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*' ' FRIDAY, JANUARY 28,r1869.
, :P . k3i j Pa««.-A Carlow' DSteMent;. Better
frenlANorrlitoirn:; -.Message of: Major Henry j
I GonoralNsws; The Court*. ~ " ;
\ v> ' !rl "''' The" News..
In the,-United gtatios Senate, .yesterday, toe
•psdfie litteoad bill was finally dlsposedof bribe
<i?a bUI nrbyidlng tor the publication of
to'a'&eWi'sement solloWng proposals. ot estimates
'fir ihe eoßStrnetion of roads on the three routes-,
Northern, Southern, and; Oentaal. The warm
■friends ofsthe 'Mil were evidently -muoh discs-'
■poihted by this remit. •' ■
1 ' Ia tbV Honao ‘the consular and' diplomatic hm
,„ M under;consideration, and. several oS i«.fea
tures exol ted considerable feeling, rlt was defeat
'ed, and'will,'apparently, require further amend
'Sentbefore It mee’tstbe views of. a majority of the
members.’ -Durlng.the disoumlon, Mr, Hughes, of
Jndiand/had a sllght dlfflcnltyyith the Speaker,
bat. the former apologized for the language ho had
used before tliibolose of the proceedings. ’ • . ~,
: Inthc State Senate,yesterday, tbohUl to inoor
iVato the'Western.Market;HouseofPhiladel
;ihia, as amended by.tha Hofise, was passed. A
request o.mefrorn the House'afterwards for a re
'turn of the’blß,,»M(>h >au«ed ; a; debate, on the
propriety of reaonsiderlng it. . Before any final
• notion,'the Senate adjourned.: >.' • ' *
■- In the House,' a menage 1 was received from the
Governor, notltjteg that.body that ho bad signed
’. tho. bm '.oonsolidaHngithe .stook of the Girard
JB&nb- No other husineM of importance was
transacted. ' lt .
v - A regularhtated meeting of,City Oonnoile wai
held .yesterday, i ..The :most Important bnslnesi
transacted .was, . the .'election of directors of the
•Sanbury ■ and > Brie Railroad,. directors of the
Northwestern Railroad, apd a Qnardlsnpf thr
'pdor ; for the Eighteenth ward: Per the letter of
fioeMr/hUohael Day was ohosen 1 . For dlrectn,.
of KallroadfiJeraoder
SrSRtBBS«6S«i£
votes. -.Cohtad.S,.Gro.ye and Edward, B- Trotte)
were elioted .trustees of the gas works.
7 A very Ml abstract of the first annual message
of Mayor HeSry will be found on; the firatpage.
It’kives a .'statement of the operations of the dif
ferent departments of the oity for the past . year..
and . will command the attention of tar-payers,
and all having the Interests Of the oity at tesrl,
Not having room for the, document at length, w«
availed ourselves of the BulUttn’s. ercellont con
densation i 1 *■ • ’ ' , ■ 1
. Further news from-Hayti haa been ■ reoolvod,
Which reports that the Emperor Soujouque h ad Ml
Port au Pricoe, at.the bead of sir- thousand men,
oil-his'Way to ettaok-Jeffard, the tebel.leader.
His sable majesty had imprisoned Jeffatd’e family
Jeffard himself-was, with two hundred men, en
tfonohed'- at Artibonlte, the .headquarters ol
QonrtyeS. '
. A iraoy letter from Boston, from our oorres
pondeat-t.* 1 jaoques," .describing the Burns fes
tivities in that' oity, will be found In The Press
gj-dayl’ ---
'ihe.'oiorlahd'lXaVifpnila.maU arrived .at , St.
Louis yesterday, with dates to the 3d inßt; Th»
Logisiafurelmot-on the 3d, and ia composed as fol
lows 1 .- I/ejjompton-Demoorats,77; anti-Lcccunptoi.
Dem6or&U,'22; R'>Puhlloans, U. . 1, ,
■The Count JeaDEes, as ha 1 styles himself: in hit
eAveVUaement, but better known: to the Irreveren’ ■
pnbiio " as' plain George Jones, tragedian—other
wisV''' Shakspenre Jonef”—has recently returner:
from a long eojouru In Europe, and proposes t<
lecturoin %>. York on Wednesday evening next
updn tho'i'renohiimsife: ' '
One of the March oMldren.- whpm, It will be
remembered, performed- in,this citya year or tw<
ago," was burned so'badly, In'Maoon, Georgia, tht
night hiior a last,' that bar life is dospairedof.
Mohiie papers, state that the ship South Caro-
Una, of‘Bath. 'Mafne, “from Cherbourg, whiol
wentaahoreat Mobile Point,haa broken up/, Iw.
of. the: orew - are -reported lost. Her cargo wat
stfiall,' and valued ‘at fiftooh thonsand dollars.
From informatlpn received from. Washington, it
is .'estimated that about pno-fourtbof therooont
ten-milUon loan. has already been paid In. Thr
only certificates stook as yet lmued are to tht
Bank of the Metropolis, Washington, for one hun
dred .thousand dollars , r
Thi blli ! repealing the, tin per ooht. interest lay
patsedthe Honbe of Columbas,
Ohio, on Wednesday. . , . '
On - Wednesday evening last, as the sheriff o!
Oatta'raiiguß oonnty,-New Yerk, was oonvoying t
prisoner to Auburn, the man sprang from the
train War Pit isford, Monroo county, when going a!
folispeed. His legs wefo.shaokled, and as hi.
striick the ground he turned a complete ■ somerset
baokwart, striking his ,head upon one of the tim-’
bars Itf a Oattle-gdard,-over which the oar hap-,
pened to be'passlbg at'tbp moment, and fell upoi
hfß'face lifeless. ... .. ■ ; ■," . 1
. We areinfprmed.that.tlis article copied.yester,
day lnte opr oblumna from the New York Evenin '/:
Poit; In reference 'to, an alleged - oompromiso he-'
tween Mes*a. Dthbtee 4 06. 1 , ofjNow York, atic,
Messrs. Myers/ 4 Co.,'of this, oity, it
incbrrShV;'--
if is. said that ' frpm fifty to a hundred whaien
will put into., Japanese .porta nextwasdn, torefii
and obtainsuppUes, Instead of going to Hoholnln,.
os tbeyhave hitherto dono/ ■ ThialS bwing to lhi;
recent treatleS with thafeouhtry. 1 ' ', /
Inetc'aii'of Increasing.thWletter postage frou
thric' to Bra Seats, hi proposed by the Postmaster-
General, the JyKrficU o/,Con»m«rccdesirei to te>
the rates reduced to two oents as an experiment;
and, with (he example in vieir/ lt believei
tbatthe amonhtieoelved from letter.postage wonloi
be equally increased. 1 7
Tito Bpitbp fierqfal giveS the particulars of .twi'
men who have ]feccn tly l eft .the oityi having los<
heavily .by gambling and .the pnrobsse of letter)
tioketa.', Qne has lost. property of about glk,oDo.
and the .other ,1s ’inlhns , ft property of ebon
»10,000. - ” ' ■
A sharp pisoe of swindling Speculation In Her
Jersey iraife tends has pome to llghi in New York,
through an affidavit made before one of tbe FoUc
CoufWhy .ihe leading mamhsr qf ,a wjioleaaio.dr)
goods fittniu Waix«natreet, i ' l J!he land oparators--
they gavethelrnames as JohnOerey.and W llliam
Boblnsoi—bad’an eiegant map prepared, ehowtef
a populous Country.- village in the oentre of tholi
property, :and unsold lots and farms awaiting dis
posal:' 1 The Whole dbliig'.la' said tu be a'glgaotic
frau'd;'abd largb numbers' are Bald'to have beep,
duped into, .exohanglng. their.. spare pash ; ;fo)
worthifSa .tltle deeds, received at the hands pf the
Jiaries-iained.r'The aoonsed were-loeked up tt
await trial. ' i- -r,, > :
The Washington States of. last evening Says:
So far-aa-Jtlie Demopratto'. press' 1 ot tUp' South',
has -avowed an' opinion Cftho thirty-million pro.
position, r lt, ls alihosturjinltnouslyppndemned, Tht
ton Mercury,' and Ihr Augiisla. Constitutionalist*
eaeh nUera ; an energetic protestagainst;,t|he mea-,
sure. - It is per’eatiy. well understood among all
part^’-ii'-jljiS.sUy, thAt .tbe thirty-million bill
is a ; shui‘,.demo,nstratlon. Everybody' admit.,
the utter absurdity of an attempt to pnrobase'
Cut* in tho present' posture of affairs. A die
tingoiohed Southern v Senator emphatically ex'
pressed the universe! sentiment when, he de
clared that' Mir / Bnohahan as u well essay
to ■ tost ’ himself from tho White'House to tin
CapitpL hy the seat •of hie, pantaloons, as nnder
tako<toacqnlre;Oqba for a peonnlary considera
tion.” . I \ovat,‘theif, Ja.thpjpbjeotof tire movement ?
Here, again, intelligent-persons are "agreed ln.opi.
nion. E - Everybody- ia'Washington 'understands
that the tti^^jliion.iUt.originated jn the tie
lire of deinagognes to pirapitiate tha pubilo ssntß
mont)hy an apparent zeal ih a popular enterprise.-
The Department of State’anriOurniey the death of
at Dima,'Fern, leaving a eoneider
able estate.i The wife and famtijr of the deceased
»re > reading tn New rbik', inSnflti
gent pfro'amstenoei.:. j , \ -1,,,-.
An unknown .wretch quietly eptered the. resi
days sihob, and, unobserved by her, set her clothes
on flreijand khiiS victim,,
madebff,with6ix.shlrt«.:,‘Tho poorwoman died in
awfulsgMiy.-' •' u? ■‘‘V-' l ;'- 1 . ‘
TbeKfcimond (Vn.\Enquirer says,.tbit Bieeo- •
lominids as”, radiant a aneirly-tinged sunbeam.
Atthd' Burnsoelebrattph’ in \ Albany, oh Mon-,
dayj' tfi'e’adtographbopy of “Auldlong Syne ’’
was exhibited,- . .Itis■ howrtlfe properly* of John
V. li.-Proyn,E£q.|6f Albanypwhbhasreo.ently!
proqnrpdilijjm^Siflo'riptvj’V'i';-j
Coldnei-Bentofc’s furniture at ia to
be sold at ahotlorr. - HIS property is bstlmiitod to
belnitfflolenttOepayhls.dpbts. ■ ,
General Rob to’a euoceas makes the flfty-fonrth
oliangeof Government'tbat Mexico has expo
lieneedin the lasi tbtrty-sqyeh years. ’ ..
Wheat haa this last aeaaon been raised, for tha
first tima, on tha'ilUnd bf f Hawati. r
lupoiDtTAjip AAbksi .of’ah, AlisqkoFnqr
riti rabk/CSTJt.O l.^r About two weeks state, Detective
Offleere gbmers and Leri Oallanan w»re -tatomsjtstt
.a nun named bailing-from Oherokea
. eonaiy, Geor|ia. h»d errired in tble.city, andandearoiv
'ad to diepbaa of stack, of mining,'. nnA-otbar companies
of high ii>|irita, in,tb» btata-Of Oaorzla, It loons that
gimme fa; klojelogeet the Arcade Hotel, ip tbie eitjy
aol tonTOOi»f,th»t,he, desired to. dispose ,of'cart»ln
' oirUflCttJiof sloths i„ »intoßcoop Betas. and of larsa
, testis ofwUl JVsWqejM ia ,fcte of Qtorgia. His
appearaime ; iod s potions fra»ted the snspioten that be
wee sn Impctar, wharaupon tha aDova-aamed oflleeis
were lnform»i.tif,bir.-praeanea.tettie ; oity, andth*
authorities orohorokeeand WBlUtaM counties pf Goor-
with,tha fast..
