r Q »i, I * h s pd a nr GioitDAxs ,a x o a r i a d) f .,, .BY iJOHN W. FOiyfEy, . 'Offifie/l^o.'4l7CliosfeiutStl“Qot. DAILY .PRESS* ' STr«LV>'ojinB>>p th. Quito*. > MailedtoSubForibem out of the City at Six Dollars >ib i A»*rit riPode' UoLLiia fob xtoav Mouths ; Tsui Doluba'»4* , -'Bix Movras, Inyariably is ad vasee Sot the'tbnfc ordered. " — k - r: ■ - • ( : MXlM*> MHurittii out or th* Oltj at Thbm Dot -i- -r TxstWMKLY Pii*ks T wlll.be iwnt to Subscribed by .SrialF(per.aiahttini’ ihfidTance/) $2 00 TtteeJOopies,- *« A «7 >< .7.V .7* 600 yfve~Oe^ieeivA : « v *•' '8 00 Tea ?* -7 rt *'' ’ 12 00 Twiner ?u ?;£ tt)' (toone address)... 80 00 Twenty. Cop! es.or-ofer* 9 (toaddrosaofeaoh - . I- Subscriber,) esch/j. i. .. i . .v.. ' . 7: . 7: ... '-T 20 For a-Glnb of Twenty-onS'or oyer, wewill send an extra copy to the getter-dp of the Club, f 'V V -ojr*-P6stmuten ire requested fcbeot ae Agents for The Wsskly'Prsss. ! CAtirORNIA PRESS. 'luned Semi-Monthly- in' time‘for ■the’’ California •Steamers.- .7 - x J ,;_ ■ ,*•' an?* (Copnrtneraljqis. jpOPAfiTNERSHIP. THE' SUBSCRI \J BBRShaye admitted ‘ Mr. J CHARLES H. FJBB NA&p.(whq htthaenwith; theta -the' purtnine years) town jAtec*afr<ingthe!d htudneas.'to date from the’first I ?i 7 - rXhey.wm eoptiaae“therPUßLl9HlN& and'BOOKi §Bl»lttsfiv.hnsuieli. In' *H Its.branches, at their Old ft*ods flo.2&Soitb SIXTH,Bfc, .483V8 Ohbsteut.- ' >-XhestylejoC the firm will be aa heretofore. 1 .... cLINDJUY & BLAKIBTON. ; t . PbOsdt»lphla t Janaary 27th, 1860. » ’ •- f 'Ja2B-Et sSoPAR^BB^HIP^fiirOTIOE.—The nn (Jersigned have, TUIS.’; BAX : associate ; them self** tOfrether.undertheflrmilfC-tkD, 8. CADWAL- LaDER, frr tb< transactionof a WHOLESALE. LUM BER DUSItHISS,- qt'OOATBS Street WHABfr, , ** OHARbRS.-OAB.WALTiADBB. J DaVid 8. cadwalladbb. - js2B-6t# Tilß .COPARTNERSHIP - heretofore ex- Jfit3bg'between,- the; subscribers; under.the firm of Mo7Al»fiA : &* BBBfififii thla'<Jay’dle*olyedby smtaal ~ tvaosent j The firm .will by el’hcr'rfx'aVondereigned.who; are anthorl*sd to.use ihenameof the,firm la liquidation*ii*. •- :‘1 • •„ v, I KDWIH MoOALLA, • ■ 6*o.'P. HKMK.; ' , j PtUiJ.lphi»,Jannuy2s.lBsD jt24.6t» .D.; HOOVER flato” U. S. il Manhal fojsths'BitWotol ColambUhhes osso l OounV MUor v a^lAW;nßasiaeci r lwfore the U; A. Bapreme and Circuit Courts,itholQourt of Oaime, and the Eseoutird Departments promntlyattended to.' Address .DATIDQI to HOOYBB. liOUISIANA Afenuo, Washington City. JdsV: G.;RXTTENHOI7SE, of * the Jate firm o B. a HOBNOB to Oft., will continue the Whole sale YaraUh' Manufacturing, in all Its branches, as heretofoteiat the old stand.' . - Thankful for paetfarors, heaolioitsthe custom of the former patrons of 8.0. HOBNOB A 00.,' and hopes by,' RtTjctarteution.to business to oontlnue.to give .entire eaUsfadfioa. 7'' . ‘ ’ Store—No.'23l AROH efr. bet Second and Third'ate. ' OOQPBBYILLg, Twefityrthfrd ward. i . IMITED Sub- •] hereby giro notice that they have entered/ into" a limited Partnership, agreeably to, the proTieiona, of the IfcW« of the'Commonwealth of Penney Iranis, yg- : latlng-to limited Partnerships." - y * 'f !■■■'■ . That the BAme or ' finaunder which said partnership') la jfco.be. oondnsted is:»*, B.WOOD, MABSB,-& HAY-: ' That .the general nature of tho Business intended to' bo trAn&acted is the Dry Goods Jobbing and Ofljgthing Business.' •' •-* : 1 . ■>' Tjbat the names of all the general and Special part- , jrtm interested thereIn,Ar*:BENJAMIN V. MARSH (general'' LRwIS- W. HAYWARD (general ’ wto%r)vBDViIRD.T.I!OV’DBIND (general partner),' HINRYHHNDBRSON (general. ptrtner);BlOaAßD BTOOD.(general partner), ALFRED H.JOSTRR,i(gene», ml partner), -RICH aBDD,WOOD: (special partner),, and JOSIAtT “BACON (spedlal par|oer); and all of them ‘the'iaid partners f general'and'Bpeci&i,'r«Bide'-In the Cltyof PhUadeJpWarr.-j.. :< ,• \a .That.the.aggregate amount of the.oapital oontrlbnted special partners tbo Common. Stock,, ie.Two hundred 'thousand - ; 'dollars, 1 of ’/which One ‘ hundred thousand dollars. In cash', harbeen-so contributed, by the D. WOOD, - - speoiat partner,; and of wplch, One hundred.thousand, dollars, in-cash, has been ap contributed,!)/ the said JOSIAU BACON, spe cial partner'. -‘ *• t 1 ** lf • That the period at whioh the B\id partnership Is to commence, is the thirty-first-day of December, A.D. 1858, and thd period at which It will terminate, is the thirty-first day of December, A.D. 1863. ' •BIOHARDJO.-WOOD, Special Partner. v .. ~ . BACON,iBpe4ialPartner. » : ''BENIN. Y., MARSH. ! f • t ..l w. hayward: ;: v / - ’ BDWD. Y. TOWNbBND, ; , HENRY HBNDSBBON ' . BIOBARD WOOD? ALFRED H.FOBTKB. PhU&aa.,Dec f Bl,lB6B.';; !, ' ~ Cabinet’COarei qpHK LARQEST DESK BEPOT IK :: ' ' THE DKION. 1 IIOfiUET 4; II UTIOHi, . v (SiwWßaors to J, T. TTamintttj) ; 1. MANU»AOIHUESS 0» A. t. ADAMS’ : IMI£ROVED DESK RACK. , -, ’ ■ -v No. 3(1 South THlBDfltreot, ■ ' V;, ‘ f; ; ' EMlodelphli.';! ■ * A U . • "-■ I e 'f i:<- s * ; it-fJ fr'f':? No.m SOUTH SECOND SORBET, <'V“ :4 '• lu.eonneotlGn with their extensive Cabinet Business/ - anstK>w<manniacturiDg a superior article of p-' . BILLIARD TABLES, J ? endhare now on haod a foil supply, finished with MOOBB k OAMPION’S'IMPHOvBD CUSHIONS, r which ate pr'ncaoced by all who hare' used them to be snpsrkr to all others. > J For.-lhe qnalityand finish of these Tables th£ manu factareraTefer to their.xmmerone patrons throughout the Union, who ate fjmiU&r with the character of their worli. , . r jali-fim : t : , siat\ofcrctta, ■(geeaiw OHIOKERING & SONS, nSr I* s "WASurACTURIRS (W .. - GBAND, BQUAKji, AND UPRIGHT , PIANO-PORTES.' - WARHBOOHd'j&or'OHEBTNUT BTREST OorisUbtlr la store's lsrke stock of oar BBADTIPUXi •ad UNBQt/ALLKD JNbTRDM KNTB- We hare been a*r«rdedj at the different Sxhibitibo in this country and Barope, y: - ' ’ 38 GOLD ARP BU/VBB fIRBT-OLABB HXDALB ja26*ly igggggg PIANO-FORTES, COBBEOTLY nTrT»rn*?BD by O'. k:BARQBNT: Fatlstation wirruted.' Ordert-left at No. 804 OHEBTNUT Btreet. Term#;!!. Twelve jeer*’ factory experience i£Sm M*NO TOKTES. « : Miff'.. Jut received, aaielegaat stock or RAVEN, 84C0W,. A OO..NUHNB A.OLARK.iHALLET, DA-, VIB * CO.,aod GALE k 00. 