.a’tK^CAiKS >‘ '■■-■*■“' "' 1 SATURDAY, JANUARY29,IBS9. f tfi& •*!-?«.-« *£aifl»ir->r'-' ‘ f-r.'--" I set. :ri-. --Fr* '•?--{- ■•' J ‘ :i ' J Fral'T PA’iiEi—Tho Wiiuiai'' SSoVoteigrity of jaa. -‘" BabWaan . ReHgR'UB 1 intellisiioo; New'and Ims: MlnWgC(>m panj I .Weefcly Review of'rtiSH’hlledelphia Mar -r byißeT- Y-.S- - [ .-jilmF: .‘V 1. - , ThOiNews. j r; i - The "train of oars front Philadelphia ran off the viotrsofc'.iJSet night, he’-tKey weie*enterifcg thb W S-’ 1 jt)t : 'atNoViiatowft r and ieyeraV bf 'tho pameDspra' -- e ;irere tnjared," but' to whateitent vfe are nn*S>» to, W*. ~ only,hope the, ?»P>age W uui.fihtg* r !h■,'■ ' ,u it "VI 11, ' ; ' " : 1,, , -la the United Btotee Senato, yeaterday, Sep&h , ■ tor (twin gave notice .of hie intention to move for a feoonsideration of (be PflcifioJlailroad bill, and faw'-prlvatebille were parted- U ' ' : V ; ' ' i ■ Jn-'theHouse, the realisation ofJndgelrwin, "■ f *the y? estern' distrlbtjbf Pennsyivania, was 1,1 inottnied. Mr-tj/otr garasotjoe pf hls Intention v ‘ta apply a BorlVof.Wlimot, provlso‘:.to the Ariaona y J 'hill, The consular-end diplomatic bUI was parted by nyotOxOtlOl toflBe'/r-■. > ■*■ • j n tie State Senate/iyestorday, the motion to -coo'nsider the vote on the final passage of the Sill to incorporate the Western Market Company of Philadelphia was loßt—so tho hill goes to the Qo ’’ verzlor for his approval,' In’ the, Honoe nothing of importance woe transacted. ' N ' \ , < The stesmsbip from Livefpoolj arrived , at New York.yestonlay> *, The news by this arrival .. la a week later from atl.parts of Europe. : etude.oontinued om the continent, and'warlike c juniors still circulated; but the panic bad sensibly. * abaUdi 5 The Paris Boujm - showed .-Wpiovemeut/ but atill fluctuated..-. Too Epglish Parliament snmmoned to meet ' '.obithe.M Of tfebiaary.' The Belgian. Cabinet bad ' be'eQ dissolved; The latest' information In regard -/to Italy Js'tbat Jarge Attsferlan reinforcements had ‘ reached Lombardy, and that the ohanocs of a re* v- YoU'were diminishing. - The commercial intetil* l , that xeoelvedby /.'rfojnier,»rilvW’'e iave dafea from the olty .of Mexico to ibe wi ln*t.Vand from Vera Cruz to the24th.. A '- tbafc. an.'American Vcasel : had Vttrcaiencd to bombard Uazatlan, on aoooupt pf> • < the bonhsoationof the oargo of one of onrmerohant /yessels^.ijils^ that Miramon will not ab* . oepbtbe Presidency, bot will adhere to Zuloaga’s polioy. ;It was said that the French and English ' fleets had , threatened to'bombard Ver&Oruz and Tampico if oertain conditions were not oomplicd with. A terrible explosion took place in the Govern* ' ment palace, at Guadalajara, by the explosion of a - powder magazine, and by wbioh between one and two hondred : persons were killed. The whole country la in its usual unsettled state. * The ‘mail ’ steamship Illinois, from Aspinwall, with California advices .to the sth inst, arrived at ■New -York yesterday. The Illinois brought 200 and $1,200,000 in treasure. The mar* keta at San Francisco were very dull for Atlantic produoe. Gold dust was coming inmore liberally. **;A fracas occurred at Aspinwall on the 9th inst;, between a party of sailors belonging to the United • .Btate£frigate Eoanoke and tbe foreign residents. ' Not muoh-damsge wssdone/iTho tinted Statea • Bteam*fTlgate Merrlman, and - sloop-of war Ueoa - at Realija on, the Ist of January. The ■. Dooatur was preparing for a oruise. The steamer ‘ Washington was announced to sail from Aspinwall ■ on .the 20th from* San Eranoisoo, via the,Cape : The Cotta Rica Congress was in extraordinary r session ; oV the 2d of December, and ratified the' > with slight modification., ! f ; JOhnßtohards, EeqJ, publisher of the New York I'Spifii'ojt ike^Ti m«, died on Thursday, at his ;: resides coin that city. He was much esteemed by those who Itneyr ; . * ' : Wilhejm JDecker, the . German recently shot in his house in Elm street, New York, by a pistol in .the hands of Jack Glass, now confined in the .Tombs on the oharge of murder, died yesterday morning, at.the New. York Hospital. Glass, it 1 will be remembered/shot the deceased through ■ the door, on the occasion of the brutal murder.of poor Richard Owens. A curious cose of alleged conspiracy and fraud bos been developed before the Supreme Court of . Now York. A deaf mute makes, complaint that 'on attaining bis majority he married a deaf-mute widow lady, who.was then forty years old; and .-that her relations, in oonjubotion with her, have by a series of fraudulent operations, obtained pcs* -session of his entire estate, amounting to one huzi* dred and fifteen thousand dollars. . The complain* ant was educated at the r institution for the deaf f and dumb In that city, and bis wife was one of the 1 matrons or teachers there. 'The oase oomes before the eourt, on l a,slde iesde, the whlob; ■ it:ls said, will jwjfc ft /pung/girl about fifteon/y'ears of age. 4 Thageßtiemanleaves an young wife and too/lflterestibg ohUdren. As a coincl* 1 d.ent.witb hjs flight, , about $27,000 of money has t disappeared from the bank of his father, in which Mr. Ridgeiy.was employed. , \ .< The Mobile Tribune relates that a gentloman, ‘long a resident of the South, but sow'a citizen of waa induced, wbiloho resided South,' to purchase l an old, negro woman, who was so ’ 'mftA attached to him that shewonld .not leave RW. even at the uTgent sblioitation of the agents ‘of tiie underground railroad. On one occasion, 'after being muchJmportuned to leave her master and go to Canada, she is reported to have addressed' them to the ’effect that, If they would give her 41,000 In cash, and a handsome "white husband, Bho would go. ; They -excused her. • ’ - Oblonel Tal, P„Bhaffaer says that, during the ooming summer,'with engineers already engaged, be intends to travel byer and examine the route .via. Greenland,/Iceland, ’and the Faroe'lsles, whiob, in his opinion, is the only one practicable ’for a'tetegtai»h between America. . The Sacramento, (Cal.) Bee contains the follow* : ing semi-official announcement . w ,lf ,what we* hpar, and upon semi-offioial au*; tbority, too, may be.relied ,upon/ibe incoming Legislature of . California will he oailed upon to; States,- Senator, to serve until, • March4.lBol,'vico Wm.’ M. Gwin. who is-goingt ’lnto thcCabrnet r Oar informationis that Senator Gwinbaa tfansmltfed the intelligence, by thelaat; .mail, that the President has offered him the.posl* tion .of Beoxetary 'of the Treasury, in place of) Howell CdbV, About to resign, and that he will ac* cepfc.it.”i .s' / s ! . - - ; A letter^received in Paris, on the sth instants fro hi Mr. Sumner, gives but little encouragement for his epeedy reoovery to his. numerous frieuds., The fact,of his still being in.the south ofFranoe; Is the beat indication of his health. He will get' away from France and Europe as soon as possible, j Tho/oitizens of the town of Bloomington, in Douglae lllinois, have recently passed an ‘ordinance entitling'women to an equality with mefi/fi* voters.' ' ' - i The Postage Question* ■■ Tha injostice oi the saggaatioii of the Ad ministration, that the postage should be raised to five cents on all letters sent for a shorter distance than ipHes, is stri kingly shown by the comparative expenditures and.receipts of the department in various sec tions of the Union.' The latest accessible figures; thus represent the fiscal year ending June 80,1667 s , . .. '7 ~ i.Pop. to the . ....... i ", . , *4. '“>lo. Xxpeme*. Becolpta Kilano-. X. Bui»t ti oss ,so 2 si 2.4,434 »iro,iS2 Middle 8t»S«» (8).;68- . 1,822,486 2,260,602 ' 428,016 W.St»t»S(6)v..v.;lB . 2,280,061 1 680,608 629,643 S.,States (16) IS ; , ,4,092,830 i;o*T,4Tl 2,446,108 ' Californio, the Diatrict of Columbia, and the {Territories .are l.eft ,ont of- this estimate. ,It will be,Been,that, in the Eastern States' the department realized $179,182 more than it expended. "In the Middle States it received $l2B",M' more 1 than it expended, . In the IVdstern i;S tates. it expended' $699,618 more it 'receiyedj' ahd ’in -the Southern States it’ .expended. $2,d45,468 more than it re ceived. 'A* detenpo. .of. tije policy of; the Postmaster. General haa; lately ■ appeared in some of the Administration journals, in which a statement is made, of the new. expenditures authorized in the different States. Of these, Pennsylvania receives about $33,000; Lou isiana over $300,000j Tennessee about $85,000; Texas about $210,000, : I It ’is evident that the expenditures whioh have. fnade th'o department unable to shs tain!,'itself„ t baye‘ .not.been-contracted in eitjier thevEMtntn or Middle States. Yet, if therates' of postageare faiaed,the peoplewho now. much more than repay the Government for the money expended amongitbom, will be Obliged I'o’ bear the burdens ’created In remote Ihia lf these large, expenditures must be incurred, let them be faSt from thecurrent fbhds ofthe Treasury to whjbS'the'peoplejof’ the 'whole' Union contri bute by the paymenfc of impost duties, or the prifchMe of publicdahdsV' - r '; --»’> /.Iftte rates’of Ipdsiage lare raUed/distancea of leWttian five hundred mUes, at all; events,* should', be'exempted ti , oto'th§ inotbase. * There of the temuuefattofiaeoMiMe y d" foi thewidely different service required to convey .aletterten milesand three thousand* .\.iWf •; r.-a., v - .