'•%|i J uss. 1 , .. .. • • ■ "‘Ti'div. ■■ n THURSDAY, JANUARY 27,1889. THE WEEKLY PRESS. „„ THB WEEKLY pBESS, Vol. 4, No. 5, for SATUB ‘'DAT, Jati. 29, is now ready/. Among the vast amount of interesting matter, original and selected, contained In the number for the present week, will bo found the following: ' IipiTOBIAtfI.—ADMIBISMATIOS CONTBNTIOH —Thb Bbvision op. th* Tabipp—Party News/ f mxid-CtisAp Postags-Alhost a Pbophsot— A Dinner with ybb Dead—The ‘ Times” News-, »mp*r—MssaAoss or Amebic ah Governors—Al- MINAO3—PENNSYLVANIA CoMMOE BOHOOLt—TUB Bab ahd thb Bench—What an Bditob should, * • pot in his Paper—The E»«my op DsHOOBAcriN Amebioa and England—Foreign Politics. POLITICAL -Speech op Mr. Hiokuah, op Penxbyl- TANIA ON TH E TARIFF QCESfiON—POLITICS IN Ml ~ OHIOAN. POETRY.—Nioht. OUB PORT-POLlO.—Futuib Equality—Books— • Who bhall haye th* Pbjee?—Thb Bitbb Bit— OAUBB OP 9HB FIRS* MOBDEB—YOUTH—LACONIC— Thin Shoee-Dumb Motionb-Insobiptionb in Litino Tb**b—A Forgetful Minister—Allitb , bition—A Debutante—Trub Rkpublioanibm- * Old Maids—The Sidk-Walks—Prsjudiou—Bblf • Respect—A Classical Posbter, Ac. tORBESPONDENOB.—Letters pboh Wabhincton— * Interesting prom Nebraska—Annual Mbeiino ' 'op tbe' State Agricultural Society—Letter '' / trou Kansas—Letter from Mb. James B Shsju ; bam, op Philadelphia, MISCELLANEOUS —Pawnas vs. Writers —Th* . ‘Latest Revolution.in Ku •; loot on Habsib— Large Fibs in New York: ’ Xzpl<9ion op Gunpowder—A Bblio op the Past • ■ —Loadino Cotton in New' Orleahs-Rathib a •' Bell-Unparalleled Mbaheiss—Queen Vioio -1 "ziVs Skatbei— Tkbbipio Land slide—Panic in a '‘‘ : CHDRCH—A /tBOUBt-E SOM'S CuITOM BE—DITFICOLTY DETWBEN SERATOSS DOUOLAS AND FITOH—LBOIJLA • tiye—Newspapers in Washington and Phila • delpbia—Laßsntibli Oooorrinob— Important ' Dioision-TuVbueied Man-Disappointed Lots, . .Murder, and Suioidk, &o. NEWS.— Thirty-Fifth Oosobess—Later prom Cali • poreia—Pennsylvania Leo slatqri-fobsion ; News—l he Latest News by Trleoraph Fat* Kansas, Washington, Ac. THE OITF —Weekly Review op the Philadelphia Markets—Marriaobs and Deaths-The Monet . Miskit Philadelphia Cattle Market—The ; Centennial Avnitebbaby op tab Birth of Bo ' BEIT JIUBNB. THB WEEKLY PRESS Is furnished to subscribers at $2 per year, in advance, for the single copy, and to clubs or twenty/when sent to one address, f2O, in advance Single copies for sale at the counter of The Press of fice, in wrappers, ready for mailing. The News, An Animated debate sprang up yosterd&y in the United Btates Benate, on the motion of Mr Seward, of New York, to grant Means. Lane nod McCarthy -the privilege of admission to the floor of the Senate. These two gentlemen, it will be;remembered, contest tbo seats now occupied by Messrs. Bright and Fitch, Benatore from Indianu. Thu resolution was lost, by a vote of 31 to 22 The Paeifib Railroad : bill was then taken up Several amendments were voted on, and lost, at well as a motion to lay the biil on the table; and one o’oloek to-day was appointed as the timo when the vote on the final passage (f the bill will bo taken. In the House of Representatives, tho Commit tee on Post Offioes reported a bill providing for th* transportation of tho mails from the Atlantioto tbe. Pacifio coast. Mr. Chapman, of Pennsylva nia, reported a bill for punishing the counterfeit ing of land warrants, by a term of imprisonment ol from three to ten years. Strango to say, there has never boon a law to punish such offences, al though they are of frequent occurrence. The bill passed. Joint resolutions from the Committee on Agriculture were presented, declaring it to be the duty of our GoTernmest to use all its influence to indues foreign Governments to modify thoij revenue laws, so as to remove their present re striction on American tobacco. After eomo dcbptt the resolutions were passed.. The. homestead bill was' referred to the Committee of tho Whole on the state of the Union, and then a long debate ensued in committee, on the fibnsular and dipio made bill, and the proposition to reduce tho grant of $75,000 to $45,000, to enable the President to oarfy out the law of 1819. A bUI to incorporate the Delaware and Sohuyl kill Dredging Company was reported favorably on, in fho State Senate, yesterday. The bill rela tive.to pawnbrokers passed both Senate and House, a oopy of which we annex: “Mettenaeted, tyc. t That from and after the pas sage' of- this act, any person or parsons who ehall he engaged in or carry on tbe business of a pawn broker, in the olty of Philadelphia, without hav ing fiTSt obtained a license therefor, in accordance with existing- laws and ordinances of said city, shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and, upon conviction in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the peaoe in and for the city and county of Philadelphia, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than 1 twenty-five, nor more than one,hun dred dollars, and undergo an imprisonment in the oounty pr'son for a period of not more than three months, at the discretion of the court.” In the House, Mr. Hamersley read a bill sup plementary to the aot Incorporating the Second and Third-street Passenger Railway Company, whloh passod a second reading. The bill autho rizes the company to increase their capital ter. thousand dollars, and compels them to finish their road'from the Reading Railroad to Allegheny avenuo within sixty days, and to Bridesburg, in tho Twenty-third ward, within nine months. The Lyceum Association of South Franklin (Maes.) have put forth a statoment relative to tht death of Mr. Wales and Miss Whiting, in which they deny that they (the Lyceum) were willing to sacrifice the feeliogs of Mr. Wales, for the love of sport, and that such -allegations were totally un true, .and originated In a malicious feeling against them. On tho contrary, Mr. Wales hud the oordial sympathy of the members, every one of whom wat his personal friend, and felt a kindly interest is his behalf. They say they had a question under dlsousston, “ Resolved, That oyory man should be at least ten years older than bis wife,” and that the dhjectof dismissing It was friendly towardr Mr. Wales. No,.personal allusion was in this dis cussion, save those suggested or made by Mr. Wales himself, and the question.was unanimously decided In the affirmative. This explanation m y dear the skirts of tho Lyceum people of foolish and criminal trifling with the feeliogs of a fellow member—and it may not, says tho Now York Express. Peter Corrie, jftet tried at Towsontown, near Baltimore, for the murder of Police Officer Rigdon, bos been found guilty of xnuTder In the first do greo—a righteous verdiot, from all accounts. The steamer Niagara loft Boston, yesterday, for Liverpool, with $78,000 In hard specie. The New York Evening Foat, of yesterday, re ports the following in their Supreme Court pro* ceedings: ” R. E. Dibbles if Co. vs. Myers* Clagkorn, jp Co —A verdiot was rendered in this cat 6 thi? morning, by consent of parties, for $7,300, it hav ing been compromised. Itwsaaoase precisely similar to the case of tho same parties against Fur ness, Brlnley, & Co., whioh was tried in the Uni ted States Court before Judge Ingersol! and e jury, a few days since, and which attracted much attention. Goods were stolen by ono Parmalee from the plaintiffs, who have an extensive silk bouse in Murray street, and were sent to the de fendants, the largest auction houso in Philadel phia, for. sale, and were sold, and the proceeds given to Parrualee. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants hud notice of suoh circumstances as should have put thorn on Inquiry as to whether the consigned goods were stolen or hot. Tbe de fendants otaimed "that they acted in good faith. Tho court held in the oase, in the. Federal Court, that the defendants wore liable, even if they had sold them in good faith and without uotioe ;.but in that case the jury disagreed.” . It Is known by almost everybody that the di vorce lavs of Indiana ore of eo loose a character that little or iso obstaole presentsitself to parties who oro tired of their relations as husband and wife That State, we see, by the following extract Of a letter from Indianapolis, is about to nmend her present defoolive laws on the subject: “ A bill amending the present divoroe law, and providing for the opening deoreeß in certain spe cified caeca, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. It is to be hoped .that the Legislature will sucoeed in making some amendments to the existing divoroe law, during. the present session. The difficulty is the pebdenoy of so many bills having that object in view, which prevented any thing from being done at the speoiai session.” Here is a speolmon of tho operation of tho dl voroe laws in Indiana, demonstrated in the per son of one, not quite u a model wifo,” and an out raged husband: (< lif the discussion, on amendments to tho di vorce law in the Senate, a case was discovered in whioh a gentleman in Leavenworth, Kansas, bad furnished his wife with money to visit her friends in the,East, and to travot for the bonefit of her health Oa arriving at Indianapolis she con cluded to take advantage of the Indiana divoroe law, and prooure a nullification of her marriage She then went to Kokomo, where aho made affi davit that she was a bona fide resident of the State of Indiana, and filed a complaint in tho Howard Circuit Court against her husband for a divorce, a notice of which was published for the benefit of nor husband, who was a non-resident of the State. In the r ineantime, her husband thought she was .In the East, as he received letters from her . post marked first at Cleveland and afterwards at Bos ton, “|WMIe still under the Impression that his wife was at Bolton, tho husband received a copy of the Howard Tnhune, containing a notice of the filing or the ooroplaint against him; He immediately left LoaVenworth, and arrived at Indianapolis, reaching that city on Saturday, the 20th of No! vember. The Howard olrouit commenced its ses sion oii the following Monday, the 22d, and, to reach Kokomo In tune to answer the complaint Mainst him, be had to hire aJooomotire on the iru and Indianapolis Railroad to take him to Kokomo, In order to he ia oourt at the proper hour. ' • .. “The reason stated for the defence made in the ease was that the wife had been induced to ask for ft divorce under improper 'lnfluences. She had been for tome time half brazed by spiritualism, and the husband thought if he could place her be yond those influences she would abandon the suit. The case is still pending.” The Political Future. At no period in our history has there been auch a fermentation among the people of nil parties as during the year of our Lord 1858. The confusion of a Presidential campaign was not ono of tho characteristics of this year of inquiry, but tho excitement was the greater because it was quietly pervading and profound. Nothiug could have moro diß. tinctly marked the fact Of an improved and ’'progressive spirit among tho American peo ple than the indications of that single year. Nothing has ever, in our day, so triumphantly vindicated the truth that the people are edu cating themselves, in regard alike to thoir duties and their rights, as the experience of that period. It had. passed into a truism that no power could resist an Ad ministration elected ,giu the name of the Democratic party, and strong in the pa tronage and power of a four-years term. And yet, in the year 1868, an Administration which commenced its career, strong in the confidence and affections of the oountry in toxicated with the power conferred by a trust. Ing peopld, and believing