0 PIANOS. MBLODE -ONB of bert quality. ■ J.E. GOULD*. '■• ? v= B.N. corner SEVENTH and CHESTNUT its. ' rahlP-jr. -•- - 1 * • -. . <sqns t Jlietols, &t ' PHILIP &'CO., . 4SZ CHEST SUT STREET, Ask the Attention of Merchants, Gonsmiths, end Sports* meorto the very bupboior Fowling pieces, Rifles, &o. of their own inehufactuVe, which ere not surpassed by the beat-imported' Gnus in quality end finish. The eHoovnio QUALiTiik of each Gun manufactured by them will be fully guarantied, They. ere. also -regularly re ceiving,'direot from the makersj e fullassoitmentor the. A . BRBT. QLABO Of ENGLISH AND FRENCH GUNS, J Of the celebrated stamps of Westley Richards, _ v Moore & Harris, Purdy, Dean k Adams, - Greener, . Poadev*uxl& Jassy, &0., * together with a complete stock of the cheaper style of 'English and -Belgian Guns, which will be sold at the lowest market rates. ALL VARIETY ,01 GUNSMITHS? TRIMMINGS, , ■ach aa Barrels,'Stocks, Bods, Mountings, Flasks/ Gnu B*gs,Lock*, and Look Furniture, Bley’s o»ps, Oarj| tridgss, wads, Ac., on thtijnost favorable terms to the trade. - ' Jal3*tfelB Beraittfl JHarljitUß. yyHE£UBS i WILSON* S EtING, HA CHINES, - REDUCED PRICES. ' r ] \ , j NEW STYLE, $6O. . All the farmer patterns $26 less on eaoh Machine. , /.ANEW-TENSION..' v ■ - NO WINDING OF UPPER THREAD. A HER HER WHICH' TURNS ANY WIDTH OF V HEM OR FELL. r < orricss , - . 028 OHBBTNUT Street, Philadelphia. No.’ 7 West STATE Street, Trenton, R, J. ■ / No. 7 East GAY Street, West Chester, Pa. s ocTtofoTfl ' ; KXAfIRIS’?. BOUDOIK .SEWNO MA- O-' CHINK Isoffered to the publio asthe most re- Uable low-priaed Sewing? Machine in use, It will sew from six tooslxty -,stitches to on inch, on. all kinds of goods, from coarsest bagging to the finest cambrics, It Is, without simplest in its. mechanical construction ever made', andean be run and keptinorder by a child of tweireyeaw 1 of; pge. The Dtn&taiLirr of this machine, and the QuXxirror its wosx, are war* ranted to be unsurpassed any other. Its speed ranges from three hundred to fifteen hundred stitches per ml. nute. y The thread used is takendlreptiy from the spools, witaput TBi taouiili o? In fact, It is a machine that Iswantedbyerery family In the land, and the low price-of . THIRTY DOM.ABB, - *£whf eh they ere eoMj brings themwithin the reeoh of •Hnostetery one. , Agent,' .30 SonthEI&HTH Street. 'WftNAMBNTAL fetid COLORED GLASS. iHJOwe h&ve, ja*t received a amd slMiamk m, this truly beiutifal and architectural ap .-pouaagA!toiohurch4i,-'Veatibalea, Conservatories, and othsr/bhildifigs; whdrt it It deemed necssaaryto mnhsl lisfe,/oi:i<rriv«%- efcaats and elegant appcwuioc. ; Any ' oolormay Mjbad,?ither plain or ornamental,, olabo* -ateiycr irtretief. ZIfcGLSR A SMITH, -• >^^'Wimle^e'l^tff ; , Palht) ead Gloss Dealers/ ■' - v,; \ - •*»*%» ; CJLAtE I SLATE li SLATE lll—Hoofing i* K? 01*te,of all sixes, and at Very low rates, kept oon- I i.gtfoflyAuhand, andfor sale , ,/i - •■ /. 1 „ W.';ti.' Biil« B6OS pW (iS ln tt. S.»t Mne UA t* VOL. 2—N0.7157. Neu> IJnblitfltiott*. BREMER’S IOSW' W'ORK. Trinted from the Advanco Sheets. FATHER AND DAF&H'TER PORTRAITURE PROM KBAJ4 LIFE, FREDRIKA BREMER, Author of ” Tbo Neighbors,The Four Sinters,” ‘‘Nina,” “TheH—.Family,”eto.,etc. TRANSLATED /BY MARY HOWITT, Complete -in one largp volume, neatly bound la cloth for Ono Dollar and Twenty-fira • Oenlfi j . .or two Tolmnes, pa|>sr boW - ,'' - for One Dollar. Published this day, and for saje at T. B. PETERBON * 2fO. SOO OHESTNUX STREET. - Read the following from. Min Preface : I am tired of tho old story of sighs, hopes, torments, quarrels, ro3oncUlatioa# r toolnatioui sad happiness or despair. I am tired of.writing about them, as if theromancooflife bad hot something more bean tifal, something' higher. I will at this 1 time speak of those’primary causes—one which oktsted before atiy lover’s sighs ascended from earth,< fsaiihuoh as a : Ya« ther’s lore looked down upon Its and whloh will remain when they,hare all >oeaMp <s Xt Is of-title I will how write. ‘ ‘ ... : “1 took with me the Idea, ef thlAsttbrywhan ~1 last left Sweden : the Inspiration for itEgmrt Obtained fn a land 'where; übdet shelter of the t&rofjfreedom. I saw the relatloDEbips :of family life id their.fait bemty and-power. Mostifetbe characters and occurrenoes which I hero hero portrayed arc taken from real life. I have named my..hsrolue v after two young womenearly.perfeeiedLfttad faytiLtoo earlygar-. nered by death,* the pride 4 airaheatwjoy of thelrfa milfes—the Swiss Rosa Neville and the Italian Rosa iFerruccl, because the Bwelhh Boss has been modelled from them: yet not alone from them, for the original is a Swedish maiden; but she still Urea, and I may not speak of her bV name.. - “ To Her, I ‘ ffWhom I may not mention by name, •‘ls this, my Book,' “ Affectionately dedicated, 1 “ FRBDRIKA BREMER. * Mobtk Tabpbo, Bowk, April,4B6V’ READTHENOTZCES oj the EIs'GLISff PRESS. ‘ Hiss Bremer’s reputation as a novelist has long ; sihce been established in Borland. Most people re member her graphlo portraiture of Swedish life, and -will readily acknowledge her gdniua, whether displayed ! in xDiaute-'delineations ofdomestlo charscters, vivid and >pietare*que (descriptions of scenery, quiet hnmor, or poetio eloquence. -The aeknewldged genius and ear. jnestness of the wrltenentit’.e her-to the respect of all. lit only remains to add that Mrs. Howl tt’a translation t is executed with her usual grkce and skill.”—Da*7y rNetos. • ‘fit contains’many graphic pictures ofsoolal life, and displays a keen observation, as wellas great power ;of, is a work which will add materially Ito the reputation which the gifted antbore?? has alrea dy acquired, and cannot faifto meet with a cordial re ception v ’ 7 rrMorning Advertiser. ■ > ‘'Miss Bremer’s tales are always welcome. They are delightful pictures of domestic lire, in a country where )hoine ties and associations are especially prised ...The story'is.written with mueh grapbio -power and fidelity to nature,, and Mary Howltt has done the- author fail jaittee by her careful end .spirited translation.”—Lon don Morning Post.