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.. 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. <E.- corner THIRD and
DOCK .Streets, Philadelphia. . t •
The following Statement of the affairs of the Com
pany is published in conformity with a provision of the
Charier;"’-" - -'»•
-S.&EOCIPT3 for the year ending December 31,1856.' " ■
Nor Premiums end Policies,.. .*.1160.814 17
ffor interest on. .Investments and
Dividends - 58,709 08
: . 8207,614 25
L 03883 AND EXPENBXS daring the seme peri od.
Losses 23, amounting t 0.........-$68,860 00
Expenses.Salaries,Advertising. . ? , .
Bjfi)B 33 ~
Bout, State and OityTaxee,*Ac..' 2,874 62
Agency Cbargos,'Commissions;'
Taxes, Ac...... 7,042 64 -
Reinsurance and.lntercst, 2,74s 76 ,
—- 881,631 14
APBEra OP THE COMPANY LIABLE TO PAY
4? ' LOSSES, JANUARY 18Y,1859. -
B,ftJo 00 United Etates 6 per eent Coupon -
- Bonds 83,112 60
2,188 26 Penofyivania 6 per cent. Loan...;. 2,201 62
20.000 00 “ * 5 “ * «« ...* 18.174 69
10.000 CO **-’ • -6‘ ** Coupon Bonds 9,180 00
10,000 00 Philadelphia 6 per cent. Loan..' .. 1 9,811 25
44,000 00 , ; ** „ 6* , ' « short. 38,709 60
25.000 00 . , « 0 « *t exempt ,
from tax............;....: 5 ....:...18.358 00
20,000 00 Philadelphia 0 per cent. Loan, new
- no tax..., .... 18,679 60
21,000 00 Pennsylvania k. Ist mortgage 6
percent.80ndi.................. 20.990 00
20.000 00 Pennsylrahla B. 2d mortgage 6 per
- ‘ cent. 80ndf1...........16,040 00
22,000 00 Allegheny County 6 per eent. Bonds 10,916* 00
10,000 to PitUbnrs-Olty . 8 -<• 8 8J» 00
10,0 M OO W&MhingtcnOo,, 6 . u tt OO
80)000,00 North' Ffanu*ylvaa|a Ist mertgagp 8 ; -- . i '.
peri»Qt; 80nd5..;...., .....i.. 22,500 00
30,009 00 Union - fiet'r. 0 - ‘‘v
IWO. , “ CommercialßanfcßWck..lo.sB6 25
tOO u ‘Manufacturers*'and Mechanic s» “
> '' • '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
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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
86<j. Pork buoyant at $17.60 for eld Mess; $lB 25 for
new. Lard firm atU£ail2o. Whiskey heavy at 28c.
Coffee firm; sales of 8.900 bags of Bantos, at auction, at
llk®>3#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.