: InformsUtra. wi»,Mpid,aoop<rnteg-_hie,ant«o94ents -
“ J -iha>aWo|®a t stseiBwhicb.ha.-»M xtutlpup, to.,
dispose of Tha reply was answered by Judge.J -Hr
epnpty,.Georgia,,.whojeiterdaT,
arrived in thUcttj-.wltij e rsqnieltlim from tha aotbori-.
ties of that State for tha ’arrost, of BlnuUi' < He Plated
thitStawtahjd, qWafned iths fflrtfaoatts, nnder. false
pr.tan4ae|,to pbe»mpnfltpf,dtB,obo,: gimme wep,taken
into one loir,pne.werrant iesu-d by,Mayor,H»cry, and.
;Bhnf«jd,NjjiffiElU|.wllCja tnaion-thf aboTe charge,,
dndsa Imdfmd stated that lie had probably, realized a >
(HMS .tnf hia eparattotm not much ieet than foOfiW.
“ The Next Presidency.”
There are two classes ot politicians, ol
mere partisans, in our happy country, who are
constantly distressing themselves about “ the
next Presidency, >! This same thing of 11 the
next Presidency ” intoxicates more weak «“>•
bitions and addles more dilated brains than the
thirst for gold itself. The present phase of
the disease (for such It deserves to be called)
Is the anxiety of certain newspaper prophets
on this subject.' They are as nervous as it
each one had, In bis own hands, the disposi
tion and the solution °f the groat secret, who
will ,bo the next president ? They are extreme
ly curious,' f«r instance, to know what course
the Democrats will take who agree with The
p EEB> , if we know these Democrats, we
think we can say that they are the followers
'of no especial candidate. Speaking for this
journal alono, we repeat, for the hundredth
time, that no man will receive our sup
port wko does not stand up stjuaroly y
the principles to which we consider our.
selves pledged, not only by our whole po
litlcal life, but especially by the great issues
immediately involved in the contests of 18S8.
These are primary essentials. These consti
tute the positive precedent-: conditions.
Having discarded a usurped organization, to
save certain imperilled troths, we are not
yet willing to rejeot these latter for any in
dividual, no matter bow high his title or
boundless his fame. ‘We have the warmest
personal regard for Stephen A. DoneiAS.
We honor the man for wbat he has done, and
we confide id him for the future, assured that
he 1 "can be>levated to no eminence higher
than that whlohhe now oocupies, ,li he shall
stand 'Steadily by his own declarations, even
if that.eminence should .be the Presidency
Itself. But when we behold the extra
ordinary doctrines boldly . broaehed at
Washington, looking to the consolidation
of enormous powers in the .hands of a sin
gle Individual; when we see conventions
captured, publio men debauched, premiums
offered tor treason by the small despotß who
have reached' power simply to betray it, we
should neither'he Jttst to ourselves; nor to
Judge Douglas, or to any other man who may
aspire to the Presidency, by committing this
journal to the exclusive championship of any
special candidate. Booking over the political
field, if is amusing to Bee here and there a
party brigade fighting under the little flag of
some little leader; and it will be ano less in
teresting sight', to see these contending fac-
ions overwhelmed by the great wave ot pub-
lic opinion which is now- organizing itself
upon principle, indifferent for the time being
to the man who shall he the instrument and
-the embodiment of that principle. In the
confusion of tongnes that prevails at Wash,
ington on every mooted issue, and especially in
regard to the heresies which the present Ad
ministration would erect into the gospel of
'our faith, we recognise an example which
teaches ns the virtue of that celebrated phrase
of Mr. Calhoun, the virtue of “masterly in
activity.” Not, indeed, that we should be in
active in observation! we advise the moat
vigorous vigilance; hut that we shall avoid
those preparations which come after the creed
is ascertained, and which relate merely to the
selection of one or two mortal men, who will
perish wjhen that creed shall survive tf amid
the wreck of matter and the crash of worlds.”
We do not belong to the party of Antony, nor
to the party of Cfa sat ( we aro tor Rome. If
the iniquities ot the present Administration
ire to be woven into the frame-work of the
Democratic party, we would not wish our
woist enemy, much lesß onr best iViend, to
stand upon the scaffold that would bo hold to
gether by such bonds as these.
; It will require the effort# of all patrlotlo
men, of every party, to rescue the ship ol
State ftom the tempest that howls aronnd it,
and to save her from the breakers upon which
she. is rushing without helmsman or captain.
When dectrines against which the whole his
tory of the. country, not only of the Demo
dratic, but of every party, is a living protest
—doctrines discarded by the fathers of the Re
public, and doctrines repudiated by every or
ganization that has aspirad to popular confi
dence, are boldly asserted and made tests
upon the people, it is no time to think of men
i_it ia time to think of' the means of deliver
ance" ftom impending evil.
' ■ Let us first bring the gallant ship into port;
after that we may. summon all -hands Upon
deck, prepare the chart for a new voyage, so
that we may avoid the mad currents from
which we have just escaped. And when the
owners ore satisfied, (videlicet the Demo
cratic people,) then we and proceed to select
the commander who is to keep the crew In or
der for the next four years.
Federalism Enthroned at Washington,
.It is .related of.ono of tho Most sagacious
oilers in the Old' World, that ho attained
Ms position by feigning decrepitude. The
riyal,‘candidates, being tortured by burning
jeolonsies of each' Other, considered it their
best policy to elect him, because ills flickering
flitme of existence would soon be extinguished,
ind a new eleetion-would thus become neces
sary under circuiiisthnces which H waß hoped
would be more favorable to their aspirations.
Qat after the great aia of hisambltton was
gratified, bo was a changed man, He excited
universal astonishment by. exhibiting all the
energy ot vigorous 'manhood, and hia sup
porters were amazed at the falsity of tbe. pre
tence by which their suffrages bad been se
cured.
In early life Mr, BuohaNah was a Fede
faiist o? the deepest dye. The doctrines of
.that .scbool; of politicians won ail the earnest
ilevotion 'of biB first 1 political love. As a
Federalist, he was elected to the State Legts
latere:. Aaa Federalist, he delivered the fe
moua. oration, in which: he thundered forth
indignant invective against the dogmas of
Democracy, As a Federalist, he was.sent to
Congress, and retained there for a longer
period -than is' usually allotted to Fonnsyl
yapia Bopresentativos. Aa a Federalist, he
attended innumerable meetings, made insume
rahloapeecttesV.ahd held, for a long series of
years, the. very name of Democrat in as deep
aversion as be now holds the friends of Popu
lar Sovereignty. As a Federalist, he cherished,
in his inmost heart, the “governmental theories
ol'jHahilton, and spurned and hated those of
JsriKßsoH. Even when he concluded to
abandon his old associates, his antagonism to
the name of Democrat still rankled within
him, and he made an'effort to induce the De
mocracy of Lancaster county to. modify or
disgnise the name of their organization in
deference to his prejudices. But he failed to
accomplish this object, and the flood-tide of
General Jaoeson’s popnlarity carried him
fairly and completely into the Democratic
camp.
Having been installed tbero, for a long sc
ries of years, it oannot be doubted or denied
that bis apparent devotion to that party
iivaa of tha most' faithful and consistent cha
racter. .Hts enemies-were constantly quoting
bis'old Federal record against him as a bar to
hls advanoement, and never did ardent lover
court fair dame with.more zeal, devotion, and
eonstancythan be displayed in wooing tho
confidence, of the Democracy. The great
business of his life appeared to be to wash ont
tbe « damned spot” of his 6arlyFederallsm by
the | strictness and consistency of bis career
as a Democrat. Ho was the straightest
of- bis sect. How bravely and eloquently
did ho donounce tho abuse of Execu
tive, power-and patronage by Jobh Qdinot
Adams ! How zealously did he sustain the
Administration of Ahdbsw Jackson I How
carefully did be reserve bib opinions until the
party flat bad' gone forth, and then how elo
quently Aid he advocate it. The more ultra
iei>d radical the doctrines of the party became,
the more - cordially did he approve them..
Olad in,the gown of humility, he plead for tho
sweet voices of the people in the most melli
fluous tones of Democratic oratory. In ail
contests he was for the people, the
rights and interests of the people, as
against corporations, foreign Governments,
or domestio tyrannies. He was peculiarly
pathetio in defence of Doan, the Rhode Island
■ champion' of the,will of the majority. When
in England, be was too muoh of a Republican
to wear the court-dress common to our miniß
(ersj and h'o' hobnobbed with the reddest of,
Red Republicans at too table of his friend,
Geoeob'N. SAHpMta. On all questions, State
&n<j Aationsl,, be was in the front ranks of
-rididaliam. Ho sympathised deeply with the
-straggling pepple of all countries in their
.efforts to gain thoir liberties, and was ever
ready to battle for Popular Sovereignty in the
broadest'&ud most liberal acceptation of tho
'tern.';: - ”
< By ft oonrae of this kind, be gained, after
yoBM of pergistent effortj the summit of bis
ambition. He was eleoted President mainly
by the suffrages of the Democratic party, but
he has since scouted the Idea of acting as a
Democratic President. As the old absolutist
threw off his assumed decrepitude, Buchanan
has cast away his long-worn Democratic
mantle as a garment no longer befitting his 1
goodly shoulders, and, as thr.as the clfecks ot I
the Constitution permit, he has decked him
self in robes of imperial purple. -The platform
on whioh he was nominatediand eleeted he I
spurns and spits upon. The friends whose I
generous arder boro him onward and upward
in his long career he lnsults - and despises.
The principles he was pledged to cherish and I
defend he abandons and repudiates. His con
duct could not bo more despotic than it is. I
There is scarcely a heresy or a governmental
evil that tie denounced as a Democratic aspi- j
rant that he has not encouraged as President.
He has, at times, outraged the sentiments of
the Democracy of every seotion of the TJnton, I
and been denounced for his recreancy by their |
Representatives in Congress. It is needless I
to allude here to his Kansas policy, and the
fiendish and tyrannical proscription by which
he sought to enforce tt. That portion of his
conduct alone fully substantiates the allega
tions of this article. He is constantly seek
ing to extend the boundaries ef his power. I
Never did a child dutch, with greater eager- I
ness, the attractive banbles of infancy, than I
he displays in grasping at the entire con- I
trol of the Government. If an inde
pendent Senator dares to express the
will of a sovereign State, he is hunted down
as a wild beast, and bravos set upon his track
to deprive him of his physical as well as his
political existence. If an independent Repre
sentative dares to adhere to his pledges, the
blood-honnds of power are all hissed on to
destroy him. Great as is the present pa- I
trenage of the Government, and infamons as j
are the purposes to which it is applied, con-!
stent efforts are being made to extend it.
Congress is perpetually besieged by impor
tunities to confer extraordinary powers upon
the once hnmhle and cringing servant of
the people who now sits enthroned at the
White House. They are asked to place
the navy at his entire disposal that he may
despatch it on a warlike errand at'bis own good
will and pleasure; they are implored to givo
him power to send the army on hostile mis
sions whenever he desires to do so; they are
besonght to place $30,000,000 in his hands
with so security for its proper application.
He claims the right to appoint foreign minis-
ters, wherever he pleases, without the pre
vious consent ot Congress. He violates
the traditionary policy of his party in
favor of an economical Administration.
In short, men must look In vain for tho
least traces of Democracy in this Administra
tion. Its organß have no more favorite theme
than that which exalts the powers of the Pre
sident, and deprecates the free actien of the
people. When they Jaud their idol, the most
grateful terms to him are those which insti
tute flattering comparisons between Napoleon
111- or the Czar ef Russia and himself, as the
columns of the New York Herald , and other
Administration journals, wiliproTC.
The great redeeming feature of republican'
ism, however, is that we may hope for a re-
medy for the existing ovils in the peaceful
revolution ot 1860. The great misfortune of
the Democratic party Is, that it should in Shy
respect bo bold responsible for the Federalism
of onr prosent ruler. Its only chahce for
future safety Is to repudiate, in the most em
phatic and unmistakable terms, this falthloss
Administration.
Have we a Democratic Party ahono us 7
—An interesting and suggestive article, undor
this caption, copied from the Washington
States, will be found in another column.
K~
Everett on Franklins
We need soarooly Inform ofir readers that the I
leotnre on “Franklin,” delivered by the Hen. I
Edward Everett, at the Academy ol Mnslo, lost 1
evening, was the lecture-board eventof the sesson.