\ of -either edition. of the- above work will be seqt to any person, te anyipart of the United States, free of postage, on their remitting the prlce.of the edi tion they may wish to tho publishers, in a letter! Ad dresaall orders, to\ree?lve, immediate attention, to • s ; ~ T. B. PETERSON b BROTHERS, ' N 6.306 CHESTNUT Btreet, Philadelphia. NOTICE TO EVERYBODY. ! T; B.. Peterson & Brothers beg leave to call the at tention of the public throughout the country to the w«- izampltd short apace of time in which they have ste | rieotyped, printed, boundj-and had ready for sale this new and lost work written by Mist Bremer; .the whole book, noar 400 pages,-having been set up in type, and afterwards stereotyped ; oyer three tons of paper was JUso uado, by the well-known' paper house of Charles Msgjurge.fe Co., to prlntiton, and the work was print fedand bound, ready for sale,' m less tha xi forty-tight hoyn from the ; Ume,.the(advanoed .sheets were pat in bur hands. -No . work, of this shape and aise has ever been gotten out in such a short space' of time in this Country before. ja26 St Ofe. CUMMINS’ LIFE •MAN. : A BBCOND SIUTION NOW.BBA.DY, 1 THE LIFE OF. MBS. .VIRGINIA HALE HOFF MAN, late of the Protestant Episcopal Mission to Western*.Africa. By .the Bey. Osorge D. - Cummins, D. D., Bector6fBt. Peter’s Church, Baltimore.- With k beantifol Engraved Portrait. Price 75 eeala. i “This iB the.biograpbjjof a ploos and selLsacrl -0e!og Christian woman, who gave op 'ranch that had a Charm for her,' and left frleode and bee entire land to entdr upon the ardaOni life of a taUalonarj in Africa. The hmf aaoali of her life brief as the;!. ir*V they show. how. noblj andlhow 'religiously. ‘Mrsr^Hbtfaian' devoted; h'sraeU ; to ; the. good of others, , Prioq v Tolame Is to iltutrale by the pe .pc«Jer>hkppx and joyous character of the heroine of the story, who, is . cooßtaanr surrounded by a bright hud cheerful ( &tmoftptiere,..tne i AuperlorUy of true ie liglon m a tneina of happiness over the selflshneis and glitter of worldly, pleasure, j; > r } LINDSAY He BLARTBTOJf, Publishers, > Ja2B 26 South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut. 7%TE ANTIQUE BOOKE STORE, 27 S. \ A SIXTH St - | J. BABIN has juit received a catalogue of the exten sive collection ofSplendid, Bare, and-fn>portant Books •—the library of,the late G-. P. PARKER—comprising an Immense Tariety of the best works in every Depart* ment of Literature,'but~ especially in History, AutU quities. Voyages and Travels, Natural History, Blbll ography.Early Printed Books, Fine Arts, Illustrated Books. Olauics, FiceUas, Books relating to America and General Literature, the.coat ot ool’eotion being orlginally'over $ 20.000. ! Tbtf whole -to be sold at auction, in New York, on TUESDAY, Kerch Ist. 1 J* Sabin will attend the sale, and make purchases for gentlemen who eannot attend. ja27 The ladies* Philadelphia shop ping QUICK AND HOUSBKKKPBB’ .COM PANION. P 8108.25 OKRtS, , For sale at the BOOK STAND in POST OFFICII, j.ll-lm IHLAY & BIOKNELL’S BANK NOTS BKPOKTEB, ■ PHILADELPHIA. ‘ The oldest and ablest on the Continent, and most re liable in the World. Per annum $1,60; semi-monthly $lO9. Single copies 10 cents, and always ready Sub scriptions may be sent. Office No. 112 South THIRD Btreet,. Bulletin Buildings. nolB-fim VERT CURIOUS, SCARCE, RARE, IT AND OLD BOOKS bought by JOHN CAMPBELL, Pourtkand Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. Highest iriae paid. Orders attended to in erei7 Btate of the Tnion.' Boobs imported from Xnrope. nl9-3m toilette SlrtUlos. mHE ONLY ARTICLE UNRIVALLED A IN MARKET, with'immense HOME JUTO EUROPEAN DEMAND. i The reason why, Is -that by Nature’s own processit restores the natural color permanently after the hair becomes gray; supplies the natural fluids, and that makes it grow on bald heads, removes all dandruff, itch, log, and heat from the scalp, l quiets and tones up the hems, and thus cures all nervous headache, and may be relied upon to cure all diseases of the scalp and hair; it will stop and keep it from falling off: maxes it soft, glossy, healthy , and beautiful, and if need by the ; oungtwoor three times a week, it will never fall or 1 teoomegray; then readers, read the following, and judge for yourselves: ; • , Niw Yobs, Jan. 8,1858. MESSRS. O.J. WOOD A CO., i Gentlomen: Having heard a goodde&l about Professor Wood’s Hair Restorative, and my hair being quite gray, Pmade up my mind to lay aside the prejudices wfaloh I. in common with a great many persons, had againsl all manner of patent medicines, and a short time ego I commenced using vour artiole, to test it for myself. The result has been so very satisfactory that I am very giad I did so, and in justice to you, as well as for the encouragoment of others who may be as gray as 1 wm, but who having my prejudice without my reason i for setting it aside, are unwilling to give your Restora tive a trial till they have further proof, and the best proof being ocular demonstration I write you this let ter, 1 which 'you may show to any such, and also direct them to me for further proof, who am in and out of the N Y'. Wire‘Railing Establishment every day, My hair is now its natural color, and much improved .in appearance every, way, being glossier and thicker, and muoh more healthy looking. I am, Yours Respect* oily, . HENRY JENKINS. Oorner Columbia and Carroll streets, Brooklyn. LiviHQßros, A*a.» Feb. 14,1868. Psop. Wodn—Dear Sir: Your Hair Restorative has done mnoh good in this part of the country. My hair has been slightly .diminishing for several years, caused, I suppose/ from a slight. burn when I was quite an in foot. 1 have been using your Hair Restorative forein weeks, and I find that I have a fine head of hair now S' nwiog after having,used all other remedies known no effeet.' I think it the most valuable.remedy now extant, and advise all who are afflicted that wav to uss your refiiedy., You can publish this if you think pro per. Yours, fto., S. W. MIDDLETON. PniLADBLPHiA. Sept, fi, 1867. ■ .Prop. Wood—Dear Sir: Your Hair Restorative is proving Itself boneficlal to me. The front, and also the back part of my head, almost lost its