{ llHunicipßl Government. No featuro of tlm government of this coun try is more vapidly, growing in importance that! that which relates to the regulation of municipalities. - The wonderful increase of the population of the large cities of America, the enormous expenditures required to govern them, the' varied interests demanding protec tion, and the proneness to corruption which -too* often characterizes tbOso wlio are entrust .od with their gpyerpnO’nt, should elicit from the.body'of the citizen B amucll greater gmount of attention”to-tliiB p or tie n o f politics "than it hlualiyreceives. The public debtor Phiia delpliig now amounts to more than $20,0Qp,- 000 ahd her annual expenditure's' to .over WfiWfiOO. So many-intricate details are iu .volyed in the proper and beneficial expendi ture of such a sum, that municipal government beoomesin itself an important soience, and cannot be properly-conducted unless the most ' careful consideration is hestowed npon it., . " The message of, Mayor Henbt, transmitted to Oouncils on Thursday, is a valuable docu ment. ' He has wisely confined himsolf to :suoh ,topi<3S as properly belong to his de partment,'and-presents many suggestions'of an important character. j , ■ There Is much force in hfs remarka ln re gard to the police system. The idea that the people of a great city should be lashed into political ihry every two years, mainly, to elect a mayor who will spend nearly all his ofiSolal term in .dismissing the policemen whom he finds in office and appointing their successorsr-an operation whioh is naturally calculated to do much more barm' than good to the citizens—is absurd, and the prac. tice. has been abandoned wherever the people hare been fully aroused to a sense of its evils. The police force should bo permanent. None but .competent and deserving men should he appointed j and when, such are fonnd they should he retained in offioe, unless good cause is shown for, their removal. The sensible men of all parties will, wo think, concur in this opinion. The difficulty is to got such a system fairly inaugurated. If the present police force is to be chosen principally, or ex clusively from antagonists of the Democratic it, is hardly probable that when thht party again attains power—as, considering the shifting nature, of city politics, it no doubt will at. ne.distant day—it would acquiesce in an Unjust'discrimination against its members. ' The Mayor truly says that, “ the views of a policeman npon the policy of a Stats or Na tional Administration cannot make him cither a better or a worse guardian of tbe public peace, or the more or less careful watchman over private property,” and some system Bhonld be adopted which would placeJhis de partment upon a permanent basis, and while doing jnstice to the members of ail parties, promote the public welfare by giving the city a competent and reliable police force. Tbe proposed Board of Police Commissioners should be composed of men of high character and of different political sentiments, so that Democrats, Republicans, and Americana would have an equal chance of success in their ap plications for appointments, and the misera ble scrambles for these places, by which our Mayors are annoyed, and the whole system disorganized, to the public detriment, be en tirely avoided. The codification of tbe city ordinances re commended is also a very important matter- Proverbially uncertain as all law is in its p'ac tical operations, our municipal laws are pecu liarly so, as there are a great number of ordi nances relating to the same subjects, some of which are in forco throughout the whole city, and others only in a few portions of it. Such a state of confusion as this should be avoided. The public should know clearly what the laws' are; the useless ones shonld be abolished, and 'the important ones strictly enforced. , The refusal of successive Councils to fix a rate of taxation sufficiently high to meet ne cessary expenditures, by which a necessity for new loans is constantly being created, is a se rious evil, and, if persisted in, will ultimately destroy the credit of tbe city. We are not an advocate for extravagant expenditures or higlr taxea, but proper measures should always be taken to insure sufficient revenue to meet current expenditures, and tax-payers are, as a mass, too intelligent to commend those wbo shift from their shonlders their legitimate re sponsibilities. - From the general tone of tbe message, we think that tbe experiment of consolidation may be made fully successful, if the citizens exercise proper vigilance at the spring elec, tions. There have been a good many blun ders committed, and many heavy expenditures incurred; but-if propor wisdom is displayed in our municipal Government the public in. terests may be fully protected and promoted. It is evident that many reforms are still neces sary, and that some new expenditures must be made ait no distent day for the purpose of extending the facilities of the water and gas departments,'arid the construction of a House of Correction and a new Court Honse. But if the talent, patriotism; and public spirit of Phi. ladelphia are fully enlisted in the management of its municipal affairs; if nseless expendi tures are lopped off, corruption guarded against, and the varions departments are pro perly systematized, all the expenditures abso lutely necessary to the general welfare can be met, without throwing too great a burden upon tax-payers. We have been reliably informed that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company refuse to pay the tonnage tax, imposed by their, charter, to the Commonwealth, and intend to contost its constitutionality in the courts, as advised by their counsel, Messrs. Cutler, Meredith, and Crittenden, in'an opinion recently pub lished., The amount due at the present time, for the last six months, is over one hundred thousand dollars. A beautiful piece of marble statuary, with this title, will be open for exhibition, at the Academy of Fine Arts, Chestnut street, on Monday next. It was executed by Bartholomew, a native of Con* nectiout, who had greatly distlnguishod himself as a soulptor, at Rome, but who is now dead. It belongs to Mr. Joseph Harrison, of this city, who has kindly consented to Us exhibition for the be nefit of the widowed mother of the deceased. Ibe statue is muoh above life-size. Eve is sit ting upon a rook, with her feet drawn together at one side, her arms resting In her lap and her head drooping. The one of despondence, de jection, sorrow, penitence. Down her back hangs an abundance of rioh, long hair, a fow looks rest ing over one shoulder. Tho serpent-tempter Is coiled about the base of the rook, with his hCRd ■ directly under Eve’s uplifted heel, thus preserving admirably the oonneotion between the two. The soaly body of the serpent is polished and shiny, to indioate the slime of the reptile. Its head rests upon a settle. Close to the rock, on the other side, springs np a lily. No part of the figure of Eve is left without the most thorough finish, so tfiat the onderouttiog is very heavy. The hands, droppingovor one thigh, are cut olean of the block. Every finger is nicely separated. The hair Is an elaborate study. The artist bos placed the statue upon an elevated pe destal of veined marble, which heightens the effect very. muoh. Upon the panels of this pedestal he. has bestowed a great amount of work. These pieces represent the creation of Eve. the Serpent twined about a tree, but with a fiend’s head, tempting Eve; the plucking of the fatal apple ; Eve giving the apple to Adam; the pair hiding themselves while the voice of God calls for them; the expulsion from Paradise ; the curse fulfilled, as shown by Adam with a spado and Eve with a distaff; the first-born with his parents, and the murder of Abel. Thus the work tells tho whole story of Paradise and its tenants. The figure of Eve is,‘over all, the grand study; and anything bo marvellously beautiful has certainly not been hitherto produced by an American artist. There was a full house at the Academy of Mu sic’ last night,' despite the unfarorablene'ss of the weather.' “LaNozze dl Figaro” was produced for the seoond time this season, and, if possible, with better effeot than on Us first representation;' Md’llePiocolominj, as Susanna A, wag quite be witching. Md’lJe Ghloni gavejgrcat satisfaction as the Countess , and is a very correct singer. - It would be impossible to find a more obarming iPagS than Mme. Berkel, and Formes (although evldestly-unwelll S° b through his part bravely. He is decidedly the favorite of the troupe, as he deserves to be. Florenza, os the County was oapi tol. Indeed, all the artistes deserve credit for the exertions whioh they made to maintain the high reputation won by their previous performances, At one o’olook to-day the last matinee of thd season will he given. The attraction offered on this occasion is immense, two whole operas, “Norma” and **La Serva Padrona,” and'the seoond flot of “ Luorezia Borgia.” Surely that will be sufficient to crowd the house. A word with regard to tho doorkeeper. jSpEco the opening of the Academy of Music we have seen no one there so Suited to the position as Mr. MoDougall,-He is-polUe and oourteous to every body. He is emphatically “ the right man in the right place.’ ’ Eve Repentant. The Opera* T|[E LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH- ARRIVAL OF THE ABABIA. / ONE WEEK LATER ?ROM EpflPE. WABLIKB Continued Depression Markets. MINISTEBIAL CRISIS IBT BEIOnjM. Austrian Movements in Lombardy. MARRIAGE’ OF _WTB* PRINCE NAPOLEON-* THE 18108 PHCE3NIX CLUB. - cost ojf;tuis; e/a tjs bOITON DZOLINBD 1(0. SREAPBTOFFS TyOTiXi. CONSOLS 93X® 95 %> //’Halifax, Jan. 28.— The Royal wall eteamship Arabia arrived at half pMt ien, o’clock, ibis morning, bringing Liverpool advices to Saturday, the 15th inst., one vreek later than the previous dates. . > The Arabia'paesed, on the36th,off the Skeraies, the steamship Asia bound to Liverpool/and the steaper Stna, on the 17lh inst., bound to New York. The steamship Edinburg, from New York, arrived it Glasgow on the 12th lost. The steamer Oirotislan left Galway for Bt. Johns _ on thetUhlnat. • The Arabia experienced very boisterous weather, and a succession of westerly gales, daring the entire pas sige. The steamship Kangaroo, from New York on the Ist lest., arrived at Liverpool at noon on tbe 16th inst. The steamer Propeller of the Galway line had run ashore iqtftelway harbor, and the tide flowed into her It was felred that she coaid not get off. Bbe had on board a part o( tbe osrgo intended for the Circassian The steamer Circassian was also ran aground while leaving port on the Uth, and was dettfnod till evening. Itls rumored that the British Government Intend to augment the Chinese squadron. - Lord Frederick Brace has been appointed British Minister to China. The advices received from Bnblin say that the evi dence against the members of the Phoenix Club is more complete than was anticipated by the public. The depreciation in the funds in consequence of Na poleon’s few harsh words to the Austrian Minister, has been 6 per oeot. in Prance, 8 percent, in Russia, o per cent, in Sardinia, 6 per cent in Austria and 8 per cent, in Tarkey, making an aggregate depreciation in the no minal value of the public stocks and shares In the Euro pean markets of not less than sixty millions pounds sterling The latest advices from the continent re ceived atLondon on Saturday morning, are, however, reassuring. Tl\e letters from France are unanimous in expressing the aversion with which tho whole industrial popula tion regard the prospect of war. It is likewise tffiemed that ail tbe ministers, including Count Walewskl, now favor peace. The panic on the Paris Bourse culmi nated on the 12th, when forced sales of 3 per cents were made at 67f. 40c. The market, subsequently, ral lied: The news by tbe Arabia is as follows GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament had been prorogued till February 3d, then to meet fOr the despstob of business. . The Gazette announces the appointment of the Hon. Frederick Bruce aa Minister to China, and Horace Rum bold Secretary of Legation. Numerous consuls are also appointed. Rutherford Alcock is transferred from the consulate at Canton to the consul-generalship at Japan. The Gazette farther slates that tbe dignlty.of Koight has been conferred on Chief Justice Jamsß Buoba nan Maoauley, of Canada, The London Times> in an editorial upen the Monroe doctrine, points out the extraordinary liberties taken by America with that document, and says: “It is rather too muob to say that with half of North America in oar lawful possession, we must abstain from-meddling in North American affairs, and it is a still stranger measure to found such n doctrine on the simple princi ples of politioal fraternity propounded by Monroe.” It was stated that Blr Charles Young had been re called from tho Oommlssionership of the lonian Is lands, and that Mr. Gladstone would encceed him. The Daily Ne tot says that Mr. Young’s term has ex pired, and that Mr. Gladstone will merely conduct affairs until the new Commissioner arrives from Eng land. The Crown prosecutions at Dublin against John Fran cis Nugent, for publishing a seditions and scandalous almanac, bad resulted in Mr. Nugent being bound In £5OO, with two securities of £5O each, to keep the peace—that is. to suspend tbe publication of. the Prophetic Altnanat— for seven years. The Dublin correspondent of the London Times says that the Crown case against some of the members of the Phenix Club In very complete, and sufficient to satiety the most hostile jury. Tbe farming olasses have stood aloof, and the members of the club are chiefly shopmen and mechanics. The clubs were rapidly increasing and it therefore was necessary that some steps should bo taken to put an end to the movement. A man named Dang, the alleged murderer of Mr. Ely, was arrested on board tbe steamer Circassian at Galway, as she was about to sail for America. The failure is announced of Power. A Wetherby, Loudon atcck-brokers. largely engaged in speculative operations in Lombardo Venetian Railroad shares, etc The depression in tho London Btock Exchange con tinned nntil the 23tb. when the excitement greatly subsided under the innnence of more satisfactory ac counts from the continent. More confidence was shown ,in -all the departments of the stock exchange, and consols left off steady at an advance of % npon the closing rate of the preceding day. daring which the fluctuations had been as much as %. The lowest price received for consols was 04#, on the 12th, being a decline of 2 per cent since the first of January. FRANCE. The Paris correspondent of the London Timss says, that the French Marshals have been charged to take command of the great military districts, and all gene, rale on leave of absence have been ordered to their posts. AUo, that Count Walewskl has protested against tbe ominous Impression tbdt appears to rule supreme, and is determined to retire irom tbe scene where moderation is no longer listened to. Among the rumors in Paris, is one that General Mo- Mabcn Is to eommand the army in Italy, and 80.000 men of the African contingent are to cross over to Italy. The Paris Constitutionnel has an article admitting that there are serious difficulties between France and Austria concerning the Danube and Servla, but says that war is only possible in the event of a rupture of existing treaties. The impression co«m«d to prevail that tho marriage of Prlore Napoleon, to tbe daughter of the King of Sardinia, would secure the support of France to Victor Emanuel la becomtag Klag of Italy. ‘ After attaining the low point of 67f 40c for the three per cents on the 12th, the market dosed rather bettor, end on the 18th there was another partial relapse, but the doaiog quotations established an advance of Humors bad been current that Count Walewski b«d retired from the ministry of Foreign Affairs, and been succeeded by Count Peralgay, but they lacked confirma tion. ’Among' the rumors which contributed to the paoio on the Bourse ou the 12th, were the departure of the Austrian Ambassador and the formation of an army of observation on tbe Alps. Neither of these, however, was oon firmed. The nimora of disaffection in Italy are unabated. Maby persons are leaving Milan every day. The police hare had to efface from the waits inch Inscriptions as u Death to the Germans. 11 The t-oops were greatly exoited, and strict discipline was necessary to prevent excesses. . The advance guard of the Austrian reinforcements bod reached filifen. Additional guns had been mounted on the citadel directed against the city or Milan. A. letter of the 18th lost, saya that tho chances of re volt were diminishing dally It la thought that Prince Napoleon’s presence in Italy would lead to nomiatskable demonstrations. The people are represented as well pleased with tbe spirit displayed by the Emperor in regard to France and Sardinia. Twenty-seven thousand men were on their way to Italy. The Porte having acknowledged the new state of thlbgs in SsrvJa, there la so question In regard to tbe Austrian occupation in that quarter, and the treaty of Pari* is not likely to be broken by the Intervention of that Power. A TURKEY. The telegraph cable to Ooostantinople has been laid. Another collision has occurred between the Turks and Montenegrins, and some lives were lost on both sides. Anew loan of fifteen million francs has been con* traded. INDIA AND CHINA. . The India and China malls have reached England, bot they furnish no additional news of importance. Commissioner Reed was at Macao. Report* were current of serious disturbances within a hundred miles of Canton. The Arabia on her ontwa-d trip arrived at Liverpool at 8 o’clock A. M., on the 9th. The steamer Arago sailed from Southampton on the 12th inst. She took out news that the disquieting ru mors continued to prevail on the continent, causing in creased depression in the funds in ali the principal o ties. Matters were aggravated by the speech of the King of Sardinia at the opening of the Chambers, which was construed into a warlike sense. The King says: <4 the political herlzon is not dear, but tbe foturemustbe awaited with firmness ; the fa tare oannot fall to be fortunate because the policy of the Government Is based on justice and a love of its country’s liberty. Piedmont is smell, bat great in the councils of Europe on account of the principles It rep resents and the sympathies it inspires. It rCßpeote treaties, and is not insensible toltaJj’a cri*a of an guish.” The King concluded with these words, “ Let us resolutely await tbe decrees of Providence.” Pro longed acclamations followed tbe conclusion of the speech. The Kin? of Naples had granted an amnesty to sixty, one political prisoners including Pnerfo. Zetelbrind, Ae* -Other concessions were expected to follow The Freneh Legislature was convoked for the 7th ol February, THE LATEST. London, Saturday Jan. 15, A. M —The jj'iily JVetof city article, under date of Friday evening, says: «♦ The stock exchange presented a firmer and altogether more satisfactory appearance tbao of late The tendency to improvement In.the Paris Bourse naturally operated as a spur to oonfldence, and the result is that consols have closed only one-half lower than on this day wdek, de spite an extreme fall of 2K per cent, in tho French •foods. la the share market likewise the movement of prices was favorable on change tbts afternoon. A fur ther considerable rise took place in exchange on Austria. The .operations at the discount department of the Bank to-day were only moderate. In the open market the terms for the bekt bills are 2jf to 2H per cent. An aggregate of between A6ot»,o{>o©£7oo,ooo fell due yes terday upon the Chilian Joan and East India Hallway capital, bat occasioned no pressure whatever ' From the Times city article: The English funds yes terday again showed mjre firmness, but the tone of the> market is perhaps more .to be attributed to the stoady purchases on the part of the public, than to the extent of faith placed in the traoquilizing reports from Paris. The advices from the Cofitinent during the morniog were on the whole oonsidered re-assuring, and it is re markable that the letters - from France are una nimous in exp^ing the aversion with which the pros pect of war Is regarded by the whole industrial popula tion. It Is likewise affirmed that all the ministers, In cluding Count Ifalewskl. are now in favor of peace. It is Inferred that any positive official declarations whioh may appear are mainly intended for the opening of the Ohambers, which are convoked for lhe 7th of February, and that in the interval there may be incessant sgita tation. Commercial Intelligence. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—The brokers’ cir cular states the tales ofthe week at about 46,000 bales, of whioh l.crOwere taken by speculo’prs.and 4.6C0 for export. AU-qualitfes had declined #d, ow'ng to conti nental disquietude end the heavy receipts at the Ame rican ports, and holders were pressing their stooks upon the market. The. sales of Friday were 7,000 bales, of l,OOO were on speculatlrn and for export, the market closing quJetat the following authorised quota tion a: Fair Orleans. 7#d ; Middling dn, Mobiles, 7d; Middling do, 6j|fd; Fair Uplands, B#d: Middling do, 6 9-16 The stock in port was estimated at 832 000 balei of whioh 255.000 bales we-e American. Some circulars say thedeolioe scarcely exceeds l-18d. STATE OF TRADE. —Advices from Manchester con tinue favorable. Prices were firm, though the business vu limited. LIVERPOOL BREADBTOPPS MARKET —Messrs. Blcbardsou, Hpence. & 00. quote Flour dull and nomi nal. Western Canal, 19®2Qa; Philadelphia aod Balti more, 20©215; Ohio, 210225. Wheat firm at tbe open* ,!ng, but dull at the close. Red Western, 4s. 6d a>6s. 6d.} "Whits do, 6®7e; White Southern, 7d.0756d, Corn quiet but steady. Mixed, 28s; Yellow, 29©30j; White, 88so88« fid . LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET—Messrs. Big laud, Athya & 00., Richardson, fipeoco A Co.. James .MoHenry Sc Oo , and others, quote beef In.better de mand at a decline on the middling and lower grades of 2s Pork firm, and holders demanding an advsnoe. Bacon steady. Lard firm but quiet for new at 66©? 6a fid. Cheese—The fine qualities had advanced l®2a. Tallow advanced fid, withagooddemand; North Ameri can 62s 6d©638 fid. LIVERPOOL PRODUOE MARKET.