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TyTgnwTSPAY. JAHPARY 28, 1859.*
Mii BaWmore to Washing
ton i
ingtoaundPlilMflphliiilis^niftwNowyorkj
CorrtBiKin4!?B««i« l DoaglM, and
Graham N; Htoh; Regia tered .lettere; General,
:Bxploalon^jJ,
G unpowder/iiThKCsjrla. PoiraTit Paqk.—The
Complaint offfifeiitfttjjnr Port-goUo. y'-.,.' ~'
■ ti s'Tr ~Tiie':Newß. t‘."' ■" \ ‘
the report .of ..their pro
oaodißgaiim e'xeOtitive/eession whioh'.appeared in.
the K6w : lTork p«pi.W,' ; th« espeolally,.and
denoonijed'it'iaa'’'nit ’Onlya'breaoh of tionfidenoe
on 5“ 7 '
particulars. i He.'wM »npp<)pUd’ i lo j'U*
"bj *,;• •:■
In'tfee=llottBo 6f Office
Co'mmlttSo 3fe^rl>iip^pr»Wo”Wtli«^’mo'-'
mori&t? aboM tho The
committee alio reported adverse to the establish--
ment-of StoailBteamerihotween the. United State*
and the principal >Moiloan,'Bouth American, and
Westindian ports.! -A bill to‘abolish the franking
privilege ;|frejot&d;, appropriating
55,000 to the PpetmMtey j3onerjd,yto. employ tom-,
porafy Merits, whloh iatter was laid: on,the table,
the disposition of tfie'members"being to onrtall,
instesdof jnoreaalhgthe’expensesbf this depart
meotofQoyejiment. A bill toregulate thoppat
age pa.newspapers!,, and .periodicals was reported
by Mr.; English”,’■wbipbiWas referral to -itbe Cbtn- (
mil toe of the Whole on thestate of the Union, f
TheWashlngtonSiotss, of-last evening, inallu
dingtothe br« a oho fcpnfld e cce : on the part .of
somebody conneotedWith this Senate, says: ...
-« We-hod npderstood that the saoreoy ofexeou
tive sessions.in the Senate wasinsaredby a pledge
of personal honor,-np lens than'.by an.offioial obli
gation. , It appears,however, from the revelations,
of thejastfew,clays,,)bal,BonieSenatorls fnsenslMo
to these Inlpbratlve engagements. The faol of an
in thoseOrptwis-,
nloaled ti ttlneOTpsphrSKbat was tbporesl with h
diato:rtlqh'AWir*"Bd*'? t in the deti'ls of the
statement which’convibt the anthoi'Ofwllful and
malicious falsehood. -IVho was he? This Inquiry
inUmately'affectathV official dignity and personal'
honor'OftthetBenato.' WUfthojrest nndefttho
imnutatlonhreßobtoi upon; Ihem by the act of a
dishonest na&olate? Or, wMdthey-take steps to
TindioStetthi 'authority oftheir rales as well as
the integrity of thilroharaotord - If they will do
neither! of these , while gentlemen are
rastratnodbythelnjunollon of silenoei.knaves are
to be.allowodfto iolroalato. oalnmnlps,.the- Senate
should gqarapty .truth- an-equaUty. of advantage
with falsehood, by an abandonment of. the for
mality of secret sessions.?’ ~-... ,
The Washington. Star, reeelved last night,’says
that XdeSpatoh had- both reoeived. by that paper,"
from New Orioans, saying.that Mr. Bonjamin was
renominated by tho Democratic oauous, for fe
oleotibn to'tby,Unit'd Stateß Senate. ? Oh the bal-;
lot bofqretfc'e.cppenmmation, the Hon. Mr. San-,
didge recelved thirty.fivo votes—just half tho oau
ons. 'Whereupon .it is presumed that those who I
had vdted.’up'to tbat time', oooaslonally for others;!
united'with, Iho'fritindSof Mr. Benjamin, and I
thushpmtnatedhlm. I’/ •
In theStateßenate I; yeslerday,amemorial was
presented from the Gorman Lutheran congrega-.-|
tion.of Brankferdr, (Twenty.-thlrd- ward,) asking
for a’repeal;of'the laws prohibiting the tanning
of passenger-ihrs on Suidayl ’’ ’’ !=’•“•'
The bill from Hie Souspi repealing 'thp,contrao.t
for tho, publication of theLeglslativo Record, was
defeated. i.\The House amendment to .the bill
abolishing the Canal Board was concurred in.
In’the House,'.private; bills took-np the time of
the members ! 'nhta i 2 o , ol(»k,’ when bbth hdnses
met jn.ponventlon to.aUot the State printing. The
followingare the bids:: Jtujpbißaab blda seventy
and onerbeJf pßr'benti beiow.tSe.prinea'. fixed by
the act,> of-Apri1;9,1866 ;;.Theophllus Bonn, sixty:
five and> onehalxth {-A-'B> Hamilton, -sevonty-sli
and one-sixteenth; George Bergner 4 Do.) sevoir ;
ty-two; : ‘ibseph"o.;iWlestllng'* €o;’Btxtyttjro;
Valontine.Hiimm'el. Jr' j Sixty-slx and two- thirds;
W. K.TJferiieip ft vpi”,.s&ty-seyen and a half.
A portion of tho United States squadron forming
the Paraguay expedition’were -at ’Montevideo on
the -30th:iof’November. .-.-It was expected they
would sall'in a'feW weeka 'fbr, tho - Palana river.
The dateh from Pdragday are to ' the' 19th of Noi
vombor. It is sifted thp Parflgnans.woxe.prepar
ing to rc'opive the United States foroes, but It Is
evident that the prevailing belief was that the dif
ficulty would be settled wlthout recourse to war.
It wakMported tbafc our Qovernment and Buenos
Ayres were about to enter late an alliance, where
by the latter would grant; the' Unlted States the
right of free .transit’for onr troops throngh her ter-,
ritury. and promlsed whatever assistance inay he
necessary for the conquest of Paraguay. In order”
to counteract tho effeot of. this. projeot, an alll
anco, of ,all tho. South American Governments
against the United States,!* recommended. Mr.
Yanoy, our mintster.to the Argentine Confedera
tion, lpff Baenos Ayr.es ontho 27th,November for
Parana. inf'z :id*.;‘.c a.'- ■'
Weba-renews from thePlalns/bythooverland
The’passe-ngers pronounce
the roads ingopd travelling condition, The In
dians . oonHaned - ithe 1 Aphohes.
Smith’ For’
Fike’al’c’ak. The ’attempt .to establishamail
route from Port Smith..' to Memphis was aban-
At;Carson Vallbj there-was much ex
oltoment in’rtgardfdtho laws of Utah.whioh'are
obnoiio'njt tdmariy there. ' ; > V- n
R. tj>f l Sloonmb, Ei<i, formerly.ofthis oity, has
beenjappoihted Chief, Coiner -in tlie.Mint.at San
FrancisoOj’California. We understandthat his
appointment Vss unanimously confirmed by 'the
Eenate'oii fadt .Which will,be
highly" gratifying ito bis namerous'firiends in the-
Keystone Hhd the Golden State. ’ - / 1 ” ;
•Goo.'San^iersoii,..,EBc(“ > ’editor of '"the Lancaster
jMt«/W^i)n»V /( haa'bßennomtpaW as tboDemo
oratio candidate for-Mayorof Lanoaater. Tho
eleotibntakeapVaoeonTuesdayheit. ; If eleeted,'
as we hoprttbmay be, Oapt. S. will knake an er
colleiitonieer: ’ ‘ '
There -ia &-rumor that Mies Lane, Mr. Bucha
nan's nlocs,ia shortly to'bo-mariled-to Mr.Ma
graw, ofßiiHimbrey'brptherof the State Treasurer
of
Ti^: : Mon.':_E.' .A. Hannegan, - ei. United Status
Senator',from-'.lndiann,-has taken -the field as a
lycepth LSetabr?,,® J'/AV’y;
A • <,, priM S Traltr” r took“piaoo ‘atßrewer, Maine,
last Wednesday.pveniog. and tho priies (a oameo
pin. and; ear,drops) were/won by; Mr.. Oharios'J.
ColltmorO'ahS'MUsMaiTihalli' of'Bahgor,who
waltseSjftfctwo 'J?-'-
The.'Jliy) Pi'iayune Is, in re
lation .tpriliejrealipondltioniof.affalrSvln-Merlco,
and doubts whether the triumph; of Bohlos will
produoe'.V'iosteralton'of'tbeTairos, or Liberal
i':t ... ji '
<f Tho.numbor of tffutioal prisoners set at liber*
ty by Bobles Is not less than fire hundred! among
themGsneral Traoonis.who has ibeeu in prison
about tw.oiyears.-.Tha: number ,of generals who,
signed.tho Plan of,Bobles,on the day :it;. was ,pro-'
olaimoi.Ue .-forty-two,.la.lcgionof,, themselves.
Ton may therefore understand the oharaoter ol
the military. Ohleftains of Moxloq, when you hear,
lu a few days, of these, generals, signing , another
Plan in opposition to Babies,--You may-be able
to form some notion of the quantity of, generals in
the country,.when forty-two are found in this pieoe,
that htSiAganifon.ut'present of not more than
l,MOetnwg.*Vr. : ,’w.'> , -.
The Elo*orande, at HI Paso, was-frosen .over'
wheh the'laatbverland'jmailpaied, and Mexicans
were cutting ioa and parking it away for summer*.
Ia this world therelfire 'many ipeople who
think that if ,tbey,,can procure a difficulty with
a distinguished ipubitc man,* jtheyjcan, thereby,
distinguish, themselves.„ Anotoriotyreaulting
th£,appreiiensidn’ of a
daelyWHhstfcb men; compensates ;for a want
of olfy, for instance,
among the numbers who visit" it 'doling the
sossionaof Congress; contains many who sub-
donhtfHl amd they may
acqidiasnyffoicings&'emsefves' into'the news
papers'. o ' n ?i-; Jack
ev»ry.yOlbeequality,';,who have .■ imposition
at ‘liiijyw ,'ssiniejYes i.bpoh
duelists; and; expect,
in thisigay^td attract iße'cbnfl(JehcedfthOffe
who pat orally ndm ire .conragei-If any one of
neat statesman,"-who cannot afford to fight, or
wh», if he.must resort tp pistols and ..coffee}
only doeß bo, at ter the most wanton provoca
tion, the'fortune cif' the'' offender is. immedi
ately made, at least in.his own'esteem. ;
Tib'ei&are thoso'ln W^shington' who, lie in
wait'for'pnblic'Cbstscters, and who. seek to>
jfletni.'inW;'difflonitiesj conscious that;
hdweyeri ires®, ,'mnst
S^fkft inttejpHfty, is a
quality/ thatihe hest -men admire and seek to
appeihfo.yor thepurposeof rescuing them;
Indeedy it' iyashington' olty -had' ho ■ code. of
thajdaefeuait ,-OXtio.half-gdntlemen.ofthat
They isurvivei upon-, thetr: pWcki they' m,t.
WSMM o£
npomone-who has no.
is'fhbt’
win by the
exp»»{m>ft:npdi!thfs;petieac^ , r ; , i- , - i 1 ■ ’
i i9£§t ?(> irriv't-iir' '• -> ■!__ .-Af . t
•-r ‘
niff'.'a '
*§* Ont) ofteiLheftr
tnt%* iUpk tkß.tennifl morisapplioabtai t(> Bajtl-
.:.«OMr kiioirladga \
XlW;,B9pulatlon bf.Baltlmore t : 'tHe Amcrirdn of
thatelty put* 235,000, the number
ffobnnheOUigMiglSO.
'■A. Fearful BUI of Indictment Against
America,
, Transatlantic abuse of {America formerly
chiefly from English,'authors, and
the only torrents of invective ve had to dread
• were uttered in the sharp phrases of our ovrn
language. But latterly; English wrltara.arO
.quite as apt to speak oi the TTnlt'ed'States in
•friendly. and complimentary as in hostile
tenns, and the Oontlsent of .Europe has be
come the parade gronnd of our literary foes.