covering—was, In fact. bald. I have need but 2 half pint bottles of your Restorative, and now the top of my head is well studded with a promising crop of young hair, and the frontii also receiving its benefit. I have tried other prepara tions without any benefit whatever I think, iropamj own personal recommendation, I can induce many l others to try it. Yours, reaps ctfully, D. R. THOMAS, M. D., .No. 464 Vine street. • The Restorative is put up In bottles of three ikes, vis: Large; medium, and small; -the, small holds )i s Elnt, and retails ibr one dollar per bottle j the medium olds at least twenty per cent more in proportion than the small, retails for two dollars per bottle; the large holds a quart 40 per cent, more In proportion, and re tails for $3 ft bottle. , 0. J. WOOD A CO./Proprletors, 812 Broadway, New York, (In the great N. Y. Wire Railing Establishment,) and 114 Market street, St. Louie, Mo. And seld.by all good Druggists and-Panoy Hoods Dea lers. 1 ' nol6-mwf3m A eowinwky-3m 685 Barrels Noa. 1,2, and 3 Macke •F ' ~iel. 80 do and tierces Salmon. 40' do Sda Shad.' 346 - do Mackinaw White Pish. '487 do Halifax and Eaatport Herring, 660 Boxes Scaled Herring.' Also, 680 Quintals Ground Bank Codfish, for sale by o o. SADLER & 00., «JP AROH Bt.. second door ahoT» Froo TO LOAN, in sums to suit applicants,upon Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Gunß, ’Merchandise, ulotbing, Ao., on mode rate terms, by JONES ft CO., Brokers, N.' W. oorner THIRD and GA9KALL Streets, below Lombard. Es tablished for the last 85 years. Office hours from 7A. M to7P fl. • SECOND-HAND GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, by eminent makers, warranted genuine, for sale cheap—at ooe-baU the original cos*. jtfOlmtf MONDAY, JANUARY 3), 1859, It was not to be expected, of . comae, that in any civilized place (and, above alt,' in such a fashionable metropolis ,as 'Washington) a Departed,, snob as Albebt ' Pike was—tor had not the newspapers 'killed him off?—could bo permitted,to wantlor about,: not only.ua cpffined, bnt actually unioafced ' FaSoy the anomaly of a Defhnct solemnly, appearing at yonr 'elbow as you were swallowing an oyster in tho saloon just above Willard’s; or (to show that be really came ftom the land of departed spirits) drinking to your good health at the bar of the National; or, as be did at a dinner given by our excellent firiend, J. D. Hoover, Silently dropping into an empty chair, and performing all the prandial exercises of Life— though under'strict protest from the other guests! As be sat, like Banquo, at the Mar shal’s banquet—so much frightening Alrx andek Dimite-y that his appetite was wholly gone,',by the. time the .fourth course ,had been disposedipf—heiemlnded one of Byron's do- (in The,Siege of Corinth, j'as' “liloloßS but lifelike.”.' It-was ’most tolerable and , not to be endurpd i so . joiiN F. OoyliE, of the National intelligencer, In-pity "to one whom ho had loved while in the flesh, and mourned when numbered among the doad, resolved to wake him. There may possibly bo a score or two of ignorant persons in the world, who will thank us—no, who ought to thank us—for telling them what is meant by a wake. Let them open their Wkbsteb’s' Dictionary, (we use none other,) and they will there And it stated that wake is a noun, with several meanings, one of which is “ The sitting up of persons with a dead body, usually attended with drink ing.” Moreover, it is added, that this sad so lemnity is indigenous to Ireland. Into various parts of this country it has been successfully transplanted, and, we must say that the imita tion at Washington, in the case of Albert Pike’s wake, was fag superior to the usual ceremonial in the Island of Saints. On the evening of Friday, Janaary 21,1859, the wake of Albert PiKe took; place, with the usnal demonstrations of affection and re gret, (sorrow is dry!) at JonN F. Coyle’s, of Washington.. Almanac-makers will please take a note of event and date, and use both in. their future volumes. Albert Pike, of Little Bock, Arkansas, has only one serious misfortune: he is a Down- Faster, having been bom in Boston, over ferty years ago. We mention this as his misfor tune, not his fault. Had he been consulted, and had then been able to express his wishes in any intelligible manner, no doubt he would not have been a born Yankee. However, ho made for the West, as early as he could, and has resided ever since in that growing part of the world, where he holds a very high posi tion. He has successively been a schoolmas ter, trapper, newspaper editor,' traveller, vo lunteer soldier in the Mexican war, and is now a lawyer. Little Rock, Arkansas, has become classic ground by his location there—for the home of genius is always to be. honored. With his great talents, he has written far too little. But what he has published will live. In England, he occupies a foremost rank in public estimation. In 1839, where' his Eight Hymns to the Gods,- appeared In. Blackwood’s Magazine —all in a single imniber of that pe riodical—they took the old world literati by storm, and from that hour Albert Pike ranked very high in English estimation.y it is true, however,’ that ilia Engllah havo mistaken.the. ■> The indexto thefirst'' .s(sVolumes of Bfa'ckwood, actually prints him' aaAlfred Pike, TOcra-ltnnm-smtr’way J 'Of Correcting this erratum. Let him send as many poems, the Hymns inclusive, as will make a volume, over to Messrs. Blaokwood, of Edinburgh, and, mindful of Professor Wil son’s high estimate of his massive genius, thOy will send him a check for $l,OOO, “on account,” by return of the mail-steamer, and immediately print the book, with Albert (in stead of Alfred) Pike, on the title-page. Let our friend Beady, that very prince, of photographers, take off his head, and the Blackwoods will engrave, as a frontispiece, that popular denizen of the backwoods. On the memorable Friday night above mentioned, we found ourself, at Mr. Coyle’s, in the midst of a crowd whioh then numbered about one' hundred gentlemen—politicians, authors, artists, merchants, ■ foreigners; a crowd, in fact, of the class known as good fellows. A