind long after the occasion which elioited it has passed away. I should fancy that a tit e^a-tele dinner with Mr. Eamcs must be delightful. With Mr. Dimitry, who bringshia ninety-nine pound shot into play, on the smallest as well as the greatest subjeot, upon every Idling, from a bumble-bee up to a Behemoth —such a dinner would probably be overpowering, to such a sby, silent, and so reserved a mortal as myself. But I must hasten on, Nor let a tale grow cold, Which should be most pathetically told.” Two gentlemen enter the room together. You have noticed, no doubt, (for you know him, and he inquired warmly after you,) what a noble brow indicates the fine intellect of that moat amiable, friendly, and able gentleman, Dr. Whelan. His faoe is a mirror to histhoughts. What an acquisi tion to a social party Is a sensible, sensitive, ap preoiative listener, whose glance shows you, at onee, that he has rapidly oaught the exdet idea that you .aimed at conveying. That is Dr. Whelan. How do you like my daguerreotype? The other, with his shrewd and keen business look, and the geniality of his joyous nature in full ascondant ever It, is one of tho best-known and most popular gentlemen in Washington. He has the misfortune to be a man of wealth—honestly won and liberally dispensed. You know his picture gallery, of oourse. Then, his fine library, and («hat personally interested myself, even beyond soulpturo, paintings, or printed books,) a magni ficent collection of first-class autographs. What volumes upon volumes of biography, literature, art, and history might be complied from autographs in Mr. McGuire’s collection I Bestof all, too, this gen- Goman, amid' the perpetual toll of a most exten sive business, has found time to make himself mas ter of the subjects to which his autographs relate, and of the lives of'those who wrote them? I mot Mr. McGaire, afterwards, in the oirole of his very charmlsg ssd interesting family. At my own ad vanced period of mortal existence I can look upon Beauty and Talent without a heart-throb, but bad I been only ninety-nine years younger',l dare say I, too, mighthave joined the hnndrod and one ardent admirers of one ftlr member of Mr. MoGuiro’s family, who would fain address her in the open ing line of a popular melody, singing or saying, as they gazed ldo the blue beauty of her eyes and peach-like freshness of her complexion, “ Oh, Nanny, wilt thou gang wi’ me V* Two more gentlemen of our p&Tty must be re ferred to. One is J. F. Coyle, of the National Intelligencer, and the other is John Savage t lately editor of The which hia national feeling for journalism, his experience, and his ability combined to make a popular and influential journal. $l9B 918 81 , My private opinion of Ooylo Is that, in some pre-existent State, he and myself have been inti mately acquainted, and that, here in Washington, vro-are only re-uniting the broken links' of that early ohain of regard and congenial good-fellow ship. To hear him sing, and to see him laugh, are things to be long, so exoellont in its own way is each. As’ for John Savage, whom I have known for years, and lovo—as all do who know him—l Bhall only tell you that he never was in happier mood. He jested, ho gavo us sentiment, he told stories, ho sang that inimi table “ Good Saint Anthony," and he woundup,, when we agreed to part, with tho melanoholy and expressive vesper hymn called “ Vivo 1& Com p&goie,” In whioh ho extemporised any number of additional stanias—as readily as Theodore Hook oould himself have played the part of improvtsa- to some dominant trait in each man’s character or manner, and adroitly supply ing a rhyme to eooh man’s patronymic. Our host’s name thus rhymed with approver, while mine, (evidently from my excitement of admira tion at this very King of social Savages,) was ooupiod unceremoniously with frenzy! Two more remain to be noticed. Our host, whom every one seemed to love, and my vsry humble self. Upon Aim, whom you know so well, I need not say one word to you. As for the other individual, I only say— On their own merits modest men are dumb. 5 ’ —at any rate, I can olaim the merit on this occa sion, as in general, of having displayed a remark able talent for silence. It is a failing whioh you have frequently noticed, and has much Inoreasedt here In‘Washington. By the way, out of the eight persons who sat at table, five bad been, or are, newspaper men, and arc Irish by birth or descent. Do I say r< of the eight at table?” Thereby hangs a tale. The eight already mentioned had arrived, when the parlor-door opened, and a stal wart figure, large and lofty, with keen eyes, a nose reminding one of an eagle’s beak, a noble head firmly placed betweon a pair of massive shoulders, and flowing looks nearly half way down his baok, entered the apartment, looking as like a living man as anything I had ever aeon. But the company, who did not appear frightened in the loast, at this apparition, one and all assured me that he was dead, that he had beon killed In the newspapers, that ho was wandering about, wishing some one to say, “ Rest, perturbed spirit!” Had any one asked me what eminent man ff my old-oountry acquaintance this wandorlng De faoct resembled, I sheuld have said the redoubta ble Christopher North, of Blackwood 1 s Magazine, whom he personally, looks very like, and whose predileotion of out-ordoor sports and amusements he also shares. Professor Wilson had once oharged me with a message to the Defunct, should I meet him in this oonntry, to give him his love, and say that his massive geniuß marked him out to be the poet of the Titans. I ventured to deliver this message, and << Methought, as I eatd it. the Dead Mas'smiled.’’ . He behaved remarkably well—for an appari tion. A good spirit in his day, he very naturally took a nip of “ old rye,”—not the J. B. brand, but a curious, well-flavored liquid, which Berks county had sent to our host. . When we went into dinner, the Defunct accompanied us, and dropped into a vacant seat, whioh, it had beon hoped, would have been ooonpiod by Dr. Elder, of Philadelphia.- All through the evening, the Defunot endeavored to behave like a living man. When Mr. Coyle sang & touching melody, narrating tho adventures, at home and at New Orleans, of a fine Arkansas gentleman, the Defnnst politely informed him that he had better make himself more fully mas ter of the words whioh he (the Defunct) had an interest in. ,He took wine with him, conversed with him, enjoyed his stories, anecdotes, and songs; but striotly under protest. A Departed man ho was, and could not be reoognised in any other oapaoity. He eonverssd freely upon the published incidents of bis death, and was indignant' only upon one point—tho newspapers, he said, bad libelled blip by deolaring that he had died rioh ! For, he was, in life, a sort of humanised Cerberus—three sin gle gentlemen rolled into one, as Mrs. Malaprop has It—Poet, Soldier, and Lawyer. In the two first capacities no man gets wealthy (save in fame), and onr friend was a trifle too honest, too free handed, to become rioh in the third. In connection with the Departed, who revisited ns so pleasantly, leaving the impression that, when living, ho must have been a noble fellow indeed, I havo 4o tell you that, on Friday evening, Mr, Coyle, who greatly loved the Deported, has invited about a hundred and fifty persons to.hia house,"for tho .melanoholy purpose ol ioaking the late Col. 'Albert Pike, of Little Book, Arkansas. It is ex pc.otod-tbat bewillbejfiwtstf irLtheJHbernJen shall endeavor to send yod some account of it; not for publication,' of course, but yon may show it, in strieteßt confidence, to a few of our intimate friends. Treat this letter, in the , same way— “ private and confidential.” When I return I shall amuse you, I suspect, with my ideas upon Washington. lam charmed— that is the word—with the pl&co and tho people, What an Editor should putin his Paper# The following paragraph is taken from a letter published in the Augusta (Ga.) Consti tutionalist some days ago, over the signature ot «A Subscriber To the Editor of the Constitutionalist: DbAH Sir : —I am a subscriber to your paper, and also to the Savannah Republican , and think I have just oause of complaint against you both. It is a positive damage to a paper to load its co lumns with matter In wbioh the majority of its readers and subscribers take no mannor of inter* rost. Justice, to these, requires that the space allotted to advertisements should bo sufficient only fora fair exhibition, and no more—and that subscribers should be furnishod with more road* ing matter, and in larger type. Now, as the Sa vannah Republican baa recently dropped that interesting railroad spike, and the young lady at the piano has given some signs of motion, Inspiring the nope that she will soon follow, I propose that vow bustle out Mr. “ Jacobs” with his “cordials,” Mr, Kauffer” with his “greatJindueemeDto,” Messrs. “ Dickey & PMbbe” with all tkeir « great attractions,” and laßtly, that interesting seeming editorial, “ To the editor of the Evan gelistall In praise “ Zylobalsamum.” These things, perhaps pay, but it is at the oost of sub scribers. There is rare good sense In tho abovo. While no paper can Hvo wltheut a certain ad vertising patronage, it is certain that no paper should live which is filled up with tho unmi tigated nostrums standing like so many hide ous mummies before tho eye of the reader, day after day, and year after year. The readers of The Press need not bo reminded how carefully all this offensive matter is ex cluded from its columns. Religious luteUigence. The Prayer Meetings.