—The brokers’ and other circulars quote Ashes steady at 29s far Pots and 82s for Pearls. Sugar dull and declined 65, bat closed firmer. Coffee firm, and all quail tics Blightly advabced. Rico firm. Philadelphia Bark slightly higher, qnlea at 8s oi©9S, but holders demanded an ad ditional advance; BaUimoru quint at 6s3d®6ii fid . Clo vorseed. in good demand at 63©555. Flab Oils quiet; Cod £10 ; fipercn Oil wanted at £92; Linseed Oil quiet at 80s. spirits Turpentine firm and slightly higher; THE PRESS.-.i*HILADfiLPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1859. Initut&MOiOt Ro«'n, for cpmmoo, at 5« 3d;ffl6dlnm apdan« negleoted. Z&NDON < MARKETS.—Messrs Baring Bros, quote Awtdfltuffi steady, end foreign Wheat in rather bettor •demand: white'-American 40®44sj wd 80®425. Iron steady at £6 10s for rails, and £fl 6» for bars; Bcotoh Pig steady at 68s fld. Saga'firm. Coffee clened buoy ant. Bice steady. Tallow tending upwards; sates at 63s 3d Spirits Turpentine steadv at 40s Tea Steady, and advanced 3s on English. Fish Oils steady ; Linseed Oil declined to 20s Bd. Linseed Oakes In fair demand;-New York £lO 6a; Boston £9355.- Hides ad vanced 1029. Copper advanced #d ib on manufao tured. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—Consols were quoted at the clf BO of business on Friday ©6sf ©2s# for money and account.! " The balHon rizr the Bank r of England 'has increased £47,000. .7 - - Money was abundant at unchanged rates. Messrs. Baring Brothers quote bar silvor, 6b 2d. dollars. 6s 1%d.; eagles, 765. Bd., HAVRE MARKETS—For the week including Janu ary 11. Cotton sales of the week 7,000 bales; prices do dined I©2 francs; New Orleans tres ordinaire 101 francs; stock 182,000 bales. Breadstnffshad an advanc ing tendency in the interior, but business was dull at Ha vre, and American .flour nominal. AsbesmitAt. Ceffre buoyant and slfghtly-hfgher. OHssloVorsale. but prices unaltered. Rice quiet. Sugar firm and slightly higher. Lard buoyant American franca. Tallow firmer. Whalebone dull but firm , AMERICAN STOCKS, Brothers quote the market ..unchanged Ip rates, with a limited businezs. There was" some demand for Slate Stocks,' and United States fives were selling at 94, ’ ReU & Co. report the market unchanged.; united States sixe*, 1868, l r >2; do fives, 94®95j Alabkmafivee, 78; Kentucky exes, 1858,72.90©Q2; Maryland fives, 95®97; Massachusetts flren. 1030)104; Ohio sizes, 05© 67; Pennsylvania fives, 84®86; do bonds, 1877, 85»8G, eX divldetid; Tennessee sixes, 84; Virginia sixes, 84© 86; Virginia fives, 1888, 84®88; "Bouton fives, 90© 02; Boston four and halves, 02©94; Illinois Central sevens. 1860, Freeland, 79©8lIllinois sixes, 77© 77; Illinois Central shares, 34©32 discount; Mich igan Central eights, 1869-84®86; ditto Shares. 40©50; N. Y. Central sevens, &2©04; ditto sixes, 83®85; N. Y. Central shares, 78®80; Erie sevens, first mortgage, 86®83 ; ditto second, 80©82; ditto third, 68©70 ; Erie convertible .seyens and sinking fund, 40©45; Erie shares,l6®l7t Panama Railroad bonds, 1859,09al0O; ditto 1865, 96; Pennsylvania Central sixes, first mort gage, 89©91 Tbe Loudon Tunes of Saturday says: Yesterday’s market was generally unchanged. There were sales of Illinois Central shares at 84 discount. LATEST. Livrrpoou—Saturday, afternoon, 8 •’dock.—.Cotton ie quiet; aalee, to-day,' estimated at 6,000 bales, and the market closing steady. Breadstnffs are dull, but steady. Provisions are steady LoXuox—Saturday afternoon.—Consols 95){®95 % for money and account. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, Mr. Gwin, of California, rising, to aprivlleged ques tion, said he ought not, yesterday, to have expressed the opinion that the legislation on the Paciflo Railroad bill was a farce, for which he was then called to order by Mr, Bull, whose remarks he had misapprehended, and was betrayed into an asperity for which the floor of the Se nate was not tbe proper theatre. He now gave notice of hfs'intdntion to offer a motion for a reconsideration of tbe subject, which he hoped to revive with such mo* dificatlens as would meet the views of all the friends of that measure. Mr Seward, of New York, presented a petition from tho citizens of New York, setting forth, that New York and Brooklyn are destitute of defence egalnet foreign invasion, and praying for an appropriation of $260,000 for the construction of the neceeeny works Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, in preventing a petition, took occasion to remark that had he beera present at tbe time, he should have voted to admit the claimants for seats from Indiana to the floor of the House daring the pending of their olaim; Mr. Obsnplsr, of Miohigan, presented the creden tials of Mr. Bingham, elected as Senator from the State of Miohigan to succeed Mr. Stuart, for tbe term com mencing on the 4th of Maroh next. - slr. Davis, of Mississippi, introduced a resolution that such artioles of tbe free list as would tend, if taxed, to relieve the financial wants of the Treasury, be transferred to the tariff schedule, Referred to the Committee on Finance. , Tbe Senate then took op the private calendar. Some few private bills were passed. Mr. Foot, of Vermont, called np the resolutions rela tive to Commodore Panlaing and the neutrality law, In order to obtain the floor for to-morrow. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Phslps, of Missouri, by direction or the Com mittee of Ways and Means, reported a resolution whioh was adopted, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Honse. at the earliest practi cable time, the actual and probable receipts from cus toms and,the publio lands, for this and the next fis cal year, and whether the said receipts will meet the public expenses. Mr. Houston, of Alabama, from the Committee on the Judiciary, said that tbe committee had been engaged in examining the charges preferred against Thomas Ir win, district judge for the Western district of Pennsyl vania, and that pending the said investigation they have been informed that Judge Irwin has to-day re signed his office. The committee therefore ask further instructions from the Honse. On motion of Mr, Phelps, of Missouri, the commit tee was discharged from the further consideration of the subject Mr. Stxpiixxs, of Georgia, Introduced bills far tbe establishment of Territorial Governments for Arizona, Daootah, and Jefferson. Referred to the Committee of the Whot<* on the state of the Union. Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, gave notice that when the Arizona bill shall be called op, he would offer an amendment, whioh was re*d, setting forth that, whereas the territory Required from Mexico, of which Arizona is a part, was, at tbe time of free, by law., from African slavery, and no such slavery has been since established therein; therefore, that nothing contained in this act shall be held or taken to authorize African slavery in said .Territory, as acquired from Mexico. On motion of Mr. Morbr, of New York, a reflation was adopted, calling on the President to furnish of tbe instructions to our African squadron, and tboao; giveo by tho British Government to their naval fonffiß on tbe same cce"t. Also, information of the number of slaves and sus pected slavers captured, and other mattois paitaimng thereto, since the ratification.of the treaty of Wash ington. The Honse reconsidered the vote by which tbe con sular and diplomatic bill was yesterday defeated. The qaestion on its passage being again taken, It was passed—.yeas 101, nays 68. Various reports of a private nature were made from the standing committees. Mr. Curtis, of lowa, from the Committee on Military Affair*, reported a joint resolution foa thepayv ment of tbe officers and men, commanded by'Captains watts and Small, encamped at Fort Washington, OMor, bat not actually received into service, for their services during tbe Mexican war. Mr VALt-auniOHAK, of Ohio, wished to know whe ther the company from Dayton, commanded by Captain Stout, was not precisely in the same condition as tbe Xenia and Piqua companies. If bo, he wanted that company Inoluded. The House then adjourned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE, Harrisbuho, Jan. 26, 1869. SENATE. A number of petitions on a variety of subjects‘were presented, and properly disposed of. The followiog bills were read in place : One supplementary to tbe act to incorporate the Ger mantown Passenger Railway Company ; one relative to the taxation of lots In Cemetery Companies; one rela tive to certain charitable corporations; one to regu late tbe weighing of anthracite ard bituminous coal. The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of Mr. Boll's motion, to reconsider the vote on the final passage or the bill to incorporate the Western Market Company. A long discuifilon ensued between Mr. Bell and Mr. Sandal!, and the motion was not agreed to—yeas Ifl nays 16. Tbe bill now goes to the Governor for his approval. The supplement to the act relative to exeoators and administrators was taken up and passed. After passing several private bills, tbe Benate ad journed. The oommittee to whom was referred the Legislative Record made a report, asking the power to enter into a contract with Qoorge Bergner for publishing tbe Reoord. This question was debated up to the hour of adjourn* ment. Anti-akerican league at iroarrEvideo—pfioif TABAGUAY —STRENGTH OP LOPEZ —HIS DETER MINATION NOT TO YIELD. ■ Nssw York, Jan. 28.—An arrival at this port fur nishes advices from Rio Janeiro to December 23d, Bue nos Ayres to December 9th, and Paraguay to Novem her 18th The idea of a league agaiust Americans was openly broached at Monterideo- - Urquizas* lifo was in danger from a fit of apoplexy. His envoy assumed command of the Province, peacea bly. Advices from Paraguay, through a source unfavorable to tho Americans, say that Lop-z has eight or ten thou sand men perfectly disciplined, and avows his determi nation to yield nothing to the Amorlcans. Lsav-bnwortv, Jan. -28.—Tbe Utah mall, from Balt Lake December 28th, has arrived at Bt Joseph, Mis souri. There was no quorum of the Utah Legislature ob • tftined when tbe mall left. Governor Cummings’ mes sage was described aa being brief and pointed. The weather had been very severe. The mercury stood 28 deg. below sero during four consecutive days. The President’s message was carried to Salt Lake in sloven days. There has boea discovered an entire practicable pass through Blerr&Nevod*, whioh will shorten the distance to the Pacific materially. Fifteen mules had perished from tbe cold in tho Sweet Water river, and fifteen men were badly frozen. Sr. Louie, Jan. 28.