hasty word with Coyle, a nod to two or three others, and then, with our usual groat talent for silence, we were well content to play the listener, with an occasional glance at the intelligent faces we saw around us, an occasional look at the gems of pictorial art which covered the walls of the spacious saloon in which the moumors had assembled. IP MRS. HOFF- What occasion for silence ? nnsh! There, in tho corner by the window, we saw the stal. wart form of Albert Pike, as it towered among and above the rest. At one side, stood Coyle himself, as mnte and monrner, his face literally radiant with smiles. On the other side, a trifle more subdued, we saw our young and gifted friend McEluone, calmly enjoying the scene, and with his fingers itching, we dare say, to phonograph tho whole pro ceedings. We had arrived just in time. That polyglot and pococurante gentleman, Alexander Di mitry, a lineal descendant, wo dare say, of Phalaekus Demetrius, the peripatetic phi losopher,to whose honor the Athenians erected statues, before they drovo him into exile, where he died two or three centuries before tho Christian era—he, the multo-minded and mnlto-lingual sage, had just finished reading the notvspaper obituary of Albket Pike, and had commenced an eloquent eulogy upon the merits of tho deceased. It was mnch ap plauded—and had the advantage of being true, as well as eloquent. This done, tho next natu ral step would have been the .Keen, or poeti cal tribute to the dofunct, each verse affecting ly concluding with the remonstrance, « ocbono, ochono,whydldyoudio!” The Keen is al ways channtod in Irish,hut as few—not even Dimitry himself—had mnch knowledge of that language, a continuation of one of Al bert Pike’s, own songs, was given by Wil liam M. Burwell, of Virginia, who was ono of the chief-mourners, and called his strain ci The Arkansas Gentleman Alive Again.” Mr. Burwell sang this now version with In finite effeet, every point drawing down ap plause—in which, by the way, the Dofunct most heartily joined. Out of the dozen stan zas of this capital song, we have borne away a few. It commences with relating how the fine Arkansas gentleman, miraculously re stored to life, in tho last verso of Pike’s own song, went off to chase the Buffalo, as he had dene before, with his Indian frionds. The rumor of bis visit bad extended far and near, And distant ohl.fs and nuriors camo with boor, and gun, and spsar; So when he reached the council grounds with muoh de light he sees' Delegations from the Foxes, Bionx, Qutpaws, Blsokfeet, Bottawottsmies, Groa Ventres, Arropifcoes, Osman chefl, Greeks, Navsjoes, Ohoctaws, and Oherokees. This fine Arkansas gentleman, olose to the Ohoo> taw line. They welcomed him with all the sports well-known on the frontier, He hunted buffalo and elk, and lived on grouse and deer; And having brought his stores along, he entertained each chief With best Otard and whiskey, smoking and chewing to* baoco, not forgetting cards, with instructions in seven up, brag, bluff, and Euohre, till they drank them selves dumb and blind, having first war-whooped whoo-00-000-oooped till he was deaf. This fine Arkansas gentleman, fto. His time passed pleasantly on, while thus engaged.. It is added, Now, whilst he was enjoying all that such adventure brings, The chase, and pipe, and bottle, and such like forbid den things, Some spalpeen of an odltor, the Lord had made in vain, Inserted in his horrible acoidentcolumn, amongst mur ders, robberies, and thefts, eamphene accidents, ool lielonsj explofiieas, defalcations, seductions, abduc- The Wake of Albert Pike. PHILADELPHIA, ■ MONDAY.S tioos, and destructions, unde* a splendid black-bor dered notice, the lamentable sewn that he waa dead again. ■ • , . 1 This flee Arkansas gentleman, &e. . The other papers copied it, and then It was believed ‘ That death at last had taken him,' bo recently reprieved! They mourned him as a warrior, a poet, and a tramp, And with elegies, eulogies, biographies, reviews, art!- 1 eles, criticisms on his productions, doubts whether he had ever fought, wrote, hunted buffalo, or indent ..livedat all—And one incredulous pagan, Johns® Hooper,*’ bf the Montgomery Mail, alway denied Ills dying plump. This fine Arkansas, Ac. . There was general grief at the sad news, and' .So sad the tavern keepers and the faro-bankers feel, .They .crape the bell a half an hour, and intermit a deal. . ", Tor this fine Arkansas gentleman, Ac. But far’above the common grief—though lie was good - aS gold— , ’ ' His,creditors, like Jacob’s wife, refused to be consoled'; They granted him a poet and a warrior, if you will, Butsaid they had extensive experience in generals,ad- mirals, orators,.statesmen, .congressmen, actors, edi tors,, letter-writers, route-agents, conductors, and other publio characters who rarely paid a bill. This fine Arkansas gentleman, Ac. Behold in this exoltement our distinguished friend ar rive; We l( knew from a remark he made”' that he was still ' alive. Then every journal joyously the contradiction quotes, The tailors tike his measure, and the hanks renew his notes. , - This fine Arkansas gentleman, Ao. But Johnny Coyle, an Irishman, the news refused to take. alivejshoQld ohate him of his wake;' ‘ So he called his friends together as here you plainly see, And has set out the spirits to lay the body under the -table daoently. This fine Arkansas gentleman, Ao. After this death-song, which was heartily chorused, Albert Pike was called upon, and stood forth—remarkably unlike one who had lately re-crossed the Styx. Ha declared him self unable to express himself on such an oc casion,- as fujly as he felt, and read a Very eloquent and affecting prose-address, in which he declared that' if ho had an enmity upon 'earth, which he doubted, he desired it to he considered as buried in the grave. This ad dress concluded, Albert Pike, unanimously voted back into life, was congratulated on his return. He said that he, also, had ventured into verse, on thiß occasion, and that his friend, John Savage, would sing the song for him. Accordingly, Hr. Savage, in excel, lent voice, and in his usual unusual good sang Albert