— By roferenoe to an advertisement elsewhere, it will bo seen that pray er meetings aro now being held regularly at the .halls of twenty-nine different firo companies in this city. The number of these meetings bavo not only been Inoro&scd, but the attendance at the Diligent engine house, and Beveral others, has been materially enlarged within tho last few days. The great central meeting for businoss men, at San&om-Btreet Churoh, has also experienced a marked Inoroaso in the number of ite attendants, and indications of a growing interest In these noon-day services are manifested. Sermon dy Dr. Scupper.— Dootor Henry Mar tynpoudder, the eminent divine and intrepid mis sionary, lately returned from India, will preach sabjeot of foreign missions, at tho First Reformed Dutch Church, Seventh and Spring Garden streets, (Rev. A. A. Willits’s,) to morrow morning, at 10} o’elook. A Mother in Israel.— The Christian Intelli fencer announces the death of an eminently pious ady, Mrs. Maria Soudder, the mother of the lato Dr. Scudder, and the grandmother of the present missionaries. Bho died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Hunt, in New York olty, on the 28th Deoember. ’ The Episcopal Bishop of Cape Town, South Af rioa, designs to found a college for the education of the sons of African ohiefs for the missionary work. He has now forty sons of chiefs under his oarein a sohool. Among those who made a profession of religion at the First PresbyterlaJ Church in Nashville, Tens., on a recent Sabbath, was a venerable man of ninety-four years. Union Dbcmnsp.— The American Episcopalians at Paris have declined uniting with other denomi nations in worshipping in tho new chapol, though the Episcopal forms had been accepted. A sepa rate Epiaoopal congregation is to bo the result. The citizens of New York and Brooklyn are peti tioning the Legislature to pass laws to prevent im positions by gas companies, which, they aver, ore practised daily. They ask for laws— 1. To prohibit the gas companies from charging •a rental for the gas metres, believing it to be as un just as for other dealers to charge for tho uso of thoir measures for tboir own commodities: 2 Prohibiting the demand of advanoe pay ment for the gas for more than the-estimated quantity to bo used from one day of payment to another. 3. Requiring the appointment of inspectors to ascertain the quality of the gas sold by each 00m* pany, and, in oaso of a decline, to compol a pro rata reduction in price. 4. Requiring these inspectors to examine the metres and ascertain whether they register cor rectly. 6. Prohibiting companies from makingout “ave rage bills.” 6. Compelling companies to Bupply consumers with gas when asked to do bo, whether tho pre vious occupant has paid his bill or not. 7. Voiding all oompulsory agreements between companies and consumers. 8. Compelling gas oomp&nlea to leave with con sumers the amount when they take the index. It is said thatgas metres may bo mode to register from one to one hundred per oest- more than the gas that is .consumed by taeparty. PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 22. 1859. Letter from Kansas. [Oonespondence Press.] Lawrence, (K. T.,) Jan. 10, 1859. The Territorial Legislature mot on the 3d in stant, at Lecompton, and, by a joint resolution, ad journed to meet at this city on the 7th. Seoietary Walsh toode a great “ flourish of trumpets ” when the subject of adjourning from Lecompton was proposed, and deolarod that ho would not pay the mombors, furnish stationery, or meet any other expenses of legislation. This threat sealed the late of Leoompton. The mem bers had been too long accustomed to think and act for thomselves to submit, at ibis late day, to this last relio of “ Border Ruffianism,” that finds its reßtlDg plaoo in tiy> heart of the Seoretary of the Territory. The resolution was passed, and, to. the great dismay of the Secretary, the Governor gave it his sa&otion- How this aot of the Governor may bo viewed by Mr. Buohanan remains to be known. If be repadi&tes it, Mcdary will repudiate him, and follow in the wake of his Illustrious predecessors. If he sustains it, the fire-eaters will at onoe “ dis solve the Union, 11 and the President’s gray hairs will go down with sorrow to the grave. The vtry grave question whether the Territorial, Le gislature shall eat and drink, and Bloep and act in Leoompton, or in Lawrence, may be made the subject of a speoial message, and the text for a multitude of Union-saving and Union-destroying epeeohes before the end of the short session, and the groat " nigger"" question, therefore, find another opportunity of presenting its ugly fooe to the whole American people, to the damage and dis may of nervous women, and all the sickly chil dren of the nation, to say nothing of the old man in his dotage. Yeu will have reoeived Governor Modary’s mes sage before this reaches you, and will find it to be an honest, business-like papor, confining itself to subjects of foot and questions of interest to the people of Kansas, and in every respect tho reverse of the message of President Buohanan on Kansas matters, which is hold to be, by tho people of Kansas, tbo most oontemptible bundle of misre presentations and falsehoods npon record. It has written a page in American history of which every truo Amorloan mast be ashamed, and has fixed a spot on the eharaotor of its unfortunate author that will not out at his bidding . Tho delay consequent upon tho adjournment has prevented the Legislature from transacting any business of importance. < The standing com mittees have been formed, and will id-day report a number of bills, and the business of the session will progress rapidly. Tho difficulties in LintTand J3ourbQU counties etiU oontinue; but it is hoped that our hew Gov ernor, who has thus far ‘shown a disposition to consult tho interests end wishes of the people, will be able to advise and oarry out suoh policy as will give peace to our Territory and the fullest security to life and property. The latest news from the gold mines is very favorable, and indicates a rioher, and pofh&ps a more extensive, gold deposit in western Kansas than has yet been discovered in any part of the continent. Very truly, Kansas. Annual Meeting of the State Agrlcul* tur&l Society. [Correspondence or The Press.] HARTusnUBO, Jan. 19,1859. The annual mooting of the State Agricultural Sooiety of Pennsylvania was held to-day, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and hearing the report of the president, Hon. David Taggart, of Northumberland county. Tbo 1 attendance was full, and the report highly satis-, factory, exhibiting, as it did, a flourishing state of finances, the marked interest felt in the different sections of the State in the improvement of the an of agriculture, and the progress already mode, vt indicated at tho 2ato annual exhibition fn Pittsburg. The following officers were chosen for the ensuing yoar: President-—David Taggart. Vioe Presidents—lst District, George W. Wood' wood; 2d, A. T. Nowbold; 3d, Obarles K. Eoglo; 4th, Joseph Yeager; 6th, Tbomae P. Knox; fith, Charles Kelly; 7th, Adrian Cornoll; Bth. George M. Keim ; 9th* John Btrohm; 10th, John P / Rutherford; 11th, Amos E. Kapp; 12th, Sturdevant; 13th, Henry D. Maxwell; 14tbi William Jessup; l&tb, II• N. M’AUieter; 16th, Jacob S. H&ldem&n; 17th, William Heyser fifth, Ellas Baker; 19th, John M’Farl&ttd* jJOth, Joshua Wright; 21st, John Murdoch, Jr.; 22d, John Young, Jr.; 23d, Thomas J. Power; 2ith,. Henry Souther ;^stb,James Miles. , . ■ - . Additional Members of Oopmlfc-* toe—Frederick'W%tt»L: June* 'Gawen 1 William? A. Stokwj Jacob Mleb; Simon Cameron. v f Corresponding Seoretary—A. Boyd Hatoiltoi, Chemist and Geologist—Prof. S; S. Haldemtra. Librarian—Henty Gilbert. ; Hon. Frederick Watts, of Oumborland, was the first president of the Sooiety, a position wbioh he filled for a number of years, ana James Gowen, ot Philadelphia, the second ; and it is no small oom>> pUmont to the third and present exeoutivo officer to say that ho is a worthy successor to those two practical farmers and scientific gontlemen. Under his administration the debt of the Society has been wiped out, and ways and means devised to make its futuro prosperity soouro. One of tne resolutions adopted to-day appropri ates half the prooeods of the sale of life member ships to the Farmers' High Bohool. If those In terested in this Institution will take an interest in the sale of memberships, sevoral thousand dollars can be realisod. , Altogether this mooting of the State Agricultu ral Society was encouraging to every friend of our good old Commonwealth; for it showed that Penn sylvania, first in the list of mineral and manufac turing States, la no laggard in the development of her agricultural resources, which will at.no distant day result in plooing her in the front rank of the Union of Stateß. Agricola. A Mormonistio German.