itself irresistible to carry out any policy, howoVer questionable— was dismantled and dishonored by a few brave men, armed only with the truth and fortified by tho iudomitablo spirit of hostility to wrong. This example—so unexpected, so unusual, so extraordinary in our American politics- arrested the attention of the whole conntry j and, however it may have awakened antagonisms oh tho ono side, with all the Official accompaniments of detraction and proscription ; yet the example spoke to the great heart of the masses, and the blow, struck at a oorrupt and infatuated Ad ministration, was felt by every other organiza tion not based upon sound and enduring princi ples. At first mere partisans, who doubted the sincerity of the demonstration against a faith less Administration, called to their aid'the easy virtue of awaiting results j but when they saw there was to be no compromise of princi ple, and that the contest for the right was to be as vigorously conducted on the one hand, as it was tyrannically' enforced against the right on the other, the feelings which reposed upon past prejudices began to melt away, and hundreds of thousands of honest voters saw, in this example, the way to effect a reform in onr politics as lasting as it was constitutional and conservative. Tho public mind was thus mode ripe for a righteous revolt against tho abuses of parties, and tho ingratitude of thoso who had been tem porarily elevated to eminent positions. It was impossible, in the nature of things, that any body of reasoning men, so constantly engaged in reflecting upon their duties and their rights, ho fortunate In the widely-diffused means of popular Information, Prom the newspaper, through all its cheap, ypt inestimable varie ties, and the every-day republication oi the thoughts of evory great writer, living and lead—it was impossible, we say, that a people thus constantly impregnated with this various intelligence, and compelled to reflect upon their own condition, should not grasp eagerly at the opportunity presented to them. And, accordingly, when the year 1868 closed, and we stood upon tho threshold of that ot 1859, tbe whole mass had been leavened, on lightened, and fortified, by the .thorough and drastic element which had played so conspicu ous a part in the great contests against Fede ral power and official insolence. Where loos this state of things leave ns to-day? What of the thick and fast-coming future? fhe American people having witnessed and participated in the-scenes allnded to, what arc they ready for now 7 They are, last of all, roady for any Identity with the present Administration of the General Government in any movomont which may lake place in any parly Conven tion. The specific endorsement of the gene ral policy of that Administration will bo the death of any.party, or, of any movement. This is the consideration upon which all par ties (and wo think we may Bay all parties in tho North and South) are inexorably resolved. The South can certainly have no affection for the present Administration, which has done more to change the feelings of tho honest men of the North against it, than William !I. Sewaud himself could have done, had he been elected President in 1856, and had be carried out the most ultra ideas upon tbe construction given to those ideas by his most ultra adversaries. The Administration of James Booimhan, with enormous professions for tho South, has done nothing to assist it in any respect. Its Lecompton policy was demanded, not by tho people, bnt by a few dogmatic Isadora in tbe South, and evory step which it has subse quently taken has only served to degrade the South before the people of the free States. Can tho North stand by an Administration which has persistently labored from tbe bo ginning to make it tho enemy of its Southern brethren; which has sought to Abolitionize tho Democratic party; which has toiled to pro scribe the gallant leader of tho Northwestern Democracy, whose whole life has been one scene of dovotion to national principles; and which, while protending devotion to great Northern interests, has allowed itself to be overruled in its own Cabinet by free-trade, newly-converted, anti-Northern influences? So, then, all soctious are agreed, or must be agreed, to dispense with any endorsement of the National Administration in any movement which may hereafter be made. And what are tho people next , ready for ? lYhat will they next demand ? When they have removed the reeking remains of the pre sent dynasty from tho path of progress, they will insist upon tho removal from that path of all merely sectional organizations; they will insist upon the rejection, by any Conven tion which may assemble with any reason able claim to tboir votes, of all ideas looking to the dismemberment of our family of Ame rican Confederacies. Thus they will insist that Mr. Seward’s idea and Mr. Lincoln’s idea,that this Union is to be all d nation of free States or all a nation of slave States, must be disa vowed. Thus, too, they will demand a plat-/ form which will not limit Presidential action to the North or to the South, which will not confine a Presidential .canvass to the freo States alone or to the slave States alone, but which will comprehend all the States of this Union. They will domand a distinct repudia tion of .the enemies of the Union, in whatovor State they may be found. We think, if the intelligent and patient reader will carefully review the propositions herein set forth, ho will find that the future of American politics is a problom easy of solu tion, and that no party can succeed iu this country that does not act upon tho distinctive platform of formally repudiating the heresies of the present Administration, and of formal ly repudiating the heresies of sectional organi zations. « The address of tho Democrats of Chester county, published in Tub Press of to-day, will be read with interest every whero, because it states distinctly the position of a resolute body of men. The facts and the conclu sions of this addrcßS arc alike admirable and ; unanswerable. At a moment when there is an earnest desire for some an nounced purpose of futuro action, no part of tho Democracy of Pennsylvania have a more hereditary right to speak to the great issues of tho day than the sterling Democracy of Chester. Led in many a fearful struggle by John Hickman, whose devotiou to princi ple has made his name a favorite name all over the Union, tho Democracy of Chester triumphed in tho hard and perilous campaign of 1858. These mon have a peculiar right, therefore, to speak in a crisis like tho pres ent. Their counsels aro the counsels of wiso and experienced Democrats, and they will be heard beforo the bar of public opinion as men who have won tho proud privilege of pleading for their principles. KF* Tho last Sunday Dispatch appeared in a suit of now typo, giving it a brilliant and almost a bridal appearance—no allusion to tbe editorial bacbolor who presides over it. The Dispatch is tho most prosperous of all the Sunday weeklies. Its independent spirit, and the surprising ability of all its editorials, r as well as its long list of first-class correspon dents, have made it a most successful enter prise to Messrs. Lawlor, Everett, & Hinok en, its industrious and public-spirited proprie tors. We are gratified to see such men doing well, , Johanna Murphy, one of the servant girls who were! dangerously wounded at the time of the Gouldy tragody, and who was supposed to bo in a fair way of recovery, has had a relapse In eonseqnenco of the removal of several loose pieces of her skull. She is at present in a very critical condition. The Thirty Million Project. Tho dobato in tho United States Senate, on Monday last, upon the proposition to place $30,000,000 at the disposal of Mr. Svobakah for tho purchase of Cuba, was vory interest ing and instructive, particularly tho speeches of Senators Seward and TooitiiS, tho former having spoken against, and tho latter in favor of the appropriation. Both Senators may well be proud of their efforts, as each was in its way creditable, forcible, and eloquent. Mr. Seward’s exhibit of the financial policy of tho Administration was very striking. Aiterstating that $30,000,000 was hut an initial sum, which might he extended to $250,000,000 or more, according to the will and pleasure of tho Pre sident, ho said: ■ 11 1 will assume that it authorizes the President tooontraot a debt toSpain, without again consult ing Congress or the Senato of the United States, for the sum of $250,000,000. This proposi tion comes at a timo when our revenues are re duced to $50,000,001) and there is a confessed defi oienoy for the year of $30,000 000. It la immaterial whether wo borrow this $30,000,000 to pay to Spain, as the bill proposes,'or whether we pay it out of the receipts of the revenues flowing into tho Treasury, and borrow the money to supply the plaoe of what we thus abatraot. It proposes no thing loss than to authorize the President of tho United Btates to create at onoo and absolutely a debt of $30,000,000, and indircotly a farther debt of $220,000,000, in addition to a defioit, whiohis virtually an oxiating debt against tho Treasury of $30,000,000; making $00,000,000 of - new debt certain, and $220,000,000 contingent. This, added to an already fancied debt of $60,000,000, will raise the national debt to $280,000,000. This is to be done undor extraordinary circumstances. We have at this moment no financial system —no system of revoune. Wo have, indeed, a tariff law whfoh brought last year into the Trea sury over $40,000,000, and this year is expeoted to bring in $50,000,000 ; but a revenue law whioh leaves an annual defioit cannot bo said, to oonstUute a fiscal system. Congress, after being in serslon bow near two months, has utterly failed to devise any kind of revenue system what ever. Nor has the Exeontive Administration sub mitted to Congresa any system for this emorgenoy. Thi3 statement is strictly true, if you consider that the President recommends one system in his on* noal message, and that the Secretary of the Trea sury,his own responsible minister of fioanoe, sub mits to ns another and widely different one. "Ibis groat increase of the public debt wo are asked to make at tho very hour when, in compli ance with the Executive recommendation, wo are proposing to authomo him to bnild the Paoiflo Railroad, at a oost of not less than $125,000,000 moro; and, simultaneously with this, in the same message, we are also asked to authorise tho Presi dent to move the army into Mexioo, whioh oan cost nothing less than $100,000,000 more; and, at the same time, in pursuance of recommendations of tho* same weight and authority, wo are asked to au thorize him to employ the army and the navy against just so many Spanish-Amorican States on this continent as ho Boall ohooso, which onn re quire nothing less than $100,000,000 more; so, without any financial system at all, we are to have a great dobt creatod by this CoDgr6B3 of tho United States, on the recommendation and application of tho President to strengthen the arm of the Exeou tiro, while weakening the powor and tbe constitu tional force of the Senate and the House of Repre sentatives, a debt of $500,000.000.” Mr. Toombs, in his reply, summarily dis posed of Mr. Sewaed’s financial difficulties by avowing his hostility to tho Pacific Railroad bill and most of the other expenditures sug gested, and by declaring that Cuba waa worth to this Union all the monoy that Mr. Bu onANAN would pay ior it. An enumeration of the national advantages likely to accrue from the annexation of Cuba, a hold defiance of French or English interference in