Sufficient ticket# to occupy all the seats In tbb
house were eagerly bought kevkfdt days before I
the lecture, and lost evoking, upon the annonnoe-1
ment that a limited number of standing tickets I
would be sold-at tbe door, a large additional j
number of admissions was oKtaibed, notwltb-1
standing the extreme inoiemenoy ef the weather.
Upon the wkole, the orator’s reception was oer-1
tainly flattering, as to have greeted any mas I
with a more brilliant andfesck, and staid more J
splendid surroundings, than Mr. Everett saw be- I
fore him on entering the platform Jastjrvanlng, I
Is batdTy conceivable., Deservedly popular as I
Mr. Everett unquestionably is as a scholar, and
more, it is, nevertheless, true.that the furofe of
respeot—ij) wo may be pardoned the phrase— I
paid by cur ptoplb to him whorover he goes, is
no less a tribute to the noblo purposes with
whtoh the name and labors of Mr. Everett bave I
beoomo so peculiarly identified. |
. We will not be expeoted to dilate upon tho grace# J
of the orator on this interesting ooCSsion—his
polished msnnerj bis finely controlled voice, bis
chaste diotioc sM measured rhetoric—as with
these the reading public is already familiar ; and
as It has been Mr. Everett’B request no portion of
bis.address should be reported, we are hardly at
liberty to say mueh more of tbe dlccolirao itsolf.
The introductory, though rather long, was cer
tainly a finished prelude to what was to follow, j
Mr. Everett having oeonpled some fifteen minutes
ia offering what he termed an explanation and A,
petition, before entering upon his theme.
As to the general ohoraotor and object of tbe ad
dress, lt was intended more to prosent a oommon
sense narrative of the earlier portion ef the life of
Franklin than to speculate upon or eulogize par
ticularly any one of his rare and extraordinary
endowments. Commencing with the birth of the
great philosopher, or rather: with tbe origin ofbfs
family, In Northamptonshire, England, where his
father, Joel ah Franklin, was born In 1635, the'
speaker followed bis snbjset through the windings
of a life pregnant with events of general Interest
np to hie apprenticeship. The fact that the origin
of the Franklin family bad been ftom what was
also the original seat of the Washington family,
was speelally adverted to; also, tho airauinstanoe
of Benjamin Franklin’s baptism being registered
in the old Sonth Cbnroh, as haring taken
place the day of his birth, whioh occurred
in Milk street, Boston, en tho 17th of January,
1706. The several removals of young Franklin,
first to the corner of Union and Hanover streets;
and subsequently to different schools, and hiß
final indenture to bis brother James to learn tbe
printing business, were each dwelt upon with new
interest. Some of tbe pictures drawn by the speaker
were no less sublime than others were pathetic
as be drew forth from iho dusty past the realities,
whioh are embalmed alone in the immortal name
of him who, It was said, stood second only on the
proud record ot America’s distinguished sons.
The appreciative ohoraotor ef the audience was
strlkiegly evinced in the discrimination with
whioh they, bestowed their applause.
Tbe conelnaion of this splendid effort—splendid
tt wee, though in no respeot equal to its author’s
great lecture upon Washington—was a no less
grand than graphio apostrophe to the venerated
hero of his theme, presenting, as It did, with the
art of a master, the origin, career, and destiny of
Franklin, intertwined with the philosophy Im
pressed upon that interesting page in the history
of America and the world—the life ot Benjamin
Franklin.
Letter from Harrisburg.
[Oorreßpondonoo of The Preu.J
Habbjbbdbo, Jan. 27,1859.
The bill incorporating the Wesiera Market Com
pany (as thus amended, on motion of Mr. Adker,
in the Hoose : “ Provided, that farmers ranting
stalls in said market shall not he prohibited from
soiling-meat or meats in snob quantities as they
may doom proper”) was brought before tho Benale
this morning, and kindled considerable fooling,
which exhibited itself in speeches of length and
earnestness, Mr. Wright moved a eononrrenee
in the amendment, which was opposed by Mr.
Bell, who was In favor of a postponement, arguing
that Ms constituents were deeply interested in
this matter, and hence he hod n right to ask and
oxpeot delay. Hie motion was lost by a tie vote,
and that of Mr. Wright prevailed. Subsequently,
however, the storm was renewed by an extract
from tho Journal of theHoose being produced, re
questing the return of the above-mentioned bill.
In order to bring up tha question, so as to return
the bill, a reconsideration of the vote on Us
passage was moved, end this was followed by
a motion from Mr. Randall to postpone
the motion to reconsider indefinitely, whioh
motion was pending when the Senate ad
journed. Messrs. Randall, Wright, and Fin
ney, arrayed themselves against Mr. Bell, who
had tho floor, when the Senate adjourned- Your
delegation, with two exceptions in the Honse—
Messrs. Smith and Quigley—were united, and
labored strenuously on this hill. I have' just
learned that, at tho request of Senator Randall,
tho MU, although ready to bo sent to the gover
nor, will bo retained in order to giro the Bonator
from Chester (Mr. Bell) an opportunity to ooatloue
his remarks.
Nothing additional was dono in either branch of
puhlto importance. Some bills wore read in plaae,
hat nono particularly interesting. Tho lobby,
notwithstanding Senator Wright’s bold attaok,
continued to swarm with tho aiders and abettors
of the ft snaking system,” and the virtuous anxi
ously look for foul tracks.
Congressmen Knight and Moreland, who were
hew for a fow days, have gene to Washington.
Albion.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1859.
BY MIDNIGHT MAIL.
ra&TMipoadenee of t£«
WASHtifOtozr, Jan. 27, 1859.
a-I was sorry to see that in & lato cumber of The
Press you complained of tho telogf&phio reports
of the proceedings of Congress. Why, my dear
sir, they are blessings. The whole oountry has a
bird’s-eye vlow of what Oongresß does; and
though tho report may bo imperfect, or brief) yet
it is really bettor than if tho foil debates were
published every zhorbf&g. Tho debate, for In
stance, on Wednesday, on the slave trado, was » de
bate of the greatest possible piquanoy; it was fell of
fire and foroo; it showed conclusively the'earnest
purpose of a portion of the South to reopen.that
trade; and it showed, furthermore, that there
was a resolute resistance to any suoh purfoso.
You ought dertainly to reprint that debate frou the
Gflobe, and yet I predict, if yoft do, it will not be
as profitably read as it wee in tho re
port. Give me the Wires and the lightning! They
talk to tbe people with no forked tongues.
The votes of the Committee of Ways and hftana
on the tariff aro significant. Phillips (Pa.) and
Mooiay (N. Y ,) both Democrats, unite, aa I-un-’
dorstand., in favor of tho only plan that oau £uo
oeed—i. e., the tariff of 1846, with specific duties
|on certain artioles, and the free list. The Rqmb*
! lioans, with Winter Davis, (of Md>,)'Amerioan, go
I for tho high protective polioy, and the Administra-
I tion or Southern proper, for what will please Mr.
Cobb. The President is left by his Secretary an
outsider. The only persons who sappart the Pre
sident’s views are the Northern men; the South
I leaves him and goes for Oobb \
Mr. James Gordon Bsnnett is to be with w In a
day or two. Tho exquisite' Chevalier Witoff ia
I with us now, negotiating the terms upon vhich
Mr. Bennett will agree to receive the atoient
I regime . There is to bo a great rush to mea’lMr.
| Bennett. AU who desire to get into sooiotyhust
.call on Bennett. The old families wiil strrggle
for the preference, and we suspect that no oo can
survive who ie omitted. General Gass oalld in
I his carriage to see young Bennett on his las'vleit
to the oity, by oommaud of the President. It is
j now arranged by the Chevalier that who 'old
] Bennett reaches here the whole Cabinet is t) visit
him. J. B. Henry is to annonnoe them, Apjeton
j is to utter the eulogy, and Colonel Jobnsp, of
I the Union, is to sing “Mary Ann fl fan the
I Bonner version. 1
I was probably wrong yesterday about tWeob
tingent resignation of Judge Blaek, to tale the
place of Judge Irwin in the western jadlohjdls
triot of Pennsylvania. It is now more ths pro
bable that Irwin will throw up , In whiohevent
two names are mentioned for the vaoanoy-Hon.
Wilson M’Candless and Hon. Charles Shalei both
of Pittsburg. X vote for M’Candlees, wb all
my votes. He has talent, popularity, and leart.
But as Shaler is the worst foe that the Prddent
has ever had, even in Pittsburg, Shaler willoubt
I less go in. It may be that M’Candless my win,
i after all; but Shaler’s friends are confidon* =
| Iregretthat theformalannoanoementofamael
W. Black as Governor- of Nebraska is .06 yet
made. He ought to be appointed.
You will see that the House to-day adlred to
the expensive diplomatic system, under thordeal
1 of the ayes and noes. There is no more ocrardly
business than this voting one way In commiCe and
another way In the House. On this I .'are a
Chapter uoprinted- Piqbbr.
Things in Boston-« Tho Burns Fefival.
{From oar oka Oorre.pODS.nt,)
, Boston, Jan. 26159.
Rarely has tills conservative metropolis.odlged
in a more genial or onthnstastio demonsttatki, in
the way of a publio festival, than that dine yiter
day at tho “ Parkerfloose,” in honorofthe tame
ly of Beotia’s national bard. Ths affair xatlajati
fying surprise, even to the gentlemen to whotthe
credit of its origination and brilliant eohmmmfion
due. The 11 Boston Barns Club" wetO sptjorS
on this ooeaslon, aided by many of thebest Or]tr
who give tone and dignity to Boston society. The
number of tioketa tssned, though nearly-threlnn
dred, were in eager demand at eight to ten diarfc
eaoh, and were all ran off ton days before the
day." As soon aS tho initiated gayo ont thothe
literary athletes of the American Athensleio
| already In training for the oooasion, tl on
(graved oards rose rapidly lo a high 'pal
um above par. Oonld a larger salooniave
boon obtained lor the inognifioent "spid,"
doubtless the number of guests oould haveeon
readily quadrupled. As it was, there eonl not
have boon a more signifioant or a more lasting
affair, either as regards the social standltg <tho
literary bharaoter of the participants. It is a
trhe realization of tbe poet’s " feast of reascund
a flow of soal.” Yoq may judge of tho stylo
eompany from a few samples of the namei (V.
Banks, joslah (jalnoy, Jr., Charles A. Fhel,
I Georgo £. Dillard, Sidney Webster, Lori Ra
stook. Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes J- Ku.
I soli Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson, If. $ Willh
were there, surrounded by a galaxy l' lossoi
I lights, any one 6f whom would do for a Ast-mag.
I nltilde star In any ordinary “ tea party "
j Tho arrangements throughout wore eapP>L. The,
1 coup d'ail presented, hv. iha .leg ant. j^ra^.
I hall, and tho tables.with their adornueatsootk'
I not welt be surpassed. There was en.ngVd sa
tisfy, hh'd more than satisfy, the mast eating
taste. The walls were enrlobod with purer,
eloquent of scenes connected with ike hlry of
Barns. There was Barns’ oottsge, Burns' onu
ment on the banks of the Boon, Allowajitk,
I Bonno Usstie, and tho " Antd Brig o’ Ih”—
I all represented with a vivldneas of Itty.