Pike’s song, to the air of “ Benny Havens, OI” It opens thus A gentleman from Arkansas, not long ago, ’tis said., Wakedup one pleasant morning, and discovered he wia dead; . He was on bia way to Washington, not seeking for the spoils, But rtjoiolng in the promise of a spree -at Johnny Ooyle’s. One spreeatJohnny Coyle’s; one spree at Johnny Coyle’s; And who would not be glad to join a spree at Johnny Ooyle’s ? He awakes on board-the ferry boat which crosses tho Styx; is informed by Charon that he is dead; laments that, if so, thitf little accident may make him miss the frolic at Coyle’s; resists all entreaty from Horace and Anaoreon to remain with them; crosses The adamantine halls, and reached the ebon throne, Where gloomy Pluto frowned, and where his queen’s soft beauty shone. “What want you here?” the Monaroh. “Tour M ajesty,” said he, “Permission at one frolic more at Johnny Ooyle’s to be.” He promises to return, as Orphons did, if allowed to revisit Coyle, and adds: : ’Tia not for power, or wealth, or fame. I hanker to return, Nor that lore’s kisses once again upon my lips may burn; v • Let me but ones more meet the friends that long hare been so dear,' Ahdvho, if i»mnot there, willsayf *Wuld&od thatT ‘ Re were here!’”. ,HO- complains..that..if. dead, he hasnot •naeen waked, and buried dacentlydeclines nectar and ambrosia, preferring the canvas backs, terrapins, and. St. Peray of his friend' Coyle ; and swears that bettor company than Pinto can boast of he can find at Coyle’s. He thus describes a fow : - - “ Whom will you bring 1 ” said Pinto. Charley Boteler first I*ll bring, Facile prinups of good fellows, always ready for a ring ; In whose presence Alcibiados eclipsed shall hide his head, And Charley shall take rank among the Past’s illustri ous dead. / “The next shall .Walter Lenox be, the generous and true, Who loves the old friends better than he e’er can love the new t Jack-Savage next, who, heart in hand, demands who wants a friend, Where Freedom is to fight for, where the Right is to defead. “ I*ll bring you Burwell, Prince of Wite and Prince of Statesmen, too, Who, like Bayard, the dauntless knight, reproach and fesr ne’er knew; Ash. White, whose heart, defying time, Is always in Its youth, And Gideon, grand in honesty, grand in the simple truth. One spree at Johnny Coyle’s, fto. “11l bring you Philip Barton Key, the Roman Tally’s peer, < And Jonah Hoover, frank and brave, etraightforward and sincere: McGuire, the generous, liberal friend, the patron of the arts, ... Who, not content with fortune, takes delight in win ning hearts. The next stanza alludes to tho writer of this article, we believe, (for it names us,) and we must give it, to make up tho list, omittiDg tho name, with our wonted diffidence: * Modest, reserved and silent, ingenuous, bashful, shy, * # * shall descend, your drinkables to try- The gonerous boon companion and the genial humorist, Who counts his friends by thousands, and ne’er dropj one from his fist. Then follow others mtich worthier of honor : “And Alexander Dimitry’s great soul shall oome to claim Its place amoog the giants, and upon the roll of fame; The noble by God’s patent he, the fiery and the frank, Who at the living springs of Truth its Inspiration drank. “ I’ll bring the Impressario, Bar. Tucker, who shall win, Prom Pericles Aspssia, if he chooses to go in*; The man without an enemy, the wit, the Bheridon, In whom two continents confess the gallant gentle man “Hugh CJapertoa shall come likewise, the generous advocate, Who never lets the Bight upon Expediency wait; And Arnold Harris, in whom all the manly virtues blend, Good soldier, clever gentleman, frank foeman, loyal friend. “ If these are not enough, I’ll bring Bob Johnson with me too— The very bravest of the brave, the truest of the true; Impulsive, generous, fearless, frank, the Senate’s Pa ladin, Who never did ungeaerons sot a victory to win. “ And with him Johnny Ooyie himself, who never left a friend, Nor harbored an ignoble thought, nor sought a selfish end; The Arthur he among hie knights, the pride of all his peere, Whose heart but grows the younger, with the swift revolving years.” This list of prime fellows affrights Pluto, who announces bis intention of taking them by instalments, and of not letting Pike return to upper air. But fair Proserpine coaxes her swarthy and regal husband, and prevails on him to allow Pike to bo present at his own wake: “ How can yon say me nay ? I’m sure ycu do not love me; if you did, you’d not refuse, When I want to get the fashions, and you want to hear the news.” And so at last the Queen prevailed, as women always do, And thus it comes that once again this gentleman's .with you; He’s under promise to return, but that he means to break, , And many another spree to have, besides this present wake. One spree at Johnny Ooyle’s; one spree at Johnny Coyle’s; And who would not be glad to join a spree at Johnny Coyle’s? Various other <e exercises" followed what we haye described—spooches, songs, story telling, and so on,, in which there was a general participation and the fullest enjoy ment. There was oven an improvised opera, quaintly humorous and wondrously mirth-ex citing. TVe can only generalize; but we be lieve that a lull Report of tho Tfeking of Col. AtßKiii' Pike is in prep'ai'ation ; undor ' ttie: competent Ur. Co|le will bis gnests of that most brllllant and meinqrablo night.. Of the supper, ejuefrra/we have no. spaije to speak:’ Canvas-backs/terrapins, and other creature comforts.flburishedexcoodingly,!and; St. Pebay >As.’;tlie-presiding, genitis of the, evening-; It la - untrue that, on tho avorago, each guest supped' morA than twice. The generouf host himself aeservVi a*.cbluuin.of" praise—but onr.space is exhausted.' i .. jLetterftoinHarrislrafe.,.. , [Oorraipohdence ot The Press.],, ■//A . v r ; V . -, /, .i. ' . HABBitßtrße, .Jai L J9,18b9.; ‘ . JIAILIIOAD DILLSyir THE HOUhB.. 1 , ; . Hr. Hamusiey .read in, planj;a ,bili entitled: “An abb telnroiporate the Fourth sihdjjighthstreet; , Paßsoogefßailway/Qompany.’’ ,0..B. t . Andrew- Robert Allen, j. fci jn|axja^-£igtyp,',j( f Oijifbnj; Ferdlnanjj Qelsler, 8. S. Worthmqn, Stephen Ben.] top, Thojiao, Talker, gr.,. Thomas A. Bartow,] Samuel Kilpatrick, Henry Mather, Samuel-H. Ro thormel, Francis MoMauua, Philip R. Schuyler, James My, Warren M. Wilber, Hugh Barr, Sami. MoManeiny,- John, S Rittenhouse,.Clement L' Hughs, and/JAmes Ballinger/ are. named.aaoom-- miasionert, The road to commence at the jnno tion of the Germantown road and. Eighth street, tbenoe along same road toFonrth street, along Fourth to Morris a treat;, thenoe, tolsighth,with the privilege of eztondiDg north and Eonth on Fourth and Eighth, o Capital atook, s;OQ9Ehapea,ssoeacb j power ,to..increase fa).,irjii9Q., shares, and-bprrOw mosey. ,It also makes' ppyfatqp for the purohase of omnibus lines andtholr-p roper ly. • -Mr, rlmrfing-read, .the following:An actio incorporate the Elghteeptn ond Twentieth-street Railway <%’> ‘ As.oohtmuslonSrs: JOhnfi. Thaekar, ray, Wm; Hewell, JoimHolus, Joh'n-K. MoOnrdyi Samuel Ritv Edward Bradyf John' P. Levy,' John- Owens, Henry RisborooghiSZMorria Wain, An drew J. Reilly, Robert McCurdy, Robert K. Neff- Joseph H. Donnelly, IVm. P. Elmos, Joh’nS, Strutht ers, Wm. ji.’Bakor, D. C: Enos/Michael Lawn, Qeo. M. Hill/.Henry Yeager,'Jofm‘Paifrell/Tho mas Strutfamp.‘Miobael. MeOnllooh, Edwin ,E. Irwin, Fradji M., Adams, laano Leeoh, Jr . and Henry M. -Wells.', Stook, 2,000 shares, $25 eaoh,- with power fa>:issue bonds. Boats fa) commence at the intefseftQh of College A venae,' Ridge Pike, and’ Nineteentlfafreet; thenae sonthwardly along Nine teenth; to jgfallaoe’; . thenpo-ieastwardlyalong: Wallaae tojEfrhteenth; thenoe southwardly along. High teenthSoFederalthence' wettwaidty aipng; Federal tofTwentloth; thenoo northwardly .’along .Twentieth jpCollege >Avenue'; thenoe ttortheas? wardly aloJg_pollege Avenue to place of beginning..' “An aot fiiacorporate the Newry Railroad Com pany, inßltfeeoanty.” Commissionera-Aloiander Knoi, JamerConrad, Cornelius MoConnel. Henry Mclntosh, Ih, C. MoCorniiok,. John W. Dnnoan;' JobH. Spaag;'; Henry Orafford, Joseph' Higgins, John M. Giffioney, and R. W, Christy. • Capital, 000 shares, JKS eaoh. .Route, from the “Newnr siding,’’ oil the “ Allegheny portage,’> to the town of Newjy .fa distance of- about oSe mile)! “ ' - A bill wa|%ead by Mr. Thorn authorising the Philadelphia. l and Reading Railroad Company to continue thq.Lebanon Valley braneh.of their road from HarriaWig to the town of Dauphin. •' ■ . By Mr. grans/ “An act to Incorporate the Prims and' Federal-streOts Passsenger Railway Company.”l.<pemmiuioners—John K.. McCurdy, S. Morris - Whin,. Jacob Broom, D. O. Enos, Ed ;ward Brady,William D. Baker, .Thomas Stroth ers, HobertfK;- Neff, Robert MoCurdy/ John B.‘ Thaokray, - Zcdfon - Wanemaoker, 'John " QlKson, John B. Stnj&ers, John Owens, WlUiam F. gimes, John Hollis, Henry Rishordugh, Andrew J. Reilly, ‘ William Htvbll, Andrew ‘ Johann, 1 Isaao Leeoh) - Jr., John £m&,' Henry M. Weils, and Joseph H. Donnelly. : Capital stook, 5,000 Bharesj $25, eaoh,: with power wtssue. bondß, Ao —similar in .outline toothers.' Kt.oto—commence at the lnterSeotion of Federal speet and Front street; thenoe west wardly aloiMPederal- to Gray's Perry Road; thenoe northeastwardly along said-road,to,iPrime v street; thence, eastwardly along Prime to;Front street; thentd' sOdthwardly along Front to the - place of bogmuittg. - ’" ’ - . ~ Upon the/revival of the -Record' question/- whioh seemsmch&ye at wonderful- vitality,'we'haa - another , unjr’fluiwmtary mtloe And medley. .The scene watMdionlonsly shooking. The.genefal .opinion is th*™eHomo is being ruled Insnoh.a strict and foiiw'manner; that Oapfadh Ziegler’s' Manual williMunoalonlably nsefnl .-Most mem bers heretoftfeArosted to a fewtof- tbe prominent to lay down in,all .their, intricaiiiiya; but in theao days ot profundities*, men most study. Mr- Shorn had tho'caair durihg' the stonn of tO-day, andt l presided with great firmness and jnstiee. -p|f h-s," -• Tbe remlntjhn providing for a separate contract for a Reeon&m'.tne House passed—yoas.47, nays 29. \y: "-'i' •' r, Mr.' Wright read,ln plsoo An' aot authorising' the Frankfort adtrOaford Tarnplkeßoad Company to bor«w money .“..-The onlybills eorisldered were the aofai inoorporating the Westchester and Wil miogton Plank Road Company, and the Presby terian Church at Harrisburg, the latter of whioh was askrd far by a large and growing branoh of the Presbyterian Ohuroh whioh lately withdrew from Dr. Da Witt’a onarge, and has connected It-* Belt‘with tho Old Sohool body* As there was con* siderable feeling manifested, and as the courts have, on several occasions, had the subjeot before them, thereby giving it some importance, I men tion its parage, as a matter of general interest. Mr. Thorn presented a biil attaching a fine rang ing from $lOO to $l,OOO, and an imprisonment of not less than three months or more than one year, to tho offence of reoeiving money, gifts, or pro mises of aDy shape v on the part of any member of the Beleot or Common'Counoil of the city of Phi ladelphia for*hh! vote or inflaonco. Albion. Letter from New York. INCREASED BUSINESS OF TUB ERIE CANAL—DEATH or A GOOD VAN : MARK BPENOEB—PARTIES AS WITNESSES—TOU PAINE—THE LIGHT GUARD— TUB LEGISLATURE IN PULL CRY AFTER THE CITY OFFICERS. [Coneapondencoof The Press.] New Yore, Jan. 29,18fi9, Official returns to the Canal Department show that, notwithstanding the loir priois of breadstuff* that roled daring the last year, the aggregate rains carried through the Erie Canal, in 1868. was larger by $8,600,- 000 than was carried in 1857, and the value of prorl* iiooe nearly $3,000,000 greater. I learn from a gentle man very largely engaged in milling, but not a specula tor, that the amoont of prodaco remaining on hand, in the West, is comparatively very light to what it was the year previous, and that higher prices are likely to be realized until the incoming of the next crop. The Hon. Mark Spencer, recently a member of the Senate of this State, and distinguished in that body for his courtliness of manner, intelligence, and un blemished Integrity, died at his residence, in this city, yesterday, at the ripe age of seventy-one. Possessed