csbo Spain agreed to sell us that island, and a masterly defence of the practical working of our institutions over new acquisitions, with out regard to the character of thoir popula tion, formed the main points of his remarkably ablo and telling speech. But we see little reason to hope that tho speedy acquisition of Cuba is at all involved in this controversy. All the signs of the times indicate the utter improbability of our being ablo to purchase it now. Mr. Sewabd well said, after quoting tho recent proceedings in tho Spanish Chamber of Deputies: “ Now, air, affor having showa that ths.rt is not thfi least earthly prospect of acquiring the Island of Cuba by, or in oonsequence of the passage of what follows? It follows that the ques tion whether Cuba is desirable, and ought to be attained , is not at all in debate. It is an idle , a and mischievous abstraction. Thoro la no such question hero; but the question whioh is presented is, whether the Congress of the United States shall authorise the President of the United States to offer an indignity to Spam, That is all.” r Tho President has asked for unusual, extra ordinary, and dangerous powers, and ho has not given Congress tho slightest reason for believing that any substantial good can result from a compliance with his request. The belief that Cuba will one day become an in tegral .portion of this Union is almost univer sal, bnt thoro is nothing to mark this as a propitious period for accelerating that event, or for selecting Mr, Buchanan and tho scheme he has devised as the agents through which that end is to bo attained. The Opera. “Don Giovanni” is always sure to draw a good house, oven whon the oast is bat Indifferent. What wonder, then, that the Academy of Masio was crowded last night, when it was so great? Nor was the audience disappointed, whioh was testified by their enthusiasm. - Horr Formes, as hepereltoy was quite in his elomont; indeed, it was hard to tell whioh gavo the greater pleasure, his fine acting, or his wonderful singing, and ho really eoernod as doligbtod himself as tho audi enoo. We. think Lepcretlo decidedly his groalest part. Md’llo Piccolomlni, as Zerh na, was oharm* ing; but we confess we likod Colson better in tho same pert. Her noting was certainly quite as good, and eho Bang much better. Md’lle Poinsot made morn of tho poor part of Donna Anna than any ono who has"ever played it here beforo. This young lady is fust becoming quito a favorito In Philadelphia. Sho deserved the applauso she received last night. Ghioni Bang the part of Donna Elvira very well. Slg. Florenza as the Don was capital. He really is a fine artist. Lorini as Don Ottavio was very good. Altogether, the porformanoe gavo satisfaction. This afternoon there will be a Matinee, when Laborde, Poinsot, and Formes will appear. Tbe “ Barber of Sovillo ” and tho ” Huguenots ” will bo the attraction. Edward Everett. —Thero aro fow men living who absorb a largor aharo of publio interest than the Hon. Edward Everett. Having separated himself from politios, in whioh his talents quali fied him to act a lofty part, he has consecrated those talents to one of tbe noblest objeots. By his oratorical labors, he has contributed over fifty thousand dollars towards the purchase of Mount Vernon/and still oontinues his endeavors to sooure for his countrymen tho home of Washington. Those who have not heard Mr. Everett describe the magnifioont mansion of tho Dake of Marlbo rough, in contrast with his classic portraiture of <( tho modest home on tho banks of the Potomac,” have yet to realize the power and beauty of true oloquenoo. The subjeot of Mr. Everett’s oration, at tho Academy of Music, this evoning, will bo “ Franklin,” for whioh intellectual feast the oom munity is measurably indebted to tho Pennsylva* nia Institute, under whoso auspices the oration is to be delivered. This oirenmstanoo, itself, will add to the interest of tho occasion. Tho objeot of this institution is tho encouragement of youth in the study of mechanics and the fine arts. This oration, though prepared expressly for the “ Penn sylvania Institute,” was delivered in Boston, about a week ago, at tbe oelebration of the one hundred and fifty-third anniversary of Franklin’s birth, when it was listened to with great pleasure by noariy Ihreo thousand persons. We may state that every seat in the house haß been taken, even to the oheirs in the orohostra. Tab Burns Centennial Anniversary Tho celebration of this day was participated in by a large numbor of tbo oholoest spirits of tho na tion, in various seotions of tbe oouutry. Burns is tbe favorito poot of a large portion of the Ameri can people, and his memory is saoredly embalmed, in their hearts. At the oelebration in this city, at Sansom-street Hall, the loading oration' was delivered by Col. Thomas Fitzgerald, editor of the Pbiladelphio City Item. We regret that we hove not space to publish it. It was an do quont eulogy, creditable to the speaker, and well oalouiated to revive in tho minds of his hearers their recollection of tbe career of the great poet. Coal Statistics.—' Tho proprietor of the United States Railroad and Mining Register , Mr. Thomas S. Fernon, has furnished us with a copy of his “ Tabulated Coal Register” for tho yonr 1858. It contains full nnd oomplote statistics of tho oonl tradoof tho Unitod States, as also of tho carrying lines—railroad and canals—botwoon the mines and the markets, compiled from offioinl sources. To thoso who aro interested in tho coal trade, or fool a pride in the growth and development of tho great mineral produotsof our Stato, it is invaluable as furnishing a reliable referonoo. Syria and tiie Turk s.—Three interesting lee tures on Syria and tho Turks will shortly be de livered in Concert Hall, by Prof. Johns, Lieut. W. F. Lynch, and Rev. H. S. Osborn, for tho bo nefit of the Northern Home for Friendless Children, tho Young Men’s Christian Association of Cnmdon, and tho House of Industry for rolief of the poor. Judging from tho programme pro sonted and tho high character of tho speakers, wo do not doubt that these lectures will prove as enter taining and suooessful as any that have ever been delivered in our oity. Oil Paintinos at Auction B. Scott. Jr., auc tioneer, No. 431 Chestnut street, has now open for examination a largo collection of Oil Paintings,to bo sold this morning at half-past ten o’olook. Suicide. —Honesdalo, Pa , January 26.—A young man, nnmed George W. Wilson, committed suioiue this evoning, by shooting himself with a pistol. Tho reason assigned for tho act is disap pointment in lovo. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1859. BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. Letter from Washington. [Correspondence of The Press.] . Washington, Jan. 26, 1859. It is stated hero that Judge Irwio, tho United States judgo for distriot of Pennsyl vania, now in course of investigation, will re sign his place, and that Attorney General Blaok will also resign , his plaoo in the pre sent Coblnot, and take that vaoated by Judgo Irwin. Judgo Blaok is tirod of his position. It is really hard to boar. Ho has innumerable difficulties to moot. Tho President is a hard task master. Ho roally allows Judgo Black no pa tronago. Every little office in our State, whioh of right ought to go to Blaok, tho President monopo lizes and disposes of. If Mr Buohannn were a young man, and had ten thousand hopos for re eleotion to the Presidenoy, he oould not be more exaoting in regard to tho dispensation of those little pl&oes. Judge Blaok has had no power to bestow, though many promises to fulfil. His friends come here expecting mueh, but getting nothiog from. him. Weary of this offioial drudgery, and really tired of politics, (for whioh he never was fitted,) ho pines for a snuggery in the western part of our State, in which, with little to do, ho may oontemplato the “ ingratitude of Ropublios.” I am not surprised to hear that he is anxious to tako Judge Irwin's place. Tho disslosure of tho soorots of the Sonata in exooutive sossion is just now oroating much con fasion. The New York Herald had a falso and garbled statement of the Douglas and Fitoh affair ; by whom disoiosed romains to be ascertained. Some years ago, when Mr. Buohanan was Secre tary of State, the Herald got a full statement of some State secrets, about whioh he was exceedingly nervous when the fact was exposed. The Herald Is in luok now, as it was then. The speeoh of Mr. Bocook, of Virginia, a stern, etrict State-rights Democrat, against the attempt to onnfer upon Presidont Buohanan despotic powers in regard to tho foreign missions, has oreatod muoh sensation. Pioneer. It is no mean compliment to tho enterprise and public spirit of Philadelphia, that tho now hotel on the oorner of Chestnut and Ninth stroots is being pushed forward rapidly to completion. Its giant proportions and prospeotive superiority are already the subjeot of favorable newspaper com ment all over the Union, and tho increased de mand for first-class hotel accommodations in our oity is daily becoming more apparent. That its being in operation to-day would add many thou sands of dollars to tho trado of Philadelphia during tho coining season is so well understood by our merchants that tho most enterprising of them, we are glad to see, aro taking hold of the work vigorously, determined to oarry it through as early as possiblo. Instoad of being any longer rogarded as an uncertain investment, tho figures, as already ascertained, render it moro than proba ble that the o&pital Invested will pay the stock holders a very handsome percentage. We are lod to infer this from theso facts: The entire cogt of the hotel, when completed, will not exoeed seven hundred and eighty thousand dollars, Including the ground rents and taxes up to the day it is to be banded over to tbe lessee, and the estimated annual inoomc—judging from oontraots and offers already made—will be, after deducting taxes and insurance, not less than fifty eight thousand dollars, or sovon and & half per cent, on the capital invested. This estimate is based upon the presumption that the stores will roßtfor about twonty-fivo thousand dollars, though it is belioved that when tho hotol is once In opera tion they will rent for a muoh larger amount. Enough appliontions, we believe, havo already boon made to cover the entire number. Barring tho oerfcainty, howevor, of this invest- , meat being dirootly remunerative, tbe bonefit it will confer upon our oity by increasing her float ing population, is a matter that concerns every Philadelphian- In a metropolis liko this, it is sheer nonsense to suppose that tho addition to our hotol aooommodationß, whioh tbo completion of this house will seoure, will detract from the pros, perlty of first-olass houses alroady established. Instead of having this effeot, it will arrest in Phila delphia thousands of persons every season, who would otherwise pass through, to whore suoh ac commodations are more nmplo. Tho hotel facili ties of tho oity of Now York havo been more than quadrupled within a vory few yoars, and in evory case tho necessary additional patronage has been realised; and why should this not apply to Philadelphia? Tbe proprietor of a loading Now York house, in speaking to one of our well known oltizens, admitted, soon after tho new hotel was oommenoed, that he had five hundred guests lodging with him then, who, he had roason to believe, would be quartered undor tbo roof of the new hotel in Philadelphia, if it had been thon in operation. This was at a time whoo our first-class hotols here were orowded to overflowing, and obliged to turn away npplfo/iqta at arory arrival, as is known to bo the case, more or less, every'sea son. Supposing, merely, that ten thousand more arri vals annually should bo registered upon our hotol lists in consequence of our Inoreaecd hotel accom modations—whioh is a vory meagre estimate, be ing an average of loss than thirty a day—who' does not see that tho additional amount of money it would bring to Philadelphia would be enor mous?