—Adam Sobo m&nn, a German shoemaker, was last Thursday adjudged guilty of an attempt to introduce in New York titan practices. He fnarried a Brooklyn German girl, named M&rgaret Streoke, about 8 months ago. On Wodneeday evening last be mar ried Miss Elizabeth Dorbeoker, a Teutonic fe male, residing at 128 Pitt street. A grand matri monial feast was given in honor of the Tatter event. At a lato honrin the evening the first wife, who had been looking two weeks for her fagitlve hus band—who, by way of a parting memento, gave her a severe beating—heard of the marriage, procured the assistance of an officer, and rushed in among the assemblage. The otficor took tho Gormamstio dieciple of Joe Smith by the coat collar, and ho was lodged in the station-house In stead ot the anticipated bridal chamber. Steanoe Facts in Natural History.—A very singular and unrevealod faot, we believe, is stated to us by & friend. He has his horses in a nioe warm stable, where they ore woll cared for. Two strange oats of the vioinity, resolving to share thefie good quarters with the larger quadrupeds, aro in the habit of coming into the barn and taking thoir naps on the baok of the horses. In mild weather they sleep eaoh one on one of tho horses, but in very oold nights the two have been found together safely reposing on the back of on© of the horses, perfectly content and not disturbing the true oooupants of the stable. Thus theyseoured warmth and comfort.— New Bedford (Massa chusetts) Mercury. Horrible Crime.— A German in St. Louis is accused of a orime too horrible to Be believed. He bad a violent quarrel with his wife, whom he threatened to turn out of doors. In the afternoon she leftlhehouso for a few minutes, but was soon recalled by the soreams of her daughter, a ohild of five years; rußhing in, she found the girl in a blaze, whioh could not be extinguished before fatal burns were infliotod. The suspicion is that the father set shavings on firo, then put his daughter into the flames. The warm, weather of the last throe days has weakened the ioe on the Hudson, between New York and Fisbkiil. Above that village the ice is as firm as ever. At Rhinebeok over a hundred men have been employed in filling the large house during the past few days, and a finer quality has not been cat on the Hudson river. Sioighs oross the ioe with safety at FishkiJl and Poughkeopslo. At Albany the ioe in the river is very thick. The river between New York and Sing Sing is full of floating ice. Suiihary Notice.—-Two young mon were arrested lately, in Augusta, Georgia, for robbing an old gentleman of a small sum of money. They were examined and orderod to jail, but the officers, instead of taking them there, took them out o. the city, and shoared their hair off, gavo them a coat of tar and foatbers, and let them go. Robbery in Providence.—Hamden's ex press office, in Providence, was broken into on last Tuoeday night, and robbed of 5i,200 in silver. A bog containing gold to the amount of 85,000 was left untouohed. At last accounts no arrests had been made. A boy prodigy on tho fluto will probably be a young lion of the London season—Master Drow Dean, ten years of age. He is a pupil of Richard son, and has performed beforo tho Queen at Buck ingham Palace. JonN Gibbons, of Cbambersburg, Pa , while standing near a largo firo at the blacksmith shop of Mr. 8. Fank, in a state of intoxioation, last Tuesday, fell into tho fire, and was so sovoroly burned that his Ufa is despaired of. The Lafayette (Indiana) Courier tells ot a dissipated woman in that olty who drank thirty two glasses of lager beer, at a low saloon, o& lost Sunday. She was taken up at night on a ohargo of drunkenness. The director of Za Scala, at Milan, has been prevented by tho monetary orisia which prevails in Lombardy from paying hia perfor mers. This is tho first time auoh a failure has ooourred there. A bed of rich coal has just been discovered near Duisburg, on the Rhine, in the country of Mors, in Rhenish Prussia, ana thoro is reason to believe that it is of considerable extent. The measles and scarlet fever have proved fatal to a number of children in Columbia, Pa. The measles provail to a fearful extent at Hano ver also. A lapYj calling herself Lady Indiana, and said to bo a sister of Billy Bowlogs, the-renowned warrior of tho Everglados, has boon leoturing in New Orleans on sacred history. Robert Bromley, Esq., a dofonder of’Nor folk In 1812, died in King William county, Va , on tho Bth Inst. 6 " } REPORT OP COMMITTEE ON TON NAGE TAX, To the Board of Trade# 'the committee appointed by the Exeoutivo Council, on thel7th of May last, to take Into con sideration the <( tonnage tax 1 ' levied upon freight transported over tho Pennsylvanlaßailroad, wbioh committee was increased by the addition of two members, on the 21st of September, with further ‘instructions to takosuoh measures to advance tho object for whioh they were appointed, and make luoh inquiries into tho whole subject of the ton nage tax, and the discrimination alleged to ex ist, prejudicial to the interest of Philadelphia, as they shall deom necessary, respectfully xo* £ort that— ! One of the first considerations which presented Itself to the committee, when called to act upon this important subject, was the relation of the (Pennsylvania Roilroad Company, as a corpora tion, to the citizens of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania, and the obligations of each ;te tho other. ‘Has this company the moral, If It possesses the legal right to shape its policy with an eye single to the interests of its stockholders, and without re gard to the business and prosperity of ourolty and State?- If go, any inquiry by the Board of Trade Ipto its management or polioy would constitute an withprivato matters, whioh should be .instantly resisted and rebuked. ♦ The question will be readily answered by those iwho are familiar with the early: history of tho Railroad Company. The idea that dchhould be, as a primary objeot, a money-making |ro'ad, never found nttexanoe during all its long and •tedious struggle into being.-’That it would be- Acme even a six per oent. stock was soaroely anti cipated by those who magnanimously, subscribed •their money to effect its construction. ?*< The great and controlling consideration urged upon the legislature, when asked to gtaflt exclu sive privileges to this company in an aot of incor poration, was, that the industrial, agricultural, and commercial interests of the State demanded the oonstruotion of the road., The same argument ; lagain potent when the day laborer, the dray iman, and the meohanio wero called upon to sub jsorjbe for their one, two, and three shares of stock, and pay for tho same from their hard : . And when the merchant, tho property-holder, and the capitalist were solicited to tako their hun dred and thousand sharer, it was not that they would reoeive large dividends, but that their in terest .would be promoted by the increased activity -which the construction of the road Would impart to every department of trade, giving labor to the laboring man, employment to tho artisan, trade to •the merchant, and incroosed value to the real es tate of the capitalist. -' 'With those reooUootioDS of the considerations prbioh prompted the early friends of the Pennsyl vania Railroad to •action, your committee feel it &> be their duty to impress upon the Board of Trade the responsibility whioh rests upon them, ]kt the representatives (to some extent) ef the in terests of the industrial classes of our oity, to see Mt that a work whioh has cost so much of indivi goal effort, and involvod so large an expenditure f capital, be not diverted from the great purpose bf Cts oonstraotion—tbe public good—to the low fthd selfish end of tho payment of an eight or ton per cent, dividend upon its oapital stock, regard less of the public good. #\lt is the right and the duty of the Board of Trade to demand of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company, on behalf of tho people of Philadelphia, ftnd of the State of Pennsylvania, that they re gard the leading considerations whioh resulted in Hie construction of the road, viz: to expand and Invigorate our trade, and develop the mineral and agricultural resources of our State; and, by a proper concentration