• The ‘latest and most venomous assailant that
has appeared .upon.' the stago fB M.'Femx
BELLYj.of Eicaragoan contract notoriety, who
has recently issued in Paris a pamphlet ad
dressed toNArpLKOH ill, in which this ndtipp,
is denounced in very-severe terms, and the
Emperor implored to chastise its wickedness,
Or at ieivst to chect' the further progress of its
orlminalitles. The sinister, object of the
writer is, no doubt, to strengthen hjs stock
jobbing project for an interoceanic canal; but
die magnanimously “sinks the shop” iii W s ap
peal! and professes to aim only at'the high end
of; having the smaller States of the New
World pro tooted from-"our alleged rapacity.
He' points indignantly to our past history and
to onr .present movements as positive proof of
our insatiable., ambition, our determination to
monopolize this Continent, and to endanger
the safety of the existing institutions of Eu
rope. Tho foliowing extracts give some slight
indicatioir of the tone of his pamphlet:
. “America is by nature divided into tvro great
seoUons,- united et the Isthmus, the possession of
which must; neoesseriiy ettraot thet one of the
two vtfrich designs dt dll hazards to absorb the
otfyr. Not far from this Isthmus, and like an ob
servatory preserved to Europe in the most import
anf.gnlf or the New Worm, there lies , a fertile
Wand, which no power has thus far be*n _ able to
tear from the children of those who discovered and
civilised it. 'The Isthmus conquered, the politioß
of Latin Europe are conquered ,* the island inva
ded, the religion of Latin Europe is subdued. The
Isthmus will become the path to new conquests as
legitimate as that of the Isthmus itself, and the
island will serve ova.naval arsenal, the creation
.of which has been proposed'to complete the over
throw of Catholicism on the European continent.
And that it may not be said, Sire, that I exagge
rate, we haw from the very, mouth'of M; Soule
the avowal of theßeprojeota, whioh he did not con
ceal at Madrid, and for the execution of whioh,
■before biß departure ftom Europe, be. completed
his understanding with' alMh'e declared enemies
of Latin, civilization. In coveting Mexioo and
Cuba tbe United States have In sight not only the
aggrandizement -of 'their territory and the sa
tis! aotlon’ of their interests; they aot unon a prin
ciple diametrioally opposed to that whjoh animates
Prance; they oar© for .no civilisation beyond the
soil-they possess; they have'exchanged pledges
with all tho hien whose hatreds are visited upon
the Enropean Societies. - The Democratic Repub
lic once predominant in the New World , all em-.
vire , all royalty, anywhere in the world , becomes
injurious to tie interests ; and ,it will conse
quently be.necessary and,proper to destroy them*
either byforce.or by fraud. * * * *
- “ Let us even suppose,. Sire, that it is foolish
-to incite onr' corrupt era to busy itself with
other than material interests, bo sordidly de
graded -unless subordinated to interests -of a
.different description, the message of Buchanan
should no. less awaken Europe in the de
sire of replying energetically ; for on the day
when America shall ho longer have interests in
common with the rest of the world, the material
interests of Europe will be seriously compro
mised ; onr oommeroe, onr Industry will have to
«übmit to rnle, instead of dictating it, and the
disoovery of the New. World will have theinoom
prebenslbte result of oausing tbe death of the Old.
- “ The Oathollo sovereigns, upheld by God and
their subjects, are obliged to useclroumlocutlons in
advancing a legitimate pretension; and behold
the chosen of an “uiidiseiplined rout of bank •
rupts-and thieves dares proclaim in the face of
mankind that the hour is come jor these tkieves
.and bankrupts to advance to an assault upon
civilisation.* Let us not he lees loyal to truth
..than theyseem to be to imposture; let us not fear
•'to advance our system of beneSceuoe, while dis
cussing their - system of evil; and alnoe, more
'crafty than we, they know howto make a religion
of orime, whUo we seem to renounce our holy
faith,'Jet us hasten to elevate the oross, while we
draw .the sword; let us hasten to rally the Latin
races to that alliance, outride,of which there is no
safety.for.olvllltation.
: “ % ask your Majesty ,wbat relations' can we hope
•to maintain with a country who sends put io tie
civilized world'ambassadors ready to erect barri
cades at .Madrid, to hold petty conference* in Eu
rope, at which the sentence, of Europe is pro
nounced ; and to beoome dealers in stolen plate in
x country in whioh thoy havebeen promoting civil
war? * 1 * * ' * *
‘‘The message is clearly directed against tbe faith,
the ideas, the principles, the interests of whioh
vour Majesty is the acknowledged pxponent: it
buffets Europe ’upon both cheeks ; anti I affirm
that*they who affect'to turn it into ridicule turn
pale at it in their closets.
“ Mr. Buohanan, and .the nation herrepreaents,
have .no more concealments. Henceforth they
nave Cuba, and the language used in the message
proves thafclthey,will hesitate at ho means of at
taining their end. They wish to occupy at first
two provinoes of Mexico, and’in case the general
upon ; whom they, reckon to sell them the re
mainder- should sot. prove .victorious, they de
clare. that.they will takq possession of, a part of,
the • Republic; that is to say, that they will
seize Sonora, Sinaloa,.Chihuahua, Darango, Ze
mtec&s/Nueyo'Leon, Tamaulipae, and Cophutio,
, ‘rimplyVbeoanse the first five offer incalcula
ble- metsJlie wealth', and the last two bor
der! upon . ’Texas: . Thev- openly, proclaim
that Nicaragua, Costa .. Rica, Honduras, San
'Salvador and Guatemala are their property. They
ought to be mijie, they say, and the reason is be
cause I call .myself the lion.. They must extend.
the famoos protectorate over Arizona, which, they,
pretend, isa>etreat for assassins.. They had.al
ready.bombardid Greytown, under the pretext
thattbatcity.ofwood was* nest of pirates; Pl*
rates.pnnlshed'by filibusters! : Especially os the
tohly pirates were .os'board the bombarding ships.
.The town was inhabited by peaceable merchants,!
for th® greater part strangers, among whom were
a considerable - nnmberoLour. compatriots. And.
1 f tyey.only ask' that now, it is because , the pru
dpnoo' and moderation of Mr. Buohanan are, they
say, obstacles to greater designs.” , .
, ~7Fe are also told that it is not Cuba or Mex-
alone, that'Ve want, but all America, as
well as the rain of Enropean monarchy—that
the commercial relations between the United
States and Europe have always resulted in our
advantage—that the Europeans who become
our adopted citizens are bitter foes of their
native countries, and* are constantly eager to
injure them.
As. a remedy for all theso evils, it is
'proposed . to. blockade our ports, and to
form a Latin alliance which shall peremptorily
forbid us to “ advance one step further in the
• path of usurpation.” The Writer says:
- ( ? The oanoer which cate thorn, and which thoy
jonly, nourish by throwing it each year the' prod aot
>f a now theft, will suddenly gnaw them to the
bosrt; their confederation will be broken by the
force of events, and then Latin Europe will truly
have the right to smile, if she is not compassion
ate enough to,take pity upon them. The United
.•States only live on-the condition of foreign en
croachment / like bandits , their inhabitants can
hot exist but by frequently emerging from their
.caverns. ‘Put-a wall around them, Sire, and
they -will eat each otbbr up, and they will devour
eachi,other like savages as they are —have they
already tasted of each other in Utah ?’?
Haying thus, demonstrated our wickedness,
and the mariner Iri which it should bo chocked,
Vqnßieur Bbx.lt alleges that there is nothing
in'ns. that is'not’ falsehood, weakness, and
cowardice that we have “ nota. single fleet
to put in line,” and could not raise «an army,
capable of putting to flight a few battalioned
fools.”- After charging us with exerting-a
fatal ihoral influence in favor of the revolu
tionists of JSorope, the Emperor is assured
that,all the dire evils portrayed can he checked
if he fires a aingle gun. The pamphlet says;
, -Be persuaded, Sire, that in ordor to dissipate
the threatening phantom, and to weaken the
forces placed at its disposal by. its accomplices, it
P 4 1l ty necessary to Jirea single gun. Your
Majesty would have no need of firing a single
cannonthe United States have no more a Sebas*
toped than they have fleets and armlos. A sfmple
declaration fromyour Majesty will suffice to bring
them to .reflection, and. to breathe eneugh oonfi
denoe into the adversaries of Amerioan Demooracy
to rcolaim the power, of which they hove been de
prived these last eightarid-twenty years. Snob a
declaration would he applauded by the whole world,
as was that of Charles X,in regard to that other
nest of pirates which called Algiers , and as
mifi that of your Majesty In regard to Turkey,
whichyon undertook to protect Thecaaesare iden
tical/.. France, herself has no ambition to encroach ;
Fraroedesires to.prevent encroachment: and if
;the,, United States, brought to an explanation,
avow that expansion is a question of life and death
.with them, the world will have . to determine
whether tt is prepared to-die that they, should
IweP
; Bybow woke up, one-flue morning, to find
himself famous j and those who went to sleep
lafitnight in the belief thattboy were citizens
of a wiso, just, magnanimous, and brave na
tion, will'have the, misfortune to learn thatJt
is. a cowardly, rapacious, and Infamous one, in
the opinion of Monsieur Belly! Though
many of his statements are ridiculous and un
founded, and his aspersions as scandalous as
they are.absurd; it is not improbable that the
'views he expresses are, in some respects,
soared by the Continental enemies of our
countryi’and may, at some future period, givo
rise to movements of practical importance.
The Matinee,
La Traviaii was produced yesterday afternoon,
at tho'Academy of Music, with Picoolomini in the
rOle of “ Violetta.”: The immense,building was
crowded, principally with ladies; and it was plain
to see,’ from the rapturous applause bestowed on
the fair singer, that she grows in public favor
on eaoh . successive appearance,. ; The first act of
‘* Nonna ’’ wasalso performed, Madame Labordo
enacting the ciaraoterof “Norma,” which she
rendered in magnifioent style.
( . To-night we have Lon Giovanni , with Foinsot,
.GhionJ/FormeS; and Florenza in the prineipal
chpraoters. / ;." 1 /
, Messrs. Callender & Co.,
Sopth Third and Walnut streets, have sent us the'
Jllastrated London News and the illustrated
[News of-Jhe World ; the fatter containing a fine
portrait; of Prince Albert. These journals are
jarowded with amusing pictures of the Christmas
pahtoinimes, which are now in full swing in Lon
don,
The Washington States pointedly condemns
the $30,000,000 scheme, anjj the Richmond
JSngutrsr boldly condemns it. .We| copy from
the S/afes two characteristic‘paragraphs, which
no Democrat can read without being impressed
that they aTethe utterances of an independent
and sincere man... : >
“ But .wo objeot to the measure on other consid
erations.' If, in the judgment of Wfll-ioformed
people, the acquisition of Cuba were a present pos
sibility, we would still protest againsfcftbe aggran
dizement of the Executive by so exorbitont a sup
ply of money under such unsatisfactory restric
tions. Mr. Buohanan iB a person of unaspiring na
tore and incorruptible integrity. We apprehend
no detriment te the Republio from the weapons
with which a confiding Congress; my arm him.
But Senators should look beyond the peouliari
tics of cn Individual fo the oonatquenooa of a
prlhofple. The precedent will bo fraught with
inoalonlablo evil. Tho powers of the Exoou
tlye are already oxoessive—augmented by the
possession of thirty millions, to be disbursed at
the; absolute disoreion of tho President with
out any praetloable responsibility to Congress,
they will enly need the dlreetien of a dear head
and energetic spirit, to-be adequate to any pur
pose of usurpation. The Government may not al
ways he administered by a dynasty of pateiote or
imbeciles. Hereafter, a President with the ge
nius of Jackson, hut without.his virtues, may de
mand $30,000,000 on some pretext of State neces
sity; and by the corruption of the popular inte
grity and the unlawful employment of the publio
throes, may accomplish tho . overthrow of our re
publican institutions.