—for it must be remembered that persons, generally, who patronize first-oloss hotols are mon of means, who spend thoir money freely where the inducements are as irresistible as those held out by our merchants and manufacturers in tho vari ous departments of trado. In this connection, wo cannot refrain spooking of tho splondid entorprlsos projooted and owned by onr fellow-oitizen, Goorgo W. Edwards, Esq.—the La Pierre and tho Girard Hotels. These fine cstab , liabtnonts attract to Philadelphia hosts of stran gers, and are known and spokon of throughout tho ITdlob. The firm of Presbury, Chadwick, &■ Co , of the Girard, and tho Messrs. Ward, of .the La Pierre, have made thousands of friends by their connection with those magnificont hotels, and have thus added to their own reputation and the repu tation of our oity. The ereotion of the now hotol will no more intorfero with the prosperity of the Lnpiorro, or with the value of tho property upon which the Girard is situated, than those two hotels intorfered with the property—save to enhance it— in tho neighborhoods in which thoy aro respeo tively looatod. On tho contrary, ovory great building orectcd in Philadelphia Improves all tho tenemonts adjaoont to it, and contributes to tho genoral welfare. It ib apparent, thoreforo, that tho new hotel pro jeofc is ominontiy a Philadelphia enterprise, ob its tendency will bo to increase our buslnoss, to on hanco the interests of our manufacturers, and thus contribute substantially to tho wealth of our oity. It has already been leased to Paron Stevons, Esq., of Boston, (one of the most efficient and responsi ble hotel proprietors in this country,) for a term of twolvo years, at an annual rent of forty thou sand dollars, tho manogers having contracted to deliver it to tho lessee on tho first of February, 1860. To meet this engagement a considerable sum—though trifling oomparod with tho amount already subscribed—jot remains to be raised. With tho viow of effeotlng this, a committoo of twonty, composed ohiefly of our loading mer chants, h«B been appointed to assist the board of managers. A meeting of this committoo was held on Tuoaday oVoning, when a largo amount of ad ditional subscriptions was reported, and tho most flattering indications oliciicd that our merchants and business men aro fully awakened to the im portance of consummating the work, 6uf fioiont funds to enclose tho building, and meet all existing contracts, have already been subscribed ; and as it has been de termined to finish the building without one dollar of dobt resting upon it, and as the sum yet re quired Is small oompared with tbo importance of the projeot to the interests of Philadelphia, we trust that our citizens will respond with prompt ness and liberality to tho demand now made npon them for tho remaining subscriptions. We have already tbo prido of railroads in our Pennsylvania Central; we have the queen of amusement palaces in our Aoadoiny of nlusic; and, with tho prospoot of soon presenting to tbe travelling oommunity the finest hotel in America, wo think tbe vitality and publio spirit of Philadelphia are substantially vindicated. Conviction of Peter Corrie for the Mur der of Police Officer Rigtlou, The trial of Petor Corrlo, whioh occupied the attontion of Baltimore county oourt, atTowsen town, for some ten days post, was brought to a oiese this morning. Tho oaso was givon to the jury about two o’olook yestorday afternoon, and at twenty minutes to eleven, this morning, they re turned into court with a vordiot of “Guilty of murder in the first degree.” There was much anxioty and exoitoment in ooart when the jury came in. Tho prisoner, look ing pale and haggard, was put into the box. Ho was commanded to stand and hold np bis right hand, whoreup<fti tho vordict, us abovo stated, wns pronounoed. On its rendition he sunk to his soat, plainly betraying Omolion3 thutiudientod all hopo was lost. There was, however, a seeming effort to battlo against foolings within. At tborequost of Mr. Preston, oounsel for the prisoner, tho jury was polled, and each member of it answered in dividually—“ Guilty of murdor In tho first do greo.” The culprit was then remanded to prison to await aontoDce. A large number of spectators were prosent, but all passed off quietly and in or der. As is usual In suoh cases, a motion may be made for a new trial, without, howovor, any hopo of obtaining it. Aftor tbe proper time has elapsed, both Cropps and Corrie will be brought out, sentenced, nnd remanded to the Baltimore oity jail, whence they oarne, to await their donth warrants and tho extromo penalty of tho law, in expiation of the terrible orime for whioh thoy now stand convicted. Muoh orodit is due to Mr. Glttings, tho St&to’s attorney, and to his ablo assistant, tor tho faithful manner in which thoy discharged their duty in this case. Mr. Preston, tho prisoner’s counsol, was also indofatignblo in his efforts, whioh, how ever, proved unavailing. We cannot but hope justice has boon fairly moted out, and, with tho entire community, must rejoice that dread retribu tion is likely to overtake offender eo reckless and inhuman.— Baltimore American, 26th. At the Printers’ Festival at Cleveland, a lottor was road from Horaoe Greeley, with tho following sentiment: Type Metal— Des'lued t - * batter tho visage of pp?]r.t- Um, and perforata the vltile of fluporstition—if the powers of darkness refuse it free course, lot way bo made for it with shooting-sticks. The New Hotel. THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, Second Session. Washington, Jan. 20, 1850. SENATE. A joint resolutirm, asking for tbe ex'eoflion of tbo Legislature of Ktmßaa for twenty days, was referred to tbo Committee on Territories. Mr-Baulin, of Maine, presented the credentials of Mr. FefißOuden, re-elected Senator from Maine for six years from tbe 4th of March next. Tho motion of Mr. Sbwakd, of New York, to admit Meeera Lane and McCarty (claiming to be Senators from Indiana) to the privilege of nduiLsion to tlio floor of the Senate pending thedfcis'OD of their cJnim, was next considered. Mr. Tbuubcjll, of Illinois, ppoke earnestly in favor of their admieslon, and hop*d that this aotof ooorloßy would be extended without discuflflion. A refusal, he eaid, would bo an act of discourtesy to tbo Btato of In diana. Thu question being taken on taking tho resolution from tbo table, and the noos prevailing, Mr. Iverson, of Georgia, auggented that It bo takon up and voted to lay on the table, so an to prevent it coming up daily until the end of the eeeoion. An animated debate ecsued. Mr. Mason, of Virginia, moved to lay the resolution on the table. Mr. PrwsßD in referring to Mr. Iverflon’n remarks, said that the Senator knew him sufficiently well to koow that hn (Seward) is the last man to npponl, by factious opposition, from any well-matured decision of the Senate. The quortion was to grnut to tho two gontlemen, claiming to bo Senators from tho State of Indiana, the right to stand behind the backa of the two persona who occupy the chairfl which they claim ns thoir own. n« had seen tho Hungarian Patriot, Foreign Minsters, and multitudes of others, given the poor privilege of standing room upon thiß floor, white tho gentlemen olaimingto bo Senators, and whom tbo Judiciary Com mittee may, at any moment, report to ho the veritable Senators, are refused the number of square feet they would occupy. Mr. Dayakd, of Delaware, spoke against the admis sion of the gentlemen in question to the floor of tho Beuate. ■ The discussion having reopened the parallel case of Olayborne and Colvon. in tho XXXth Congress. Mr. Hbll. of Tenoeeree, and Mr Pavib, of Missis sippi, discussed the subject; tbe former in favor, and the latter in opposition to tbe admission of the con tending Senators from Indiana. . Finally, tho Tf Bolntlcn waa laid on the table—yeas 31, navfl 22—Merarfl. Brightand Fitch not voting The Seriate then proceeded to voto an to whether tho Indian appropriation bill or the Paoiflc Railroad bill should be taken up. The motion to take up tho Pacific Railroad bill pre vailed 'Wilson’s (Mass.) amendment, the main foaltire of which is that a board of flve civil engineers shall lo ,c*te tho ronte of the roadbetweon tho thirty-fourth End thirty-tocond parallels, was put to a vote and lost— yeas 13, nays 82. The amendment of Mr. Davis. (Miss ), being tho sub stitute offered by the minority of the corumittoe, being the next in order, was put to a voto and lest—yeas 18, nays 23. The amendment of Mr. Pugh, (Ohio), whioh provides for the termination of the road on the of California, was next voted on, and lost—yeßS 26, nayu2B. [A point of order here srone, from the fact that, du ring the executive session of yesterday, some subject was made the special order forto-darat two o’clock. The galleries were accordingly cleared, to afford Sana tors an opportunity to discuss the question whether the special order ahould be rescinded, and the Pacific Rail road biff be continued. On tbo reopening tho doors, the consideration of tho Pacific Railroad bill was resumed ] Mr. of Tennessee, Rpoke on tho bill. The various amendments, including the one intro duced hy tbe Senator from Minnesota, {Mr. Rice,] for a northern routo, were then voted on and lost. Mr. Hammond, of South Carolina, moved to lay the billon the table, which was also lost by a vote of 21 yess to 20 nays. All the amendments being now disposed of, to-mor row, at one o’clock, was the hour appointed for the vote on the final passage of the bill. Adjourned HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Craio, of Maine, from the Committee on Poet Offices and Po*t Roads, reported a bill providing for the transportation of tbo mails from tho Atlaatfo to the Pacifio coast Mr. English, of Indiana, reported a substitute there for. Mr. Clare of New York, from tho Committee on the Judiciary, ronde an adverse report on the bill to amend the Act establishing the Court of Olaltne, so as to permit creditors to sue th° Government. On motion of Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, tho bill was referred to the Oommittee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Chapman, of Pennsylvania, from tho Coramltteo on Judiciary, reported abill punishing the forgery and counterfeiting military land warrants, certificates of location, purcba*e, dec , or knowingly uttering or cir culating the same. The punishment is not less than three nor more than ten years In the penitentiary. Mr. flbapman urged the importance of the bill, PAying that it had received the unnnimons approbation of the Com mittee on Judioiarv. There is not a nt»tute at this time to punish said offences, although there I» for forg ing treasury notes. As offences relative to laud war rants are increasing in frequency, the crime should not bepormit’ed to go “unwhipt of justice ” The bill was then passed. Mr. Whitklbt. of Delaware, from the Committee on AgrltuUure, reported joint resolutions declaring it to be the duty of tho Government to use All its consti tutional, diplomatic, and commercial powers to procure from foreign Governments a modification of their sys tems of revenue with respect to American tobacco, with thovlewofremovingtheprenent restrictions; ana thßt instructions ought to be given by