and direction of publio Opinion, to bold the officers of tho oompany to a rigid accountability for a fair and faithful dis charge of tho important public trust committed to their hands. - Entertaining these views of the relation of the Oompany to the publio, your committee felt no hesitation in asking an Interview with Its presi dent—which interview was promptly and oourte- Ously. accorded—that they might hoar from him a defence or justification of the alleged discrimina tion of the oompany against the trade of Philadel phia, and In favor of that of New York. • In the absence of any specific case of alleged discrimination ag&instPhil&delphia, yonr commit tee could but prefer the general rumor that suoh oases existed, and were, indeed, of frequent occur rence. i That thoro was no ground for this charge against the company. .ypas, not protended by. its .officers. /But that they were cases inoitjent to the organisa tion of aU new, extensive, and complicated enter prises was insisted; that they were the necessary attendants of all partiaUy-doveloped experiments, and in the present case would bo removed upon the more thorough systemtzatlon of the company; and that, in fact, all the discrimination unfavora* bio to Philadelphia which may have existed has, by rocont adjustment of the tariff of charges, been xemoved, as regards both passengers and freight. .rThe policy proper to be 'adopted by our great dine ot Western communication is more difficult to determine than is generally, supposed. S there but a single road or avenue for rtatfon with the West, the subject would be and simple one, The Pennsylvania com* wopld have lsut to make its oharges uniform j&t stats sufficient to meet their working expbnws,'together »*<#'* f ? lr Jemun«ratlon fo t tho stookholdera. But this is not the case. On the north, they have a competitor during the warm season; a commu nication from the city of New York, via the Hud son river, Erie canal, and takes, to Cleveland and Chicago, and by tho Ohio canal from Cleveland south to the Ohio river; thus completing a water communication from the city of New York, via Cleveland, to the Ohio rivor, and crossing our diTeot railroad line to tho Wes*. Tho same route is travoned by a railroad also, thus continuing the rivalry the entire year. On the south tho company encounters a line of railroad from this city to Baltimore, and thenoe cy ; the way of Wheeling to Cincinnati, anti other points in Ohio and the West, With such rivals for toe Weetern trade, it will be readily peroolvod the competition will bo of the mdst intense and destruotitre character, demanding the most expert railroad msnagehient, and requiring, in many cases, in order to sesure a fair share, or, indeed, any portion of it, the adoption of a polioy whioh, upon superficial examination, would. appear greatly unjust to many poiuts upon the line. Saoh, we think, is the case as to what, at first sight, appears to be a discrimination against our sister oifcy of Pittsburg, inducing her to increase the difficulty she complains of, (ps we think,) by opposing the repeal of the tonnage tax, tho only , important measure of .relief whioh oan be extended to her. This exoessive Competition, culminating In tho Western States, enables those States to realise a much larger share of the advantages accruing irom the expenditure of tho vast sums of money required to construct these groat Hues of inter communication than they are justly entitled to. Tho real estate of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois has appreciated much more than thatof Pennsyl yapia, New York, and Maryland, although thb latter States have furnished the bulk of the means for the construction of tho several lines. A consequence of this insane system of compe tition which has heretofore characterized tho management of these rival lines, for the trade of the Woat, is that, whilst it deprives oaoh company of a fair compensation for tho service rendered, it P e Bets in our own Stato unreasonable local jealousies, the rosult of imaginary adverse in terests ; thus producing opposition to legislation whioh would bo rooognised, upon moro dlspaa* siouato refleojion, as promotive of the best in terests of ail the people of tho entiro Common wealth. In order that uro may bo understood on thle point, we will aupposo that a barrel of flour may bo carried freiff Cincinnati to the seaboard by either of tho four railroad linos for one dollar and fifty cents per barrel, whioh price Is a fair com pensation for the eorvlco rendered. But at Cin cinnati the Pennsylvania Railroad cnoounters her Northern and Southern rivals, who, in order to Eeoure the trade to New York or BaUimoro, offer to carry the barrel of flour for eighty-five cents ; a prioe which, if adopted for all tho business of the road, from all points in relative proportion to diatanoo, would speedily, without doubt, engulf each line in utter bankruptcy. The company wisely ami patriotically oonolude that, although they oannot secure tho transporta tion of the flour at a paying rate, U is neverthe less their duty to carry it, since It will be an ad vantage to Philadelphia, us well os to tho State of Pennsylvania, to have it pass over their road, if for no other reason than that it will at least em ploy their road and machinery, thereby oroatinga demand for tho Iron of our mountains, and labor for the artisans of our State, the price botag suffi cient to meet the wear and tear of rolling stock and road, and therefore causing no positive loss to tho company. But, says Pittsburg, this Is an unjust discrimina tion against üb, and wo demand that you put up your rates from Cincinnati to one dollar and fifty oonts por barrel (whioh would give all the trade to New York or Baltimore), or reduce it from Pitts burg and all othor points along tho lino to corres pond with tho through rate of eighty-five oents (whioh would not permit tho company to pay its honest debts), and wo will oppose thoropeal of the tonnngo tax, a burdon wo aamit to be unjust* and impolitic, until you adept one or the othor of these altornatlvM, eithor of which would bo produotive of the most disastrous consequences. This competition between rival linos will be found, upon examination, to involve the necessity of a departure, in some instances, From a uniform rate of oharges per mile upon freight, if not upon passengers. Philadelphia has boon, and may again be, the VJotiin of ibis necessity, however humiliating it may be to our local pride, or prejudicial it may provo to our peouniary interest; audits evil con sequences can only be overcome by increased energy on the part of our merohants, and by libe ral legislation by our Stnto and municipal Govorn monte. A wholesome oompetition betweon rival lines, when conducted with judgment, and a sense of tho moral obligation rosting upon corporations, ns upon individuals, to pay their honest debts, iB at all times desirable, ana is calculated to bring about just and proper oharges for services ren dered. To what extent one or more of our rival com panies, who have on somo oooaslons adopted rates entirely inadequate to their support, aro aotuated by this religions duty, your oommUtee oannotpre tend to say. But they are not prepared to requiro of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company the adop tion of a polioy which must, in tho end, result in loss to its onorntives, oreditors, and stockholders. Your oommitteo take ploasuro, however, in in forming tho Board of Trade that, within a few weeks, an arrangement bos been ontored into by tbe four groat lines of Western communication, by moans of which, if honestly and rigidly adhered to, tho evils heretofore complained of, which have Inured to the benefit of the Western States, with out any advantage to those whose capital con structed theso works, will bo greatly abated, if not entirely removed. This arrangemont your oominlttee believe to bo, in the moat part, just and equitable as between the parties interested. By it the freight on a barrel of Hour, by either the Baltimore and Ohio, Penn sylvania, or Now York liaes, is as follows: Prom Columbus, Payton, or Omcinnui Cents. (by It. R.) to Phllsds, 85 Bo do do N York, 300 Po St. Bonis do Balt’re, 120 Bo do do Pbllada, 180 Be do do N York, 160 Do Port Wayne do Balt'r 0 , 90 Bo do do PhiledA, 90 Bo do do N York, ICO Bo Chicago do iult’ra, 90 Bo do do PhlUiUi 90 1)0 do do ft York, 105 Being about fifteen cento pet barrel less from, eaoh point to Philadelphia than to New York, which is the usual average Charge for transporta tion between those cities. , By railroad and water communication, the eharges are: Prom Cincinnati to 8a1tim0re......... 76oents. Do do Philadelphia .'B5 u Do do Hew Y0rk..... 190 “ DO do Boston. 125 “ Bo Louisville to 8&it1iu0te.....}........ 85 “ Bo do Philadelphia 95 “ Bo do New York. 110 (( Bo do Boston ... 