“ If it were allowable to dismiss so grave a mea
sure in the light of party expediency, we would
suggest that the Democracy could not stand up
under the burden of reproach* to which tho pro
position of the Oaba oauoua exposes them. The
tolly of the movement has been detected already
by the opposition journals, and they have raised
ah energetic olamor of corruption against tho
dominant party. If we proceed to justify the
charge,--the consequences Will he disastrous to
our aseendenoy. Even now there is too muoh
ground of accusation against the Demooraoy on
the soore of extravagant and impolitio expendi
ture. An outlay of $100,000,000 for the sup
port of Government, a deficit of several millions
m the annual aooounts, and a rapidly-increasing
publio debt, are Inoamhranoes which the Demo
cratic party will sustain with difficulty, if at all.
Every year we seem to drift farther and farther
from the old landmarks of State rights and econo
my which have hitherto directed our policy.
Every year we impair the foroe of those republi
can principles whioh gave us onr hold on the po
pular heart, and which have so far sustained our
ascendency. It is time' tho Demooraoy were ar
rested in this progress of degoneraoy and deoay;
else, they will be preoipitated from power sooner
than the advocates ana beneficiaries of prodigal
expenditure anticipate in their present enjoy
ment of comfortable place and a sufficient sti
pend.” ’ ‘
A Few Suggestions to Philadelphians,
[forThe Press.]
Mr. Editor : The report of the committee on
the ionnage tax, to the Board of Trade, in your is
sue of Saturday, oonoludes by lamenting the “ al
most entire absence of our journals from the West
ern States, whereas those of New York every whero
abound.” And they call upon pur merchants to
adopt the tactics of our neighbors, and despatch
agents westward to seoure a portion of the North
west trade that now goes to that oity.
I shall not atop to disouss opinion of the
committee, that our merohants are responsible for
not scouring the trade of tbe Northwest. Neither
will I preach along homily on the oanses whioh
have operated to oar disadvantage, and made the
second oity in population of our ooantry almost
unknown throughout the West. Must every Penn
sylvanian who travels through that portion of our
Union be doubted or treated as a monomaniao
when he tells the people that our metropolis lathe
first manufacturing city In the States, or when he
brings the figures to prove that she stands with
out a rival in tho number of her scholars and
the amount of money expended in education?
Yet snob is the faot, and the timo has oome whon
we must find some panacea to modify, if not erad
icate altogether, these erroneous opinions from the
minds of our Western friends.
Every one visiting Chicago has a ourioslty to see
that mammoth building of artistio beauty at the
foot of Lake street, known as The Great Central
Depot. As yon enter eastward and walk along
the broad platform your attention is irresistibly
drawn to the variegated appearance of the west
ern wall. As you draw near you find painted In
largo letters the nameß of over fifty oities, towns,
and villages, from Maine to California; to any of
those places, if yon step up to tho “office,” thoy
will sell you a ticket. But Philadelphia is not
painted there—though one-horse towns , both
north and south of us, on tho seaboard, are. Yet
they honor tbe Keystone State-yes! they inform
ye traveller that they will tioket him to Erie— that
\ is all.
And so it is in other places. What wonder, then,
that our city, Us wealth and its resources, remains
unknown when her name is never seen at depots ?
neither are her posters (drawing tbe attention of
the passer-by) seen at the corners or la the hotels.
Boston, Now York, and Baltimore, on the contra
ry, flood oyery avenue with bills, posters, and
maps, on which, they expatiate in glowing lan
gaage of the superiority of their roads and cities.
That this has the desired effeot, no one oonvorsant
with the ohar&oter of tbe Western people—nine
\tehths of whose population being emigrants
from the Eastern States and Europe—oan
doubt. Will our citizens see that this shall not
longer continue ?
Another feature the truth of which has been,
and still continues, a fact of every-day occurrence,
is the discrimination against Philadelphia by te
legraphic operators in despatching the onrront
news to the daily papers of the Western oltles.
Pick up a Cleveland, Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
Louis, or even a Cincinnati paper, look through
the telegraphio reports, and, daily, you will find
the particulars of a drunken fight in a brawl
house of some country village; or the burning of
a barn in . the suburbs of a oity of ten thousand
inhabitants; while the local items and znarkot
reports of Boston, Albany, New York, Baltimore,
&o.', are given in detail. To these editors devote
their leaders in explaining to the uninitiated the
wbys and the wherefores, the cause and the offsets.
Yet, when anything important ooours in Philadel
phia, no matter what, a short, unintelligible, and
botched aooount is sent. Even when tho National
Convention of the Bepublioan party was held iri
our oity, the Western papers informed their read
ers “ that in their New )tork despatch they will
see that the Republicans nominated John C . Fre
mont for President yesterday
Let me give another instanoo of the way in
which our neighbor appropriates what tokos place
in our own city, to magnify herself. Daring the
campaign of’s6 I was in tho State of Illinois;
from one of our papers I was informed that pre
parations wore beiog made to receive Douglas, I
think; and that he would speak in Independence
Square on the questions that wero then agitating
the oountry. In the West every one wanted to
see the speeoh, part to praise, part to oondemn'
Time passed, the speeoh was delivered, and the
next morning I found a Synopsis of it in the tele
graph oolumn of a Chicago paper, thus: 1 New
York—Judge Douglas’s speech before the Demo
cracy at Independence Squaro, last evening, w&b
a brilliant affair, &o-,<fco. In a few days a Demo
cratic paper commenced its leader, “We have
transferred from the Now York Post the great
effort delivered by our Senator before tho Demo
oraoy of that oity, in Independent Square; we ad
vise all to read it,” A Republican paper informed
its readers that tho harangue dolivored in Inde
pendence Square, by S. A. Douglas, over which
, tho Democrats wero crowing, they had transferred
in another column, from the New York Post, for
the benefit of the children.
Thus started by the daily press, it wont into
most of the papers of the Northwest; and although
nine-tenths of them never see a New York paper,
yet this speeoh delivered in Independence Square,
oity of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, was
by some process credited to New York, and taken
from the New York Post. This is not an isolated
case, bat it is done dally; and I venture to af
firm. that the telegraph reports sent from this oity
to the Western papers do not average one per
week. Whose fault is it? Why are not tho oo
.ourrenoes of our city sent daily to the West, as it
is with others ? Would not the trifling expenses,
even if paid by our oitizens, be returned a hun
dred fold, if daily despatches of nows wore sent to
the Westorn papers, keeping us continually before
their vendors ? Will those of our oitizens who
own stook in telegraphs, and who have ventured
their all in commeroial pursuits, see that this dis
crimination against our prosperity is not continued
any longer ?
There remain several other causes which have
prevented this oity from being known to the Wes
tern people, which I will give in another article.
In the meantime, we should not allow the ludi
crous burlesques of our neighbors to prevent us
from agitating the true interest and advancement
of Philadelphia. O.veota Voyagkor.
Missouri and Western Lands.—Mr. Bols&u
-bin having mado arrangements with several geolo
gists, surveyors, and land agents In St. Louie, can
now offer to the publio a good assortment of farm
ing and Umber lands, oopper, iron, and lead dis
tricts, all subject to entry at from!2io. to $2.50
per acre. Thelarge amount of entries now being
made in Missouri for actual settlement and specu
lation Is a sufficient guarantee that nothing 2s to
be lost by such Investments. Call and see Mr.
Bois&ubin; office N. E. corner Fifth and Chestnut
streets.
A Pleasant Affair.—The performers attached
to Sanford’s Opera Company give a grand ball,
this evening, at Musical Fund Hall. The arrange
ments are of the most extensive order, and have
been made regardlessof expense. The music on
the ocoaslon will be furnished by the members of
the company, and, when we take into consideration
their well-known reputation as mußioians, this
foot, of itßelf, will bo a sufficient inducement to
the devotees of Terpsiohoto.
Shipping Cattle to New York. —For the
first time* in a long while, the Harlem Railroad
took cattle —thirty oar-loads—to’New York .last
week, and there arc some indications that a strife
for this business will now spring up between this
company and the Hudson River Railroad Com
pany, The latter, we believe, oharges $25 per
car, and gives’ the drover a pass on the cattle
train, but not for the return trip. The former,
tho drovers say, ohargo the same rate, and give
them free tickets, to go and return, on the passen
ger train.— Albany Argus,
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY,-JANUARY 26, 1859.
by midnigbt mail.
fetter from Washington,
i Correspondence or The PteSsO '
' Washinqtow, Jan/25,1859.
However deeply the country will regret the re
oent emeute between Judge Douglas and Dr. Pitch,
in seoret session on Priday last, all parties conour
that/the Senator from Illinois bore himself like a
man of indomitable spirit and oourege. JDr. Pitoh
is a person of most oxoitable temperament, losing
entire oontrol of himself; and, though possessed
of many excellent qualities, too often y lolds to thiß
irritability of temper and. bitterness of personal
feeling. 'His son, a very young gentleman, who
was appointed United States District Attorney for
Illinois, having, I think, removed from Indiana
only a short timo ago, distinguished himself, daring
the late campaign, by delivering speeohes against
Douglas filled with every manner of inveotlve; and
so Dr. Pitch bad a good ohance to gratify his
spleen, by accepting Judge Douglas's general de
nunciations of the offioe-holders of Illinois, as spe
cifically intended for. his son. Judge Douglas
spoke under tho strongest feelings, as he had a
porfeot right to do. : Not only has tho Administra
tion pursued him with unabated ranoor, but it has
employed some of the basest wretches to perforin
its- bidding. When Mr. Morris, of Illiuois, de
nounced these men in th*e House, In terms of me
morable severity, no surprise wss excited and no
body took up the oase for them. lam told that
the saeno in the Senate was beyond description,
and that Douglas was especially eloquent, when
announcing himself” an unoonquered and unsub
dued rebel against those who had boon prosti
tuting every power for the purpose of prostrating
him.”
You will, by this time, have seen that both the
Committees of Poreign Relations have reported the
thirty-million bill to the Senate and the Rouse,
However considered, this movement upon Cuba is
the most offensive of whioh even the present Ad
ministration has been guilty, and I predict that it
will bo thrown out by Congross, or, if successful,
will bring all who have anything to do with it
under an avalanche of popular odium. The De
moaratio party has always favored the honorable
acquisition of Cuba, and many liboral men in the
Opposition party' havo stood ready to support it,
for yoars post; but, at no period In our history,
has it been advocated upon the basis of this bill
of Mr. Slidell. Mr. Buohanan, as you are well
aware, never dreamed of first uniting the people
of Spain against this acquisition, and then of pro
ceeding to defy them. On tho contrary, bis ob
ject has always boon to propitiate both the Queen
and the Cortes, and. to this end he has favored
the selection of suoh diplomatic agonts at
Paris, London, Naples, and Madrid, as wonld bo
able to appro&oh the Spanish authorities. Now,
however, he proceeds upon the taok of awakening
the resentment ef the home Spanish Government,
of oonßolidating the opinion of Cuba against his
scheme, and of bringing down upon himself and
our country the indignant oomment of the whole
foreign press—English, Frenoh, Gorman, and Rus
sian ; and, as if, to accumulate on horror’s head !
new horrors, he oomes before Congress and asks
thirty millions of money to enforoe his extraordi
nary demonstration npon tho interests and tho
territory of Spain, when the Treasury is almost
bankrupt! How did wo prooeod in the oase of
Texas, only by uniting the people of Texas in our
favor; wheroas those of the Island of Cuba are as
ono man against us. How in the oase of Califor
nia? By fair treaty, when we had conquered a
pe&oo, after a long and bloody war. And how in
the case of Louisiana in 1803? Only beoanse Na
poleon was compelled, by his own complications,
to part with it.
The Democratic party of the country, with this
new load upon its back, cannot proceed, and
more especially when it is announced that tho ac
quisition of Cuba is to reopen the slave question
with snperadded exoitement in all parts of the
country. It is true, Mr. Slidell in his report says:
« Oar minister is not to broach tbe subject until
he has reason to believe it will bo favorably enter
tained.” Who does not know that this' is a oon
tingonoy that oannot possibly arteo during tho
present Administration? The whole affair has a
bad appearance, and must be productive of inju
rious oonsequenoes.