tbe Executive to our consular anl commercial agents, that such a desirable. re s ult may h« obtained. Mr. Gabnktt, of Vlrg'nio, objected to that portion «l the reflations, which, in his opinion, looks to retalia tory duties. hie WniTKLK? replied that the committee had no such intention in framing tho resolutions. Mr. Morris, of Pennsylvania, wished American iron and the other products to be included in tbe proposed protection. The resolution proposed a special protec tion to tobacco only. Mr. Stbpsbrs. of Georgia, did not see anything like protection In the resolutions. They contemplated only th<* removal of restrictions. Tho resolutions were passed. Mr. Krlbbt, of New York, Introduc'd the homestead bill, which was referred to the Committee of the Whole on tbe state of the Union. ' or Pennsylvania, iiAtd that a similar bill had been twice passtd by th« House, and as often de feated io the gepate. As the subject bad been debated for the lAst eight years, bo now merely wished to re mind the gentlemen that the Government should be brought hack to the sound principle of legislation laid down by General Jaok«on, that the public lauds »hould cease to be a source of public rovenuo. and be Bet anart for the homes of actual settlors, lie taunted that Con gress will sanction this principle, and put an end to speculation - and land monopoly. The latter has been tried in tho Old W'>rld, aod Its fruits aro written in the tears of the people. The dictates of hmuanily and wledom require that the public lands be disposed of in such away as will best promote the general welfare, and elevate and eonoble thohuman raco. lie gave no tice that he would to-morrow a<k for a vote, and io this there seemed to be a general concurrence. Tbe House resolved iteoif into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and took up tho con sular and diplomatic bill. The committee rejected the pending amendment, which was to the effect th»t no money shall be expend ed in the support or education of tho recaptured Afri cans Mr. Crawford, of Georgia, offered an amendment reducing the proposed ?7ft,000 to enablo the President to carryout the law of 1819, to 516,000. 110 contended that ♦bore was no authority for the contract with the American Colonizition Society for tho educution and support of the Afreann captured on board the Echo. Mr. Stewart of Maryland, said that if it wad neces sary, fn carrying out tho act of 1819, to stipulate for their education aud support, no objection could be made to the contract entered into by tbo President. The North makes wsr on the President for enforcing the fu» gltive-aUvo law, and if tbe President ooforoe the law for the suppression of the slavo trade the South makes war on h»m. Ho was opposed to this ultralsm. Mr. Moons, of Alabama, admittel that there are precedents for the President’s wjtfon, but there was a question above that It was. /whether this Govern ment should connect itself with the scheme of the Oo* lonization Soofety, and bolster op that rotten concern In Libnrla. which has proved a failnro and au abortion. Mr. MIU.SON. of Virginia, expressed his surprise at the sensitiveness exhibited by gontleinen, who seem to believe that to condemn the cfav<* trade fs to reproach slavery. Do did not know what else the President could have done relative to the recaptured Africans. Mr. Cash, of Indiana, said that he did not see how they could conH'stently vote this money to educate there Africans In Liberia, when the education of ne groes in ths slave States in made a criminal offence. Talk about the horrors of the middle panrage ! Ho had read an advertisement of a rurn-yay slave, right under our immediate view. who. It was stated, could b» iden tified by bis scarred hands andbick. Hence, for the sake of consistency, they should strike out the pr»vi sion iu the bill n n w under consideration. Mr. Kkitt, of South Carolina, in reply to Mr. Mill son, said that Southern gentlemen had merely protested against this Government—full mounted on an antl-sia. very sentiment—riding down tho refiirlctione of the law. The President had no right to make a contract for the support and nraiotonauco of the negroes of the Echo. The charity of this Government has been prostituted to upholding tbe Colonisation Society, which urningop from a spurious sentimentality in a single night, which receives its support from old maids acddllapidated poli ticians, who colonize negroes from a maudlin humani ty. This is what the President has dono. • Mr. IIcNUAM.of Pnnth Cnrolinn, proposed and advo cated an amendment, confining the appropriation to the act of 1819, by strikiog ont tho words, “ami aDy subsequent acts now in force.” • Mr. Bewaro. of Georgia, looked on tho laws which bare been msdo for the prevention and stippreißion of tbe slave trado asin violation of tho Constitution. He wanted Georgia and tbe other Pouthern States to set tle tho question for themselves. Mr. Barksoals, of Mississippi, endorsed Mr. Sew ard’s remarks, but regarded this discussion as out of place -Mr. Bobnett, of Kentucky, bed listened with sur prise acd regrst to the discu'sinn on tbo subject of ru opening the slave trade. He regnrded it as unfortu nate for his section of the Union, in the name of which bo entered Ms protest against those proceedings ns cal ealatsd to phee it in a falsa podtioo. Wneu the time comes t:» solve this problem, then tho titro will como for Southern gentlemen to move in the matter. Ho thnuKbt tho law of 1819 conferral on the President power to do what he had dono in reference to tbe re gronfl of the slaver Echo. Mr Sinoi.kton, of Mississippi, complftined of a forced construction being given t« tho law. Suppose there shonld bo a Black llopubliom President, his partisans would carry out the precedent now sought to be set. nnd take money out of tho Treasury to an un limited amount for similar purposes. Will tlm I)omo. cratio party put a construction on tbo law which will operate ngalust no in tho future ? The safety of the South, it being In th« minority, depends on tho strict construction of tho Courlttutlou. Mr. Iluoiivs. of Indiana, had listened with ioteregt, bnt not without surprise and regret, to this discussion. Mr Gartrell, of Georgia, vainly cppsaled to gen tlemen to take the vote and dispose of thin bill. Mr. Joun Cochrane, of New York, said tho dobnto was more exciting than instructive. He fully agreed with tho gentlemen on hie side or the House, that If the question proposed was to be candidly and manfully met, it should be on tbe issue whether the slave trade should be prohibited or permitted, and not in debate, collaterally, on the phraseology of an appropriation bill. The question now la whether, under tho existing lowb, certain acta hnvo been performed honestly and in good faith by tho President, and whether the ropresen taliven of tho people will declare that tho appropriation should bo mada to defray tho expenses incurred by tho Administration No person is be 10 l" j ronource on any other poiirt than this. As-to tho vessels euzaged in tho slavo trade coming from tho North, ho wonld bo ready at tho proper time fairly aud manfully Wtake his position when tbo issue la raised. Mr. Groesdbck, of Ohio, sa'd ho did not require a postponement of th** Issuo. He was ready to meet it now. It Is more likely an aot will be pisstd for (he more faithful execution of tho i rosebt lawo for tbo sup pression of the slavo trade than that those now on tho stata'e will be repealed, no expressed regret at the occurrence of this debate, and that a humane aot on tho part of the Preaidcnt had met with such stern ob jection. He approved of everything the President bal done in tho premises. Thtscountry would have con sidered it cruel if these Africans had been turned adrift tmpTovld a d for on the flhores of Africa. 110, as a Do raoolat, thanked th« rresldont 110 thanked him for his humanity in the name of the nation. Mr. lIUQJIBB, of Indiana, concurred in every word Mr. Groesbeck had uttered. 110 had always said.tho Democratic party was not a sectional party. The Con sUtalion Is Its platform in lettor and spirit. 110 had always And cow said, that if tho Constitution imposed manacles on negroes, ho w.tjj for it still; beoauso it was t'-e Constitution of his country. The Constitution does recogniae. by Implication, tho suppression of the slave trad©, ana if the time should ovor come when any con siderable portion of tho Democratic party ahall, either directly or Indirectly, propoao to fanteu and oncourego that trade, Democratic party cannot boaat that it is a nnlmnal p.'.riy. ns it uow ia. Ho wan ready to meot the Issue. Mr. SiROtiKTON, of Mi'ot'oippl, ramarked that ho had expressed no opinion us to tbo slavo trade. Mr. Bcrnstt, of Kentucky, said it the dutyef States rights Demo Tate. and those who claim to be strict eon-tructioni'ts. todißCUFflon the pending bill quoMti-irs connect d with Urn African sKve trade. Ho yielded to *« man in his ad heron*-, to tho rights of tho State*, and would be ready to repel aggression from any quarter. Mr. Babss'dalk, of Mississippi. wsb satisfied that the President, in returning the Africans brought to this country by the Echo, baivlolatsd the lair. lie had nn authority for the contract which he made. Be lieving, however, that the President acted from pa triotic purposes, he was not p-epared to condemn him. Under proper circumstances. he should be prepared to take a position as to the reopening of the slave trade, and in its favor. The safety of the North and South demanded the efficient aud faithful execution of the laws. Mr. NionoLW, of Ohio, said the debate on tho other nlde affordod him lunch gratification, but sometimes there was too much of a good thing. If they would consent to take a vote on striking out the whole section under consideration, he thought it would bo tho best thing they could do [At this point there were loud aud earnest cries fir l{ the question ”J Mr. Or.ay, of Kentucky, said that yesterday bo had occasion to remark that he was opposed to all the laws on the statute-book with reference to the slave trade lie explained that no man waamore opposed to reopen ing it than he was, and In this he believed ho was sus tained br his constituents. But the present laws pun ishing the Blave trade as piracy were so severe that they could not be enforced. Other penalties might bo provided. Ho did not believe that a white man could be haoged for It, either in the South or at Boston. He was opposed to the eighth section of the treaty of Washington, aa it was ao entangling alliance with Great Brit'ln, and caused outrages on the American flsg. lie hoped that notice would be given to Great Britain to put an end to the treaty, bo that we may preserve our own police on the seas. Mr. Buinktt. A/e you not in favor of enforcine tho la®* which exist? Me. Clay. lam. Mr. AZrtKS, of South Carolina, paid he was that hide ous thin?—'‘t sectioual man ! lie stood here a Southern imn, representing in part a sove eigu State. They of tho South cannot but he pectloral, beesuse they imut ho united to maintain themvolvea. 