—Notwithstanding two accidents, which rendered it necessary to pack the overland Oati ‘fornia mail about ninety miles, the trip was acfsora .plished In twenty-three and a half days Three passen gers left with it from San Francisco, but were obliged to remain at a station'fifty miles west of Fort Ohadbourne, in consequence of the breaking of the ooaob. , The roads in Arkansas and Missouri are muoh im proved. The attack on theOaddo Indians, an aocount of which was telegraphed from Washington recently, Is stated to have grown out of the thefts and outrages committed by the Indians. After the figbt, tbe Texans made a treaty with-the Indians, on receiving their promise of good 'behavior in the future. Mr. Purdee came with tho ma’l from Fort Smith. Robbery or an Illinois Ranking House. St Loms, January 28.—The La Salle Press say & that the banking hcuieof A, JMUatteson,atPropheteto«rn, Whitesides county, Illinois, was >obbed oa the night of the l&tb instant, of $65,000 in bonds and mortgages on the Oamancbe, Albany, and Mendotta Railroad Com pany and about $7,000 in notes belonging to Mr. Hat teson. United States Supreme Coart* Washington, Jnn. 28. Nos. 274, 276,276.277 and '378. Abner C. Harding, et al., survivor of Wm» Kellogg vs. Edward Chase. Motion to dismiss argued by both sides. No. 58. Tbe White Water Canal Company vs. Henry Valletta. Argument continued for plaintiff. Savannas. Jan 27.—The steamship Isabel has ar rived with advices from Havana to tbe 24th inst. Sugar was steady. Molasses firm Freights dull. For bills of exchange tbe Inquiry was small and prices weak. Wreck of a Philadelphia Schooner* Nxw Y»bk, Jan. 28.—An arrival reports that the schooner Rhoda and Beulah, of Philadelphia, bound for Cardenas, was wreoked near Nassau on the 14th Bhe sprung aleak and foundered. Tbe orew were saved. The cargo will probably all be saved in a damaged con dition. Balt morb, Jan 28.—Floor quiet; Ohio and Howard street $6. Wheat unchanged; sales of whitest $l4O ©1 76: red $1.40. Corn dull and declining ; white 74© 760 Provisions firm; mess Pork $18.60; prime $l4 60 ©l5. Lardll#©ll#o. Whiskey dull. Modipb, Jan. 27.—Cotton—8a>es of 8,600 bales at 31# for middlings. The rainy weather impedes com mercial transactions Nbw Oulrans, Jan. 27.— Cotton—Sales to day 12,- 500 bales at former quotations Sugar firm. Corn firm at 95 cents Mess Pork baoyant at $l9. Whiskey 26/£. Other articles are unchanged. New Orlkanb, Jan. 27 —Sales of Cotton to-day, 12,600 bales at 11U for middlings Sugar firm ; sales of 8,000 bhda. Oats are quoted at 80c. Whiskey 26*0. Gunnies 10X®Ilc. Cotton Freights to Liverpool % ; to Havre 1. Exchange on-Loudon 107j B ‘ffiloBj£ ; bills on New York 2; at eighty. Cincinnati, Jan. 28.—Flonr firm; sales -at $6.60. Whiskey has advanced, and is in good demand at 200. Pork quiet and dull, at $18; buyers are holding back. Bulk Meats dull, at o#c for shoulders, and B#c for sides, at which prices holders are willing Sellers. Bacon Is firm, at 7o for shoulders, and 9#c for sides, but for hums there fire no buyers at ll)&o. Second Session. Washington, Jan. 28. SENATE. From South America. From Utah* Tbe Overlaud Ha The Isabel at Savannah* Markets by Telegraph. LATER FRONT: MEXICO. THE TENNESSEE AT NEW ORLEANS. THREATENED BOMBARDMENT OE MAZATLAN. Miramon Adheres to the Zuloaga Flan. BBPORTJin .no rr.nBJVT OP TUB jsjvctiian ajyh pbejvch pi.be ts. THE GOVERNMENT PALACE AT GtJADA. LAJARA DESTROYED. Explosion of a JPotoder Jlagaxine—From One to Ttoo Hundred fiersone. Killed, Movements of the Sectional Armies, The Itelptions between Miramon and Hobles. PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON ENGLISH BONDS DEMANDED. ' New Orleans, Jan. 28—Tbe steamship Tennessee baa arrived from Vera Oruz with dates to the 24th last. General Trias and Admiral Zerman are p&ssengors on board tbe Tennessee. The Ppaniah fleet leftfigerificios on the 20th for Ha vana. The French and English fleets were at Pacriflclos. The u P’Ogresa” quotes a rumor that an Amerijan war vessel had threatened tobombard and blockade Mr zatlaU for confiscating the cargo of an American mer chantman, by order of tbe Ohnrch party . The dates from the city of Mexico are to the 19th In stant. The 11 P^nAfom*nto, ,, General Mlramon's organ at Guadalajara, states that Miramon will not accept the Presidency, nor favor the claims of Gen. Robler, but will adhere to the Zulcaga plan. ’ General Miramon' is marching for tbe capital. Gen. Dezolfado is at Morelia. Miramon has ordered a forced loan of 1600.000 at Guadalajara, including the foreigners, who, paid their quotA under the threat of expulsion. The press of the capital state that tbe French and English minister, had notified the Government that on lean amillion dollars aro paid, to satisfy the claims of their subjects within six days, their fleets will take possession of Vera Oruz and Tampico. The statement is discredited. SECOND DESPATCH. New Orleans, J«n. 28 —The mails by the Tennessee famish the following additional intelligence: The Governmopt palace at Guadalajara was destroy ed on tbe 10th inet. l>y the explosion of a magazine. Miramon had just departed for the oapital when the explosion took place. From'one to two hand rad per sons were killed and the city was' thrown into a tend ble consternation. Tbe Liberals hod taken Maz&tlan. General Oasmanobad fallen back npon Yeantpeo. Genorals Blsoc and Coronado, with a foroe of three thousand, werq before Yaoatreo*. Mframou had seat six hundred men to its assistance, but it, was thought that the garrison would be obliged to surrender before ‘theyarrived. Miramon bad deolared vehemently against the Ro bles plan of Government previous to his-(Mlramon’s) election; but be had been since silent on that point. Robles was still presiding, beingbaoked by capitalist*, and friendly with Miramon. It is Said that if Miramon declares for Zuloaga. Robles will join the Liberals. The Eoglirh and French admirals had made a r formal and threateafngdemandon'Jaarez, for the prompt pay ment of tbe interest on English bonds, General Traconise had been released by Robles after a year’s imprisonment. At the capital It was reported that Traconise will be placed at the command ot the VeTa Oruz forces. From Washington. THE TARIFF AND THE TREASURY WAHtiNOfON. Jan. 28 —The tariff bill of Mr. Phelp*, of MisapurJ, fully meets the views of Secretary Oobb, who believes it will yield more revenue, and be less Eroteotive, than the tariff of 1857. Statements have een mads by certain parties, on whioh newspaper paragraphs have been predicated, to the effect that no fncreasQ of duties is necessary; but it ie ascertained that Secretary Oobb believes otherwise, sod so does the President- (It is estimated that the rates io Mr. Phalps’s bill would inorease the reverue on tbe past year’s importations about six and a half millions. The rrply of the Secretary of the Treasury to the in quiry made of him by tbe House, will doubtless be to the effsot that tbe receipt* from the customs and landa for the next fiscal year will not be sufficient to meet the expenses of the Government. It appears from recently-received official documents that the coolie trade to Havana la principally conducted at Macoa, and escapes tho jurisdiction of the colony. The emigration of respectable Chinese to tbe gold fields of California end Australia is about thirty thou sand per annum. Many of these return again, and American vessels receive a good share of the passage money. But this business, so far a« California la con earned, was cutoff by the law which took effect last October, which subjects the master ot a vessel to a fine of $6OO for every Ohioauan brought into tho State The Troasury balance, on Monday was nearly $4,- 600,009; the receipts of tbe previous week, $1.219.000; drafts paid, nearly $306,000; drafts issued, $687,000: increase, upward of $582,000. The Territorial Governments of Ari zona* Dacotah, and Jefferson. Washington, Jan. 28.—The bills establishing Terri torial Governments for Arizona, Dacotsh, and Jefferson were to-day Introduced by Mr, Stephens in the Honse, on his own notice. They are not, therefore, report* from the Committee on Territories, though exactly similar to those agreed on by the committee/excepting the name of the Platte river country, which is in Mr. Rtiphens’S hill called Jefferson, Instead of Tohasa. As adopted by the committee, Jefferson will ran from the one hundred and first . degree to the Rocky Monniafoa, and from the forty third The Committee on Ways and Means held another seesion, this morning, on the tariff question, but ar rived at no conclusion It was further postponed till Tuesday, when the views of the Secretary of the Trea sury will be laid before them. The disagreement of tbe members ef the committee is as marked as ever. It ie understood that tbe Republican members from tbe various Slates have notified Mr. Phelps, of Mis souri, as ohalrman of the Committee on Ways and Means, that no hope can be expected from them to ad vance the general appropriation bills nntil some plan U reported from the committee by which the expenses thus incurred shall be met without an increase of the national debt. This explains muob of the persistent opposition shown yesterday to the consular and diplo matic bill. The Democrats will ehortly hold a caucus to deter mine their action on the tariff. [lt is considered material to correct an error in Wed nosday’e Honse report What Mr. Barksdale of Mis sissippi said was, that he regarded tbe discussion ef lheyeopenlng of the slave trade as ill-timed, and out of place. But at the proper time, and under the proper circumstances, be wonld be prepared to take his position npon it, and he wonld do it with reference to tbe effect It would have upon his constituents, and his aeotion of the Union ] Accident on the Philadelphia, German' town, and Norristown Railroad* Noh&istown, January 28.—As the evening passenger train, from Philadelphia, on tbe Philadelphia, German town, aad Norristown Railroad was entering tbe depot at this place, It rao off the track in consequence of the switch being turned in the wrong dlreotlon. The en gine, tender, and several passenger cars were badly broken, and the engineer, conductor, and many or the passengers were seriously injured. Fortunately no lives were lost. It is impossible to learn the names of those Injured or the extent of their injuries to-n'gbt. THE COURTS. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. [Reported for The Press.] Nim Finns—Judge Thompson.