183 u The eharges upon fourth*class goods westward, by rail, are: To Columbus, Ohio, from Boston, 77 cents 100 lbs. Do do - N. York, 72 do Bo do PhiJad , 62 do Bo do Baltm’e, 67 do To .Louisville, Ky., from Boston, 05 do Bo do N. York* 09 do Bo do Phil'id ,80 do Bo do Baltmto, 60 do By water and rail to Cincinnati fm Boston, 78 cents. Do do New York,'72 *» Bo do Philada., 62. “ Bo do Baltimore, 68 “ Bo &t Louis fm Boston,' 104 ( < Do do New York, 96 “ Bo do PhU'dv, 80 *< Bo do Baltimore, 80 “ The charges to other points west of Pennsyl vania are graduated to correspond with tt}e above scale A special reduction of >l2 coats pot 100 lbs. was made Deo. Ist, on ooffeo, sugar, soda ash, and fish, in quantities, from all Eastern cities; the Phila delphia rates on these articles continuing $2 per ton less than from New York, and $3 less than from Boston. The passenger fare between Philadelphia and different points In the West during the winter sea son Us 3 loss than to the same points from New York, and $2 less than from New York during the season of navigation on the Hudson river, between New York and Albany;-whioh we-believo to be a fair and proper difference; and we recognise In the policy of the Pennsylvania Company, in this particular, a just rogard for Philadelphia interests. The city of New York, by the enterprise of her citizens and the wisdom and liberality of her legislation, in removing eVorjr cob-web calculated in tho least to obstruot or embarrass her trade, and by plaoing within the reaoh of her merchants the means.to control the tr&do of the West, has suc ceeded in monopolizing it to an extent-in no way' flattering to Philadelphia pride. Our shrewd neighbor leaves no stone unturned whioh may enable her merchants to secure a com merce whioh she knows’ is so well calculated to enrich all her oitfaens, as well as to replenish her State Treasury. Nor does she permit unreasonable jealousies to distract her counoils or divert her from hOr purpose. The great metropolis of the State is the admiration of all her citizens, and eaoh exults in its growth and prosperity, and is prepared oheorfully to promote them by appropriate legis lation. To this end the State expends more than ten millions of dollars in the enlargement of the Erie canal, so that she may be able to transport still more ohoaply, and thereby outstrip her rivals. She extends to her merchants all the facilities ne cessary to conduct a profitable and extended com merce, by furnishing them with amplo banking and other accommodations. Every inducement is offered to vessels to enter her harbor, by the adop tion of wise pilot regulations, and low wharf oharges whilst iu port. Her banking Institutions, also, perform their part in the general effortto extend the oommeroe, both foreign and domestic, of the City, impressed With tho troth that, in promoting these, they do that whioh is best calcu lated to foster every other department of industry. Henoe, we find them extending to their merchants engaged in the Important work of bringing the immense agricultural and other produotsof the in terior to the seaboard, tho monetary facilities which are necessary to fix their destination. With these they succeed in obtaining the hypothecation of the flour, wheat, bacon, hemp, Ao., of the in terior, to an unlimited extent, and no* railroad* policy can divert It from its destination. . Money has been advanced upon it in the West by New York merchants, and to that port it must go, although it may pass directly through our streets, and by our doors, in the oars of our own Pennsylvania Railroad Company, who have no power to control it or stop it on its way. In thug adverting to the polioy of our New York neighbor, your committee -believe that they pre sent the most forcible of reasons for the removal of tho chief obstacle to cheap transit through this Stato. They believe they will sacaeed most effec tually in awakening the people and corporations of our olty{afld State to a just sense of their duty and responsibility, by presenting to them the prin ciples upon which a successful competitor has' achieved what we trust will prove only a temporary triumph. We believe Philadelphia may again her made to occupy her former proud position in the com- - SCbe r .«nt«rprlso and .liberality, of fbn oitlxens of lotiLfli&ttt. jaillpsat..equal that of the citisens of New York. The construction "of oiir extensive public works, when we contrast the physical obstacles which have boon overcome with those of other States, must forever silenoe the charge of inefficiency sometimes brought against us. Bat how shall so desirable a result be accom plished ? In tho opinion of your committee, It can only be effected by the most cordial and energetic oo operation of all classes of citizens. All ground less jealousies must be suppressed In a patriotic resolution to promote tho commerce and industry of the city and State. The enlargement of the Erie canal, and the introduction of steam-fugs upon it, will ronder the repeal of the tonnage tax absolutely essential, if We would oontinue to enjoy any considerable portion of the trade of tho West Your committee ao not fool themselves called upon, at this time, for an elaborate argument in favor of the repeal of this t&x. They arc not awaro that there exists in the Board of Trade, nor, indeed, in the oity of Phi ladelphia an individual, Who has given the sub ject tue least examlndtioa, who does not believo the interests of both the olty and State demand tho Immediate removal of this tax upon our indus try. Hence an argument addressed to those who are already convinced would bo superfluous. If the subjeot be brought to the attention of our le gislature during its present session, the intelligent members of that body win doubtless present it iu such form as will secure the support of all who have the best Interest of tho State at heart. We cannot refrain, however, from calling the attention of the board to the foot that this tax is paid exclusively by the citizens of our own State; and mainly by the farmers, miners, and manufacturers Located on the line of the road, the proceeds of whose in dustry find their way to market by this route. These must oontinue to pay it until it is removed. ~We know that a different impression is sought to be made in oertain quarters, vis: that the through or Westorn freight, Us well at the local, pays its proportion of the tax. But it is manifest that the competition between the several rival lines of oommunio&tlon for the Western tonnage, does now, and must always, prevent the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from obtaining rates upon it which will enablo it to pay a tax to the state. The oonsequonoelis, that, whilst the tonn&go tax is ostensibly levied upon all tonnage passing over tho road, tho loonl freight owned by tho citizens of Pennsylvania not only pays its own tax, but Is forcod to endure that whioh should be sustained by the freight from the West—thus reducing the value of tho products of thoir industry to the ex tent of at least double the amount of the tax. Thera can be no greater or more hlisoMevous mistake than to suppose -that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company oan oontend successfully for the trade of the West, for any great length of time, with other rival lines, particularly those in the North, whilst burdened with a State tax. It may be that it will prove inadequate to the task, after being relieved of every unnecessary harden. Tho Erie Canal, It is expected, after its en largement is completed, at a cost, ns boforestated, of more than $10,000,000 to the State, and the introduction of steam upon it as a motive power, will be able to reduce the oost of transporting a barrel of flour from Buffalo to Albany twenty cents, which is equal to the cost of oarriage one hundred miles by rail; and under the pressure of competition through the British provinces, oreated by the construction ef the Welland Canal, by whioh route shipments are made direct from Chicago, Milwaukee, and other lake ports to the Eastern continent, the State will be compelled to reduce its charges to the lowest possible point. The “Grand Trunk” Railroad, running through Canada West, from Quebeo, with the advantage of an endowment of $5,000,000 by the British Go vernment, complotcs this northern competition during the year, and operates upon tho New York lines, compelling them to reduce their rates to the lowest point, in the same way as those lines of feet our own. It is folly, under this state of things, to suppose the Pennsylvania Railroad Company oan secure for us this trade, unless we sustain it with the same kind and fostering policy which manifests itself in New York and Canada. The question, therefore, for the poople and their representatives to determfno, is not whethor a higher proportionate rate Bh&li bo obnrged npon local than through freight— this discrimination is, at present, unavoidable— but whether wo will retain any portion of tho through freight, or permit