110 did uotclasn himself in the Democratic ranks Ha would unite with the Democrats when lie could do so coasc’ontlouily and cocuistently, haviug reference to his Slale and section ; when they called upon him to depart half of a hair’s breadth from hia principles, bo would turn his hack on and leave them foreve *. Ho was not only prepared to udvocito the reopening of the slave trade, but sweeping away all laws which stamped hia constituents as pi r&tea, and placed a stigma on Southern institutions. Mr. Gooch, of Massachusetts did not regard this dis cussion as a waste of time, as it foreshadowed the course hereafter to ba pursued in this Jlouso It w«s right that the people should know ia ad vauce llie ques tions their Representatives flhall bo callod on to debate. Usd tho people been thus forewarned before they elected certain men to office, there would have bean a differ cot result Apprehension had been expressed br a gentleman (Mr. Singleton) as to what a Republican President would do in the event i f such an ejection. Ho (Mr Gooch) would say that, iu his cp’Dlon, fhould the Republicans succeed to powor, they would give to the law tho sam» construction which two Democratic Presidents have given it—the fame construction in which tin Democratic party havo acquiesced for twenty years. They would not go a slop fariher than tfco precedent would jurtify, supported by tho opiuions of leading Democratic statesmen. The construction given by the President to ths law of 1810 is the correct one. Mr. Brixou of North Carolina, expres»od a desire that the committee should rise; This debate was pro ductive of more ills than the mere consumption of time. The clause under consideration, viz: the appropria tion to enable the President to carry into effeot the con tract made with tho Colonization Society, etc., was stricken out. [This does not Anally dispose of the subject, ai it will be voted on in the House.] The committeo thon roso, and the House adjourned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. Harrisburg, Jan. 20. SENATE. The Senate met at 11 o’clock A. M- The following bills woro reported with a favorable recommendation: To incorporate th« Bouthwark Soup Sooietv. To incorporate the Indian-American Commercial Company. To incorporate the Carolina Steam Navigation Com pany' To incorporate the American Improvement Loan Company. To incorporate the Delaware and Schuylkill Dredging Company. The following bills were reported nogat : voly : The supplement to the oommon-school laws. To Incorporate the Chemical Manure Manufacturing Company. Mr. Wblsd, of York, introduc’d a joint resolution directing the State Treasurer to pay no certificate of the settlement ot claims since the 19th instant. The resolution w.b immediately considered nod passed. Mr. Bull, of Chester, read in place a bill supple mentary to tho act relative to connecting raihoads. The supplement to the Ljck Hav-en and Tyrone Rail road was considered rnd passed. Also, the bill relativo to pawnbrokers in the city of Philadelphia. Also. the bill to exteud the power to administer oaths by pro’bnrotaries and oierks of courts, with a proviso that nothing therein contained shall apply to the city of Philadelphia. After passing several private bills, the Senate ad journed The House met at the usual hour. In accordance with the resolution adopted yesterday, the first Imsiners in order was the consideration of the bills on the private calen ar that had passed a first reading. Tbo following bills were passed finally : An act authorizing the qualified electors of the coun ty of Delaware, at the general election in October, 1859, to elect a prothonotary. clerks of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Oyer and Terminer, aod Orphans’ Court; also a register of wills, nud recorder of deeds. A further supplement to the act to incorporate tbe I'rle City Railroad Company, approved Gth of April 1853. A further supplement to tho act to incorporate tbe Pittsburg aud Erie Railroad Company. Au aot relative to pawnbrokers in tho city of Phila delphia. An act to incorporate tbe Ironton Railroad aud Mining Company in Lehigh cnaoty. The following, which were on the oalendar, wore postponed: Tbe act relative to tho pay of Jurors in Northamp ton county. The act relative to a railroad between Chatnbersburg and Hagerstown Mr. Smith,of Philadelphia, offered the following: Resolved, That the resolution by which Mr, Dono van w»s prohibited from tbe bar of tho Houee during its sessions be, and the same ia hereby, rescinded, and that Mr. Donovan Is hereby restored to his privilege as an ex-member of the Legis'aturo. Tho question being taken on the second reading of *®as>iut{oa, It whs wot agreed tc—yens 37* nays 18. The Committee on Corporations reported rs follows : An act to incorporate tho Citizens’ Mutual Safety In surance Company. An act to incorporate tho Control Market Company of Philadelphia. An act to Incorporate the Presbyterian Church at Harrisburg. - An act to change the name or the Pittsburg Life, Fire, and Marine Insurance Company. Au act to incorporate tbe Mutual Fire Insurance Com pany of Philadelphia. An act securing to the people of Philadelphia the right of free travel over certain highways A larg9 number of other bills were also reported. On motion of Mr. Thorn, of Philadelphia, the House proceeded to the consideration of «ho bill incorporating tbo Western Market Company, and it was passed final ly—yeas 65, nays 20. Tbo bill to incorporate tho Allegheny Insuranco Company was posced. Mr. Xlamss&ly, a supplement to the act incorpora ting the Second aod Third Streets Passenger Rsilroad Company of Philadelphia. Wr. Wu.i.sr moved to proceed to the consideration of the mme ; which was agreed to, aud the Raid bill was read a second ti^e. Mr. Smith, of Berks. I MiouM ilka to know in what respects and to whut extent this supplement incrOAies tV.o powers of tbo passongor railroad on Second and Third streets of Philadelphia, which was incorporated lost year; whether it is intended merely to carryout the prorisfona of their charter, or dosi it not very raa • thriftily affect the stock of the company? I should like, sir, to vote intelligently on this question, and with my eyes open. Mr. Hamkrsly. This bill compels the Second and Third-street Passenger Railroal Company to perform a duty they ought to hare performed long ago. Mr. Frick. If I understood tho matter right, it is offered for the purpose of increasing the cap" tat stock of that compa-y. tt appears to tuo that if the company has not performed its duty towards its citizens, it has no right to come herewith any such bill as that It appears to me that that bill comes here In disguise; not to further the interests of the people in that dis t*ict, but to get a large subscription to their stock. If that company comta into this Mouse iu that manner to havo their bill passed. I shall oppose It. It jink tho hill is disguised, and that tbeir purpose is merely to get a larger subscription of stock, which they wleh to obtain. Mr. Gkitman. lam not accustomed to oonßidera bill iu disguise nor aoythiug but what is on the face of it. I don’t think thoderign of the bill is to inorease their stock; but even if it be—even if this company should come forward and say, we Rod ourselves uuable to In cr'aso our capital stock, sorompioto this road, would it not bo just for this House to say, we will giro there a chance to do no ? I can’t, for tho lifo of me, see any thing in this bill ho awful. There is nothing wrong in the matter; if the stock whs to be increased, which I am informed is not tho case, 1 could see nothin/ wrong : but the people of this district, sir, domand it should be done. Mr f qbppaki) : I would like this matter postponed' for the present. If thore is any necessity for increasing the capital stock of the company, in order to carry out tho provisions of their charter, I would vote that such increase bo grsutoi; but I would like to vote under standingly on the aubjoel, and therefore I move that it be postponed Tor the present. The motion was agreed to. Adjourned. The Tariff Questiou. MEETING OK THE UOUeK COMMITTEE OF WATS AND WifiinNaio.v, Jen. 20—The Ilouee Oommittea of Ways sod Means bad a protracted and animated meeting this morning on tho subject of the tariff. The chairmau, Mr. Phelps, of Missouri, placed before them a bill fiamed in accordance with the suggestions of tbo Secrotary of the Treasury. Mr. Morrill of Vermont, pressnlei one, which was supported by the two other opposition members, Mr. Howard, of MtcMzan, and Mr. Davis, of Maryland, con taining principally epeoitlo duties, compounded and ad raixel *-iUi ad valorem rates. Mr. Phillips of Pennsylvania, Introduced a bill based on the tariff of 1840, with u short list of specific duties, and retaining the principal part of tho free list of the act of 1857. Neither of these projects seems to be acceptable to tbo msj.irityof the committee. Messrs. Letcher. Dowdell, an i Crawfotd being opposen to ftuy change iu the tariff nt tbii’ ti'oo. As icss than a tnafority cannot make a formal report, tbo probability la that nothing on this subject will be reported from the committee during this sesaion. The above named bills may, howevor, be brought into the Houso by courtesy, with the view of obtaining a decision on their separate morito. The committee have decided that they would report no loan bill except with a revision of tho tariff attach ed. and fixed that amount at twenty-live millions to fuhdtbe treasury notes and pay the interest thereon ; tho loan to be payable at pleasure, after two years and before nix All.parties are in a quandary about the tariff. It seems to be understood that tho Republicans And Penn sylvania Democrats generally will support specific dnties. A nißjority of tho Democrats, rather than do this, will let ’he tariff stand as it is. even if they have to come to direct taxation to support the Government. . w 'uch is tho report of gentlemen who bavo given close attention to tho subject. Tho result may bo tho passage of tho twenty-five million loan bill, and nothing mote, for tho relief of tho Government during tho next fiscal year. United Slates Supreme Court. Washington, Jan. £(•.—No. 55. Charles Belcher A: 00. vs. George A. Lawrasnn, collector of tiro port of New Orleans. Argument continued for plaintiff. No. 60. The United States vs. tho City Bank tf Co lumbuH. Argument commonced for plaintiffs, and con tinued for defendants. The Const Survey. WABHINQTOH, Jan. 20.— I Tho cost of the Coast Burvey for the thirteen years, ending with 1860, wassi.7lo,ooo, and for one-half of the year 1857 It was $258,000 mailing a total, added to tho facilities furnished by the navy, of $4,247,000. The Massachusetts Legislature. REJECTION OF A PROPOSITION TO INCORPORATE A TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Boston, Jan. 20—Tho petition of E. S. Tobey, F. O G. Smith, F. N. Gisborne, and other interested par ties, to th« State Legislature, for an act of incorpora tion for tbo ostensible purpose of laying a telegraph cable from Cape Aun, Massachusetts, to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, was unanimously rejected to-day by the committuo to whom it had been referred. Sailing of the Steamship Jura with §250,000 for Europe. Nkw Yc.rk Jan. 26—The steamship Jura sailed for Liverpool this afternoon with $250,000 in gold ba*s. Arrival of the Steamer New York, New York, Jan 20 —The steamship New York , from Bremen, hue arrived, with dates to the Sth inat. Her adviceobave been anticipated Dcpurtme of the Steamer Niagara. Rnsio.s, J o. 2fl —Tho royal mail ntoemship Niagara sailed nt noon to tiny for Liverpool, with $78,000 in specie. Meeting of the Compensated Emanel- pation Society, Aldavt, Jan 26 A meeting of tbe “ Compensated Emancipation Boc’ety” was held hero to-night Ur. Nott pre’iilsd, and Mr. Elihu Burritt p.nd others so'ke A series of resolutions were introduced, embodying tbe plan of compensated emancipation A deta'e place between Mr. Burritt and Mr. who con demned the immorality and iraprictictb'Utr of the plan Mr. Burritt defended his plan and denounced Abolitionists. Dr. Nott endorsed the views of Mr. Powell. Mr. John 0 Underwood, of Virginia, in ft speech da c’aring himself &n Abolitionist, and in favor of imme diate emancipation, also designated the rcberoe of com peDfla'oi emaocipa ion as impracticable and iiuui ral. He would rather rabe the proposed thousand million of dollars to educate the poor whites lie gave eoevur oging recounts of the emancipation In Virginia, and be lieved it would be soon accomplished in that Statn. Tbe resolutions of tho Convention were Adop'ed at an adjeurned meeting,'When only a dozen wr a present Tbo meeting Is regarded as uuf&vorable to the plan <f compensated emancipation. Non-Arrival of 1K& Expected European Steamers, Halifax, Jan. 26—Eleven o’clock —There are no signs of the steamer Arabia, now due wtth Liverpool advices to the 15th. Sandy Hook, Jan. 26—Midnight,—Weather clear. There are no signs of the steamer Arsgo, duo with Southampton dates to the 12th inst. The New York Quarmitine Buildings Again on Fire* Nbw Yoek.Jro. 26—Midnight—Afire is now rsg ing at Islsod. and it is susnocted that the Qna rantiiiQ buildings are again being burnt. THE CITY. See first page. Guardians op thf. Poor.