—Douglass vs. Mitchell. Mr. Wm. H. Rawle summed op for the plaintiff, and made a powerful and sarcastic) argument on the evidence offered by the defendant. He will be followed by Mr. Tb&jer for the defence. It is expooted the ease will be closed this afternoon. Common Fieas— judge Thompson.—Con way vs. Ryan. An action for damages for injuries sus tained by being run over by defendant’s sleigh. Jury out. O. B. F. O’Neill for plaintiff; Daniel Dougherty for defendant P. B. Carter vs. D G. Barnitz & Co. In this cases which was &n action to recover for professional service, as an attorney and counsellor, nod which was on trial on Thursday till late in the afternoon, the jury brought In a verdict for defendant, « District Court —Judge Sharswood.—Ann Bradley, administratrix of James Bradley, deceased, vs. Daniel Bradley, defendant, and Samuel Stovens, gsr nishee. Verdict for the plaintiff far $54.81. Aoaclion to recover interest alleged to be due on a boDd aud mortgage No defence, j U. Adams /orpiaintiff. Henry Do Beer >s. Oscar Strasburger aod Edward Nuhn, trading, Ac. A feigned issue under the sherifTa interpleader act, to try the ownership of certain per sonal property, consisting of Taney articles, such as chi nawsre, boxes, Ac , which was levied upon and told by the sheriff. Verdict for the plaintiff Longhead for plaintiff, John Clayton for defendant. Distriot Court— Judge Hare.— Tostcrday James Uavitinl was brought before tho court, ou a warrant of arrant, charged with fraudulently concealing hl« property with the' iutonlion of defrauding his cre ditors. It is alleged that a Dumber of persona were taken before John Y. Killlnger, police magistrate of the Twelfth district, for a hearing, charged with riot and assault and batter/, and w*re bound oyer b/ him fora trial on said charge Tho whole amount of ball re quired wsb $4,600, and it is alleged that the defen dant offered to go bail for these parsons, and after be ing qualified, stated that he was worth {6,000 orer and above all bis liabilities; that he owned in fee simple real estate in the count/ of Philadelphia, in Norris town, in the Twentieth ward, in Maoayunk, and Iq ra rlous places, but that it was mostly encumbered except the house where be lived, and tbßt It was worth $6,000. Upon the evidenoe the magistrate alleges that he ac cepted the defendantas bail for the parties. Evidence was examlaed by the plaintiff, and the de fondant was then examined, and said that he did not own at)/ real estate, and did not tell the police magis trate that he owned real estate, bub said he owned pro pert/, (meaning personal property and debts due him). The Judge asked the de/endaot if he hod any wit nesses to examine, and be replied tbit he bad not The Judge then decided that the defendant had pro perty concealed from hi* creditors, and ordered him to give sufficient security for .his talcing the benefit of the insolvent laws. Thin salt was brought at the Instance of Howard Tilden to the use of Marlin Hayward, to re cover a debt due to them, amounting to about {260 Adjourned. Quarter Sessions—Judge Allison.—Moses Lowther and Eraucia Mur/ay were charged with &q as aanlt and battery upon James Morrow. • 'Gotleib Walters was charged with receiving stolen goods, knowing them to The goodsconsistcd of gold crasua card cases, and cigar cases, and somu few dozen penknives. All the goods were valuea at $lOl. The p operty belonged to Rebecca and Ann Watters. On trial. Accident on the East River—Three Lives (Prom the New York Evening Post of yesterday ] At a quartor-past Fix o'olock this morning tho ferry bargo from Blackwell’s ißland, while oq the way from the island to tbo landing, at the foot of Sixty-first stroet, was run into by tho steamor Sylvan Grove, plying between Harlem and Peck Slip, and three men on board were drowned. There was a dense fog at the time, and it is supposed the coxswain, who is among the lost, was aeceiv ed an to tho proximity of the vessel from not hear ing the whistlo distinctly. The steamer struck tho ferry-boat close to tho 11 stroke oar,” and out her nearly in two, oarrying hor and all on board under her bows. The following are the namos of tho drowned: Michael Graham, Thomas Lee, and Panic! Ma honey. Miohaol Graham was tho coxswain. lie leaves a wife and one child residing or the island. Tho others wero boatmen and inmates of the peniten tiary. . None of the bodios of the drowned have been reoovered. It was reported that tho boat had been picked up at Iho foot of Kocsevelt street. Miohaol Graham, deemed an expert coxsifcftb, has been long in the business, but has for the fi r6 t and last time made a misoaloulatlon. Stocks and Real Estatk on. Tuesday next See Thomas & Sons’ pamphlet oataloguo, Issued to-day, and advertisements. Now is the time—boforo the hurry of spring business—to get a bargain in a Raven, Baoon, & Co., Nunns Olntk, Ilallet, Davis, &00, or Galo & Co. Piano, at J. K. Gould’s, Seventh and Ghost nut stroots. The splendid new Banking House on Chost nut etroot, erected for tho Bank of Pennsylvania, will be sold, without reserve or limitation, on Tues day evening, Ist of March, by M. Thomas Sonß. LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. ARRIVAL OP THE STEAMER ILLINOIS. Si,&lo/Pl6 X3ST GOXjD. Highly Important from Central America, the South Pacific, and Paraguay. Hostilities Prepared for the U. S* Fleet. COSTA RICA CONFIRMS THE BELLY TREATY. The steamer Illinois, John McGowan oommand or, fiom Aspinwall January 10th, arrived at New York yesterday, with the Southern mails, passen gers, treasure of the Golden Age, whloh left i3an Francisco on tho 6th. On the 23d, Philo aged 23, died and was buried at sea The Illinois brings, from California,‘five days later mails, and her news is two days later than the telegraphic overland intelligence. The mails from Central Amerioa and the South Pacific are a fort night later. TREASURE LIST. .$143.C00 E Kelly 4 Co $60,000 .. 5.000 Eerbj, Brrtia A 00. 8,000 .. 10.000 BO Knight A C 0... 3,610 ~ 23 000 B Meader acd o. Am Ex 8ank...., XHtJT Baron. J H-‘Browning:... Butcher &. Bros.. Clark & Wilbtir.... 16,0(10 Adam*... 23,600 J a Cogbill 21,069 P Naylor 12,000 Wnx T Coleman & • J B Newton & C 0... 26,000 On 65 760 J,Patrick 45.000 O W Crosby 12,000 Ritfmrd Patrick;,,. 85 000 O H Cummings 6.0C0 R (J Reed Sc Co 8,862 T Blusteln 6c Bros.. 10,000 Santa Clara Mg An . 3,000 Freeman & Co 79 640 Wm fceligmao Sc On. 60,000 II B Giflio... 5,000 Treadvretl &C 0.... 18,000 T JHaod icOo. 2,000 T 'Watson Sc 80n.... l.lfiO Wm Hiller & 00. ... 123.0001 J B Weir 10,000 WinUogeBcOo 60,000 Welle, Fargo Sc Co. .280 500 HoitUnd Sc Aapln- Order.... 24,690 wall; 26,392 Janeon, Bond Sc Co.. 16,000 Total LIST or PASSESQgIB. From California —J M Block, 8 M Locke, J B Mott. Jr, J Hayward, wife and infant; Mrs J McNully and servant. J Mfltaunton and bod, James Buchanans, Jr, Liont Harrison, Major Bidwell, J W Brigvs and wife, Mrs P 9 SouUiworth, J D Bronson, H Johnson, H J Bachman, H E Pierce, J Eppioger, D Major and wife, W M Newhall, H Owner, wife and three children, Carroll E A Beatty, M Oreeobaum, Mrs Cbiches’er and child, J Pier«e,Pßuby, wife and infant-, 0 A Bacon and wife: Llent Sanders, Mrs Berault and child, Wm Merer Sc wife, IW Lester, M Rnowlton, VI ABeder Mrs Graham, Mrs Reynolds, J W B Barclay, M Moore, Lieut R H Wyman, UBN, from Acapulco, J Napthail, J L Ben* nis, T 0 Shelton. R Roarers, F A Wood.J Baxter, Q Whitman, D R Pollock, V Coryell, Mrs Ames aad child, M Levine- Obe England. CEB Coffin, D Leris, G Wil cox. H 8 Stone, Geo W Fnller, B S and 140 in steerage From. Aspinwall, —Dr Caldwell, U H N, P Ha f haway W B Sears, W H Hagan, D Muralock,C ICruft, II L Joa cbfmsoa, J Adelberg. B J Dorsey, Capt Henry Randall, Capt J M Dow, L 8 Huntress, J Soitzer, W Bogon, J JH Mooes and servant, H MeCotrrr; . * SUMMARY OF NEI76. [From the Alta California ot January sth.j The Legislature mot on tho 3d instant. The President’s messago arrived at PlncervlHo on tho Ist Instant, twenty-ono days from St, Louis via Salt Lake. Ono hundred and sixteen porsona wero natural ized In Sacramento in 1858." A patty had gone out from Los Angolas to ohoose a site for a military post. A company has been formed to supply Los An. gelos with water. Tho town of Now San Pedro is growing and be coming a busy place.. Oscar Case, tho stage driver, who was shot near Marysville, some weeks ago, by a passenger on tbe opposition stage, which Case was "running into” at the timo, has died. The passenger has been discharged as justifiable in shooting, and the death of Case does not alter the matter in tho least. Thoro were 175 births in Sacramento city last year. .In three oases there were twins—in one oase twin boys; in two cases son and girl. In January and February there wore fifteen births, of which eleven wore girls. In May and Jane there were 26 births, of which 16 were boys. Notice has been given to the United States Dis trict Court, of the Southern district, that the claim of J. Y. Limantour to the Laguna de Tacbe ranohe will be appealed to the Unitod States Supiome Court. The exports of treasure by steamers from Cali fornia, in 1858, amounted to 545,100.269 66. The value of exports, other than treasure, amounted to $4 622,120. The debt of the State amounts to $4,623,604. Tbe hmountof money paid for freight on vessels running by sea at this port was $2,767,865. - The trial in the oase of Mibs Joey Gougenbeim against The bark Glimpse was resumed in the District Court on the 3d instant. It was not ex pected that the oaso. would be concluded for somo days The salt is for damages for breach of con tract during a Voyage from Australia to this port Some of tho testimony elicitod was deoiaedly riob. The lady school teachers laid a very uniquf petition before the San Franoisoo Board of Bduj oatirfn at the last mooting of that body, remon strating against any. further reduction of their salaries, on tho ground that board in this city coats fifty dollars per month, while in* New York fifteen dollars is oonsidored almost extrava gant, and that all the other expenses of living were proportionality higher. The schooner Prido oflhe Seas, built by the late Qeorge Sloors, arrived at this port on the evening of tbe29thDooember, in one hundred and fifteen dayE from Malaga, tbe shortest trip ever per formed. OREGON. Tbe Legislature met on the 7th ultimo, and Go vernor Curry had sent in bis message, which con tains a number of bints about legislation needed in regard to local affairs. He recommends that provision be made for keeping the insane, and complains that there is no law in California au thorizing the extradition of oriminals on the ap plication of Governors of Territories The throttle valve of tbe stoamor Onward burst near Albany, on tbe Willamette, and scalded five of the orew dangerously. It was reported that two of them had died. A steamer is built to tuu between the Dalles and Walla Walla. There were three feet of snow at Walla Walla, and tho cattle wero in danger of death by starva tion and cold. CENTRAL AMERICA. The Belly Contract Confirmed by Costa Rica.