Tho ornaments on the table, in the way hon
j feotlobeiy, were equally suggestive of Boot) life
I —showing an admirable abundqnoe of ehfcrds
I and shepherdesses, sheep and sheep-cotofone
In sogar, with genuine heather as a pleasi re-
I lief to tho eye". Of tbe dishes, the grand jede
1 resistance was a most memorablo kaggf the
j Sobloh national pudding—mado in tho idfoal
I oottsge of Burns, by the present lady who {ldes
1 there, Mrs. Davis, and sent over by steer f or
I the oooasion. This was flanked by Scctclea
| sants, Bootoli grouse, Scotch mutton, and, n loss
l-to add, an endless sirray of bottles, tUloilth
" mountain dew ” and gonnine “ Scotch dc.’>
Tho bill of fare was far beyond - anythiihat
I Burns himself, oven when most petted tho
j aristooratio and literary great of Edlnborqjld
possibly have onjoyed. Indeed, had
eome back topeej) in n{ion the merry re)rs,
I who there were gathered to glorify his Ves,
I methinkS he would hare been sadly pcrpla to
] have guossed Iho names of one-half of the ant
I dishes which the onisine of the Barker Hound
furnished forth. Too Bpirltof ,tko guests watal
to disonss the merits of the viands, and tw<od
I hours of substantial dtnner-work were done re
the Sow of wit began, under the Inspiration*,
ever, of soinotbing much more aesthotiom
“ Booteh drink." '
It would be a pure Impossibility to givo am
df tho homogeneity and general genially 'h
qharaoterlsed tho festival. The whole cony
blended in unison like a band, of
every sparkle of the trnelntelleotnal flro bpt
an Instant recognition in n perfect storm o,
plnuso. The effect of limerson’s speech, i:-
sponse to the first regular toast, " The. Mq,
of Burns," was petfeotly eleotrio. A few u,
yot most fitly ohosen, pointed, pithy, dlreol.t
given with the offhand manner of n plow,
Burns himself could not have talked more ear,-
ly, more honestly, more courageously, .Theii
lowed, from the “Autocrat of the Brea]
Table/’ & poem fall of the exuberant fresl
whioh Trolls op so gloriously in the ,AtU
Monthly . The following stasias wlU' give,
a taste of the quality:
Who beaid the wailing infant’* cry—
The babe beneath the shieling,
Whose song to-night in every sky,
Will shake earth’s starry ceiling—
Whose passion-breathing voice ascends \
And float# Ilka Incense o’er ns,
Whose risgiog ley of friendship blends *
With lsbor’a anvil chorus ? . A
We love Mot) not for sireetsst aoag, . 1
Though never tone ee tender—
We io»e him, even \o hie *rong—
His wasteful solf-fiurrender.
We praise Up hot for gifts divine,—
. His mase vru horn or woman,—
Hie manhood breathes in every line—
Waa ever heart more bnman ?
We love him, praise him, just for this:
In every form and feature,
Through wealth and waot, through wo and (flfi
He *aw his folloW'creature.
Mr, Phillips’s bill proposes a loan of $21,000,000.
.. .. . Its plan of duties is:
No soul oould sink beneath bis love,-* Wool.—Under the valuo of 20 oonts n pound,
Not eren angel blasted}— . , frao; ovor 20, 30 pop cent.
No'inertal power could soar above , Specific Duties on Ikon—ln bars, §lO per
Q’hf* pride that ell outlasted ! 1 ton; railroad iron, SI 2; pig, $O.
, a f Suuaus-Brown 11 cents per lb; lonf, 3 oonts.
Ay! Heaven bad set one living man • - Nutmegs 20 cents; all other spices and fruits
Beyond the pedant’s tethpr,— specific duties.
His virtues, frailties, He may scan, - Llnon, cotton, silk, and woollen fabrics, 30 per
Who weighs them all together! cent.
, _ a trm..j ..j oii The free list remains as it is. Mr. Phillips also
- Then, speeohea by George o, Hillard and Sia ra j geg and 8 per cent, schedules to 10, the
Webster, followed by a capital Scotch song, £l2 to 15. the 10 to 20, the 24 to 25.
♦ha non of Benjamin P. Shillaber. The trea: The bill of Measra. Morrill, Howard, and Davis,
v «.*«.. hftwftver the uoeticalofferltimclades, in accordance with the previous vote of
tho evening was. however, tne poetical odfcmUte®, a loan sufflolont to redeem out-
James Russell Lowell. It was treasury notes with interest, amount
the man, and singularly In aooord with the nS2i,oQO,OOQ.
of the ooosslon. It fairly oorusoaUs with g< The principal items of their proposed tariff are:
re thAv would not show tho fraoture too sharp! Specific I)uty upo.v Inow.—Pig, 56 ; Railroad,
If they w u , a'tew from the <j810; Ba,s ' ® ls > Hoo P. Rand, Sheet, Ao., SI per
would attempt to eeparate a low trom we o 1(J0 | bs _ a| J d Taryin - iooording to size.
tallnemass. „ : Balt.—so por bushel.
The festivities were prolonged to the " flma’* Sugar.—Brown, lo por lb; Clayed, llo; Loaf,
. ftllF ftVOn t thetwal,” and scarcely Bagged inLump, or Crushed, 2Jo. ...
hour ayout tne sw , . r. „„„,}« Linseri) and Flaxseed —loc por bushel,
terestupto the olose. It is, indood, wonde Oil,—l6q per gallon.
that a theme, whioh has boon so muoh written j Copper—2operlb.
talked upon, oould have brought out so muoh i Lead.—lio; Load in Sheet, Pipe, or Shot, 2Jo.
atriklmr thought. On© night have Spices and FnuiTS.-Sptoifto.
" tt. exhaustive papers ef Weon-Uoder of U. per lb, freo,
■Wilson and Thomas Carlyle, little oould Woollens.—Specific—IGo per lb, and an Rddi
added. But tho Bums centenary festlral, at Itonal duty thereto, varyioK from 16 to 25 per oont.
tnn hue set supposition at rest. It wos a grid valorem.
affair altogether. s °" 35 ' 25 ' 2 °° :
**” -ni Tho intent of tho bill wilh regard to woollens is
Retuhning Evil fob Good.—One Eb letin all low-priced woollens at very low ratos,
Frlol w&b BTmted on Tuesday evening, charged ’taoreasing duties as tho valuo increases; but no
stealing anumherof shawls. Hor conduct Is rej roa d 0 iotba are t 0 bn admitted atleSß than sixteen
seated as most ungrateful. She bad worked stints _ Br and in addition at hast fifteen
Houbs of Industry, Seventeenth street, he.ow Har^ er con t ad valorem. It has bean calculated that
sod *he ptote the jhjwlo,« Is‘ -|i e l oltitllt |oo i takes two pounds of wool to make one pound of
*sw!U. Bhi wm wmunltWl In deffoth. By this plan, while the wool-growers aro
ofhaU to the amount of *4M. jot forgotten, manufacturers will have no ronson
Letter from New York.
NfiW tons AKti BRlfl RAILROAD: WEtV REGULA
TION—IbAhLBY— CONVENTION OP SOCIALISTS —
FIRE DEPARTMENT BALL: VIVE THOUSAND DOL'
LARS REALIZED—*MRB. KEHBLE—A LITERARY
BUJton BQUELCUED— Washington’s birthday—
BROCGHASI—SBW WORKS BY ABUOTT—RI/HORS
OP A WEDDING—NIBLO'S.
[Correspondence of The Press.J
NSW York, Jan. 27, 1859.
The president of the New York find Erie Railroad haa
iuit leaned one or tboaa faaetious orders, for which the
management of the road is eo peculiar ; henceforth the
oondnotora baVe orders to take the names of all paven
gers. Of coarse they will. Your free Amejlean cltl
sen Always gives bis name, especially on compulsion. I
once heard a brave and polite man ask another : “ Pray,
sir, what might be your name?’* “It might be
Bmith was the reply—•“ biit it isn’t.’ 1 Bnoh will be
most of the replies of passengers on the Erie.
fr.O. ODarloy, the best wood-engraver in Gotham,
has been employed by the proprietors of the Sunday
Mercury to illustrate a series of novelettes to be pub
lished la that paper.
A Convention or Socialists— fussy fellows—dissatis
fied with everybody but themselves, and anxious to set
society and everything else to rights, who are always
“active to no purpose, and very busy about nothing,”
have been In session several days at the Steuben House,
a one-horse tavern, in a side street. They completed
and adopted a “ Social Republican Platform,” and
dated it January 21, besause that was tho anniversary
of the execution of King Louis XVI.
The Fire Department realized fivo thousand dollars
by tbe annual bail, on Monday evening, at the Acade
my of Music. Every part of tbe house was crowded
A band ol nearly one hundred inetruments was placed
in the second tier, and sent forth mnsio that set the
hearts and heels of tbe young people all sgog. It is
said to bare been tbe moßt successful ball the depart
ment has given. When Picoolomini returns from her
Southern tour, it is understood she will give 000 enter
tainment in aid of the fund of the department. It was
the announoement of this intention, on her part, that
induced some eighty or ninety eothnsiastfo young fiiB*
men to cart hor home, one night, alter the performance
at the opera.
Tbe New York Homs Journal states, upon autho
rity, that the paragraph going the rounds, attributing
to Mrs. Kemble remarks oi an ungracious character
addressed to tbe ladies of tbe Mount Vernon Associa
tion, is entirely without foundation, No application
was mads to her for gratuitous service, and she baa
never made the remarks attributed to her.
It was mentioned, a few days since, in one of tu£ let
ters, that three extensive publishing houses in Bos
ton, Philadelphia, and New York, have, united for the
purpose of bringing out a new Encyclopedia, the first
volume to appear in April'or May.” It is a mistake,
and bad its origin in the fact that when tbe first vol
ume of the New American Encyclopedia was pat to
press, a somewhat similar Work, projected by other
editors, Was withdrawn.
Both breaches of our city government have adopted
a resolution appropriating the sum of two thousand
dollars for celebrating, in appropriate style, the ap
proaching anniversary of Washington’s birthday.
Mr. John Brough&m is bard at work on anew comedy,
Illustrative of manners, love-making, intrigue, &0.,0f
the time of Charles the Second.
Msson Brothers wilt issue on the 19th of next mouth
“The Empire of Austria: Its Rise, and Present
Power,” by J. S. 0. Abbott. This is tho first of a se
ries, intended to Bfcdtob the present reigning dynasties
of Edrope, and will add the directness of biography
to the fulness of history. The author’s research) s,
during the last ten years, in preparing the “ History of
Napoleon,” and the French Revolution of ITB9, have
made him familiar with the monarchies of Europe. It
will be followed by works on Russia, Spain, France,
and Germany, in,volumes of fire or six hundred pages,
crown ootavo, at $1 50 per volume.
Mr. Ottareon, of the Tribune, dentes, in a card to the
News, that marriage is contemplated between himself
and MSfca Afia Clifton. Ottarson is a genuine fellow.
He was formerly a compositor, then foreman, and now
chief city-editor of that Journal, and for two years past
has been one of the leading members of tbe municipal
government. Of course his motto is “ escalator,’’ and
there is no khoWing where snob fellows wilt stop.
Nlblo’s opens this evening with the equine opera,
under management of Dm Rice and *?Jxon A (Jo. I un
derstand it Is determined to make it intensely respecta
ble.
Have we a Democratic Party Among Us
fFrom the Washington States.]
The doubt implied in tho above Interrogatory,
however startling at drat AlgHt, appears anything
butab3Urdon examination. Nay, at the hazard
of contradicting the vulgar prejudice, and shock
ing our own sense of seourlty, wo are obliged to
•announce the deliberate conclusion that thoro is
now no Demooratio party In existence. And wo
will vonture the assertion) that tile paradoxical
opinion will b'e einbraced by all observing and re
flecting persons.
Of individual Demoorats, dispersed over the
oauntry, eaoh with his poouliar profession of faith
and object of pursuit, thoro is unquestionably a
very abundant supply. Rut they no more con
stitute & party in the philosbphioal and praotioal
sense of the word, than a heap of unhewn and un
ojußted stone oonstitutoß a palaoe. For tho reali
zation of that idea, there must be primarily a com
mon foundation, then a due subordination and
fitness among the parts, and finally a complete
unity or organization. Wo doubt if aoy one of
these conditions oan be predicated of tbe Demo
cracy.
In tho first plaoe, will any man pretend to affirm
that Demoorats are agreed upon a basis of princi
ple ? In respect of wbioh ono among the political
Issues before the country is thoro so much even as
; an approach to unanimity in the •* party ?” Not
r Burely in regard to squattor sovereignty. The
’• disagreement between the President and his Sec
retary of State on this eubjeot, is the symbol of an
e . equivalent difference among the Democracy. Not
r |in regard tn r tha. Paolflo railroad, for here again
the chief of tbe Administration !<; at points with
his Secretary of War, and the class of strict con
struction Democrats dissent from the faith of their
less scrupulous associates. Not in regard to Fede
ral appropriations for the improvement of-rivere
and harbors; since tho division of the Cabinet on
this issue is likewise responsive to a similar divi
sion among the massof the Democracy. Nor yet
is thoro anything lido unanimity ijn tho “party”
in regard to that most important matter of all—.
the tariff question, in respect of whioh Mr. Bu
chanan affirms one belief, while Mr. Cobb main
tains directly the opposite.