The committee of investigation into the allega
tions against the Navy Department Is a fair com
mittee, and will do its work impartially. Tbe
oharge made by General Norris, that his bids for
the work on the new Bloop were exhibited to
others, and that these others took advantage of
them, is not only m&do against the head of tho
Navy Department, bat against some of his sub
ordinates, (one of them in your oity,) who, it is
said, shows the proposals sent to his offioe, for the
benefit of ono or two confidential friends. This Is
the ramor here, at all events. Pioneer.
[Correspondence of tbe Philadelphia Exchange.].
Puerto Oabbilo, January 6,1859.--
The departure of the bark Rowena, of and for
Philadelphia, I avail myself to infotm you of the
arrival of General P&e> here, on the Ith s*»k*a( r
from Camana, and left next day (yesterday) for
Valencia, being still unable to walk from the
effeot© of his late fall from his horso at New York.
On the 31st ultimo, the new Constitution was
signed and promulgated.
The oountry is quiet, and there are no fears, at
present, of a conspiracy, as General Monagos is
unwilling to afford the neoeseary means.,
Tho new oonsnl to Lsgaayra, A. J&okson Smith,
E*q., has arrived, and is already in ohargo, and
©Zeroising the functions of his offioe. Weather
fine t and port healthy. H. P. 8.
[For The Press.}
Any one who has evor observed the redupli
cated structure of an hour-glass has doubtless
discerned in a man, and, for that matter, in a
woman also, a remote analogy to that normal
timo-keeper. Aforesaid keen observer has not
failed to notice that “ rational animals” are in
variably blessed with understandings at both
ends. Thus far only, the parallel holds; thore
Ire some who nffeot to trace it further—os if it
bo of liCtle moment whioh end humanity is stood
upon!—as if our inner nature were of auoh
“shifting sands,” that what we oarriod in our
heels had travelled from our heads! —as if, in fine,
expansivenees in the lower extremities had some
thing of necessity to do with contraction Or vacu
ity in the upper! Such cantankerous philosophers
would say that large feet implied small brains. This
we deny, and, gl&ncingunder our writing- table, ap
peal to consciousness. Else, those who nro acci
dentally blest with oorobral capacity, to the detri
ment of pedal obesity, must have stood in dr re
versed position, in some former state of being, euf-'
ficiontly long for their movable contents to assume
a u ,eet” firm enough to render it safe for them to
perambulate this terraqueous toadstool without
suffering a radical oh&nge. We would not, of
ohoioe, prefer large feet for ourselvos; on tho con
trary, we hold it to be aq atonable sin, arid confess
to it, to love small womanly feet—those tiukling
“attachments ” between heaven and earth; and,
were we oonnubially disposed, suoh only should
walk tho long path with us and down into tho
dark valley. They are the only treasures we like
to have as little of as possible.
A lengthy preface, but certes! we should ap
proach a Princess “ slowly and distinctly ” The
Piooolomtnl is wronged! The dear, delightful
Doctor (whoso patronymic jingles so melodiously
with “frenzy”) has forgotten his gallantry foronoe,
in that sooond charming Washington lotter, in hin t
log that the Princess has let o ut tho last took for
shame of her “ Italian feet.” A word on this,
do&r Doctor. Albeit the robe is long, and pattering
charms charily hid, perhaps there is a gentler
cause. May not modesty forbid that they be
“ O/t submitted to the searching gaze
Of thousand eyes, ’midst thousands lights l full bliss}”
Sure wo are, had Will Shakspoato been with us
at tho Aeademy, and peered as wistfully os wo
to “ scan”, if only two “ feet” of that “ poetry
of motion,” be would, in tho vexation of failure,
have altered bis verso thus much, to oxolaim :
if Her frocks do argue her replete with modesty.”
Our ourioaity had woll nigh lost its inquisitive
ness; tho last notes of tho brindisi woro just sink
ing amid the roar of acclamations; La Traviata
gracefully bending in acknowledgment; our
lorgnette was rising despairingly on aohlng wrists,
and for tho last time; when, Gardes ! an imper
tinent ottoman has arrested the receding crino
line ; it bends and sways a moment out, and up
wards—the Doctor was mistaken! If an ankle of
faultless torn, an instep arched and elastio as that
Charles Lamb so wickedly called the “ last blush
of the angel before it mounts,” <&o., an 4 a satin
pantoujle , whioh must bavo oramped its fabrica
tor’s hand, complete “ Italian feet malgri
the critics! we prefer Italian feet. 0. S H.
The Fbenoix Finances. —Tlio material in
terests of Fr&noe appear to be in a remarkably
flourishing condition. The Paris correspondent of
the National Intelligencer says :
“ Wo find in the Monifenr the most positive
evidence that oan be derived from official figures,
that financial Franco was never before in such ad
mirable condition. I allude to tho report of the
Minister of Finanoe a wonderful dooument,
whioh I shall enclose to you. It is likely to pro
duce a wide sensation. You may observe tnat,
with all the immense cost of war, and of the inter
est payable upon an enormous debt, the oxponses
of 1855, ’56, and ’57 aro balanced, without having
exhausted the resources of the State. The budgot
of the following year of peaoe, 186 S, together with
estimates for two years to come, give promise of
simple and easy liquidation. The amountof trea
sury bonds is reduced since the monthef February
by more than 140,000.000 of francs. Asinkingfund
Is to receive 40,000,000 from 1850 and 20,000,000
from 1860.
“ Direct revenue flows Into tho exchequer with a
facility without parallel. Indiroot contribution
continues to increase with proportional rapidity,
and all taxes are paid with suoh promptness and
facility that the cost of collection fs decreased by
nearly one-third, including the expense of suits
for recovery. Let me oiteTurthor tpat tho bank
resorvo oxoeeds 554,000,000 f. The rate of discount
has decreased from ten to throe per oent, and the
interest on treasury bonds from four to two and a
half per'oent. In spite of 140,000,000 reimbur
sed in ten months to the holders or theso bonds,
the abundance of money is so great and tho col
lection of taxos so easy that the amount ofoash in
the treasury, which was only 75,000,000 f. fast your
at this time, is now 143,000,0001”
From Puerto Cabello.
Foot-Lights*
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS,
Second Session.
Wimimiox, J«n. 26.
SENATE
Tho Tice President being necessarily absent for some
days, on motion, Mr. Filzpatick, of Alabama, was voted
to the ohair.
Mr. Pugh, of Ohio, rose to a question of privilege, on
the subject of the report of t'ie proceedings in execu
tive session which bad appear'd in the New York papers,
and especially in the New York Herald, He handed to
the secretary the HtraWs correspondence to be read,
but Mr. Chittenden snggesting that it was out of order
it was not read
Mr Pooh expressed, In moderate language, but most
decidedly, his disapprobation of each a breach of the
confidence of the Senate.
Mr. Fitoh, of Indiana, agreed with Mr. Pugh in de
nouncing the impropriety.
Mr. Davib, of Mississippi, characteriz'd the corres
pondence as untrue, and said that he had applied ne
such language to-the Senator from Illinois as therein
reported, in which assertion Mr. Douglas agreed.
Mr. Davib said he would suggest an inquiry into this
offence against the Senate.
Mr. Grhbn, of Missouri, in agreeing in the condemna
tion of the offence mentioned, amid great laughter, said
that he had accidentally discovered and communicate'
the fact to the Vice President, of a small room within
ear-shot in the northeast corner of tho lobby having no
egress except by a trap-door. Tbe room was searched
and found to contain Wo black oats. He would suggest
an investigation ss to whether the workmen had been
bribed to construct hiding places for eavesdroppers
Anyhow, there cortsinly is a cat-hole in the northeast
libby.
Mr. Mason, of Virginia, said the experience of Sena
tors muE>t have indicated that information of the secret
transactions of the Senate chamber is obtained less
from eaves dropping than from a breach of confidence
on the part of some one enjoying the privilege of being
firesentr He referred ss an example to tho secret de
iberatlons on' a treaty some flvo or six years since,
whioh were dally spread abroad in the newspapers. With
some animadversions on that portion of the newspa
per correspondents who oater Tor the depraved taste of
the public,-'the aahj-ct was dropped
Mr. Grebn. of Missouri, eubraitted'a resolution cal
ling for tbe official correspondence of .Mr. Nugent, the
Speolal Agent to Vancouver's Island, British Columbia
Adopted.
Tbe Pacific Railroad Bill waa then taken up.
With the exception of a few brief remarks from Mr.
Wilson, of Massachuietts, who offered an additional
amendment, and from Messrs. Simmons, Broderick, and
Davis, Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, occupied the whole
day in explaining why he would vote against the bill,
whioh he considered neither a necessary act under the
war-making power of the Constitution, nor a test of
Democracy.
Thedifloußsionof Mr. Slidell's Cuban Teportwas as
signed for Monday Adjourned.
‘ . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
of Indiana, from tbe Post Office Com
mittee, made an adverse report on the memorial of the
Mount Vernon Association, asking that the regents
thereof be granted the franking privilege, the commit
tee being of the opinion that the privilege ought to be
restricted rather than extended.
Also, an adverse resort on the membrlal proposing
tbe abolition of the Post Office Department.
On motion of Mr. English, the Post Office Commit
tee was discharged from the farther consideration of
the memorial of Charles Butterfield, praying for the
establishment of a line of steamers between tbe prin
cipal American and Mexican ports on the Gulf of
Mexico He moved Its reference to the Committee on
Commerce.
Os motion of Mr Jcnbs. of Tennessee, tbe memorial
was tabled—yeas 82, najs 38.
Mr. English made similar reports with regard to the
memorial of A L. Sleeker, and h's associates,’for mail
tteamers to Pouth America, and also the memorial of
John Gardner, for mail steamers to the West Indies.
Tabled.-,-
Mr. English also reported a bill to abolish the frank
ing privilege, and for other purposes, and trusted that
it would be considered at an early day
Mr. English also reported a bill appropriating $5,000
to enable the Postmaster General to omploy temporary
clerks.
Mr. Hasein, of New York, moved to lay it on the
table. He could see no propriotr in increasing the ex
penaeftfiLtbe Department, which now amount to twice
as much as uuder the last Administration.
The-motiou was agreed to—yeas 118, nays 80.
Mr Covodb, of Pennsylvania, said that he did not
wlshit to he considered that he voted against the bill
because the Post Office Department during the Pena*
sylvania election had a clerk to spare to go into his dis
trict and operate against him (Laughter.]
MrrEwGLisH reported a bill regulating the payment
of postage on newspapers and periodicals. It provides
that periodical deilers may receive their, bund lev od
paying postage thereon, the same as regular subscribers
Maps, engravings, photographs etc., are to pay post
age at the rate of one cent per ounce, or fraction of an
ounce. It proposes to punish persons who receive mo
ney for postage, but fraudulently witbhold it; and
also thpae who fail to deliver letters taken out of the
offices'addressed to others.
The’ bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole
on the state of the Union.
Mr Wood, of Maine, from the Post Office Committee,
reported a bill toertabllsh a national line of steamships
from certain points in the United States to Great Bri
tain.
The House went into Committee of the Whole on
the. sUte of the Unlou, and regained the con
sideration of the civil and diplomatic appropriation
Mr, Hopkins, of Virginia, offered an amendment ap
propriating $7,500 for the salary of Townsend Harris,
minister resident at Japan.
Mr. Bhbruan, of New York, contended that the Pre
sident had no right to make this appointment, and said
that we are now following tbe usurpation of President
Tyler when he sent Mr. Cashing to China.
Beveial gentlemen expressed their views, contending
that the President had the right to make diplomatic ap
pointments whenever in his opinion the publlo interests
require them.
The amendment waa then adopted by one majority.
During these proceedings, Mr. Corby, of Alabama,
attacked the appointment or so many foreign ministers.
The Offices were like so many hospitals for broken
down politicians.