—This body held a special meeting at the Almshouse,yesterday evening, Dr. Hubn In the chair. ,J On motion of Dr. Brown, the call was real and ap proved r that a osrd had asprarod jo one of tho daily papers, in which Dr. Bobt. K. Erailhhnd made sundry charges affecting the character « 0 d stand ing nt the members of tbe Board RDd that it am on’y au set of justice to them elves, as well as to Dr. Smith that they should havo an opportunity to investlimte tho matter. Mr. Kensll then offered a resolution that Dr. Robt. K Smith ba i uspnrd.ed, for the present, from his posi tion as resident physician of tbe Alms'aoußo Mr. K. E. gmi'.h also made a speech, in which be re ferred to the recent ca*e of Mrs. Tagen. which has at tracted so much attention, and offered an amendment to refer the matter to a committee The amendment was ’oat. The question wm then taken on tho resolution and rosolted aa follows: Yens—Merars Allison, Budd Brown, Gamble. Ken . nil. lli eh I, and Bberry. Nays—Messrs. Brownell, Cress,-Dawson, Dunlap, Haraelin. Honpefl, Oliver, Presll, Smith, and Hnhn, president Yeas 7, nays 10. On motion, the Board adjourned. Horrible Accident.—A most singular ac oidont. aud one which probably wllTprove fatal to one of the party, occurred about 0 okjjock yesterday morn ing at Xlarper’s coal mlno, which la situated about four miles south of PottsviHe, and near Minersville, Schuyl kill county. The circumstances aro these : Two men wtTo c-Dgsged iu blasting coal in one of tho tunnels of tbe mliio and were working at opposite sides of the puma, as is cmUmarv. They were both engaged in drilling holes, preparatory to filling them with powder, and unknown In each other, tho body of coal which sepa rated them brtug not mnro than a foot in thickness. One of the mfn had made ml the necesaaiy prepara tions aud fired theblast. while the other war engaged in blowing tho duft. preparatory to filling tbe drilled hole with pewdor. The blast wss made and had the effect of b’owing a large body of coal into the face of Mr. Chris tian nanherger, injuring him severely. He was blown some distance by the dirohavge, aod his face was disfig ured in the most aborting manner, and it is more than probable it will result In tbo loss of hia ©ye sight, oven If be should survive the effect produced by the ehock. nanbergerhaa a wife aod two children residing in Mi nersville He wss brought to this city and admitted to tbe Pennsylvania Hospital last evenlog. Accidents in coal mines are of frequent occurrence, but we never re in “mber to have heard of any occorring under the above singular circumstances. Caucus Nominations.— Both branches of- Connells met in caucus yesterday afternoon, iu the Common Council Chamber, aud nominated the fol lowing gentlemen: For Directors of Suobury and Erie Railroad—J. B. Flnnlgen. John M. Biloy, aud Alexander Cummings. Ssltcfc Council nominated tho following gentlemen, of the Peoples’ party, for Trustees of Philadelphia G-w Works: Francis H. Duffeo, Paul J. Field. Common Council, Peoples’ party—Conrad S.GroTe, Edward H. Trotter. Democrats of Beleot Council, for Trustees of Gas Works—Frederick Fraley, Wm. L. Hirst. Dangerous SrORT.—A party ©f boys were congregated yesterday afternoon at Juniper and Chest nut streets, engaged in a game called <r l)uck-and- Dary.” which is a well-known game to our city boys One of tbe boys, named Franklin Maguire, while In the sot of placing a stone in a certain position, received a blow from a stone thrown by one of the party, which struck his right hand and mashed it to such a degree that amputation is deemed necessary. The wouod was dressed by Dr. Hoopes, after which the boy was re moved to the residence of his parents. Committed Finally.— Our readers will re member tho case of the young man Landers, who was recently in the employ of Messrs, Raney, Hess, & Co., of this city, and who was suspected of having robbed them of between seventy and eighty dollars, after which he visifod Nt-w York city. Ho wss recently brought to this city, and committed to await a further hearing, on tho charge of having robbed his employers. Ho was yesterday taken lofore Alderman Freeman, and finally committed to answer at conrt. Trial of the Wecoacoe Engine.— Tho Weccacoe engine was tried yesterday aftereoon, at Merrick Sc. Sons’ foundry, Bituated at Fourth and Wash ington streets. Bhe threw a horizontal stream abont 222 feei,' and a perpendicular stream abont 141 feet. The trial was witnessed by a number of firemen, and Hwss alike satisfactory to builders aud firomen. Fire.—A fire occurred shortly before ten o’clock, last evoning. on board the sloop “Beauty,” now lying at Pier No 17, Richmond. The fire was caused by the upsetting of a stove in the galley. The fiamAs were extinguished before they had occasioned much damage. Tub attention of the public is called to nn exhibition of a new kind of city-railway track, to-day and to.morrow, in front of tho State House, geo the advertisement of 8. A. Beers, in another column. Terrible if True*— The Calais (Maine) Advertiser, of Thursday, says: “A report has been iu circulation in this city for some days past, that those boys who had broken into Mr. Todd’s storo, in Militown, St. Stophons, about a fortnight ago, und stole some articles of clothing therefrom, and had boon detected, tried, convicted, and sen tenced to St. Andrews jail for the crimo, during tho cold night of Tuesday or Wednesday one of them had frozen to death in his cell. Two of tho boys were of the name of Dean, one of whom it was that died, Wo haro not hoard the name of tbo other. It Is said tho boys oriod murdor, and did all in thoir power to mako tho jailor hoar and Hborato them, and lot them g* where thore wa3 a Gro, but ho could not bo made to hear, or, if ho heard, did not heed them. It is awful that a hu man boing should bo allowod to perish in 6Uoh a manner. Wo cannot credit the story.” The Trial of Dr. Daily, President of the Indiana University, charged with drunkenness nnd lowdnoßS, is now in progress. The proooed ingj aro privato. Tho Ecclesiastical Court is com- S used of the Rev. Mr. Gillet, president; tho Rev. [efsrs. Stallard, Mason, Richards, Williams, and Reed—all mimsteis of the Methodist Churoh. A large number of witnesses have boon sworn. The Rev. Mr. Hester manages tbe proseoution on the part of tho Cburob, and John S. Tarkingtou, an nttornoy-at-law, appears for Dr. Daily. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The Money Marfcct, Philadelphia, January 26,1859 North Pennsylvania Railroad ten per cent, bonds touched par to day ; 09 was bid, but the lowest offer was at 100 ft, and there were no ssles ; the six per cent. bnndß advanced two per cent , selling at GO ; OsUwissa chattel mortgage ten per cent, bonds ad vanced to 60ft, a gain of ft, and the seven per cents to 64, a gain of ft. Camden and Amboy shares advanced 2, And Reading opened with an advance of ft, but after wards felt off somewhat, closing at 24ft to 26. Bank stocks are iu demand with very limited offerings. Tho business of the board to-day was quits considerable, and the market was firm aud strong except for one or two securities tbat are considered doubtful. A correspondent writes as follows : Philadelphia, Jan. 26, 1859. Bdi7oi Press: Is there not a good deal of humbug In the dally noticos of new counterfeits which aopcar iu the newspapers? Tstbisa new modo of advertising adopted by counterfeit detector men? To-day you warn the people against twenty-dollar uotes on the Bank of Hamburg, South Carolina, a new counterfeit, “ just detected,” which I find reported in my November number of Peterson's Detector This is not the first instaneo of such thiugs. Are you not following the ex ample ef the boy who cried “wolf! wolff’Mo these notice:! ? RSLIiNOE. We assure “Reliance” that we have never inserted these notices an advertisements butfgratutiously, with a view to the benefit of cur readers. And Iu view of this Intention we hope to bs excused If we have been led into the error of describing old frauds &b new ones. At the same time we are glad to have this proof of the accuracy and reliability of Peterson’s Counterfeit De lector, d publication that we have frequently referred to as being in our opinion, the most complete and cor rect detector and bank-note list •• cor iasuol in this coun try. Indeed, corrected by Drexel fc Co , through whose bauds the greatest amount of uucurrent funds is con stantly panging, and whose business requires thorn to bo always awake to detect and publish frauds, it could hardly fail to he otherwise. lt 4 should be in the hands of every storekeeper in the laud. Hince the above was written we bare had laid on our table tho February number of Peterson’s Detector , with its usual full tables of information, including 81 new counterfeits and reproductions of old ones, mi several alditlon&l pages of the beautiful coin book. By the w&y, we n dice that the complete Coin Book will be published on Saturday. February 6th, and sent gratis to all subscribers who have paid in advance ior the Detector for 1859. ‘ By the following notice from the Boston Post it will be seen that the condition of the money markot in that city is very much the same as with ourselves, “ only a little more bo.” The Post says: “ With above seven millions of dollars in specie yet on hand, our banks, of course, could lend more than they do, but their loans are very high already nt tbo commencement of a spring businofr, which cannot but render money more active, and at a time whoo Boston in eonsidetably in debt to Now Yoik, and when the Imuks of tho latter city sro on the eve of losing ten millions cf their own specie in payment of the uew Government l<an. During the last two months Boston has lost noßrly two and a half millions of specie , b<sides her entire receipts durtng the same period, and tho outward How gtill con tinues. Moreover, during the samo period the tank rates have advanced fully one per cent., while tho stcck transactions have increased so greatly, and the prices Invo so rapidly advanced, that much more money is re quired for stock purposes then was the case even a few weok6 ago. Upon all considerations, therefore we are inolified to believo that the seasou of extremely low rates for money has not only passed hut is a goed way behind. From this time forward we anticipate a better demand and higher priceß for credit.” In New York also, the market has a decided leaning In favor of tli* lender, wb Ich the transfer of gold frem tli« baukvaultßtothe Sob Treasury, under the new loan, cannot fail to increase. We have no idea that