Wended not reoapitulate all tho points of di
vergent doctrine among the Demooraoy. It is
sufficient to say that upon no single issue is there
adequate agreement for uncommon basis of action.
In the matter of organization, we discover an
oqual absenco of conoord and unity in the
“party.” We have a Locompton and anti-Le
eompton faction; there tire the followers of
Douglas and here the adherents of Baohanan ; in
short, as many as aro the aspirants for the Presi
dency, so many are the cliques and cabals among
the Demooraoy.
Heretofore, the Administration has afforded a
rallying point for the individuals of the “ party;” !
but, instead, It is become an original occasion of
dispute and dissension In theso latter days, the
reoommendation of a Demooratio Executive im
plies little more authority with a Demooratio
Representative than with a member of tho
Opposition.
In ono particular tbe Democracy arc thought
to bo very gonorally agreed In opinion and con
current in action, and that is in tho pursuit of
the spoils. But oven In this most important mat
ter, they exhibit the same diversity ef interest
and policy observable in evory othor regard. Tho
coarse of tbe present Democratic .Executive has
been signalized by the Indiscriminate ostraoism of
the surviving office-holders of its Democratic pre
decessor. And in respeot of future promotion,
the rival factions in the ** party” are more in
tent each on tho defeat of its rival, than on
(he overthrow of the oomraom enemy. Unless
these domestic distensions bo harmontad by the
prevalence 6f more fraternal counsels or sup
pressed by tbe pressure of an overshadowing peril,
we are not warranted in anticipating the cordial
co-operation of the various factions among the
“ party” in tbe struggle of 1860. Even the potent
spell of the spoils will not now avail to subduo the
demon of discord among the Democracy.
It is no absurd speculation, therefore, to inquire
whether thoro be ft Demooratio party among us?
In fact, on elaborate investigation, wo are con
strained to return a negative response to the ques
tion. There is HO such entity ss a Demooratio
party.' Greater'confusion of tongues aud oppo
sition of interests did not prevail among tho
obildren of men after their ambitious but abortive
attempt in tho plain of Shfnar, than are now vi
sible in tbe broken ranks and mutual animosities
of the once harmonious and triumphant Demo
oraoy.
It s time to arrest tbe progress of this deplorable
decay. If the Demooraoy would maintain their
aacendenoy, they have not a moment to lobo from'
the work of repair and reorganization.
I’rom Washington.
[Correspondence of the New Yotfc Tribane.}
Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 26,1856.
The Committee on Way a and Means had a long
disoussion oftbo subject of the tariff, this morning,
but could agree upon nothing. Messrs. Lotohor,
Dowdoll, and Crawford, Democrats, opposed any
modification of the tariff. Messrs. Phelps and
Phillips each aubra itted a different bill, while a
third bill was submitted, upon which Messrs.
Morrill. Howard, and Winter Davis had agreed.
Mr. Phelps's bill provldos for a loan of $20,000,*
000. - It pats the duty on brandies, wines, &c., at
00 oents a gallon; spices, fruit, nuts, «ko , at 30
per cent; iron, and all fabriosof silk, wool, hair,
and oordago, 25 per oont; all cottons, hemp,
paints, oil, glass, at 20 por cent.; sackings, baizes,
floor-cloths, at 20; wool, flax, atool in bars, 15;
linseed, rubber, cochineal, tin and copper,
at 5.
to complain Cotton, cloths, oambrios, oalicoes,
and throads are all made speoifio, and other ma
nufactures put at 25 and 30 per oeat. ad valorem.
Linens, low priced, 25 percent, advatorem; finer
qualities, 30 per coat, ad valorem. Delaines, low
priced, 25 per cent, ad valorem; finer, 30 per cent,
ad valorem. Brandy, specific, $1 per gallon;
other spirits, 40 oents: cordials, 50 cents; Ma
deira and sherry, 75 cents; champagne, hock and
Burgundy, $1 per gallon; claret and Sicily, 30
oents. Cigars 40 cents per pound, and 10 percent,
in addition thereto ad valorem. Many other artl
olos aro made specific.
The freodist is changed slightly, but rather in
creased. The old schedules are all put into three
seotiona—ono of ten per oont, one of twenty, and
one of thirty— on ail articles not otherwise provi*
ded for.
It is estimated that this tariff will produce
sixty millions of dollars in a year of average pros
perity, which, with the miscellaneous receipts of
five or sik millions per annum, is as much as the
Government ought to expend, including the pay*
moot of interest oa the public debt.
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THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS,
Second Session.
Defeat of the Pacific Railroad Bill iu
the Senate and the Diplomatic Appro.
priattoii'Biil in the House.
WABBINOTOii, Jan 21.
SENATE.
Ad act was passed providing for the payment of the
expenses Incurred by the investigating committee of
the Heuso of BepresentiUres.
Ota edotfdn of Mr. Grr&s, of Missouri, the Secretary
of the Navy wAs directed to furn'shall the Information
supplied by Lieutenant GraVan of his survey for tie
Atrato ship-canal.
Vsr'ous mitten) pertaining to the Post Ofilco were
referred, and among the rest a resolation offered by
Mr. Hals, of Now Hampshire, requiring an ac’eelerA
tioo of the mails between New.Vo.-k and Washington.
Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reporte I A bill t» regulate the salaries of
registers and receivers of land offices, making radical
changes in the existing law.
Mr. Fitch, of Indiana, from the Committee on
Printing, reported in .favor of printing five thousand
extra copies of the majority and minority reports re
specting the acquisition of Cnba.
Mr HiLB. of New Hamp'hire, opposed it as a useless
expenditure, bdt the printing of tne extra copies was
oiantrd.
Sir King, of New York, .Introduced a resolution re
specting the tariff, which was laid over till to-morrtiw.
Mr. Bros, of Minnesota, introduced a resolution di
recting the Secretary of War to lay batons the Senate
the report of Col. Wr gtat’s campaign ajamst the In
dians of Oregon. Agreed to
The Pacific Rali'o&d bill .was up andvuious
verbal amendments were made, preparatory to the
: direct vote on the bill.
Sir. DOGLITTLBj of Wisconsin, added an additional
, section intended to prevent speculators from keep
ing bick (he lauds from settlement as they did with
those gianted to the Illinois Oantfal Ra'lroad.
Adopted.
Mr. OooniTttß then ihovei that the Secretary of the
Interior, on the psusage of this act. be authorized to
take proposals for the northern and southern routes,
leaving the central rente as uow, and report to Can
g'-ess st the commencement of the next session. The
advertisement to be pubiishod for eight months in two
papers of the D'strict cf Colombia
Mr. Doolittle's amendment prevailed.
Mr DocoLae), of Illinois, offered an amenumeoi
providing tbat the so-caJLd desert lauds within forty
miles of the iplddle section of the road be open .to
pre-emption rights, at the rate of ten cents per acre.
Adopted
A protracted disedwton earned oa the various propo
sitions, iq the course of which Senators Wilson of Mas
sachusetts, Hale of New Ltauptbire, Douglas of Illi
nois, Mason of Virginia Trnmoall of Illmois, Fessen
den of Maine, Oameron of Pennsylvania, Pugh of Ohio,
Hamlin of Maice, Houston of Texas, Ward of Texas,
and others spoke.
The action of the Senate was as follow*;
.Mr. Doolittle's amendment to advert’fia fir .esti
mates for the three routes having been adopted as a final
section to the bill,
Mr. Eiuhobb, of Rhode Island, moved to strike out
all between the enacting clause and the e&’d final. sec
tion, which was carried, thus killing the bill—yeas 38,
nays 20.
The votqetpoft as fallow*: ,
As£h—Messrs. Bates of Delaware, Deli of Tennessee,
Benjamin of Louisiana, Bright of Indiana, Cameron of
Pennsylvania, Qhesnut of South Oarulina.Olarkof New
Hampshire, Olay of Alabama, Qllcgmao of North Caro
lina, Crittenden of Kentucky, Davis of Mississippi,
Dixon of Connecticut, .Doolittle of Wiscorsin. Durkee
of Wisconsin, Sessesden of Maine. Foot of Vermont,
Green of Missouri, Hale of New Hampshire, Hamlin of
Maine, Hamound of South Carolina, Houston of Texas,'
Ranter of .Vlrgioi*, Iveyon of Georgia, Johnson of
-Tennessee, Kennedy of Maryland, King or New York,
Huoaot Virgin's* Pear 6eof Mer/lacd, field of Iforii
Carolina. It da of Minnesota, Sebastian of Arkansas.
Shields of Minnesota, Hannons of Rhode Island, a'idell
of Louisiana, Stuart of Michigan, Thomson of New Jer
sey, Toombs of Georgia, Ward of Texas—3B
Nobs—Messrs. Alleffof Rhode Island, Bayard of Del
aware, Bigler of Pennsylvania, Broderick of Califor
nia, Brown of Mississippi, Chandler of Michigan, Doug
ina of Illinois, Fitch of Indiana, Fitspdtnck of Ala
bama, Foster of Connecticut G*in of • allfornia, Har
lan of lowa, Jones of lowa, Poik of Missouri, Pugh of
Ohio, Seward of New York, Trumbull of Illinois, Wade
of Ohio, Wilson of Massachusetts, and Yulee of Flo
rida— 20
The result oiused Mr Gwix to remark, bitterly,
“ Little as this gives, it is all I ever expected to get
from the Oongress of the Hotted States ”
Mr. Poem moved to lay tbe bill oo the table. Lost.
Mr. Gwix movedtorecommitit. Lost.
Mr. Trumcdll moved to recommit the bill, with in
structions to report back the bill with slight modifica
tions, so ss to obtain a direct vote on it. Lost.
Mr. Douglas said his sentiments were against re
committing the billr It was now so late in the session
that, although nearly all seemed to favor a road, there
was no hope of agreeing on any oce roote Iq that limi
ted time. The Dill wO* dead; let it be decently
buried, at least for the present.
Mr. Gwin had, daring the, whole of the debate*
watched its progress, replying where necessary, and
striving to carry the bill through. When lost, he made
an allusion to Mr. deward’s recent supposition that tbe
refusal to build the read perhaps Involved, ultimately,
a separation of tbe United Beales from those of the
Pacific, with tbe city of Mexico tor the capital of the
latter—Mr Gwin seemingly giving assent to tbe Bug •
geation, end indicatinx that tbe continuance ef ihe
preseot condition of the Trea ary would hasten (he
Possibility, which, after all, was a mere question of
time.
The hill tu then put ou itsflaal passage, Mr. Brodb
hick, of California, fraying, ironically, that as his
name would be call'd before that of bis colleague. he
was desirous of knowing whether Mr. Gwin approved
of the bill as it sow stood, so that he (Mr. Broderick)
might rote against It.
Mr Gwin replied that his oolleague could not learn
hU sentiments until his name was called.
'Mr. Bropxriok Then, I stall reserve my vote,
f laughter.) Me afterwards voted with Mr. Gwin.
. Mr. Sbwabo (langhlng) said that as he had followed
the lead of both the California Senators, he could not
qow tell which to follow. 'However, os in com*
mond, and whe had always vottd for every measure
which appeared to offer the best chance for a road to
the Pacific, and as this was iho best, in fact the only
one left, he would vote for it too.
The bill was read three times and finally passed by
the following vote:
7ras—Messrs. Beil of Tennessee, Bigler of Penns;!*
vania, Bright of Indians, Broderick of California Ca
meron of Pennsylvania. Chandler of Michigan, Clark
of New Hampshire, Grictemlen of Keutncky, Dixon of
Connecticut, Doolittle of Wisconsin, Douglas of Il
linois, JJnrkee of Wiflo-nalo, Pessenden of Mains, Poot
of Vermont, Poster of Gonneoticut, Gwin of California,
| Hamlin of Maine, Kennedy of Maryland Polk of Mis
souri, Rice of’Minnesota, Sebastian of Arkansas, Be*
ward of New Pork, Shields of Afinnesota. Simmons of
Rhode Island, Stuart of Michigan, Trumbull of Illi
nois, Wade of Ohio, and Wilson of Massachusetts—^3l.