Mr. Kkitt, of Booth Carolina, replied that if what
Mr Garry had asserted wss so, It was not the fault of
the diplomatic system, but of the party wtaleb had
pressed the appointment of porsonaunfitfer office—mere
spoilsmen.
t Mr. Bioklbs, of New York, condemned such a reform
as wav sow sought to be Inaugurated. It would not
be approved of by the country At this time, when
-Jtarepfc was agitated. it was necessary to have representa
tives abroad. Gentlemen in thetr seal to retrench did
notiaeem to understand the history of the times and the
avpdstjgifAffairs abroad.
* Alabama, moved -to vtnko out tbe
dawteiß the bill approptUUng $75,000 to enable the
President to carry out the provisions of the act of 1810,
saq subsequent acts far suppressing the slave trade.
He said that this clause should have no place here.
Thdr'e was no line or syllable authorizing the President
to seod the Africans from the Echo to Liberia. It was
an assumption of power, and he was opposed to the
whole arrangement.
. Mr. Phblrs, of Missouri, replied that various sums
.had been heretofore appropriated to enable the Presi
(dent to execote the act of 1810, and tbe Utter b&v in
form'd Congress, in his annual message, of the oontract
with the Colonization Society for the care and
support of those eaptuted Africans. The arrangement
was a wise and humane one, and the President had
taken the precedent of President Monroe under similar
clrenmstaoces.
Mr. CLAYsOf Kentucky, said that he was opposed to
all.laws in reference to the slave trade.
Mr. Pnsi.rs. Then repeal them; but so long as they
remain, carry ttffem out
Mr dinolbton, of Mississippi, moved a proviso, that
nq part of the money shall boused for tbe support
or education of any Africans heretofore or hereafter
captured and returned to their native laud, after they
shall have been delivered into tbe hands of the agent
or agents. He believed in the strict construction of
tho Constitution, and objected to schooling and edn
dating such Africans at the public expense.
(Mr. Niouols. of Ohio, said' that if there was one
Clause in the bill which more than another met tbe
approbation of tbe people, it was that onp now under
Consideration. It was in fact the most meritorious ap
propriation iu the entire bill.
•Mr. OuBRV. of Alabama, objected to the President’s
making a contract for the support and education of the
negroes of the IT oho. If he could make a oontract for
one year he could make a contract for life. He urged a
rigid adherence to the Constitution, and was not able
to discriminate between thlsstrange and falseconston'-
tion of law by a high executive officer, and one by a
.band of men.
Mr. Nichols replied, defending the appropriation.
He believed that everything (hat the Presldenthad done
in (he matter was dictated by a high sense of honor, and
the requirements of humanity.
The committee then rose.
On motion or Mr. Hopkins, of Virginia, a resolution
wap adopted calling on the President for the report of
Mr. Nugent, tbe special agent to Vancouver’s Island
and British Columbia. Adjourned
Washington Affairs
W-JBBIKQTON, Jtnuaiy 26.—Although the coupons
eanu ot be iacued for Iran than six months’ interest on
the new lo tn. jet, should the successful bidders regard
Itof aoy ad vantage to receive coupons of interest from
the Ist instant, with certificates of stock, they will be
so !i6uod at the Treasnry Department on the payment
of the interest from the Ist of Jannary to the date of
the deposit of the principal.
The action of the House to-day. in tabling three save
ral memorials asking for the establishment of as many
new mail steamer lines, is considered as indicative of
hostility to all such measures by that body.
TboSocretary of the T.easury, In a recent document
seat to the House, suggests an invitation from the
United Btates to the commercial countries of Rarope,
to meet in a representative body, for consulUUon on a
uniform cnrrenoy, uniform weights and measures, and
a uniform system of commercial etatsUcs; beiog of
opinion that this reform would be favorably received,
and probably adopted,'by each of the countries eo re
presented. He says our own Government occupies a
position, both politic*! aud commercial, which would
justify it in taking a lead in the matter.
The Two Black Cats of the United
States Senate—Explanation of the
“ Mystery.”
Washington, Jan. 25—In the Senate, to-day, a de
bate arose on a question of privilege, in rotation to tbe
exposure of the secret deliberations of that body, espe
cially concerning the publication of the difficulty which
occurred between Messrs Fitch and Douglas, on Fri
day last, in executive session, during which Mr
Green, of Missouri, anuouncsd the discovery of a
email room, with’n ear-shot, which, ou belug searched,
contained two black cats. This incident had created
muoh humor and surmise. '
The mystery of these two black cats is, that as the
galleries of the Benate rest on tressels, and a trap door
is l«ft at each of the four corners of the oh amber for
the workmen to go below, two stray cats got under
neath, where they subsisted for three or four weeks on
the crumbs that fell from tbo public table. When
rescued, they bore evidence, In their lOßane demeanor,
of the Becrets thoy had overheard in executive} session
Attack on Indians by White Men in
Seven Indians massacred—an indiscriminate
WAR ON THE BORDER SETTLEMENTS APPRE
HENDED.
Washington, Jan. 25 -—A letter from Superintendent
Neighbors, dated Auatiu, Texas, Jan. loth, and ad
dressed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, rep-rts
that a band of white men, from JSJ Paso county, had
stolon into the camp of a party of lodans known to he
remarkably peaceable, and massacred seven, besides
wounding their oomp&olons
It waa apprehended that, In consequence of this out
rage, tbe Indians will commence an indiscriminate war
on the border settlements.
United States Supreme Court.
Washington, Jan. 25.—N0. 52. Francis Marlin, ad
ministrator or Dennis F. Donovan, vs. Christian Thomp
son. Argued for both sides.
No. 68. James Cyrot Gontcfl, et.al., vs. W. F. Breden
berg A Co., «t. a! Dismissed.
No. 61. Daniel Poorman, et. al., vs. Woodward &
Dusenberry. Argued for both sides.
No. 55. Charles Belcher «& Co. vs. George 0. f.&a
renson, collector of the port of New Orleans. Argu
ment commenced for the plaintiff.
Markets by Telegraph.
Baltimore, lan. 25.—Flour is firm and. advanced j
Howard and Ohio $5.76. Wheat—Sales of white
nt 140®109o; red, 135b1400. Corn Qrm at 78©70c for
vellow. Proviaionsare quiet at the former rates. Whis
key dull at 270.
Nsw Orleans, Jau. 25.—Sales ofjl2,Goo halos Cotton
to-day at lltf for middlings, better qualities are firm;
sales for the poßt three days 35,600 bales; receipts
during the same-time, 37,600 bales. Sueur firm with
sales of 2,600 hhds. 2,003 hhds Molasses sold at 31.
Flour buoyant: 3,600 bblssold Corn active; saloa of
2 500 bushels at 950. Mess Pork active at 50c advance;
sales at $lB 60<a19. Lard in bbls at Shoulders
7jtf. Coffee firm, qaotationsadvanoed # ; sales 0f.3,600
bag's at for Rio; stock in first hands 2 600
bags.
uinoinNiti, Jan. 26.—Flour firm hot unchanged.
Whiskey dull aud dosed unsettled, sales at 25,V Mess
Pork opened active'at $lB, but is held higher Lard
buoyant; sales In kegs atlSJf. and iu bbls at lljtf, and
is held higher. Bacon sides 9; shoulders 7 ; sales of
276,000 lbs bulk sides at .
Louisaillb, Jan. 25.-—Provisions ato excited: sales
of 5,000 bbls of Moss Pork, tills morning, at $18; *150,000
tci if Lard at 11
Charleston, Jhu 25—Sales of 3,800 bales Colton
to-day at prices ranging from 9 to 13 V-
Savannah, Jan 26—Cotton—Sales to-day of 1.376
bales at an improvement of X for line qualities,
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Harrisburg, January 25.
The Senate met at 11 A. M.
Mr. Wright of Philadelphia, prrsentod a memorial
from the German Lutheran congregation at Fraokford,
asking for the repeal of the lawn prohibiting the run
ning of passenger cars on Sunday.
Also, a petition providing for the erection or Tacony
into a new election district.
The following bills were read In place :
Mr. Marbvlis, of Philadelphia, obe to incorprrate
the Carolina Steam Navigation Company
Mr Randall. of Philadelphia, one to incorporate
the TJoion Railroad.
Mr BoniNnsLi., of Lobigh,one to incorporate the
Boston Iron Company.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the
House bill repealing the contrset for the publication
of the Legislative Record, and it was defeated—yeas 12,
saysl6 ’ • *
The amendment to the House bill to abolish the
Board of Canal Oommlntlonets was taken up and con
curred In. Adjourned.
Mr. Hambrslry, of Philadelphia, from the select
committee to revise the rules for th* government of
the Hous*, made a report, which was adopted.
This being private-blll day. a very large number were
presented and appropriately referred.
The following blits, in connection with numerous
others, o» no general interest, passed a first reading:
A supplement to sn act ircorporatlngtbe Westches
ter and Wilmin.ton Plank Road Company
A lupplemont toan act Incorporating the Spinners
town and Gosheohoppen Turnpike Boat Company.
An act relative to the railroad beetwea Chambers,
burg and Hagerstown.
An act relative to pawnbrokers of the city or Phila*
delphia
Mr. Cbubcii, of Philadelphia, read in place a bill to,
incorporate the Union Railroad Company of Philadel
phia.
Mr. Nball, of Philadelphia, a supplement to an aot
incorporating the Mutuat Deposit Insurance Aisoc'ia
tion.
Mr. SnBrrARD. of Philadelphia, a further supple
ment to the aot incorporating the Marshall Saving* In
stttuti n. B
Mr. Wilfon, of Beaver, an act relating to licenses to
inn. hotel, or tavern-keepers.
Mr. Thorn, of Philadelphia, a supplement to the
act incorporating the Big Mountain Improvement Com
pany.
Also, an act relating to the fees of aldermen and
constables, in criminal and penal cases, in the city of
Philadelphia.
The hour of twelve having arrived, both housea met
In convention, for the purposoof allotting the print
Ing.
The bids were opened by the Speaker, and announced
as follows:
Jacob Bath bids seventy and one-hair per cent below
the prices fixed by the act or April 0, 1866 : Thoopbilus
Pe-u, slxty.flve and one-sixth; A. B. Hamilton, seven
ty-six and one-sixtei-nth; George Bergner fc Co. se
venty-two; Joseph 0. Wlestllng & 00., alxty-two;
Valentine Hummel. Jr , sixty-six and two-thirds: W.
K. Verbeke & Co., sixty-seven and a half
A message was received from the Governor announc
ing th*t he had signed the bill to abolish the Beard of
Canal Commissioners, and State Boginee s.
Adjourned. •,
From tJiu Plains*
A fUT OVERLAND MAIL J
Sr. Louih, January 26 —The passengers by the over
land mail, whioh arrived here yesterday, report the
weather as remarkably fine, and the roads in good
order.
The Indian agent at Port Tuma bud returned from
the Mohave villages without accomplishing tbe release
of toe women and children mentioned in the previous
report.
Colonel Hoffman left Fort Tejon, with an escort of
cavalry, to establish a post tor bin command, the slxlh
regiment of infantry.
Tbe Apaches were peaceable.
Tbe Camanches bad goue south
A large are won raging iu the woidg near Fayetteville,
Arkansas, which it was feared, would extend many
miles, and destroy much property
A large party of gold-hunUrs were preparing to leave
Fort Bmith for Pike’s Peak.
President Butterfield has abandoned the project of
convoying a mail from Port Smith to Memphis, by river,
on account of the low stige of the wafer
An unusual amount of snow, whioh fell In tbe vici
nity of the thirty fifth parallel, detained the mail.
The Indiana were very hostile.
Much excitement existed at Carson Valley, respect
ing tbe laws of Utah. Meetings had been held and re
solutions adopted faking strong grounds against tbe ju.
rlediction of Utah,'and requiring tbe probate judg-* to
abstain from the exercise of the dut'es of his office.
Other meetings wore held, which sustained the Utah
authorities, but favored a separation from that Terri
tory.
OREGON.