— On the 14th of Dcoembor tho Congress of Costa Rica, in extraordinary session, confirmed tho contraot toM. Bolly, in thofoliowing terms: Ist. The Interoooanic Convention oolobrated between the Republics of Costa Rica and Nica ragua, and M. M. Felix Belly andP. M. Mulland &■ Co., of Paris, is approved of, but with the un derstanding that the responsibility to whioh ar ticle 10th refers shall only take effeot when the exterior attack or invasion is legal. * | [Note.—The. 10th article referred to above stipulates that Nioaragua and Costa Rica shall de fend tho transit in case of invasion. Tho amend ment is designed to savo responsibility in oaseof filibuster aggression. J 2d. The present decree shall come into effect only when tho Congress of the Republic of Nica ragua shall havej-utlfied the convention. Salvador—Earthquake—Jail Delivery.— On the 2d of December the University was rein stalled in tho city of San Salvador, from which place it bad been provisionally removed to San Vicente, aftorthe great earthquake of 1854. On tbo 2d ult. twenty-fivo persons, confined for seri ous offences, escaped from the jail of Santa Ana, whioh event caused great constoruation amongst tbo population, rs most of the fugitives wore des perate oharaoters, FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC. [From the Panama Star, January 16 ] The Paoifio Steam Navigation Company’s steam er Cloda reached Panama on tho 6th insb , bringing dates from Valparaiso to the 16th. from Callao to tho 26’h, from Paita to tbo JWth of December, and from Guayaquil to tho 2d instant. Passengers, 30merchandise, 113 paokagos; specie, $202,000. Tbo nows by this mail is of a highly important character, bothfrom Ohiloond Peru. Tho revolutionary movement, whioh has been so long smouldering in Chile, appears at length to be bursting out into a dame. The Mcrcurta, one of tho best papers in tho country, has boon suspended on account of tho publication ofkome article wbioh did not meet the views of the Government. The provinces of Val paraiso, Santiago and Aooneagua havo been de clared under martial law for the space of ninety days, and several political papers suppressed and arrests mado of parties aoousod of oonspiracy against tbe existing Government. Among the printing offiooa olosed by order of tbe Govormuont, we notice tbo names of La fidad, Correo Literario, Conservator, and As amblca ConstitupAitte, of Santiago. A club call ed “ Club do la Union,” composed of many in fluential members in Santiago, was ordered to be Olosed on tho 12th of December by the Govern ment. Tho members closed thoir doors, but held an indignation meeting in the room, when they wero surrounded by tbe troops, and one hundred and forty-nine members arrested and placed in prison; aixty of them were released on payment of a fine of fifty dollars each, tho others preferring to remain in prison to paying the fino The fol lowing named members of tho club wero ordered to bo kept in priaoD for trial: Manual Autonio Matta, Angel Custodio Gallo, Benjamin Vicuna Maokenna, Guillermo Matta, Isidoro Errazurie, Jose A. Torres, Jose del Car men Estuardo, Santia Ortuzar, Jose del Carmen Tronooso, Roberto Souper, Juan Doren, Jose Do ren, Pedro Doren, Gregorio Doren, Rafael Doren, Ramon Toro Mazito, Santiago Riesoo, Ramon Se pulvodo. Three of the above-named persons are members of tho House of Representatives. From iho Argentine Republio we have recent dates of interest. Paraguay is making warlike preparations to re pel tbo United States foroes. Two of the United Slates vessels had reuohed tho waters of Uruguay, and others wero reported in Rio Janeiro. It is reported that Buenos Ayres has entered into a secret treaty with the United States, among tho principal clauses of whioh Is the following : “ Buouos Ayres is to sorvo tbo United States as a doposito in case of war with Paraguay; she will allow the troops of tbe United States afreo tran sit. both by land and water; and sho will lend her ally every aid in her power to conquer Para guay.” A Brazilian fleet was about beinj despatched from Rio Janoiro to tho waters of Parana, to ob serve tho movements of thoUoited States fleet. From Peru wo have aocounts of a riot at Callao, whioh nppoars to be tho commencement of another revolution. The Congress of Peru, in view of the suddon rise in quicksilver, which is at present entirety mono polized by a few speculators, who Aro demanding most exorbitant prices for this artiole, so indis pensably necessary for tho good of the metal of the Republic, has authorized tbe Executive, under date of 18th Deoember, to purchase annually 0,000 quintals of quioksilver in tho market of California or Spain, whioh is to be sold by the Government to consumers at cost price. Tho offi cial document of tho Congress relative to this matter appears in the Cotnercio of Lima ot 22d December. Ecuador still remains blockaded by tbe Peru vian fleet, but wo are in possession of no informa tion regarding their movements. Mrs. Mary Allison died in Nottingham, N H., January I7tb, in tho ono hundred and ninth year of her age, having been bora in Lee, N. H , May 20, 1750. Her maiden name was Mary Fisk. Sho has eight daughters living, the youngest of whom is sixty years of ago, three of whom nro ovor eighty, and tho oldest will bo eighty- six in May. * A Mr Bailey, residing in Simpson county, Ky , induced Mrs. Moore, tho wifo of a neighbor, to olope with him Teoently. Hot husband pur sued tbo guilty pair and overtook them near Shakortown, where bo shot Bailey through the hoad, killing him instantly. Mooro then gave liimeeif up to tho authorities. a THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WURATLET A Clarks's Abch-stbbbt Tubjtrb.— “ Al«Mln: Or, Tho Wonderful lamp”—" Grindfaihir Whltebesd.il Bm Wumrimit “ Richard III” "The Bold Dragoons.” nr AT IP v OiRODB—"Van Amburgfc’a Menagerie-’— Lents Circus Company”— “ Equestrian, Gymnastic, and Acrobatic feats ” MODOSOUOU’S oAlRTlB3.—Selection* from playfc, Gems from Operas, Pantomimes, Daoelng, and Singing. SARFOBD’B Opbba Housu Ethiopian Entertain ments. « .- - . , Select Council.— This body met yesterday afternoon at three o’clock, pursusnt to adjournment’: Mr Wharton in the chrir. * The-president stated that the first business before the Chamber tvai the periling motion to reconsider the vote which was laid on tho table, viz: the motion to proceed to the election of two trustees of the gas works. The eyes and uav* were called, and the rote was considered unanimously. The Chamber then proceeded to an election, which .{{suited in the choice of the following gentletneo, who 'were the Dem'catlo nominees in caucus convention : Frederick Fraley, , lfi votes. yVlUlajn L. Hirst * io " Mr. Benton moved that the Obaraber proceed to the ejection of eleven vaccine physicians. A brief debate here ensued, which was indulged in by Mr Leidy, who moved to postpone tho matter until Thursday next, and after considerable dtycasslon the vote was filially taken on tbe motion to*postpone until Thursday next. The vote, on a division being called for, was 9 to 9. The president voted to postpone, and the matter was Accordingly laid over until Thursday next. The Obamber then proceeded, to. the consideration of certain ordinances Which bad beeh received from Com mon Council. The first one taken up was an ordinance making as appropriation to the clerks o! Councils. Th®hvll.a Mr. Potter moved to proceed to the .consideration of the ordinance appropriating $172,361 for' the expenses of the Guardians of tbe Poor'for the year 1859. Tbe ordinance was then read by the olerk; but with out taking any action, the Ohamber adjourned. Death of a well-known Citizen.—Mr. John H. Myers, for a number or years the proprietor of the Fulton House, situated at the corner of Chestnut and Water streets, died yesterday morning, at tbe ad vanced age of eighty-four years. Mr. M. was one of the soldiers of tbe war of 1812, and distinguished himself, at the battle of.Nortb Point, by several noted acts, of d»riog and bravery. Hie funeral will take, piece- to morrow, when bis remains will doubtless be. followed to the grave-by-*-forge-ooaeeurae of- friends fmd rela tives, end the 'Maeonfe ■fraternity,'Or'Wblflh'eodTfty'fid' 1 has bern an eotive member for tbepasttwenty-five yearsi Death is fast thinning out the ranks of the veteran sol dieisof 1812, and their number will soon be entirely extinct ,• bat the remembrance of their noble deeds will ever remain fresh in the hearts of their country men. Another Child Burned.— Another shock ing accident occurred yesterday morning, at a house ia Buttonwood street. Third ward, which will probably result in tbe death of the child /who received the in juries Mrs. Manlove, who resides in the above lo cality, left her residence for a few momenta, for the purpose of procuring some milk, leaving her child, about a year old, alone in tbe apartment. It seems that, during her absence, the child’s clothing took fire from the stove, and, upon her return, the mother was horrified to find the little sufferer so shockingly burned that but little hope is entertained, of its re covery. After tbe late dreadful accident by which s child in Clinton street was burned to death, too much flare esnnot he exercised by those having children Übder their charge. A Collision.— Quite an excitement was created about half-past nine o’clock yesterday morning, At the corner of Tenth and Willow streets. A parsre fer railway car of the Tenth-street line wai proceed ng up that street, and the driver of tbe car, not aware of the approach of & coal train which was coming down Willow street, was driving along at his nsual rate, and before he could stop his horses tbe csUiiion ensued, which so completely demolished tbe running gear o' the passenger car m to render its farther progress for the time impossible- The ear was crowded with pas sengers at the time, the greater part of whom consisted of ladies, who were considerably alarmed, and gave vent t» tbe usual amount of shrieks, <£c; but fortu nately they all escaped injury. Caw Thieves.