Nava—Messrs. Bayard of Delaware, Benjamin of
Louisiana, Brown of Mississippi, Chcanut of South
Carolina, Olay of Alabama, Ciingman of North Caroli
na, Fitzpatrick of Alabama, Green of Missouri, Hunter
ot Virginia, Iverson of Georgia, Johnson of Tennessee,
King at New York, Al&son of Virginia, Pearce of Mary
land, Pagb of Ohio,- Reid of North Oarollna, Slidell of
Louisiana, Thomson of New Jersey, Toombs of Georgia,
and Yules of Florida—2o.
Pllfl*!)—Messrs. Fitch of Indiana and Hammond of
South Carolina, Oollamer of Vermont and Johnson of
Arkansas, Mallory of Florida and Wright of New
Jersey.
Air. Bhll then moved that the name of the bill be
alter.d to read, l< A bill to authorise and invite pro
poaais for the construction of a railroad from the valley
or the M ; ssissipp( to the Pacifto ocean, on three separate
routes.’ 7 Agreed to.
The follow.ng are the provisions of the bill, which
are the same as were recently proposed by Mr. Bell
viz; That advertisements be inserted in two papers of
each State and of the District of Columbia, inviting es
timates for three routes; the sum of three thousand
dollars appropriated top«y expenses.
Air. Gwin moved that, as the Senate had succeeded
in consummate# the greatest farce ever accomplished
by any legislative aesemb-y, It do now adjourn.
Mr. Bell called Mr. Gwia to order, bat evidently
without changing hisopioion.
The Senate adjourned at a late hour.
BOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House proceeded to the cons'.deratlon of the con -
sular and Diplomatic appropriation bill, and refused to
Concur In the amendment of the Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, which proposed to
curtail the number of foreign ministers, and send them
only to Great Bntaiu. Franco, Russia, Spain, Brazil,
Mexico. China, Peru, Turkey, and Nicaragua.
Mr. Crawford's amendment proposing to reduce the
turn to enable the President to carry iuto effect the act
of March, IfUQ, for the suppression of the stave trade,
and other au sequsntacts, from $75,(00 to $45,000; the
object being to withhold the amount neoeas&ry to com
ply with the contract with the Colonization Bociety,
for the education and suppor of the Africans recaptured
oq board the slaver Echo, was rejected, the vote stand*
log yeas 48, nays 145.
The members who voted in the affirmative were:
Messrs Avery, Barksdale, Eocock, Bonham, Boyce,
Branch, Bryan, Burcelt, Caskie, Clay, Cobb, Crawford,
Ourry, Davidson, Dowdell, Edmondson, Eustis, Gar
nett. Gartrell, Gorde UawKios, Hodges, llopkioa,
Jackson. Jenkins, Letcher, McQueeß, Meßae, Msynai d,
Miles, Moore, Peyton. Ruffin, eandldge, Seward, Bhaw
of North Carolina, Shorter, Singleton, Smith of Vir
ginia, Star worth, Stephens, Stevenson, Talbot, Trlppe,
Vance, Watkins, Wright of Tennessee, and Zollicoffer.
The question was then taken on the motion to strike
out tbiH entire clause, and resulted in the negative—
Jpgs 20, nays 163.
The members voting in the affirmative were;
Messrs. A very, Bonham, Boyce. Bryan, Oaskie, Cobb,
Crawford, Curry, Davidson, Dowdell* Gartrell, Goode,
Hawkins, Houston, McQueen, Singleton, Stallworth,
Stephens, Trlppe, and Wright
The bill was rejected-yeas 88, nays 90.
The vote stool as follows :
Yeas— Messrs Adrian. Abel, Andereon, Aveiy, Darr,
Bl*hop, Booock, Bowie, Burnett, Burns. Carutbers,
Ctark of Missouri, Clay, Jno. Cochrane, Oockorill,|Cor
ning, Cox, Crmg of Missouri, Davidson, Davis of Alary
land, Pnvis of iediara, Dewart. Edmtindson, Eusiis,
Faulkner, Florence, Foley, Garnett, Giliis, Goode,
Greenwood, Gregg, Oroesbook, Hall of Ohio,
Hatch, Hawkins, HadgAs, napkins, Hughes,
Hnyler, Jackson, Jenkins, Owen Junes, Laudy, Ji*w»
r«ucn, I.eidy, Letjhor. Maclay, McKibbin, Marshall of
Kentucky, Marshall of Illinois, Miller, Milfson, Mont
gomery, Morrill, Morris or Pennsylvania, Morris of
Illinois, Pendleton. Peyton. Phelps of Missouri. Phelps
of Minnesota, Phillips. Powell, R«agan, Russell,
Scott, Bearing, Fh&w of North Carolina, Shaw or Illi
nois, Smith of Illinois, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of
Virginia, Stovoaaon. Stewart of Maryland, Talbot,
George Taylor, Underwood. 'Val’fl'<d}gbam, Ward,
Wash bur no of Maine, Watkins, Whito, Wbiteley,
Winslow, Wood, Woodson, Wortendyke, and Wright of
Georgia—BB
Nats—Messrs. Abbott, Barksdale, Bennett, Bingham,
Bliss, Bonham. Boyce, Branch, Drayton, Bryan, Bufflu*
ton, Burlingame, Case, Clawson, Clark B. Cochrane,
Colfax, Comins, Oovcde, Crawford, Curry, Ourtls, Da
vis of Massachusetts, Davis or lowa, Dawes, Dean,
Biok, Dodd, Dowdell, Durfee, Edie, Farnsworth, Fen
ton, Foster, Gartrell, Giddiogs,Gilman, Glmer, Gooob,
Grow, Harlan, Ho*rd, Horton, Howard, Jones of
Tennessee, Koiro, Kellogg Kelsey, Kilgore, Knapp,
Leach, leitnr, Lovejoy, AlcQueen, Mcßae, Matteson,
Maynard, Miles, Moore, Morgan. Morse of New York,
Mott, Marray, Nichols of Ohio, Palmer, Parker, Potfct,
! Pike, Potter, Pottle, Purviance, Ricaud, Ritchie, Rob
! bius, Roberts, Boyco, Rufllo, Sandlden, Seward, Sher
man of Ohio, Singleton. Spinner, Stallworth, Stanton,
Stephens. Btewart of Pennsylvania, Thayor, Tompkins,
Trlppe, Yanoe,Ward, Wado, Walbridga, Waldron,Wal
ton, Wasbbumft of Wisconsin, Wsebburne of I.llnols,
Wilson. Wright of Tennessee, and Zoll.coffer— 90
Mr. Branch, of North Carolina, moved to reconsider
the vote.
Mr. Lstchrr, of Virginia, wißhed to k\ ow the objec
tions gentlemen have to too bill. If they desire to
strike out the appropriations for foreign ministers, let
the fact bo dlstlnotly stated, so it might bo known what
shapo the bill should assume. Ab it was, they were
groping in the Jack Some bill similar to this will have
to be passed, and they should therefore raeke provision
for the foreign mictions and contulshlpsnow.
Mr, Ntouoi.o, of Ohio, as sir. Lotohnr had appealed
to hie 8 de of tin* House ••’.« the oj pj'ltinu party, ashed
who has the power hore, aid >-re lespcuulMo tor carry
ing out the President's rocornmendstinn.
Mr, Letcher. It would ptuzle a Philadelphia law
yer to tel who has that power. (.Laughter] So far as
Lecompton and the other questions were concornod, he
had ascertained that there was not an Administration
majority. lie did not know how the majority was made
up. The session was draufug to a close We must now i ].ntf>r SfpvfrHn AHvippa at imnA
pass the bine necessary to keep the Government in Bier "* ex,can Aavices at b&na.
operation, or be called together In extra session. the steamship tennesssk at hew obleass.
Mr. NioaoL* bald It seemed to be the Bcose of the ' Nsw Orlcabs, Jao/27.—The steamship Tennessee,
gentlemen on the Bepmljcan s/de, that if they Bore nl* from Galveston, Is s/goa/ied below. She will lurcish’
lowed to vote ou certain amendments, Eunh as strlh ng later advices from Mexico
ont the mission to Petals, the bill could be eared. f - « , -
Mr Lbtobbr replied that he coaid not gve them 1 Nou« Arrival of - Exiitctc d European
each«h opportunity. Hehad underst.od the Bpeattr ‘ . c*ur«penu
to sar that the propositions in connection with tbe bi 1 ' °*C*iiiief}s.
were presented in the only shape in which that c< a d , iW^ Xf ***&+ 27 —Mioaiasr —Tb? w«thsr is
be voted on. If there was more conciliation t* ere c *® ar »Jnr« e-e n> slims ot tbe A.rab a
would be lees difficulty, and they could airive at * e’.d- «-A2Htll(os Jan. 27 —Minsusat The weather in
Bible conclusion. 4 , ottj tu,il it is raiclng Tixere'ore no signs of the
Mr. NicAols said that w»b the very point. i fitea ® Araro
Mr. Lbtchbu asked Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, who
had voted against the hill, how many 10188100* h 9
wanted stricken out.
Mr. Jonsb replied, Persia dnd Japan.
Mr. tiiDDiNGS, of oh J o, said that this was dT a - pro*
priation bill, anx that hla vote would depend on Mr.
Letcher’s acswir to the question whether the Commit
tee of Ways and Means intended to report the billap*
propriating thirty million dollars for the purchase of
Cuba. If so, he would stop the Administration where
it is.
Mr. Lbtobbb replied that such a bill had emanated
from the Committee on Foreign Affaire.
Ur OiDDiMds repeated, hie previous remarks j he
would take no step In that direction. The Speaker re
minded the gentleman from Ohio of the Irrelevancy of
the Cuban question at this time.
Mr. Huongs, of Indiana, said if the Speaker had no
ticed his obj*ction to Mr. Gildings’ creation,tnis mat
ter would not bare come before the House.
The Speaker aaid he did not hear the gentleman from
Indiana object.
Sir. Huongs replied that he could cot help that.
The Ppea* er. *« I hope the gentleman did not intend
to ba rode to the cbsir.”
Hr. Huqitrs. “No; but if I had, 1 should only
hare bean paying off an old debt."
The Speaker “If the gentleman from Indiana has
»nV personal quarrel with the chs'r, the House is to
place to settle- It ”
Mr. Hiigubs. “ I know that, and say the same to the
Speaker.”
f This cirlkqay occasioned considerable eene&tioa.]
Mr. Ptaiitos, of Ohio; ttudrratood that the rote on
the Republican aide against thb bill Was ott the ground
of the diplomatic expeases.being largely Increased
oyer laßt year. Four or five uonecebsary miteions
e , en There would be no vote by Ibe
Republicans for the bill, if there were in it pre
visions which wero exceptionable to them.
Mr. Piißi.P3,of Missouri, briefly showed that there
was no grcuoa forcomplriut, and in support of this
as-ertlon referred to the previous proc»eiings.
Suggestions were made by Messrs Uovkus, Howaud,
Ritchib, and the Speaker, with the view of rslievirg
the House from difficulty, and rbopening the bill for
ameudmeat.
Mr. Chawvobo, of Georgia, stated his objection to
the clause in reference to the slave t-afe. He wanted
it put in a separate bill, aul repeated the expressions
of opposition to educating the Africans of the slaver
Bobo
AFter further debate, the tote by which the bill was
rej-ct d was reconsidered.
A motion to strike out the appropriation for the
Austrian mission wds disag eed 7l, nays 120.
Motions to strike out appropriations for the mis
staos to Switzerland Rome, and Buenos Ayres were
severally negatived.
Tbe mf/iaidn to Persia was stricken oat.
The Home ngsjo voted on the hill, and again rejected
it—yeas 91, nays 94.