if to be driven entirely from us by State taxes and other unfriendly legis lation. The sophistical argument sometimes made in favor of orippling the oommeroe of the State by tho imposition of taxos upon its domestic industry, that tney are nocossary in order to replenish the publto treasury, oan have but little effect upon tho public mind. An intelligent experience toaobes, by a thousand examples, that the real estate of the Commonwealth is appreciated by a cheap and easy access to market. Repeal the tonnage tax, and tho roal estate of Philadelphia, together with that within a belt of twenty miles on eithot side of the road, will very soon pay, upon its increased value, a revenue to the State equal to that dorived from this tax. And we shall, moreover, preserve to our citizens a commerce whioh will constitute a continued source of pros perity and wealth. To procrastinate repeal would also bo extremely unwise, Much advantage will be gained by attracting to the Pennsylvania road as largo a proportion of trado as possible before tho completion of the enlargement of the Erie ca nal shall enable Ittooarryat the low rates con templated. , , . . , Trade, whon onco directed in a givon channel, oannot bo diverted therefrom without extraordi nary effort. Honco the importance of securing onr share without dolay, and the propriety of re moving, at onco, every obstacle in the way of its sneedy accomplishment. It was shown by statis tics submitted in tho report of the Committee on Auction Duties, that tho heavy ohaTges imposed upon that branch of business nro rapidly driving Kaway from our city. So tbat, in a few yoars, the Treasury of th« State will not only lose the revenue now derived from that source, but our oity and State will bo deprived of the benefit of the trade itself. This must ultimately bo the effect of the tonnage TWO CENTS. tax and kindred burdens. They may not divert the entire trade from us, but they will inevitably diminish it in a degree that will render their re moval a measure calculated to Increase, rather than to diminish, the revenue of the State. The oonolusion at whioh vour committee have arrived, and to which they wish most partionlarly to call the attention of the Board of Trade, and thoir fellow-eitizens generally, is that, as toe suc ceed m bringing to our city the •produce of the South and West, toe shall increase our commer cial and general prosperity. It Is at this point that we must begin the work. We need not now concern ourselves about steam •A s °{P a °ket-ships. Letusorowd oar warehouses toe Won, hemp, flour, and cotton of the South and n est, and we shall soon see approaching our wharves the ships necessary to carry it to fo reign markets, and these* laden with rfoh cargoes of merchandise for domestic consumption and western distribution, will give active business to our merchants, and profitable freights to our rail rdad companies in transporting them to their des tiflatipn, Wa woiud hot, however, be understood as un dervaluing the itfi jk)f tithed of steam er other com - munioation.with foreign.dottatrlea* The estab lishment of steam lines and packet ship* to convey abroad the produce which wo hope to attract, by the liberal policy we suggest, from the West to onr port, is indispensable, and, if possible, the movements should be simultaneously made. The early establishment of snob lines would save tnuoh temporary inconvenience; but, in tho opinion of yonr committee, the primary and leading object should be to secure the Western trade. This ac complished; foreign commerce, being the legiti mate outgrowth of domestic trade, will speedily adapt itself to our necessities. It is corioeded by all that the amount of capital omptoyed in the Western produce and transporta- - tion business is entirely inadequate to the necessi ties of the, .trade; at least, to increase of it whioh we confidently predict must follow the re peal of the tonnage tax rV Toinovetbev*Mrt amount of Western produoe which, under favorable cir cumstances, will find its natural outlet over‘our State improvement; will require a corresponding amount of active capital. This is not now In toe hands of those engaged in this department of in dustry. The large investment in coal lands, and Other species of real estate, the construction of the railroads necessary to the development of these beds of mineral wealth, the heavy expenditures in the construction of anthracite furnaces,, and cot ton, woollen, and other manufactories,has, during the temporary prostration of our foreign and do mestic commerce, consequent, upon the construc tion of the Erie Canal, diverted from the trans portation business the capital whioh the comple tion of our continuous railroad system not? de mands shall again be employed in it. - Your committee would therefore call toe at tention of capitalists, and especially of our young men about to enter into active business, to toe field of our foreign and domestlo'oommeroe, as one in which, under the impulse of out increased rail road facilities, a rich harvest of profit must be gathered by those who early enter upon it. We notioe with great satisfaction the complete organisation in our city of a warehousing com pany. similar to those existing in Liverpool, Lon don, and other European oities, the. convenience and beneficial effects of which are highly, oom mended by many of the most intelligent mercan tile bouses in the cities in which they exist. To this new institution we would call the atten tion of our oitizens, and oommenditto their pa tronage and support. By means of this warehouse mg arrangement produoe or merchandise in hand Is made a basis upon whioh to raise money. This will, in some degree, remove the obstacle above ad verted to, as in the way of an. enlarged domestic trade*; and If our moneyed institutions fully com prehend the effeot of lending a helping hand to tho important work of bringing forward the rich products of the West, and extend a liberal support to those engaged in this branoh of . trade, we may vepr soon realize the predictions of the most san guine advocates of Pennsylvania internal improve ments. In oonolusion,‘we would call toe attention of our ottizeue to the-necessity 1 of increased’mercantile effort. If our merchants would secure their share i°l ,^ 03 torn trade, they must not sit quietly in 'toeir counting-house's, awaiting the arrival of toe Western merohant, hut, emulating their rivals, and adopting,'to some extent, tbeiri tactics, each, must despatch his agent westward to solicit a fur share of patronage for Philadelphia. ( *ha: Western traveller oannot but notiob' the large, excess of New -York namesreglstered. npon the books of Western hotels over those of Phila delphia. He rarely meets with tho daily papers of out city, whereas those of . New York every-, where abound; thereby giving prominence -to tue latter to whioh she is properly entitled., /•This almost; entire'absence of our journals'from the Western States is not, as many suppose, the consequenoe of lack of enterprise on tho part of our Philadelphia publishers. Large sums of money have been expended, and much effort put forth in abortive attempts to establish and maintain their circulation throughout that region. Newspapers, like all other commodities, can find a permanent market only where & healthy and continuous de mand for them exists. This demand is oreated by the desire existing In the community to be in formed of the events transpiring in the locality of which the journal professes to give a history. ’New York oreatos this demand by sending her oitizens abroad in search of trade, and by its es tablishment succeeds in erecting the want for in formation which always exists between potato hiving.,active commercial relations with eaoh other. If w 9 would, therefore, create a demand through*, ofit this important region for Philadelphia commo dities, and sooure the psrrfianent circulation and influence of Philadelphia journals, we must bring ourselves in personal oostact with those whom we would make oar customers, and thus convince them of our ability and disposition to supply their wants. All of whioh is respectfully submitted. Ws:. B. Thomas, Edmd A. Soudbb, Alex- J*. Derbyshire, Geo. L. Bozby, N. B. Thompson, Israel Morris. THE COURTS. TBSTBBDAT'S PROCEEDINGS. Reported for The Press } Nisi Pbids—Justice Thompson.—The cate of Robert J. Douglass vs. The Executors of Thos. B. Mitchell, deceased, (before repoited,) is still on trial. Thirty witnesses hdve been .examined. Supreme Court—Chief Justice Lowrie, and Justices Strong and Read —Fran Jones vs. Thomas Crow. ThU case was originally brought in the Court of Common P'eas of Chest;* county, and was an astlon to reaover damages against the defendant for sustaining a nuisance in casting caw-dust into the tail race of his sawmill, which flowed down said race into the mill dam and head ri?a of toe plaintiff, on said stream, and obstructing and filling np said race and mIU-dam. The defence in the account below was rested on toe claim of a right from twenty-one years’ use. The jury rendered a verdict for the defendant. Argued by J. 8. Fusbey and P. t. Smith for the plaintiff in error, and by William Darlington and William Butler for the de fendant in error. • William Atwood vs Henry R. Ivon and William J. Lyon, trading, Ac. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county. This waa an action of eject meal. The jury is the court below returned a verdict In favor of the plaintiff for one undivided half part of the tiaot in question, containing alxteen acres and forty three p«rches. Argued bv William Darlington for the plaintiff in error; by J. Frazer Smith for the defend ant in error, and by Wm. Darlington for the plaintiff in error In reply. Sinniobeon et al.. plaintiff* in error, vs. Samuel M. Painter, garnishee of James G. Pa'nter, defendant in error. Error to toe Court of Common Pleas of Ohester county. This action was brought in the court below, on a writ of foreign attachment, to recover certain moneys in the hands of the garnishee. Argued by Jot. Hemphill and Wm. Butler for the plaintiff In error, and by Wm. Darlington for the defendant in error Davis. M.D.,et a!., plaintiffs in error, v*. Shearer, de fendant in error. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Ohester county. This action was an action to re cover damages for toe non-performance of a contract iu refusing to buy a lot of ground. Submitted on paper books. Penuypacker for the plaintiff in error, audP. Frazer Smith for the defendant In error. Joseph Guthrie’s appeal. Error to the Orphans’ Court of Cheater oounty. Argued by Darnel McVeigh for tho appellant, and bjr P. Prater Smith for the ap pellee. Adjourned until Monday morning OnrnAHa’ Court.—Judges Thompson and Ludlow.—Exceptions to auditor's reports Quarter Sessions— Judge Allison—The desertion cases occupied the attention of the court all Dutbiot Court— Judge Hare.—Albert G. Preston vs. John O.Gox. An action to mover the possession of certain goods or their value, which the plaintiff alleges that he left in the defendant’s hands fof safe-keeping Verdict for the plaintiff for S&TS DO. Hirst far the plaintiff, and D. W. O. Morris for the de fendant. William Wright r«. Stuart Benson. An action on a promissory note. Verdict for the plaintiff for $219.70. Mclntyre for the plaintiff, and Clayton for the de fendant. .... Will’am Hloks vs. O. Q. Osgood, who was sued with Jamea Mcßride. Anna Maria Mcßride. An action on a bond given to the sheriff for gooda levied upon by him. Ver Hot for the plaintiff for $501.20. Stephen Benton for the plaintiff, aad James F. Johnston for the de fendant. _ . Freterlck Halner vs. George B. Reese. An action to rcover the amount alleged to be du* for work and labor done, and goods sold and delivered. Verdict for the plaintiff for $!89.84 Abrams tor the plaintiff, and Olmstead tor the defendant. 3 w „, Edward B. Wallaoe vs.Aodrew Caldwell and William Walton, owners, and Reuben Haines, coutraotor. An action on a mechanics’ lien claim. Verdiot for tho plaintiff for $12177. J.O. Price for the plaintiff; 0. Biddle for the defendant Mary Murphy, administratrix of William Murphy, deoeaned. vs. Samuel Bartly. Anaotion to recover cer tain moneys alleged to have been given by the decedent to the defendant for the use of plaintiff. The defence showed the money was paid Into the hands of a third party for the use of the plaintiff, by her request. Ver dict for the defendant A. Murray Stewart for the plaintiff, and Hon.Wm.D. Kelly and J.C. Price for defendant. American Musical Union.—The under signed gentlemen hare been appointed a pronearjroom mlttee, and the preliminary steps haye been taken to ward, forming an a.soclatmn for a society to be called Eho "‘ American Mnaical Union,” From an arttole which we have received containing the proposed by laws of the association, we learn that Ite object is to promote the cultivation of music, and funds whioh ahall be raised by giviog concerts, and by annual con tributions from the members, subscriptions, &c., shall bo bestowed oiT such members as, through age or mis fortune, are disabled for their vocations The same material aid will be extended to their widows and or phans. The first general meeting of the association will be held on Thursday next, the 27th Inst., at 4 P* M., at 1017 Walnut street, at which time all who may feel interested in the promulgation of the science of ransio are cordially invitod to attend O, Sente, president; L. A. Alfred Sohmldt, vice-president; H. Goldsmith, prot.secretary; directors, Messrs. Albrecht, Hajrtel, 6toll, F Wuiff. Ph. Rohr, cot. secretary, 1020 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Rev. William B. Stevens.—The Savan. nah Rtpu&Kean, of a recent date, pays the following merited tribute to our eloquent and distinguished di vine: “Our oitizens are offered a rich intellectual treat to-night, at the new Masonic Hall, in the leoture of thi* accomplished gentleman. Ills subject is * The Throne and the Palaces of the Oresars,’ and no one is more competent to treat it deservedly, and to the edia cittern of hU audience. It I» one or those oocaetone to yrhich the intelligence of Savannah seldom faila to re apond, and we hope our leotttter will be honored with ■m audience worthy ofhimeelt and hie theme.” NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Correspondents for “ Tss Paxss” will piuie bear is mind toe following rales: Xveiy communication must be accompanied by toe name of the writer. In order to insure correctness Is toe typography, but one side of tho sheet should be written upon. " We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen In PenasyV vanla and other States for contributions firing toe current news of the day in their particular localities t the resources of toe surrounding country, toe increase of population, er any information that wiU be Interest* ing to toe general readerr BY TEILEGKRAPH. THIRTY -FIFTH CONGRESS. Second Session* Washxxotox, Jan. 21,1859. i, ' SINAIX. «..!**« Ra * of New York, presented a memorial from of N *w York, praying for an increase of toe I*i ,f p “* ««■ of tt« air/. *»««*'New York, presented a joint reeoln tfon .concerning the transportation of the malls be- v fe t n j » and Liverpool, and between New hrnA** Bremea ** Southampton. Be- presented toe peti- - tlon of the Society of the Cincinnati, of Massachusetts. Among the most important Ite&u of general business transacted were the fallowlpg: Mr; Biolxb, of Pennsylvania, presented a memorial from citizens of Pennsylvania urging toe imposition of a epeeiflo duty on iron. Mr. Habzaif, of towa. presented a memorial praying tbat land be granted to the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska for railroad purposes. - <7n motion of Mr. Huntxiu of Virginia, a resolution of inquiry was adopted for the purpose of ascertaining whetoer’ft Would be advisable to transfer the revenue service from the Treasury.to the Navy Department, and also if a plan cannot be devised to Mil the old mi lit*27 posts and devote the'proeeeds towards erecting new. Hr. JBboosbioe, of California, mads a personal ex eiamttion, statist tbat certain correspondence published 1 the New York Tri&uiw was not correct. The nrirate calendar was next taken up, and tea pri-. vate bills were including the House bill grant-’ Ing a copyright on Benooldraft'a work on the v«iuwa to Mrs. Henry B. Schoolcraft. _ Buricg the discussion of another bill, Mktag forgU,- w>o interest as accruing since 1794 on a claim of $0 000, «J*. Olat, of Alabama, was very seven on the claim Cs2** *°®e of whom hover around toe Capitol like dims of prey to batten on the legislation of Congrets. a B® a t*. he said, buy up claims as a matter of. speculation, p«hap«*t the rata of a cent on tb* dollar, *“? ,® n WE* toeir payment in toe name of toe origi nal claimants. Hi. MU n'ani to mi bull, P*w«l, tat snub rot tos*®** in amount-., The calendar v»utolas two hundred bflto, which to to one hundred andbtaety by the pauses . Adjourned till Mehdav. . HOUSE OF fffiP&YSBNTATmS. Mr. Fabsswobts. of Illinois, asked leave to offer* long preamble, settlog forth the importance of our dos- SMriog all the British- American provinces, concluding with * resolution taatructlog.the Committee on Foreign Relations to inquire into .the expediency of initiating measures to secure them by an honorable treaty. Mr OABnsrr, of Virginia, and others objected. - went Into the cons! da ration of toe private < The bill to indemnify the citizens of Georgia and Alabama for losses sustained by the Greek Indians was discussed j but, without any definite action, the House adjourned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATORS. fßeportedby Carr A Johnson, Telegraphic News Beport ers for the Press throughout the United States, j Habbisbobo, Jan. 21,2 859. BBNATE. The Senate met at 11 o’clock. Petitions were presented by Speaker Creeswen, and Messrs. Bandall and MerseUs, numerously signed-hr citizens of Philadelphia, asking for the modification of tbe auction lews .Mr. Pabkxb, of Philadelphia, read a btil in place supplementary to toe set.weorppratiog the Jfutaal faring* Loan Aasociatiou'of Philadelphia. Also, one to incorporate the Chemical Manure Manu factory. * ..... Mr. Btbslb. or Luzerne, by request, read a bill tm Incorporate the Chatham and Horris-streetaPasnnKex Baltway. '' [Mr. marsblib, of Philadelphia, tol l supplement to the aet relative to certain oourta in. the rite of Philadelphia. |Mr. Kbllbb, of Northumberland,' introduced a reso lution providing for the appointment of acommitteeto investigate tbe affairs 0! the Shemokla Bank. , The resolution gave rise to*n Interesting disctisrioa, and the subject was postponed for the present.