—Two colored moo, named Selby Pride and George Purnell, were taken before Al derman Tltte-roary, yesterday morning, on the charge of stealing a calf The men wore arrested in tho First district on Thursday night, having the calf lu their possession. The trio were taken to the First district etttion-house, where tbe calf, about two yean old, with white face and black akin, awaits an owner. The men were committed by the alderman to await a further hearing. Burglars Frustrated. — At an early hour yesterday morniur several burglars had assembled at the grocery store of Mr. Wra. Uorter, at Twenty-second and Vine streets, and attempted to rob the same. They had eucceadei in prying the lock off tbe frootdoor, and forced a window shutter, when they were fortunately discovered by Officers Morrow and Brady, whose sudden appearance caused them to leave for parts unknown. Tho officers gave chase, but tho robbers were too quick for them, and snece*d<*a in making good their escape. Taking thk Veil.— Wo aro-informed that in the early p«rt of next month a number of young la dies of ihe Catholic persuasion are to take tho white veil ” This Is a peculiar and interesting ceremony be longing to the Catholic religion, and is the first step towardsrenouncing the follies andvaoltlea of the world, preparatory to the admission of the applicants to n con vent The ceremony will be of a deeply Interesting ob&*acter, and it is expected that a large number of bishops end priests will officiate on tbo occasion. Wouldn't Pan m» Bill—A man named Roboft Tacka&erry has oten held to bail by Alderman Thompson, cn the charge of committing a violent as sault and bitter/ on the person of Mr. Lawless It ap pears that Mr. Lawless is tho proprietor of shot*) at the corner of Eleventh and Filbert streets, at which place Tackaberry has beon boarding for soui« time past It is alleged that a short time since Mr. Lawless re quested his boarder to settle his bill, at which he be came very indignant and committed tho assault. New Pastor, —The Bcv. Win. Jf. Martin, who wan called, a short time since, to take charge ot Trinity Ohurch, in Catharine street, Above Second, will to-morrow enter upon the discharge of his dutie*, and it is confidently expeoted by his numerous friends that his labors.will be produ:tlre of muchgood. and add greatly to the men>b*r a htp in the church. He Is a youDg mao of excellent abilities, refiaed taste, and a good orator Trial of the "Weccacoe Engine. — A pub lic trial of Ibis Steam fire engine w 11 take place this afternoon.at Fourth and Washington etre t» This en gine was bu'lt by Mostrs. Merrick A Sods,and was tried in the yard a few days ago. while in ao unfinished state. The performance at that time was entirely satisfactory, and we have no doubt that many of our citizens will assemble this afternoon lo witness a public exhibition ot her. Accident, —Shortly before nine o’clock last evening a lady, named Mary Ann Rogers, was knocked cown by car No. 16, of the Fifth and Plxtb- streel Passenger Railway, and severely injarfd. 7’he accident happeued in the vicinity of Fifth and Vine streets The lady was conveyed to The Pennsylvania Hospital by Lieutenant Bowers. Fell Overboard.— A man, named John Scovoll, fell off a sloop yesterday afternoon, now lying at Race-street wharf, into the Delaware., He struggled in tbe water.for some time, bat was fortunately rescued from his perilons position by officer Moore. Lottery Policy Dealer in Trouble.—A mao, named William Winer, wan arrested and taken 'before Alderman Clark, yesterday afternoon, on (iho charge of dealiog in lottery policies. - Accused was held •to bail in the sum of {5OO. Committed.— Johu Williams, alias «* Little Chuck*,” who was arrested by Special Officer Russell, at the ebu'eh dedicatiewon Thursday afternoon, wawaken before Alderman Ogle and committed to prison. Something New. —A lad, fourteen years of age, was sent to an oxchango offioe in New York, on Tuesday last, to obtain one hundred and eigh ty-six dollars in unourront money. The hoy, on reaching the door, was mot by a man who repre sented himself to bo an offioer, and oharged him with intending to pass counterfeit bills. His con* duot frightened the boy into showing him the bills, when tho follow ran off with the money and oaoaped. Killed in a Coal Pit.— A coal miner named Henry Jones was killed in a coal pit ia Shaler township, Pa., on Tuosday evening last.' It ap pears that while ho was at work, a large lamp of coal fell on him, crushing him ao severely that he died in ft few hours. Coroner Bostwiok hold sn in quest the following morning, when a verdict of ac cidental death was rendered. The deceased was a natiro of England, and an unmarried man. Mr. K. Ridgely, son of an eminent and wealthy Springfield (111 1 banker, has disappeared, in company with a young girl only about fifteen years of ago. The gentleman leaves an accom plished young wife and two interesting children. As a coincident with his flight, about $27 000 of money has disappeared from tho bank of his father, in whioh Mr. Ridgely was ongaged. J?INAtfCJAL AND COMMERCIAL, The money Marfcet. ParLADBLPHfA J&nnary 28,1859 The prices of nearly all stocks and bondi on the Bet are nearly stationary, though ibere was a rather large basind'a transacted to-day. R ad ; rg Railroad shares are dull at 24# to 24# ; Second and Third-street Bail road have advanced 'again to49p Chtawfrsa7 p«rce3t. bonds'have gone if}) t and North Pennsylvania efcaraa tnd eix p*r c*ut bocdebothfeUcfif Tho mr'crr' nmftet i* less’dl torbed by the loan to the Government than was generally looked for, and the increased demand for money is not greater than might have been expected from the growing activity in busi neas circles. Our New York advices state that the banks there are attempting to raise the rate of interest, and that loans which could have been had, two or three weeks ago, at 4# per cent., ace .now only attainable at 6to stf. , The foreign exchange market is firm, without much activity. • The range for sterling is 108,# to 109#, and francs 6.20 to 5.35 Speaking of exchange, we have had an extract from s London paper by us for Insertion for some time, which maybe interesting, if not important, t) many of our readers. It is as followa: Occasions sometimes arise where bills drawn in foreign couotries agaiost letters of credit issued by English houses are refund acceptance upon presentation The practice is palpably a bod form of repudiation, but t cau ha legally pursued, and tKfo fact io t’.roqa of emergency, presents a greet temptation,." Thus dirfng the panto of last autam it wav uudeVstool to have been adostsd to a considerable extent, especially in the case of bills drawn from the River Plate. The technical p’e* is that the contract la confined to the grantor and grantee ct the letter ef credit, and that n» third party can acqnlra any absolute rights under it The power of evading the spirit of an agreement toy a quibble of this kio'J, itaet naturally tend to subvert commercial mo rality ; acd it is understood that a short act is to bo in troduced, with the view of placing all letters of credit in the same category as bills of exchange, so as to reo - de' the-n negotiabte by entoreem*nt, and thna give the holders of them, og of any drafts drawn under their au thority, power to enforce payment by summary pro cedure. The Fayette Circuit Court has recently decided, in a suit between the Northern Bank of Kentucky and the Farmers’Bank, theta bank note, fraudulently muti lated, is'of rib value, even In the hands of an innocent holder, and the bank is net bound to. redeem such notes. An attempt is to be made by the Common Council tf Milwaukee to compel the railroad!, to which city bonds have been Issued, to pay the interest upon them. The following is the amount of eo&l transported on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad during the week ending Thursday, January 27,1869 From Port Carbon...... “ PottsviUe “ Schuylkill Haven t( Apburu “ Port Clinton Total for week PrerJotuljr lids year. To nuns time lost year 174,896 0? This shows ad increase of 6,504 tons for the week, and 43,117 tone for the season. The following is tbe'amountof coal transported over the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad for the week, ending Thursday, Jan. 27,1859: Tons. For the week ending Jan - 27. 2,371 Shipped previously since Jaauary Ist; 6,134 ~ 8,505 Amount shipped to same date last year... 2,4*0 Increase The Spkcis asd Bsllioh Trad* or Losnos.-rTho imports of specie aod bullion into London for the last nz months of 1858. amonnted to 354.992 800 in gold, and $13,784,159 in silver—together 368,776 950. Tho exports daring the same Bix months were $35.- 875 850 in gold, and $12,921,400 in silver-togethers4B,- 797 250. 6 * The largest imports daring the time were from Aus tralia, $25,986,600; from Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, $21,849,150; from the United States, $11,201,750; from Russia, $8 235 800 The largest exports were to France, $30,317,900 ; to India, $5 515,650; to China, $3,682,850; to Constanti nople. $23 288,400; to Holland, $2,015,100 We do not fiod aoy statement of the imports of hol lion for the first six months of the year, but exp Specie and Exchange Brokers, No. 40 Booth Third street, quota as follows: Old Amer. # D 01... 105 Span % ot.l 25 “ “ X 11 ... 1 07V Victoria Sovereigns.. 4 86 Mexican D011ar5....! 06 Old “ ,:..4 84 Spintah s 47% [lOO Reading R b 5 «4'£ | 1 Phila4Trentlt..HB UOOLlsl&fid R....10U nx HXK) do >70... 87. mo Elmira Chat 10s 75# 4000 Phil & Fonb B 7s 80 200 do 25 do 2 Girard Bk. 12* ISO Union Onl Prf.bs 3 61 Penn* R lota 4% CLOSING FBI Bid. Asked. US 6s ’74 102*103# Phiiafa -99* 99# do B 99V 99 J* do New. .109 103# Penn* fa 93# 94 Beadingß 24,y 24vi do JJ(U’7O..B3# 84 [ . do Htgfa’44.93 93* do do *86.73 73# Psnnaß 43 4Sfc [OXB—STEADY, Bitt.AiM. Beh Narlmp 6*..75 76 SchNar Btock... B# OK do Prof 17# 18 Wmap’tAllmß. OK 10 do Taletmtg 71 71# Ido 2d. 65 #60 Long Island 11# 11# Girard Bank 12# 12# L*h Goal A Nat.. .45# 49 Lehigh Scrip 27 27# N Pennft R...... 30 10# Ido 65...«..68 68# New # # OaHwfosa 8.... 8# 6# Lehigh Zinc..... # 1# do Jstm 65...101 103 | do 2dm 65.j...92% 92* j Mot Cl Ga Bv off 47 4TJ*I do Pref. 105 105 I Bohnyl Nav fa ’82.72 72*! Exchange, Jan* 28. Doi*D. 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Covfsb.— The market U rather quiet, but very firm, this morning A large movement rook place in Bio last evening, sweeping the market almost at foil prices— -6,600 bags ex Corills, were made at U*c ; 4 500 do ex Ziogarella and 1,512 do. balance cf L'gbt Brigade's cargo, oo privffe terms—a Jeo 150 bags Bloat 10£