Tbe vote stood sis follows:
Ybis—Messrs. Adrain, Ahly Anderson. Avery, Barr,
Barksda'e, Bishop, Bocook, Bonham, Brttaoh, Barnett,
Burns, OatUlhSrS, Chaptusb, L’lark of Missouri, Olay,
o.l> Cochrane, John C.chrans, Cockerlll, Ocxniu",
Cox, Craig of Missouri, Oraigof North Oarolina, Da
vidson, Davis of Indiana, i)o»art, Edmondson, Bustia,
Fauikusr. Florence, Foley, Foster, Garnett, Gilliff,
Gooch, Goode, Greenwood, Gr?g£, Groesbcck, Hall of
Oaio, Batch, Hawkins, Hodge, Hopkins, Howard,
Hughes, Huyler, Jackson, Jenkins, Owen Jones, L*n
djr, Lei ter, Letcher, Marshall of Kentucky, Marshall
of Illinois. .Manon, MUlson, Montgomery, Morrill,
Morse of Hstno, Ni black, Pendleton, Peyton, Phelps c f
Missouri Phelps of Minnesota* Phillips, Purcell, Ree
gen. Ritchie. KOsbsli. Scott, Searlog,dhaw of Illinois,
Sickles, smith, of Illinois. Smith of Tennessee, Smith
of Virginia, Stevenson, Stewart of Maryland, Talbot.
George Taylor, Taylor of Louifl'ans, Underwood, Val
laodigham, Ward, Wasbborne of Maine, White, ftios
low, Wood, Woodson, Wortendyke—9l.
NaTs—Messrs. Andrews, Bennett, Bingham, Bliss,
Bonham, Boyce, BraXton. Bryan, Buffington, Burlin
game, Burroughs, case, Clawson, Colfax, Cobb, Co
vode, Oragtn, Crawford, Curtis, Davis of Massachusetts,
Davis of lowa, D&wes, Delta, Dick, Dodd, Dowdell,
Dur oe, Farnswortu, Fenton, Gaitrell, Biddings. Gil
iran, Gilmer, Granger, Grow, Harlan, Harris of
Maryland, Hoard, Horton, Houston, Jones of Ten
n-uaeo, Heim, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kilgore, Knapp,
Lauar, Leach, Lerej-iy, McQueen, Mcßae, MaUeaon,
Maynard, , Miles,. Moore, Morgan, Mott, Murray,
Mcfaola, Olin, Paltrier, Paifter, Pettit, Pike, Potter,
Pottle, Ready, Ricaod,Robbins, Bobfrts, Boyfie, RnSn,
Sa-Jilidge, of Ohio, Shorter, Single
ton, Spinner, Stallworth, Staaton, Stephens, Stewart
of Pennsylvania, Tappan, Thayer, Tompkins, Trippe,
Vance, Wade, Ward, Walbrldge, Waldron, Walton,
ffaibbarn* of lihoois, Washbame of Wisconsin, Wil
son, and Zollicoffer—94.
Mr. .WasHdOßiT. of Illinois, utoved to reconsider the
vote, and to,iay that motion on the table.
Pending which, Mr. Hddnffs wished to say that he
regretted having made a reidark to-day, which seemed
discourteous to the Chair, and took pleasure in making
this statement
The Speaker responded to Mr. Hughes, expre«alne
bimeeir exceedingly gratified at the disclaimer, and said
he had no purpose to-day,' or at any other time, to
treat Mr. Hugncs otherwise than with the mostperfeot
oourtoty.
Without further action, the House adjourned.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
!tite Senate met this morning at 1\ o’clock.
The Speaker laid before the Senate the annual state
ment of tho accounts of the Philadelphia Safety Fund
Society.
Also, a communication from the late clerk of the late
Board of Canal Commissioners, transmitting the jour
nal of the Board from the commencement of tbe present
fiscal year to the date of its dissolution.
Thi following feil.s were reported wltb-.a favorable
recommendation.
Bills relative to the final report of the geological sur
rey of the State
Relative to costa in equity in the District Courts in
Pennsylvania.
Relative to certain courts In Philadelphia. Several
other bills were reported by the Judiciary Qommlttee
relative to legal matters.
The bill to incorporate the Western Market House of
Philadelphia, as amended by the House, was then
taken up, and the amendment agreed to. Subsequently
a resolution was received from the House, requesting
tbe Senate to return Ihe bill.
Mr Bfll, of Delaware, moved to reconsider the rota
by which tbe bill vraa paaatd, with a view of returning
it to the Bouse. .
A warm discussion ensued on the motion, which was
par iolpated in by Mr Bell, In favor,<asd Messrs. Ran
dall, Finney, and Wiigbt, against.
The last n»medgentleman, in the courso of his re
marka, referred to outside borers iu very severe terms.
Pending the discussion of the subject the Senate ad
journed.
This being petition day, a* very large number were
predated and appropriately referred
Mr. FisuKß, of Philadelphia, read a bill eupplemen
tary to an act incorporatiog'lha Railroad Car Spring
Company, approved April 14,1&&3.
Mr. of Philadelphia, read an act defining the
punishment of certain offences.
Mr. Psnnkll, of Delaware, moved to reconsider the
bill Incorporating the Western Market Company.
The motion was agreed to, and a resolution 'was
parsed instructing the clerk of the House to ask the
Senate to return said bill to the House. This action
places the bill under the farther control of the House.
The Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth was in.
traduced, and presented a message from ihe Governor,
icforralng the House that he had signed oert&in acts of
the General Assembly, the titles of which were read.
The Speaker laid before the House a communication
from the late Canal Board, transmuting a copy of the
journal of that body from the commencement of the
present fiscal year
Also, the annual statement of the Philadelphia Sav
ing Fund Sndiety
Mr.HeiaßT, petitions from cltizensof Blair county for
an additional appropriation to aid in the erectkn of a
monument to the citizens of Penns;lv«ma who died in
Mexico.
Mr. Thompson, a remonstrance against the Incorpo
ration of the Penn Steam Engine, Steamboat, and
Steamship Company.
Mr. Abbott, one from physicians and others of Phi
ladelphia, for the enactment of a law for the city of
Philadelphia, securing the systematic registration of
births, mtrriiges, and deaths occurring therein.
Mr. Wood, two from citizens of Philadelphia, praying
for a modification ot the auction laws.
Also, a remonstrance of citizens of Philadelphia
against the passage of an act *o Incorporate the Penn
Atsam -Engine and Steamship Company. Adjourned.
Farther from California and Salt Lake.
(By the Overland Mail.}
FT. Lotus, January 27.—The Overland California
Mail with San Pr&ocJseo dates to the 3d
Instant.
The trail bronght no through paisengers.
The California Legislature, which met on the 3d in
slant, is composed of 77 Lecompton Democrats. 22 anti*
Lecomplon Democrats,and 14 Republicans. The Go
vernor’s message states that thero was & balance in the
treasury, at the end of the year, exceeding half a mil
lion.
The Pres ; dent‘s message reached Piacerville by the
Balt Lake mail on the lac of January, in seventeen
form St. Josephs, Missouri.
California and Oregon are to be connected by a tele
graph line.
The new idria quicksilver mine, situated on the bor
der of Monterey avd Merced counties, had beenjopeatd
and is being worked with good prospuc's of success.
There is a large deficiency in the Ban Francisco tres
sary, sod it is feared that the July interest on the
bonded debt will not be pa { d >
The advices from Fraser river are to the 27th nit.,
at which time the weather was moderate and the min
ing prospects improving.
Serious Accident to the Marsh Troupe*
LITTLE MARY MARSH FATALLY BURNED.
Mao 'N, Ga , Jaa. 17 —Little Mary Marsh, of the ce
lebrated Marsh tronpe, was burned last night by her
tires* taking fire while performing at the theatre. She
is so badly burned that the physicians despair of her
recovery. Mrs. Marsh and Miss Georgina MouaJy
were also severely, but not dangerously burned while
endeavoring to save little Mary from Injury by the fire.
The .New United States Loan.
Washington, Jan. 27 —From information received at
the Treasury Department, It is estimated that about
oa»-foarth of the recent teo-millioo loan has been al
ready paid in The only certificates of stock as yet is
sued are t-> the Bank of the Metropolis, of this city,
amouutiug to $lOO,OOO.
The Fire on Staten Island.
Nbw Yobk, Jaa. 27 —The fire oa Staten Island last
night, which led to the supposition that the Quarantine
buildings had been again fired, proves to have been a
baru belonging to Com. Vanderbilt, and was two miles
distant from the Quarantine.
From Washington.
Washington, Jan. 27 —lt appeir* from an official
report that there sre one hundred and thirty-throe sa
laried consuls, whose salaries amount, for the year
3867, to $261,614 The fees returned by them during
th« same time amounted to neariyslll 000, leaving a
difference of $140.< 00 to be paid from the Treasury.
About two hundred and seventy consular officers are
paid only by the fees which they receive,
Mr. Amiden, of Worcester, Mass., has been appoint
ed by the President to the post of navy agent at Bos
ton.
From Sonora.
Washington, Jtn. 27 -Jasper S Whiting, connected
with the survey ot honors, under Oaptaiu Stone has
arrived here with despatches to the State Department
from Captain none, who Is the acting Consul at m uay
m&s; and also from the commander of the United Slates
/iloop-of-war Bt. Mary.
He brings dates to the 231 of December from Gcay
mas. He represents the condition of Sonora as deplo
rable In the extreme.
Peflchlera, the Governor, had failed in his attempts
to raise troops
The people at Hermoslliarose and liberated two citi
zens who had Van imprisoned by Poscblora’s order,
and paraded tho street carryiog them in triumph, shout
ing “ Vivalos AmericanosDeath to JPescAierai”
eto.
The whole country is expecting and anxiously await
ing the purchase or occupation of Sonora by the Ameri
can Government The President’s message will be re
ceived by them with enthusiasm.
Peschlera was absent in Sinaloa, and about to attack
Mazatlan. The opposition needed only a leader to over
throw him without a struggle.
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.
ltosro\. Jaa 27.—At the annual meeting of the Mas*
sachuaett<i Aa<i*Blavery Society, held here to-day, r#i?o*
iqtione were adopted expressing unfaltering faith In
th- ul'imate tr'umph of the cause of Abolitionism, but
iulicfttfng no ui>w plan
United Stales Supreme Court*
>YAfniNoroN, J*u. 17.—The United Stats 3 th The
Oit7 Pink of Columbus. Argamont continued for de
lendants, and concluded for plaintiffs.
No. 67 John Britton Y 4. William A. Barnary, clatin
ant'for the ship Albonl. Cause argued for both parties.
Olbviland, Jan. 27.—The bill repealing the ten per
cent, law passed the House of thB State Lerislatore, at
Columbus, yesterday. *
AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION—THE
STATB DEBT LIMITED TO THIRTV MILLIONS.
Sr. Lours, Jao FT.—The amendment to Ihe State
Constitution, limiting the State debt to thirty millions
of dollars, w*s passed by the Bouse to-day, by a vote of
106 yeas to IS nays. s
The amendment was previously passed by thb Senate.
*
Nbw Oblbaxs, Jan. 27 —Tbe schooner Brilliant,
which has arrived at this p rt from Campeacby, fur
nishes advices from Yucatan to the 12th inst.
The Liberal party haviog iriumphtd, they offer da
amnesty to tbe Indians \ tho-e ujtiacceptiag to be shot
or banished for tin years
TJie Halifax Telegraph Again—Another
Boston, Jan 27.—The report published, that the pe
t tion of JB. 8. Toby, and other interested parties In tbe
new telegrspHc enterprise to Halifax, iu opposition to
the monopoly held by the «New York Associated
Preff," eo called, was rejected by the Legislature Of Mas
sachusetts, is outre'
The petition »as withdrawn from hearing to enable
thfi parties to comply with the law respecting an adver
tised notice of the application
. The committee perfectly understood that the objec
tion would be male by those who are opposed to tbe
ente [rite. They will get over i; by showing that, by
the nature of the case, the law could not he complied
with. It is nothing more than a mere technical for
mality, The Legislature, last year, granted charters
under precltely toe tame circumstances of tbe »ne now
asked. Tbe report will he recommitted, w : th trac
tions to hearthe parties. The new line to Hat.fex will
be carried through despite'the deter nlned opposition
made sgaiost it.
Rlcctingof Railroad. Presidents at Wash*
ingtou—A CfnifonmitF of Fares, Freight
Charges, Ate.