The Oregon Territorial Legislature occupied several
days In disoußslng the proposition to adjourn sine die,
Inasmuch as a State Legislature had been elected, and
the probabilities were that Oregon would soon assume
the reins of self-government.
Further Excitements in Knnsns.
REPORTED CONFLICTS BETWEKK CAFT. BROWH’s
TARTY AND DNITED STATES OFFICIALS—EIGHT
OF THE PARTIES KILLED—A FUGITIVE SLATE
RESCUED AT LEAVENWORTH.
Leavenworth, Jan 25 —The Timts publishes a let
ter* givlog an occonnt of a conflict between a party of
men under Capt Brown and a posse under the deputy
United States marshal, near Paoli, in Lykens county.
In whuh, according to the report, five of Brown’s party
and the deputy marshal and two of his assistants were
killed.
The account Is not vouched for, and is probably ex
aggeiated.
Ihe friends of Brown assert that he is not in the
Territory.
A second attempt, resulting In success, was made,
last night, to rescue the alleged fugitive slave, Charley,
alias Peter Fisher. The door of tbe room in which he
was confined was cut down, and the rescuing partv left
the city with the negro. The excitement runs high,
and a party have gone in pursuit.
Non-Arrival of Expected Steamers.
fiilirix, Jan 26.—Eleven o’clock.—There are no
signs of the royal mall steamer Arabia, now due here
with Liverpool advicei to the 15th Inst., one week later
than have been received.
Sandy Hook, Jan. 26.—Midnight.—The weather is
dear. The steamer Arago, due from .Southampton on
the 12th lost., has not yet been signalled.
The Burns Celebration at Washington.
Washington, Jan. 25.—The Borns celebration at the
National Hotel, th s evening, b*s been a delightful
affair. Senator Pearce presided. Speech**.were made
by Speaker Orr. Mayor Berrett, Messrs. Gilbert, Came
ron, J. M. Carlisle, and others.
Fire'af Batesviiie, Ark,
Bt. .Louis, Jen 26—A fire occurred on’the 16th at
Batenvllle, Arkansas, destroying property valued at
$50,009, including the Batesville Institute aud the Ma
sonic Lodge.
The Rights oi Railroad Conductors to
E<ject Passengers*
In tho Middlesex oouoty Court of Common
Pleas, in session at East Cambridge, Massachu
setts, the following oaae has Been tried :
John O'Brien vs. Asa Hapgood and the Boston
and Woroestor Railroad Corporation.
This was an aotion of tort, for ejecting the
plaintiff from the oars of the defendant corpora
tion, of which the defendant Hapgood was the
conductor.
The plaintiff claimed that ho entered the pars
as a pasaonger, and offered to pay his fare; that it
was refused, and tbo oars Btopped for the purpose
of ejeotiog him; that ho then offered his faro
again, whioh was again rofused, and he was re
moved from a oar near the forward part of the
train. The defendants claimed that ho distinctly
refused to pay his fare until after the train was
stopped to ejoot him, and upon this point tbe evi
dence was conflicting, and the case was argued at
length to tbe jury, as well as on the question
whether the fare was properly demanded, and the
ojeotionmade at a reasonable place.-
It appeared that after the plaintiff was ejeoted
ho immediately went to tho last car in the train,
jumped on with the assistance of his brofher, aud
without tho defendant's permission,tho train being
on tho track, and not at any station, or stopped
for any other purpose than to eject him as afore
said; that the conductor was immediately in
formed that he had done so; went at once to that
oar and again ejected him, although his brother
offered to pay his faro.
And tho defendants, not disputing fhatsuoh oflor
was made, contended that undor those circum*
stanooa tho plaintiff was ndt entitled to a passage;
that the business of tho road could not be carried
on safely if pusseocors were nt liberty to conduct
in this manner, ana yet retain tho right t* bo car
ried by tbe same train after such refusal, and
asked the court to rule that tho plaintiff/was not
entitled to a passago by reason of suoh offer-
Tho court instructed the jury that if tho plain
tiff refused to pay his fare when demanded in a
fair, reasonable, and proper manner, the defend
ants might ejeot him at s a reasonable place; that
an offer of the fare aftor the cars wero stopped to
ejeot him was too. late ; bat as to the seoond cjeo*
non instructed them for the purposes of the case,
stating that bo considered this a more difficult
question, as follows:
That the agents of the corporation might ejeot
from the oars a passenger, refusing to pay bis fare,
and let him go upon the road; and that they
might stay by and koop him off, but that when
that act was once ondod a now state of things be
gan, and that It was ended when tbe agents of
tbe corporation bad ceased all acts to prevent him
from coming un to tho oars. That if the ears wero
stationary for any reason he might get on, and
when on must be carriod. The question then
arose, how long after a passenger had committed
an not for which ho was justifiably expelled could
ho get on 7 *
This might bo difficult ns a question of fact, but
it was whon tho transaction of ejection was com
pleto, aud the parties hud eoparated. If after the
agents of the corporation had put him off they did
not continno thoir aot, and be jumped on to the
sumo train immediately after he was rightfully
there, and could not be ejeoted if he thon offered
his fare; and direoted the jury to find whether
either or both and whioh of tne ejections was justi
fiable. Under these ridings, tho jury foaod that
tho first ejection was justifiable, but tho seoond
was uot so, and assesaod tho plaintiff's damages
for tbo second ©jectiou at $l5O. The defendant
excepted to tbeso rulings, ami tho oase will go to
tho Supremo Court for revision and final determi
nation.
Printers vs. Writers.
Mr. Marsh, who is lecturing in Now York on
tho English language, states tho grievances of
writers for the press in the following extract from
bis leoture:
“Tho writer who volunteered to enlighten the
publio through tho press, was often told that there
was room for only half a column, and was com
pelled to Toduce bis articlo or to see it appear.in
miorosoopio type. The rhymester was often puz
zled by tbo inquiry whioh stanza should bo
stricken out, that the piooo might not run over
the page of the magazino. In early times, when
fonts of type woro small, a book had to be printed
at soYQral offices, and oftentimes tho distribution
was so badly calculated that tbo last form of
some one offioo would have several blank
pages. Then, when the - orthography was
unsettled, tho compositor often pieoed out a short
Jjne by adding another letter or two to somo of
tbo words The printers ruled Hume, in his
writings he adherod to the spelling lookt for looked
throughout all preterits in ed t but he could not get
thorn printed so. An eminent French author
wrote a work in favor of sparso punctuation, and
ho said that when it appeared in print it Icoked
ns though points had been shaken on it from a
pepper-box. This tyranny of “ printers’ rules 1 ’
rendered it very difficult to get an old book re
printed aoourately, and the writer who quoted
Chaucer must expect to see tho words changed ac
cording to Webster. He himself had nover boon
able to get bgriesty ghost into typo; some print
er’s boy wos always kind enough to oorrect it to
grizzly. Tho diotionary-maker and tho printer con
trolled tho language, suggested fake etymologies,
and exortod in speech the same influence which the
modisto did in dross. Tho old copyists went fur
ther, and corrected what thoy supposed to bo tho
errors of the author. The book sellers of Romo
had kept slave-copyists, aud multiplied copies of
a work by having one road while tho rest wrote.
No rolianoe ooula bo placed on a copy unless it was
cotemporary with the author, and oven then eaoh
new copyfct wrote in his own dialect. MSS ef
Dante, of different periods, differed as much in
their orthography n? original works written at
tho Paine periods. Our classical MSS. had been
muoh changed in this way. And certainly the
copyist had ns good a right to obaugo as editors
had in tho nineteenth century. How much of the
original text of Shakspearo had we left?
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
Aoademt or Uosio.—“Don Giovanni.”
& Clarke’s Arch-street Tubitiik.—
“Aladdin: Or. The Wonderful Lamp”—” 102: Or. Ibe
Veteran and his Progeny.” -
Nkw Walnot-Stbbst TheatreHam’et, Prince
of Denma k • Unwarrantable Intrusion.”
Natiohab Omopa.— » V«n Amborgh’. Ueal^rla”-
MoDohobor's Qaietieb.—Selection, from P'»y»r
Osm» from Operas, Pantamimes, Dancing, aod Sinning.
Sakfobo’s Opera Hoorn.—Ethiopian Entert in
meats
Assembly buildings.—Signor Blits
Tiik Centennial Anniversary of the
Birth of Robert Burrs.—Thl* very iotereetlogocea
alon was celebrated last ereningbys banquet atSananm
utreet Hall. The participants numbered about three
hundred gentlemen, embracing the Bums Club of thfn
city and au assemblage of the bar, the cWgy, tbe ju
diciary, end our prominent citizens in general. Col.
Rogers, president of tbe Burns Association, occupied
the post of honor, supported by vice-president Johnson
and other officers of the club
Th“ banquet was a unique affair It embraced viands
to suit all pa’atea, and inc’uded the haggis aod other
traditionary Highland dishes, which the sons of Scotia
discussed with the liveliest possible appreciation. The
table was handsomely ornaments with fanciful de
signs in confectionery. Amopg them was a group rep
rasenttng “ Tam O’Bhan'er’s ft ghl from the witches.”
of great size and exceedio, naturaloo-s. We also no
ticed a design representing Burns’ monument on the
b<nks of Dooo, and another inscribed “Auld Laog
Bjne.” The first named was four feet in length by one
foot three inches In width.
At the removal of the cloth.* a eeries of toasU were
drank, as follows:
1. The Memory cf Robert Burns.
2. The GentennUl BDtsday of Robert Burns, of
worlfl-wlde celebrity, whose fame will inert a*e whin
we, who now do honor to his memory, ar* laid with him
in the dust. ■
“ Time but the impression deeper makes,
As streams their channels deeper wear.”
Bong, “ WhE’B ai> proud 0 > Robin,” br Mr. Mo-
Intyre. ’ J
Tn response to this toast, Mr Fitzgerald, of the City
Item, made a Bpeecb. to, *
Ballad, “John Anderson my Jo,’ by Mr. Bishop.
8. Qu»en Victoria v
Fong, “ God Save the Qaeen,” by Mr. Frazer
4 The President or the United Slates,
Sod*, “ Mar Splangled Banner,” by Mr. Frazer.
6. Scotland.
SoDg, “ficota whs hae wl’ Wallace bled,” by Mr.
Robb.
6 Sir Walter Scott, whose imagination knew no
b'-uodH His name is immortal,
fioDg, “ Jock o’ Hazeldeen, » by Mr. Gibson
*. If Scotland bas given us a Burns, Ainer’ea baa
given ns a Lfngrallow, a Bryant, a Ilalleck, a Boker.
Song by Mr. Frszer, “ Wi v a hundred pipers.”
8. The memory .of the post cho'r whose song has
charmed na from Tom Chaucer to Mo'ire
SoDg, * { Mother, be i* goingaway,” by Mr. Bishop.
9. The Judiciary of our State.
IU. The Press Responded t• by Mr. Crump.
11. Our Common Bchool System. Responded to by
piof. VcNeil. and followed by a song by Mr. Mclntyre
—A man's a man for a’ that ”
12. Tbe of our Birth. Song—“ The Piper of
Dundee,” by Mr Frazer.
13. Our glorious old Commonwealth and her Go
vernor.
14. The memories of Ramsay, and the host of wor
thies who have helped to All the meaeureof their coun
try’s literary and scientific glory.
Bong by Mr. Robb.
15 Woman
thing” Mr ‘ Frazor : "&y wife's a winsome wee
Daring the course of the eyentng, despatches were
received from variras quarters. Brom the Burns An
niversary Association ot New York was received the
follow tug:
Tq the Baron Centennial Anniversary 0 f Philadel
phia—Greeting,
ffcot'ft’s Bard
The bard whose stopgs or© sung Id every clitne,
fame shall last e'en to the end of time;
The hard fire in every bosom boms,
The inspired peasant—the great poet, Borne.
From Montreal was received the anneied:
MoNTRBiL, January 26,1859.