* The Senate then adjourned - till Monday afternoon at three o’clock. ' 1 HOBS*/ 'Mr. HoTTSBst rss. of Nor toumberland, offered the Cola lowing resolution: "* t ‘Besotoed, That, in. accordance with'the views of tbat part of the Governor’s message referring, among oth er*, to. thq Bonk of- Shamcikln, in Northumberland county, that a committee of three, be appointed to in vestigate tod affairs of said bank, and report to this House at the earliest day.poaslble. Agreed to Mr. Gbjijub. of Luserno, offered, the following: , Resolved« That the committee In the case of the'eon teatel election in the Third Repteeantative district of Philadelphia be authorized to proceed to Philadelphia* .to take toe evidence in said,case. Adopted. •The amendments of tbs Senate to toe bill abolishing the Board of Canal Commissioners were reported by the Committee on Waye and Means without amendment, add the report was adopted. The bill abolishes the board immediately after the passage of toe act. ' The committee on the contested-election pate of GU rer Brans, of Philadelphia, 'made a* report in which they stato that the petition'was defective, and they, therefore, re fused to hear any evidence in, the* rase. decided that Oliver Brans was entitled tohissast, and that toe contestimt should bo allowed five dollars per' day daring the time spent In contesting the seat. Agreed to. The bill entit’ed an aet to consolidate toe stock of the Girard Bank wAi passed. Alsq>-n supplement to the Tyrone and Lock Santa Railroad Company, allowing thAm to borrow money. The bill to incorporate' toe Delaware and Bchuylkni Dredging Company was passed finally, and toe House ad journed until Monday. Washington Affairs. . Wasbibotob. Jfin-. 21 —The resolution Ihtxbduoed in toe Benate to-dAy by Mr- Reward of New Yerk- which w u referred to the Post Office Committee, provides ter coptinuing the conveyance of the malls between New York and Liverpool byway of Southampton, Havre, and Bremen, and authorizes the Postmaster General to contract with* any parties who will give adequate se curity for toe faithful performance of toe service for the sum of 912 600 for each round trip, or for toe oea and inland postage, at the option of the contractors. The petition presented by Senator Wilson to-day from the Society of the Cincinnati, of Hassaehosette, tries for the eettiement of the claims toe half pay for life, promised by the act of October, 1783, to the Continen tal army The petitioners do not ask this as a matter of' bounty or pension, bat that Congress redeem its plighted faith. Secretary Cass has applied to Congress for an appro priation for the payment of the salary of Townsend Har ris. United States minister resident at Japan. The House was to-day opened with prayer, for the first time, by a Roman Catholio priest in full dress. Message from Ike President regarding the Purchase of Coha. tUB PRKBIDBBT SBBIRSS TBB SABCTIOX 09 00X0X533 WASBISGTOU, Jan 21.—The President to-day sent to the Senate a message in reply to the resolution calling for copies of the correspondence which may have been had with the Government of Spain, of with other Go vernments, in relation to the proposed purchase of the island of Cuba by the United States, net yet made pub lic. The President states that no such correspondence his taken place .which has cot already been communi cated to Congress. He adds: ic In my last annual message, X stated that the publi- . city which has been given to our former negotiations on' this subjeot, and the large appropriations which may be required to effect toe purpoas* render U expedient, before making another attempt to renew the negotia tion, that I should lay the whole subject before Con gress. “I still entertain toe same opinion, deeming it highly important, if not indispenaable to toe success of any negotiation which I might'institute for the purpose, that the meatnre should receive the previous sanction of Congress ” The message was referred to the Committee OB Fo reign Relations. , Fracas in Washington. WIBHiSGTOH, Jan. 21.—As toe Hon George Taylor, Representative from the Second Congressional district of New York, was passing one of toe halls of the Oap.tol, this afternoon, he overheard a highly offensive remark made by Mr. Waldron, of New York, to a oowpanloa. Approaching Mr. Waldron, Mr, Taylor asked whether tbat language was directed aga ? n*t him ? On receiving, after some hesitation, an affirmative response, Mr. Taylor resented the insult by striking Waldron with his fist. Waldron then struck back with his umbrella, of which Mr Taylor obtained posaeuieq after it passed from Waldron’s hand, and having struck him with ti, threw It at him. Other parties then interfered ana prevented farther difficulty. Xtiessld that Mr. Tay lor made the charges on whioh Waldron was some time since removed from the office he held in the custom house of New York city. He wm formerly deputy fiol lector.. Naval Appointments Confirmed* WiSBiRQTOB, Jan. 21.—The following naval appoint ments have been confirmed by the Senate: Surgeon*—Rdward Hudson and MaeCoun. Assistant Surgeons—Lining, Bertalotte. Leach, Chris tian, Magee,Gil)bfl, Burnell, and W. M. Sing. Parsers—Fierce and Fulton. Chief Engineers—Stewart and Btimers. Marine Corps Officers—Captain TanseU j first lieu tenant, Browning; second lieutenant, Ingraham; third lieutenant, Ratobone. Further from Hayti. New Orlbuts, Jati. 30.—The brig West Indian, from port au Prince on Ist Inst., has arrived at this port. A passenger confirms toe reported insurrection at Hayti. General Jeffard, the leader, was a chief of Emperor goulouque’s staff. Jeffard had raised two thousand men. Boulouque left Port an Prince on the 27t0 of Decem ber, with six thousand men to attack General Jeffard’s force. AU was quiet e sewhere. Nsw Yobk, Jea- 21—An arrival furnishes advices from Port au Prinoe to January Bih. The moat perfect order reigns throughout toe kingdom. The insurrection at Go naive* was treated as a mere temporary riot. Gonalves was declared in a state of blockade. 4 . . . At the last accounts toe Insurgents who had oorupled a position on the river Mon Reins had fled, leaving their ammunition behind. _ The party of insurgents had occupied a position on the river Moo Reins, bat learning of the approach oi the Empero'* precipitately fled, toe imperial troops occu pying an evacuated position. Poutouque issued a procla mation calling on his subjects to aid him and announ cing his determination to lead the army personalty. Louisville Affairs. LoutsviLLß, Jan 21.—The Kentucky Appellate Court has decided on the ceiebratsd Louisville jailor care, in favor ot Mr. Thomas, the “ American ” incumbest. A hundred dollars reward has been offered for the ar rest of Norton, the forger, an account of whose opera tions in this oity was telegraphed a few days since- His Christian name Is Alexander, and not Joseph, as stated. His upper lip protrudes. The Bardin county Railroad Kinds given him in partpsyment were numbered 33 and 73. Harder Trial. Allkhtows, Pa., Jan. 81.— ; The jury Ip the ease of the prisoners indicted for the maraer of Joseph Kern, at Rockdale, Pa-, on the 18lh of December last, rendered a rsrdlet to-day that John Tobin was guilty of murder In toe second degree, and Edward Lynch of manslaughter. There were sixteen others included in the indictment, in regard to whom the jury rendered a verdict of acquittal. The parties convicted have not been sentenced. markets by Telegraph. Nrw Yoxx, Jan. 21.—Flour advanced; sales of 11,000 bbls at $4 9&o& 10 for State, 95.06a6.06 for Ohio, and ss6oa&.76foTSouthern Wheat firm; sales ot fi,OtO bushels at 91.35 for red, 91.450 l 46 for white Western. Corn has declined; sales of 10,000 bushels; mixed 85e 863#c. averaging U£e, being an advance of % on previous valnation. New Orlbxms, Jan. 20.—Sales of Cotton, to-day, 3,500 bales—the business being limited at previous rates. Sugar is steady; 2,000 hhdssold at 6tfe. Flour closed at an advancing tendency, with sales of 8,800 bhls on speculation, at |5 60, being au ai ranee of 25?. Gtfa continues firm.