WiBUisGTOK, Jao 27.—Hon. Xraetus Coming, Fr;-
tldest of the New York Ceot'al j Charles Morap, Fre
sideot of the New York and Jfirie \ J. Edgar. Thom
son, President of the Pennsylvania Central: and J. W.
Gdrrstt, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Companies, were la conference to-day. Their sessions
are private, hut they hate in view the bringing about
of a uniformity of action between tbe four great rail
road lines, as to fares, freight charges, Ac. The*e
is a good prospect that this object will be effected.
Y7ABHI3OTOS Jan. 27 —The New driea.n* Picayune
of the 20th lost, contains ths following advices frem
Htyti to tbe Ist Inst. *
General JMfard. at the last 'dates, held the Depart
ment of Aiti&ooite, the headquarters of Gonaives,
where he had two buodred men, compcsed partly of the
troops of the department.
Bmperor Sintauqae left Port au Prince on the 27th
of December, at tbe headol six thousand men, and
reached the seaport of Arcahays on the Ist lost., on
h/s way to attack Jtffjrd.
Jeffard’s family were i mprisoned when his flight from
Port au Prinoe was discovered.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Stoner Market*
'Pbix.4Dbi.tkia, January 27,1869,
Considerable attention has been drawn, since tha
financial revulsion of 1857, to the error committed by
eo many of our banks of loaning their funds upon paper
having too long tme to run to maturity. Now, vheu
active bosisosa is recommencing, it seems to be a good
time to urge upon bank-officers aod directors the adop-,
tion of a fixed Jaw providing against this error fox the
future, so that when s time of need shall come
the banks will not be helpless, and their dealers.and
the general community plunged into distress.. It Is the
length of Gme that the average of discs anted notea
hare to run that makes an effort at curtailment of dis
count bear so terribly hard upon borrowers, rather than
the amount of such curtailment.
This fact may bs shown by the following illustra
tion : Soppeße a bank has loans on paper, extending
through a period cf eight monthi, of $3,000,000, wkieh
Is $400,000 per month. A change in the mousy market,
from any cause, makes It necestary to contract these
loans to the extent of 10 per cent, within a moatli,
which is $320,000, leaving only $BO,OOO of the receipts
of that month mailable ta Its customers in fresh dis
counts. This reduction requires the dealers with the
bank to pay up, from other sources of supply, 80 per
cent, of theirmatcriogdiscounted obligations; or, iu
other words, to pay one thousand dollars with only
two hundred dollars of new discounts. It will be
readily seen that the almost total cessation of supply
to its dealers most distress'them greatly, if not destroy
them, and be felt by the whole community. Thus.we
have frequently seen a severe preisure for money to be
the effect of only a moderate contraction in tbe sggre- .
gate amount of the loans of the banks. It is not so
mneb the amount of the contraction which causes the
disastrous effect; it is because of the sud*ea and al
most total suspension of customary discounts for the
time being. Now, we will supposetbe same bank, with
the same amount of loans, holds paper maturing through
period of three months, which is $1,067,000 par month
A like contraction of ten per cent.
within a month is..'. 820.000
Leaving a surplus of receipts 0f... 747,000
available to its customers in new discounts:* Thls're..
quires them to pay up from otb«r sources of supply but
80 per cent, of discounted obligations Iu the month,
while the bsuk hta power to make fresh discounts of 70
per cent. The dealer pajs up $l,OOO, to meet which he
haa fresh discounts of $700: thisdlffercueeof $3OO, or SO.
per cent., would osuse comparatively but little innouve
ulence; It would usrdlstress any respectable - dealer to
obtain $360 outside of the bank, and there would
be no serious disturbance to the money market. In
both oases of illustration the amount of contraction
is the same, but the effect is widely different. lathe
power of the bank it is surprising; It is nearly as 10 to
I—the one causing distress, ruin, and general distur
bance; the other is oomparativolyharm ess, accomplish
ing a contraction of reasonable necessity, and passing
over without serious inconvenience. If short paper alone
were discounted,'its effects would be most beneficial by
shortening credits, increasing 'stability,' and checking
tbe expansions and sharp contractions of the currency,
which destxojs confidence and brings oq a panic.
These figures/ we trust, will not only show ous read
ers the importance to the bsuk of insistiog upon short
paper offerings for discount, but that the neural result
of a departure from such a rale will be most pernicious
iu its consequences to the customers of the bank them
selves, and through them to the community around
them.
H AMBißsvaa, Jan. 27.
PHILADELPHIA. STOCK EXOHANOI HALB3,
January 27, 1869.
tIPOAHD OT KA»LST,BiOWT* > A 00.) BAaX'HOTI, atGCE,
AHD SXOSABOB 3*OXOBO, IOXTXWIST 00U1I VSIU
AHD OSBBWUT BT*BHTB.
FIRST BOARD.
2550abtPenaa 5a.... 93# 6020 Catar 7a ia lota.. 64#
SCO do 0 & P.. 93# £0 G*m A.Am ia 1ta.J.32
irOO City Oa new 2dya 103# 6 Wash lot Gas 55.. 24
300 d0..*.., ...103 IQ Reading R....... 24#
700 d 0...,,,,. 99# 12 do 24#
SCO do 89# 100 do b 5 24%
100DUS6s>74 103# 100 do 34#
1000 N Penna B6a b 5 68# £0 do s 5 24V
4000 do 69 100 do b 5...... 24#
6000 <lq in lots.. 68# 100 do sSwn.. . 24#
3000 do W 63# 100 do afiwn.. . 24#
3000 Loll T*l R6s ... 89* 200 do euh.... 24#
1000 do 89# 20 Meehs Bk 28
2uooGataw GhatlOa.. 62# 12Pena Twp Bk .. 36#
1500 do b 5 ..... 65 20 d 0...: 35#
1000 3cbl Nar Imp 6a 75# 20 Pbila 5k to lits 117
1000 Lit Schl R7*.... 93 14S Penna Rin lota.. 43#
1000 Beading bds ’43 . 93# 20 Girard Bank.... 12#
3000 do >86.,..~. 78# 6Com Excßk.... 24
1000 Mor Canal 6a...• 8> 5 Cool Back ca»b. 51V
2000 - dobs 89 3 Sea? Head R.... 58#
5100 Schl Nat 6s >72.. *8 269 NPaB in lota b& 10
1000 do 88 16 do 10
2000 Tioga R 7a 87
BETWEEN BOARDS.
3300 City 6s new 103# 60 Morris Canal.... 4$
ItOO SuaqOaaal 65... 81 10 Uolon 8k Teon... 99
1000 NP» R 10a 97 20 NPa R 85........ 10#
2000 Mor Canal 6s2ds. 89 1 Norriat B &.#
lOOOPittab Ft Wayne 60 Keidß 2dya..»... 24#
A Chi con bd fidys 62# 100 dosswn.... 24#
1000 dosSWO... 62#
second board.
600 City 6a new.... 103 3000 Cam &Am fls ; 70 56#
200 do Bin Its. .99 20u0 do 66
7000 Cataw 7s in its.. 64# 5 Corn ttx Bk 24
1000 do 64* 1 nk cf N Am.... 139
4000 do la lots.. 54* 4s PelUnlots...... 43#
2COO NPaR63 la ite. 63# 100 Bead R 55wa.... 24 #
1000 do ...68# 60 d 0...,..... 24#
1800 Schl Nat 6s 82.. 73 160 d 0...,., ... 24#
3000 do n 2> HorOanal 4^#
20t0 Aileg co6s A V.. 61# 20 0&A B In 1t5...322
1000 do *6l# BOLlaßcish li#
600 N Pa RlOs 97 ISMioeb K in lota.. 5S#
3000 Elm OhatlOa Its. 74 4 Union Bk Tens.. 99
600 Kim 24 mt7a ... 56 256 NPaR in 10t5... li#
1000 Gataw Chat 10a.. 69 40 d 0......... 10#
1000 Cam Sc Am 6s } 7O 85
CLOSING PR
Bid. Ashed.
U 8 6s >74 103#
PhilaOs 99# 99#
do B 99# 99*
do New.. 103 103#
-Penna 5« 93# 93#,
Reading B 24# £4#
do Bds ’7O. .83# 84
do Mtg6a>44.93 94 I
do do >80.73 T3#j
Pennaß 43 43#
do lstm 65...202 103 j
do 2dm 93*'i
MorOl On Dr off 47# 43
do Pref. 104**105#
Bohuyl Nat 6s >82.71# 72 1
ZVew York Stock J
BSOORD
SOOftO U 8 fa »74 10H
1000 Miss utl 6a 86
6COO do aid 86%
5000 Irle 4lhm Bds 60
600 111 Ccn Bd 8p ,
20C0 Mich S 2d m Bd oi% ;
4COO Harlem Ist mtg 96 %
n 6OOQ Li C&Slil L G 22%
23 Continental Bk 101
5 Del <fc Hud Co 100
15 Ca-y Imp Co 0%
50 Canton Co 10%
100 Pacific MU Co b6O 86%
160 do 65
200 N Y Cen R 84%
'450 do 86 84%
160 (13 *3O 83,s
COO Xrte Railroad 14%
100- do b6G 14%
100 find River R b6O S3ft
60 do 83%
60 111 Cen R sSO 67*
Asnssore steady at $5 02 for Pot, and $5.75 for Pearl.
Frdjt.—By auction, was aoM the cargo of bark John
Henry, from Palermo; 2,233 boxes Sicily oranges, at
$l 50®2 05, and 712 boxes Lemons, at $1.8002.16, cash.
Ftovx. —The market for State and W* stern Ploar,
though less active, remains firm, and, with light re*
ceiots, the sales amount to B,COO bbls at $3.0004 60 for
rejected; $6 2Q©6 30 for snperfine State ; 15.8000 hr
extra State; $5.2606.86 for snperfine Western; $6 90a»
6.20 for extra Western, and $6.2000 40 for sbfpplcg
brands of extra r»and hoop Ohio. farads Flour la firm
with rales of 150 bbls at $0 8007.10 for extra. South*
e?n Fleur is firmer with transactions aggregating 5,0(0
bbls at $5 Sotte 05 for common to mixed, and $6.3.00
7.75 for extra.
Gums.—Wheat is firm, with sales of 11,000 bushels
at $1.50 for white Michigan, and some Canada Club on
jurat© terms. Com is quiet, with small sales at BTo
'or Western mixed, 80«Slc for new yellow Southern,
and 84c for do white Rye Is firm at t>6c9oc. Oats are
dull at 60064 for Southern, PeuDaylvaula, and Jersey,
&nl 66x63 for State, Canadi, and Western.
Gosxr Cloth is considerably inquired after both
here aud in Hoslon, nud prices have advanced Salts
were made in Boston of $1,700 bales, for New "York
account, 211% ©2.17 lb, at 18«, and 60 bales, 2 lb, at
12%c, 6 moe, leaving no standard weights on the mar*
ket below 13o } and even very little at that rate.
Ohio Legislature.
The Missouri Legislature.
From Yucatau.
False Report.
Farther from Hayti.
Sid.Aiktd.
SebNarltnp fie.. 75% 75%
BehNav Stock... 8* ‘J%
do Prof 17% 17%
Wmsp’tA Klmß. 6% 10
do 7s Ist mtg 71 71V
" do 2d 6e'
Long Island 11% 11%
Girard Bank 12% 12%
LehCoal&Nat...4B% 49
Lehigh 5crip.....27 27%
N Peona 8......10* 20%
do 05......68% 66%
New Creek...... % %
Oatawlssa R.,,. 6% 6
Lehigh Zinc..... % 1%
xchange, Jan. 27.
160 HirlerdTl Pref 41%
100 do b3Q 41%
300 do 41
100 do b6Q 41 %
50 do s6O 40
ICO do b60’41
100 Panama R atSOltf
60 do 117
200 Harlem R 160 14
180 Beading R slO 48%
100 Mich Oen R bSO 62
100 do 61V
100 Mich g&N la bBO 20
ICO do 20
70M/chBGnar ? d 46%
100 do *3O 46«
150 Gal <fc Chi B 69
200 Chi & Book I *6O 60
to do s3O €0
675 do 60V
100 do bdO 00%
THE MARKETS.