‘ c Committee of Borns Club. Philadelphia:
“ The admirers of Borns, who have met to celebrate
the Centenary of his natal dae in Mootreal, sbahe
hands, telegraphically, with their hretbrenjn Phila
delphia* they hope that the manly and independent
spirit of him who wrote
{ The rank is bat the guinea’* stamp,
The mao’s the gowd for a 1 that,’
will not only he honored and applauded by us, but when
other centenaries arrive, Burns’ name will still be a
household wotip”
A similar despatch was received from the centennial
anniversary party in Baltimore; from Detroit, Michi
gan; from Newark, N. J., and from Charleston, F. 0.
Prom the Anld Lang Syne Association or New York,
was sent the following toast;
The Cotters of Scotland—
From icenes like these old Scotia’s grandeur springs,
That makes her lored at home, revered abroad;
Princes and lords are hut the breath oF kings,
An honest man’s the nobleat work of God;
And, cerfes f in fair Virtne’g heavenly road,
The cottage leaves the palace far behind
A Tory late hoar had arrived before the company se
psrated. Altogether, the company was a very pleasant
one, although there were present no illustrious orators,
nor pretentious epeechmakera. The Burns Club, we
think, has reason to congratulate itself npon tße very
pleasant manner in which was celebrated, under their
auspices, the centennial anniversary of the birth of Ro
bert Burns.
Select Codhoil. —This body met at halt
put >ix o’clock P. M. Mr. WhMtoo in the ch»lr.
A bill which wca recently passed by Seloot Connell
relative to the selection or Guardians of the Poor and
members o( the Board of Health similar to the -plan
adopted for choosing the Inspector of the county prison,
was returned from Common Gouncl's with certain
amendments.
The amendments were not concurred 10.
The bill for making an appropriation to tho city de
partment was then tsken tip and considered.
Mr Neallmoved to strike out $7,500 Tor the improve
ment ofFalrmount Park and insert $4 000. The amend
ment was lost by a vote of ayes 8, noea 9
Mr Cornmin moved to insert $6,0C0, and strongly
urged the propriety of appropriating a sum not larger
than that amount.
Mr. Cujler was In favor of appropriating $7,50?, and
was sorry to see that gentlemen en this floor were so
far wanting In public spirit as to oppose an amount so
'rifling as the above to be appropriated to the beaut!
Tying of a very handsome park, which bad been partly
presented through the liberality of some of our olttsens,
“ 4 stated that he was ready to vote for $5O 000 for
the above improvement, if necessary, and that the New
The amendment of Mr. Cornman was screed to—ayes
10, noea 8. 6 J
The item providing $BOO for the lighting of Logan and
Ritteohonse Squares was next considered, when a mo
tion was n ade to have it stricken oat.
The motion was d Iscuesed at some length by several gen
tlemen, s A rae of whom were stroogly in favor of striking
it out, and * them equally strenuous In favor of Its adop
tion, urging tbat these squares were justly called the
lungs of the cltr, and were the only places to which the
poorer daises of our citizens could resort te of an even
ing to breathe the fresh air.
The question was taken, aod the motion to strike out
was lost.
After befog slightly amended, the bill pissed finally.
The pill making an appropriation to the clerks of
Councils was oalled up for consideration, and, on mo
tion, was postponed.
The meeting then adjourned.
Common Council.—An adjourned meeting
or this body wos to hove been held lost evening, but at
eight o’clock the roll was called, and but forty-fire
members answered to their names. The meeting ad
journed for wont of aqaorum.
Identified Property.— The store and
dwelling of Mr. David Ritchie, who resides in Tulley
towa, Backs county, was burglariously entered oo
Thursday lost, by forcing open a window ahutter. The
implement used for the purpose was a huge harrow
tooth, and was, no doubt, a) well adapted to the pur
pose as the “ jimmies l * used by the professional bur
glars of our city. • After having effected au entrance,
the robbers helped themselves to several pieces of
cloth aud some ready mado clothing They th,en vi
sited our city, and endeavored to sell a portion o r the
garments at at*laee In Second street, at an uuusuallv low
figure. Tbe perrons to whom the goods were offered
suspected them of baring stolen the property, and an
officar of the reserve corps was notified, aud promptl*
arrested two of the party named Albright; a tuird party
succeeded In making his escape. Tbo two Albrights
were evidently' new hands at the bns-ness. and upon
beiog removed to the central police station house they
frankly admitted the theft, and stated from whence the
goods had been stolen JMr David Ritchie arrived tn
this city on Monday last, and identified tbe otolen
property, after which the guilty men, who had been
previously con mitted to await a further hearing, were
brought up and had a Goal bearing, when they were
committed to await a requisition from the authorities
of Bocks county.
Real Estate, Stocks, &c. —Tho following
sales of Real S* Ute, Stocks, Ac., were made by Messrs.
Thomas tc. Sons, last evening, at the Philadelphia
Exchange : Note of Samuel H Jones, for $3,000. $047,-
67; note of R. F. flhsn”oo, for 160 50. $6 85; -note of
. McDonald A McLaughlin, for $lOO, $69; 40 shares
Bank of Montgomery County, $53 each; $225 scrip
Mutual Insurance Company, 66 per cent; 5
shares American Academy of Music, $270; 10 shares
West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company $5O
each; 1 share Mercantile Library Co.. $3 25; building
lot, North Twelfth street. Twentieth ward, subject to
a yearly ground rent of gp}, gio ; building lot. North
Twelfth street Twentieth ward, rubject to a ground
rent of $4O, $l5; twcKAtory brick factory, northwest
corner of Heveoteenth and Che*ry, and two three-story
brick dwellings, fronting on Cherry street, $7,825 ; two
frame dwellings, two and a baU stories htgb, North
Front s’reet, above Otter, $2,450; three-ntnry frame
duelling and lot of ground, Leopard street, $700 ; three
story brick dwelling, No. 106 Federal street, betweeo
Front and Becond streets, with two three-story briok
dwellings in the rear on Marion street $2,700.
A Desperate Character.— A colored man
named Thornes Fiizgereld was arrested, last evening
by Officer Flemiog, on the charge of committing a vio-,
lent assault on the person of James Brown, with intent
to kill. Thomas is a regular desperado Be baa been
in tbe habit of frequenting numerous saloons and res
taurants, and, after fegaHng himself, would leave with
out paying for hie refreshments. On Monday evening
hb called at the saloon of Mr. Brown, at Seventh and
St Mary stree’s, and, upon being asked for money to
pay bis bill, he dr w a razor, and attempted to cut the
throat of Mr. R The prisoner was taken to the Union
street station house, and will have a hearing this morn
ing.
SuauT Fire.—About half-past eight o’clock
on Monday evening, a party of drunken men assembled
in the bar-room of James Kilpatrick’s hotel, which is
situated in Fifteenth street, above Raoe The party
became very boisterous, and while danciDg aVut the
floor they accidentally upset a large stove, which was
red hot at the time The fire communicated with the
floor, and caused a scene of great confusion. Officer
Rogers, of the Ninth ward, was attracted to the spot by
the cries of tbe affrighted crowd, and with a great deal
of difficulty succeeded in extinguishing tbe (lames be
fore muoh damage had been done. -
Important to Shoe Manufacturers. —It
has been & prevalent opinion amnngit mannfactnrera
that an employee appropriating his employer’s goods
for hit own purposes has bien simply guiltv of breach
of trust. The case of »n. Simpson, however, before
Judge Allison yesterday, charaed with laroeoyin ob
taining shoes from 8. D pdflon A Co for the purpose
of making them up and then disposing of them, settles
the question to the contrary, he being found guilty of
the change and sentenced to six months imprisonment.
Wo think a lew such examples would lessen the growing
evil.
Directors of the Fire Department. —A sta
ted meeting of this bedy held on Mnndav evening last ap
pointed Messrs. Thompson, of the Franklin Hose, Btim
mel, of the Washington Hose, Wharton, of the Nep
tune Hose, Hopkins, of the Independence Hose, and
Thorp, of the Perseverance Hose, a committee to draft
a bill to bo presented to tho Legislature whioh is to pro
vide for the better regulation of the Fire Department or
the city of Philadelphia.
The Weather— Tho weather lor the last
few days, although quite seasonable and winterish, baa
been perfectly delightful. The air is cold and bracing,
and yet the thermometer has not reached that point at
which it is impossible to walk tbe streets or be exposed
to the air for any length or time without being in immi
nent danger of freezing. Ice forms on our streams
nightly, and if the present spell continues a short time
longer, our ice-houaeß will all be filled.
Burned to Death. —A child, about four
yeirs of age. daughter of Albert Toombs, was burned
to death yeflterday afternoon, about four o’clock at No.
1228 Clinton street. It seems tho child was lying in a
cradle, which took fire from tho stove, and when die.
covered by her parents she was burned to a crisp. The
coroner was notified to attend.
A Foundlino. —About 9 o’clock last even
ing, Officer Aikens diEOivered a.fema!e Infant on tbe
door-atep of a bouse In Bouth street, above Twelfth.
Tho officer convejid tbe little innocent to the station
house.
Arrival of the Statue of Webster .—The
baric Lucy Frances, from Leghorn, whioh arrived
at Boston yesterday, has on board Powers’ bronzo
statue of Daniel Webster. The first oast of the
statue, it will bo recollected, vyaa lost In the ship
Oxford.,
FINANCIAL ANI) CpfIUttEBCIAU
The Money Market.
- Philadklthia, January 25,1859.
The slock market wa< quite firm aga n to-day, ant
the sales reported show several* sd'A-icei It price.
Rpadiog roll ed from yesterday's jopnoiaa, advancing
from 21 to 24# uul 2l#„oloitag at the advance.
The s le r.( the ten mlllipua of Government loan having
been in a reat measure discounted at the stock board,
we think tkerw Is little-reason to anticipate further
depression on that account, and the effect upon the mar
ket Is Ukely to be one of relief rather than otherwise.
It is better to know the worst, than to suffer from
vague and uncertain apprehension.
The North Pennsylvania 6s are slowly but steadily
following the rise of the ten per cent, bonds. They
advanced another # to-day, selling at 67#.
There is considerable activity among business men,
and a brisk demand for money is settlng in, the pre
cursor of a stirriog and early trade this spring. The
supply of capital, however, is equal to tho demand, and
the rates for first-class paper have not advanced. The
bids for the Government loan exceeded three t'mee the
amount asked fer, though the premium* were smaller.
The latter circnmstsn-*© Is not attributable to the scar
city of money, bit to the difficulty experienced by the
former putchvcrs or the Government lean in making
prompt and ready re alee, under the d able disadvanta
ges of onerous regulations as to the drawing of interest,
aud the prospect or an early additional loan. Tho bank
statements of the large cities look well, and every dr
eam-tin ce in the monetary world speaks in favorof a
heavy and remunerative business for all our people in
the year now opeoirg.
W 9 advise our reader* not to toko any twenty-doUar
bills of the Btnk of Hamburg, South Carolina, a coon
•erfeifc calcn’ated to impose upon the best judges having
ju6t been detected. Im'ay & Bicknell describe it as
having for a vignette the arms of the Btate of South
Canlioa, represented by two females, seated with an
escutcheon between them, on the top of which is perched
the American eagle. On the right and left upper corners'
the Sgures 20 are printed in white in a red elrele. On
the lower right and left corners, XX is printed also in
white In a red circle, and directly under the vigaette,
the words twenty dollars in white on red ground work
The coupons of the '’atawiesa, Williamsport, and Brie
Bailroad Company wi'l be paid at the offl >e on the first
of February.
We hare received from the office of Peterson's Court -
Urftit Detector the following notice of anew And dan.
gerona counterfeit:
Bauk of Tennessee, at Nashville, Is printed from
the genuine plate, but with forged signatures. The
vignette is Indians hunting buffalo, one in the act of
spearing the animal, a female head oh the right, and a
boy head on the left lower ooraer, a figure 1 in each up
per co nor.