money will be what is called scarce, but it will be much more remunerative to holders than for twolve months past. The following notice, though somewLat extended, we copy info our coluinnß from the New York Times, be came of the light it throws upon tho recent heavy flcc tnatioi b in Reading Railroad stock In the New York markot: ‘An anonymous pamphlet, for Wall-street circu lation, against ihe h’ghwayn engaged in the coal trade, has just succeeded the recent heavy sales of Read ng stock bore ami in Philadelphia. The author, in the first place, sets nothing bat jumin the whole railway sys tem. As an opinion, this is well enough. It is tot particularly new in this country or in ingland The Reading as a coal carrier, he predicts, is eom, like a ras' exhilation, to sink into the ground! Ter hapu it will But why on account ol the c>r>l undo of 1559 l Becanso, say;* tbe author, we are to have u*- thing but a fitful and feverish revival of tene-al trade, with no health or regularity in it. Bat ‘of favorable promise the sanguine may find iu the au&u- riee of coming demand,’ bo h**tons to p:ovMe for after this wise : < The Delaware and Hudson OvnM ia to deliver 1.330 noo tons against 975,000 last season. . The T,?hizh 1.500 COO ag&'iini t.S&O'O!) Tan Luuka w»Din 960 000 Rgainst C7 : ,000. Tb« locr®as« is thus made, by his own showing uventy free atr-ent Nothing of the ficrtisallowHi to-th- region, but if anything moro tbiN t*gt year should come froth tint quarter, the Canal will get «/> Now, we do not nit co. this ».fa*k upon a particular interest t-i controvert itr aas-rtiens. or to quarrel with it* seemingly dieintoreated motive, or unaeiaih intent, hut simply to refer the reader to the last weekly report of coal tonnage, which, as usual, we copied into this co lumn on Monday morning from the Miner’s Journal— the organ of the trade—an authority by no means par tial to tho Reading Company. An increase of fifty per cent, in 1859 is there shown to be within the prospects and capacity of tho toad, the real grievance against wb ch probably is, that tbe managers declined lset season to run down their line by forcing business at panic prices. They Bought no more traffic than would oe remunerative, and in this way secured but 1,512,000 tons, with whioh, under the difficulties and erabarras-mjentfl of the lime, they were content. The coming better result, the Journal states, is attainable by 15,000 tons a week through tbe wioter, which is now b ring exceeded, aod 44 000 tons a week for the remainder of tbe ftason, which was fullv averaged three years ago. Wo do not pretend to know th it 2,840,- 000 tons will be at ainod. but submit that it Is within the bounds of probability that at least an increasa equal to the estimate wbioh tbe pamphleteer has put forth for other lines, out or tbe Schuylkill region, will be made. We are not awar« that either of th* other car riers is better prepared for tho increased tiade, not do we believe that all, or either, any more than the Read ing, will fall Bhort of the calculations upon which their friends are nowpaylogadvance prices for their shares." It is stated that the stock of the Philadelphia, Wil mington, and Baltimore Railroad Company iattfbe put upon the New York market, and a transfer office estab lished in Wall street. PUILAD3LI*KIi STOCK EXCHANGE SALAS, January 26 1859. aapoaran bt uajilit, b*own, * 00., bank-hot*, btook, AND BXCUAKOE JJHOKEBH, VOITHWBBT COBKB2 T9IBD AND OBZBTNUT 6TRBKTS. 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SECOND 100 City 6s new.... 103 300 do it 99# 2) Elmira IU 9]/ 40 Chest Valß 4 89 Far Sc. Mec Bk Its ' 59]/ 3 Little Schl R 25 0 do 25 31 Schl Nav 9 10 dn 9 11 Mor Canal prefd..los j 1O St Amb R.......121V j 4Unionßk Tenn... 99 J 52dSc 3d stfl R 35 [OSS-STEADY. 2000 Elmira let mt 7a 71 v 3000 do e 3 7l£ 2000 d>> 4days.. 71 V 200 * Read R 6558,... 73*' 2500 do 73 C 14000 Cat 7a in 10t5... f 4 2000 Cat Ohat 30b.... «0V 29 Bk of N Am.... 139 10 Harrisburgß.... 68#' s CLOSING PIU Bid. A.skid. U 8 6b ’74....,..103 Bid.Asktd. Bah Nav Imp. 6a. .76 75V Boh Nav Stock... 9 9V do Pref l?V 17H Wmf>p’t&£lmß. 9V 1° do 7slstmtg 71 7iv do 2d 57 Long 151and......11V 11V Girardßank 12v 12V Leh Coal & Nav...4Sj/ 49 Lehigh Scrip 27 27 V N Penna R 9V 9V do 6a 68V W New Creek V Oatawiaaa K.... 5 6 Lohieh Zina..,,. V 1V Phil* 68 99V do R 99V 99* do N0w..103 103 V Penna6s ..93X 94 Beading R 24 25 do 8d5’70..83K 84 do Mtg C5’44.03 94 do do ’86.73 73V Penna R.........43V 43V do 1atm65...101 103 do 2dm 65....92V 92]/ Herd OnDvoff47]/ 48 do Pref 104]/105 BohuylN*v6s’B2.7l]£ 72 PHILADELPHIA BIARKETE, Jan. 86—Evening.— There is no change iu the market for Breadstuff*, bnt Ihe demand for Flour continues limited, and the trade are tbe only buyers, at prices .ranging from $5 75a $8.26 for superfine and extra; $6 50 to 7 50 for extra family and fancy brands, according to quality. Ship ping brands are offered to $5.76, but the only sale made public is 500 half bbla at s6.B7]{ the pair. Rye Flour is firmer, with a ea'e of 650 bbla to note at sf, and 50 bbls common at $3.75 3P 1 bbl. Com Meal is scarce and wanted, and Pennsylvania Meal, if here, wonld bring $3.50 bbl. Wheat is inactive, Moßt of the stock is hold above the views of buyers. Sales ineludo abont 1.600 bus at $13501.37 for red, ard $1.600l 65 for white, according to quality. Ryeislowor; about 500 bus PflDDBylvAnlasoMaiBsc. Corn ia also lower. Some small aales of good yellow are repotted at 78c bus Instore, which price cannot now b 8 obtained. Oats are firm, at 48c bushel for Pennsylvania, and not ao plenty. Burk—Quercitron is wanted, at $3O ton for Ist No. 1, bntthe marketis bare. Cotton is ateadyin price, aod rather more active; salesembrace about 250 bales, chiefly at 13c. cash, for middling fair Uplands. Groce ries—Further sales of New Orioles Bu?ar and Molasses have been made at fall prices, and the market is firm. Coffee—Not much diingf r tbe want of stock; a sale of Laguqyra was made at 120. 4 months Provisions are in better demand, and held higher, but the sales are limited. Seeds—Cloverseed is not soplonty, and about 100 bushels have be*n sold, at $3 6206.75 bushel—buyers generally offer the former price; Flax seed is worth sl/.6 V bußhel. Wbiakoyia quiet, at 2T ®?8o for bbls th* latter for prime Ohio, 26c for hh(U, and 250 gallon fordmdge. Jan* SO* BOASD. 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SECOND 1000 U 8 Ss'lB74 103# 10000 do 103?* 2uooo do 1103# 1000 Missouri 0s fo# 3 f oo Virginia 8t 6fl 96# 25 Pacific M 8 Oo sls 8G 210 do 80 300 N Y Cent 860 86 3 O do p 3 84?* 100 do 830 84?, 60 do 6)?,' 100 do blO 84?,' 200 Harlem Railroad 14?,' 100 do b6O 14# 220 do 14 # 300 do aIG 14?,' 260 do b6O 14k' 25 Oler P&Asht’a R 120 THE MARKETS 50 Harlem R Pref s3O 43# 250 do aGO 43# 100 do 44 200 do «f 0 43# 100 do bcO 44 250 Reading R 49?/ 200 do 'eQO 49 150 Mich Central R 52# 100 Mich BAN la / 20# 100 Mich BANI Gub£o 47# 170 do 47# 60 Illinois Central R 68# 150 Ga’ena A Chi R f9# 200 Ohicago &RI R 61 60 do bBO 61# 50 do slO 01 250 do 160 61# Asas9 continue stead/at J 6.C2 lor Pots, and $5 7 6 for Pearl. Flook. -State and Western is better; sales of 10,000 bblß at $3 Ss®4 30 for rejected ,* $615©6.30 for super* One State ; $5.50©6 for extra do ; $5 20<i15 30 for super- One Western; 6 5000,40 for extra do ; nod $0.2000 40 fnr rhipping brands o r extra round bcop Ohio. Canada Flour is firm at $3.1006 30 for extra, with pales of 2CO bbls. Southern Floor is firm, w»tli sale? of £OO bbls at $& 75«TG ‘lO for comnun to niixfd, and $0 60©7.76 for extra Gkai.v.— Wheat in firmer, with sales of 9.0C0 bushels at for mixed Western, OOi For common Chicago ppriug. &t<l 1450 for white Michigan. Com iB firm, with moderate pales at 87®88o (or Western mixed. Rye is firm at 85©90e. Oats are firm at 50©6fie for Southern, Pennsylvania, and Jersey, ani 5G©64 for State, Oaoada, and Western. Provisions.—Pork la firmer, with sab l * of 1,600 bbls at 51T.62©17.72 forold rnejs, $lB 12©I8 26 for new do, $18.35013 60 for prime. Beef in steady, with sales of 180 bbls at $6 6007 for country prime, $7 50si9 for coin try mess, $8.75at0 for repacked Ohicago, $10.6C © $ll for extra mess. Bacon and Cut meats remain steady at 6#©o#C for Shoulders, and B#«r9#e for Bams. Lard is firmer, with sales of 200 bbls at U#®l2#o. Bntter is firm at 11 ©2oc for Ohio, 16©18c for Mate and 2!©200 for prime table. Oheeee steady' at 7#©loc, &a to quality. ftKKDS —Clover remains firm at lie, by which firm ness traomc'ions are ohecked Timothy is dull at s2© 2.25. Tallow is steady at 10,Vc, with rales of 6,000 lbs. Wool is lees active but firm, with sales or 40,030 lbs Domestic Fl-ecefl.at 42#060c for # blood togaxony. Fulled continues steady. Whalebone is rather more active, but ws cannot learn as ret any particulars. We quote South Sea 70© 76c; Northwest Coast76©Booj OchotskBs©9oc; Po lar 90005 c. WnihKßT is ratber firmer, with sales of 100 bbls at 26#®27c. NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, Jan. ?S.—At mar ket, 2 320 Beeves, 177 Cows, 383 Veals 6,677 Sheep a d Lamb?, and 9.900 Swine, showing an increase of 16 Cowfl and 31 Veals, and a decrease of 1-.025 Beeves and 1,567 Sheep and Lambs on tbe arrivals of last week. At Bergen, N- J-, 546 Beef Cattle were sold to bntchrra for this market. Allorton’s itock of Bollock's is 2,128 head. The receipts have been mainly by the lludacn and Erie reads. Tho mark-t at the Washington Drove Yards was by no moans lively this morning, yet a steady moderate trade c»n be uoticel at a full half-cent advance on onr preview* quotations Some of tho beet in tbe yaids brought 10# ©ll oj such stook. however, was very scarce. Tbe best ordinary realized 9©loo, othergrodes from C to 8# ctnls. Tho West is sending cattle forward to a fair extent, nod it is supposed that larger quantises will bo driven to market during th« winter and opening spring months, owing to the scarcity of corn. A large amount of packed beef from tbo citioß of tbe West, has thin sea pod been airead* forwarded, we believe. The stock of beef bo.'o is doable what it was same time laßt year, and the prospective receipts are liberal. The quality of the cattle to-dAy was an improvement od list weok. Tho Sheep ami Lamb mirket has bccu rather Inactive ODder a reduced supply. Seme very choice extra have been received, and sold at fabulous prices. McQraney sold four lAst year lambs, very fat, (or $BO, averaging $l6 each. At the othor yards aevsral Ms of extra, mainly from this State, were selling at slo®l3 per head. We quote generally at from $3 to $8.69 for common to best ordi nary. Veals aro doing better—Bo is offered for extra quality; sales gent rilly at G®7c. Milch Cows are also better for good stocks; common are neglected—we quote ats3s©7o. Swine Rreselliog at s#©G#c, F rOBB i liiMtllery s#®oc, gross. Arrivals light; market dull. The receipts of country dressed aro large. Markets by Telegraph. Mobile, Jan. 25 —Cotton—stleß to-day 6,000 bales at ll#®ll#efor middlings. Pales for the past three days, bales; receipts Tor throe days, 12 000 bales, Baltimore Jau. 20 —Flour is firm; salesof Oh ! o and Howard Streetat $6. Wheat advanced; white slso© 176 ; rod $1 40. Corn has a dec ining tendency ; white 79©75e; yellow 76©780. Provisions have ‘n an. vanclng tendency. There iB a good dem: nd, but the light stock restricts operation. Whiskey dull. Cincinnati, SO —Fsmir firm, And in g-icd do inimt at $5 20 '.Vhi*l:®y dull at 25#e. Po k ! no* a> t M $ N.ilKf.O. F ilkin go»d d-’unr.d; Fsles of POO o 0 }bs ttl (c lor S.-lrs. <nil H- for Show ders. ) a:d Jg h^lnr, Balts at ll#ul2c, BacfnOc.
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