Look out for them, as the best judges may be deceiv
ed, the signatures being the only guide
- The Buffalo Express is advised that the Great West
ern Bailway has effected a lease of the Boffalo aud Lake
Huron Hallway, from that city to Goderich, together
with all the appurtenances thereunto ’belonging, for
the term of ninety-nine years, and will, as soon as the
papers are received from England, enter npon the pos
session and operation of the road. It is stated that
the Great Western assames the floating debt of the B.
aadL.H Boad, and will take immediate steps to re
lieve it of its pecuniary embarrassments.
The last statement of the New Orleans banks is as
follows;
Jan. 10. Jen. 17
Specie . $16,748,796 $l6 B*6 560 In.. $18T.T64
Circulation 10,383.734-*0 919,469 In.. 535.785
Deposits 24,293.195 £4 674.695 1n... 278.500
20,418,417 20,904,841 In .. 486,424
Exchange 9.844,635 9 604,558 De.. 240.077
Due distant hpoks 2.640,572 De.. 159,865
The annexed are the aggregates of the items of the
; statement of the condition of the banks of Wisconsin,
made to the Bank Comptroller on the 16th lust:
Capita’......,,,, $7,995 OCO 00
Olrcnlation 4.695.170 00
Deposits . 3.022,854 25
Specie 7f6.009 22
Cash items..... 83,893 51
Public securities ; 5,032.448 00
Private seeuritie*., 9,162,467 25
PHILADELPHIA BTOOK EXCHANGE SALES,
Jaouaty 25, 1859.
uroarsn by maslby, b*oww,&oo., £Axx-xofß, noox,
AND BXOHANGB BROKERS, KORTSWIST QOXXM TZIBB
iID OUBBYHOT BTXSSTB. 1
FIRST BOARD.
i 5000 Penna 5s 93V *
1000 City 6s R 99# l
1003 do 2dya 99#
3000 do 2dys 99#
600 do ......new 03#
600 do 103#
400 do ...103V
1000 Wilm B 6j *60...100
1000 Cam&Am 6* *76..86V
1000 d0....’83.. 87-
3000 ‘do 87
100 Lehigh Nav6«... 97#
lOOtyundenCityfis.. 96 ]
109 d 0.... 96
2000 Schnyl Nat 6s ’iy 71#
1000 do T 71#
3000 do 71#
fcOON Penoaß6s»*»* 67
1001 do 67
1(03 d 0..,,,,,.. 67
1000 do 67
2000 Phil 5c Sun B 75,. 78#
2000 Little Schylß 7s. 93
2000 Oatawissa R 75... 63
BETWEEN
* 1000 Phil A Sui
SECOND
ICOO Penna 5s 93#
1000 do 91#
2000 Tioga B 75..,»,« 87
2000 do . ,b3wn 87
1000 N Pennaß6l.... 67#
1000 Morris Cecal6s .59 .
3000CatawissaB7s... 53
2000SchlNav6s’72.. 88
100 Chester Yal B 75.. 42
1000 Djl RTUg en bd . . 83#
25 Morris Oin*l~... 48#
2 Bear Meadow B. 68 '
10 Penna R 43#
2 do 43#
CLOSING PA
—„ Bid. Asked.
USGs ’74.T.'vrr.lo4#~-
Phtlafis 99 99#
do B 99 99#
do New. .103 103#
Penna 6a.,. 93# 93#
8ead!ng8.......24# 24#
do Bds’TO.,B3# 84
do Mtg fi5’44.93 94
do do ’86.73# 74
Penna 8.., 43 43
do lstmCe...lol#lo3
do 2dm 65....92# 92#
UorGl Cn Dv off 47# 48
do Pref 104# 105
Schnyl Naves’B2.7l# 72
4000 Oatawissaß7s...- 63
6009 d 0..., 53
2000 do.*. 63
5000 d 0......... 53
1000 : d 0..., 63
1000 do 52#
50 00 do ...bSwa 63
3000 do b 6 63
2 Commercial 8k... 51
82 - do 61#
26 Meoh Bk, in lote.. 2S
2G Commonwealth Bk 22
139 Penna R, in lots./43#
10 do ....cub 43#
6 Leh Yal B, In lots.. 48#
119 N Penna R, In lots 8#
12MinebIU R....... 58#
1 do 58#
20 Norristown R 65
2 do 56
* 3 Union Bk, Tenn.. 99
10 West Philaß 50
10 do .... 60
tabory 7s 78#
3 PenuaR........ 43#
10 MinehiUß....bs 68#
3 do b 6 68#
3 do b 5 68#
3 do b 5 68#
108eading8...,,.. 24#
10 Meehans Bk .23
200 New Creek #
7 Union 80nk..'.,. 22
1 . do. .... 22
10 Cam A Am B b 6.121
6 do ...,m
6 do ....m
COES—FIRM.
Bid. Asked
«ahN*Tltup«s..76 '76#
Seh Kav Stock.,} q 9#
-do Pref.....,i7# 17#
Wmsp’tAllraß. 9 9#
do 7ilatmtg.7l 71#
do 2d 66#
Long Island II 11#
Girard Bank 12# 12#
LehOo»)&Nay..,49# 49
Lehigh Scrip 27 28
N Penna B 8# 8 %
do 6s 67# 68
New Creek..'.... # #
Oatawissa R.,.. 6
Lehigh Ziuo....'. X 1#
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, Jab.2s—Evbkiso.
The market for BreadstoSs is quiet to-day, but Flour is
firmly held at $5.75 for standard brands. The demand,
however. Is confined to the wants of tbe trade, at prices
ranging from that figure up V» s3.6<toT.sQfcr common
to extra and fanoy brands. Rye Flour Is scarce, aod
selling at $4 dP'bbl. Middlings-A sale of 600 bbls
was made at $3.75 bbl. Cora Meal is scarce; Penn
sylvania is held at $3 59 'b* bbl. Wheats are held for
higher priees; sales are only in a small way, at 135 a
137 c for prime red, 148®155c for good and prime white
Rye is dull Pennsylvania is selling at 85«87o. Corn
is unsettled; about 1,200 bushels yellow have been
sold at 78o80c, • closing at'tbe former'fate. Oats
are fn better demand; about II 000 bushels Penn
sylvania sold mostly at 48c for prime lots,inetore-
Bark Is wanted at $3O, but there is none here. Cotton
is in steady demand; about 300 bales have been sold at
fully former prices. Groceries are very firm; farther
sales of Rio Coffee at llXoll&e; New trleans Bogar
at and Molasses at from gallon, on
time Provisions—The market has an upwaafetendencr ;
tiers Pork is beld at $lB 60 bbl, and prime Western
L%rd at 12X©13c ft. Seeds—Cloverseed is wanted
at a farther slight advance; abont 450 bus baTc been
sold at $6 50®G.75 ty" hue, aoaordiog to -quality. Flax
seed is wanted at $1.7001.76 bus, and vriy sc tree.
Whiskey is dull, and prices unchanged; we quote
drudgent2scj for hhds 26c7 and bbls at 27®
gallon, the latter for prime Ohio.
Exchange, Jan.2s.
BOXED.
New York Stock
SCCONO
1000 TT 8 65’65 111#
40000 Tenn Bt6i '9O 91*
10 Harlem R Pref 42
300 do 42#
100 do b 39 42#
100 do slO 42#
50 do slO 42#
5 Panama R 116#
6<L do 116#
100 Reeding R b6O 49#
100 Michigan Oen R 62#
ICO Gal & Obi R r par 69#
ICO Chi &, Rocklrtdß «0#
100 do b&3 60#
100 do e 3 60#
100 d* -x slO 60#
300 do b6O 60#
FQ do S 3 60#
50 do SlO 60#
10000 Erie 4th m Bds 60
2000 Hudsoo 2d mtg 93
3003 La O A Mil L G 2 i
* 60 Chatham Bk 86
300 Pacific Mail S S 88
103 Brunsw’k City Ld 4#
10) De< AH ad Co s6O 100
150 N Y Cen P
100 do
400 do
60 Erie Railroad
CO Hudßon River B
300 Harlem Railroad 13£
■2lO Mirb 8& N Ind 20
60 AJlch S B Guar 4T
MARKETS
Asuas —The market Is quiet for Pots at $5 02jf, and
Pearls afcss.7s.
Flo oh, &e —The market for Western canal Floor
ocenrd with holders demanding an advance of 6©l6c
bbl o# the low grades, which checked business, buyers
holding off On some grades there ia a farther advance
of 6c# bbl.
The sales are 8.700 bbls at $5.15©6.28 for mperflne
State; $5,750*6 for extra do ; $5.20®5.30 for superfine
Western : (5 90&6 10 for low grades of Western extra ;
$6 16<x6.30 for shipping brands of round h* op extra
Ohio; SO 85©7.25 for trade brands do ; 56 40J>8.75 for
St. Loots brands; and 16 40&7.75 for extra Genesee.
Canadian dour is quiet— ealrs of email lota at s3.2*©
7 00. Southern tlour is quiet tod«y, the arrivals fair
—aaesof 1,600 bbls at $5.6Q©6 00 for superfine Balti
more. &c., and $6 1007 60 for fane; and extra brands.
Rye flour and corn meal quiet
Grim —The market for wheat Is again better; the
demand is tctve, mainly for milling—rales of 27,003
bus at $1 40 for «mbeisMichig*n, $1.40 L*r red Southern,
$133 fared, $1.46 for fair white Mi’hlgao, $1.26 for
prime old Milwaukee Olnb, In store; $1 45©1 56 for lair
to good white Northern, and |l 62 for good white Ken
tucky, afloat.
We notice a very handsome lot of flint Wheat in cbe
market te-day, from the farm of John Wade. Esq., of
Fishkill, in this State, held at $2 W bushel. Rye ia
quiet atBooooc.
Barley is held higher, and is quiet. Oats are unset
tled ; sales of 9,000 bus at 58©6Qc for State, and 62c65c
for Western ana Canadian.
Corn is without much change. The demand is attire.
Sales of 50,000 bushels at 66c for unsound mixed, 87c
for good do, in store, or 88c delivered, and 80®S2c for
fair southern jellow.
MoLABssa —New Orleans is in moderate request, at
steady r*tes; sales of 200 bMs at42®42#c. Foreign
is still qoiet.
Provisiosb.— -The market for Pork is very Arm; the
demand is Irse active. Sales of 350 bbls at $:8.12# for
new mees; £17.08# for old do; $17.12# for State mess;
$2O for dear, and $l3 60 for prime.
Reef is in f*ir demand, and is steady; sales Of 300
bbls at 16 60©? for country prims; gB©9 for do mess ;
s9®lo 50 for repacked mess, and slloll 60 fer extra do.
P.iroe mess is in fair don-and at $16©19.
Beef Hams are quiet; sales of 150 bbls at $l6.
Bacon is steady. Cut Meats are in demand; sales of
560 hhda and tc* *t 9®9#e tor hams and 6®6#c for
sbonlders, and 100,000 Bis shoulders on private terms.
Lard ia quite firm, and the demand is fair; sales of
1,000 bbls and tea at 11# <il2#c. Butter and Cheese
are firm
Rich.—The market is firm, with a moderate business
doing; sales of 400 Va at 3#®4c as to quality.
Sptoss are in modera e request; sales of 1,000 bags
Pimento at ?o, now held at 7#c; 5 cases Mace at 47c,
and 400 lbs Nutmegs at 57#c.
80GAB8 are fairly inquired for, and prices are firmly
sustained; sales or 220hhdsNew Orleans at7#©B#c,
and some 1,100 bxs Havana at 7#®9#c, mostly the
latter rate.
Whalkdons Is more active; sales of 10,000 lbs
Cchotak on private terms .
Whiskst.—The market is lower; sales of 3,600 bbls
at26#®27c.
At the lato term of court at Afachias, Maine,
Thomas Gilpatrick was prosecuted for the value of
three tons of hoy destroyed by fire by persons in-
with liquor sold by him , and the Jury
gave a verdiot for the plaintiff. In another ca’o
of the same kind the jury did not agree.
A Cabal Meeting was hold at Higgins i
ville, N. Y., January 7, to adopt measures to
seonre the enlargement of the locks on the Oneida
Lake Canal.