of an ample fortuio, and having discharged the various duties vrhich society expeots from men of wealth and culture, had devoted the evening of life to works of a philanthropic character, and much of it to the praotl cal workings of St. Luke’s Hospital and the Woman’s. Hospital, of which he was president. He was one of those beautiful characters, who, keeping steadily iu view the “last scene of all” In life’s fitful history, worn to have impressed upon themselves the spirit of Bryant’s exquisite lines: Bo live that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall tako His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the qnarry-slave at night, Bceurged to his dungeon; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of bis oouoh About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams ” The proposition now before our Legislature to repeal the law permitting parties to be examined as witnesses in their own behalf, is regarded with general disfavor. In an important cue tried yesterday, Nesmith vs the At’ontlo Pire Insurance Oomp&ny, Charles O’Conor, one of the brightest lights in our legal firmament, raid, that although he had been always opposed to the law, he was froe to say that he “must become a convert to the opinions of those wiser heads who favor It. It seems to be.the only safe, reliable, and satisfactory way of getting at the truth of a case.” Coming from asooroe so authoritative, this opinion can scarcely fall to have weight at Albany, and will be regarded with respect in all quarters. The Tom Paine-ers—infidels who believe it’s non sense to believe in the Deity—propose to celebrate the one hundred and twenty-second anniversary of the birth' day of their patron “faint,” by a ball at the Ohineso Assembly Booms, next Monday evoning. The Light Guard, known throughout the Union as one of the moat thoroughly drilled military eompanies, also give their annuel ball, on Monday evening, at the Academy or Muslo. This festival always brings out the elite of the city military. Tho enormous fees and salaries of the sheriff, county clerk, register, and corporation attorney of this city continues to engross much of the time of the Solons at Albany. It Is stated as being demonstrable that the fees and emoluments of the sheriff are over $70,000 per annumj of the county clerk, $30,000 { corporation counsel, $12,000; register, $lO,OOO. The oause of the onslaught upon these offices, Just at this particular juncture, is that the incumbonts are Democrats, and the amount of patronage, direct aod indirect, so large, that they are enabled to control the primary meetings, and through them the politics of the elty. Divested of theße adjuncts, they believe that the Demooratio party would, at no distant ported, be compelled to succumb to the Republicans. A plausible theory; bat, some how, when voting time comes, the Domocr&ts manage to turn up in numbers sufficient to outvote their oppo nents. A Nut for the Savans.— A Mr. Twom bly has been sinking a well on tho western out* ekirta of Brandon, Vt., in the progress of whioh the following astounding foot appeared : at the depth of twenty-five feet the workmen oame upon frozen ground! Through this layer, some fifteen feet in thickness, they worked their way by dint of persevering effort, suoh as is always necessary in digging oompaotly frozen earth. At the depth of forty feet water was obtained, whioh nightly froze over—the iee forming some three inohos in thiokness. Will some one oooount, on any known or unknown principles of philosophy, for these as tounding foots? We learn that the freezing of the water oontinues, now that tho well is stoned up. A Good Deed.—Tho Haysvllle (Ky.) Eagle records a good deed by the Sons of Malta in that olty: Fifty saokj, of flour, as many paoks of sugar, and coffee, and other neoossaries, wero placed by thorn on drays, and taken around to the widows in the oity in need of suoh things, and distributed in proportion as tho neoossities of different oases de manded, and, in somo instances, whero olothingor fuel were also needed, they freely gave, ptonoy to buy thoso artiolos also. ':*•**' »■ terooon liisKa young, man. named ’pesqw af- • Mr.‘•’Jesse B.'Wentj'si. reßiding'in'iijy.vonof / '■Niuthstreat/Readingfßai/iaetwith afij'above ■- ,fnl aooldent, whiehhy.posaiipnod giqat riwain and mayreiultinfaSsof llft', ' He was enfjmig,, , at'- v .'gaged i in-: romoving sOma-.dye bag. from' the dV; a ; vat; lost his .balance, and-hod eno of ,hl« lfg»in»»i, -morsed in itsboiirng oont«nts/-f;ln ;attemptfnK to] 'rooover hliiSelf, he:Bgain'- feU )ntb-:tbe vat, sdald- : .^ore^mdmdiatatyaps!|d/'|a^9^^^flnl^; verely 'soalded J ; that; are entertained /.thit' mortificatloii wlliensue. / He was not bat of.dsmgerj ,at tji* last'aooopjits..r.y.* r t Mn».: HannahrDAVii, Sie4 'at; MansSsMi; Wtvirea.oountyi Ni X-i 102' years. l She -was -boni in Hopewell, looanty.whefe' eifespenfctho .early -.perjod: of :)ier. life. At middle age she Married,DavidJiavis, an: ’officer bf "the 1 waf 'of 'the. his widow for thirty'two, years/and rooeived annually a penslon 'from the iGovernment.for bia-eervioes : Sho had no .diBaase-T-thq,fanotton« ,df,lifß gave way, and shofell "aalflop.' Shore tains d thonsoof -her limbs and' eyo.sight tUl'She'wsjtJiinety-flve, -■ and for ;tbe last, twenty ryeqrs, she .wdinq.stimuv' Ignis, neither ooffee.' tea, obinmi nor tohaoco in any -'form' -Dr'. Jaceb Shudder diodnoar Princeton on , the -10th insti, aged ninety years.' ■ - .. Elopbuent and Suioide,—A;;young ; mah named Harrison Banders, and the.wifo of his bro ther,Daniel Sanders, of Springfield/ vt., ’ eloped Wednesday night last,' and stopped atHhO Bellows Falla Home.' About' S o'olook the;next morning, the-sheriff .with, the husbaqd 'arrived, to arrest them, and reaching the room, they waited’fd# them;to dress,- and:upon’ entering, observed the parties of their -hands. , .Theyjaid. it was strychnine! The' yaung man' died in^bout- twenty; minntes.' The yoafig woman iS'eYpeatedtorecovor.;.-;. , , V Ai»so*q-,. A the.family, of. Mtfflr Ann' Smith, .at liasioni'.Md., ‘were Very hear being.hiilOd by gas, {tiai' obitreoat, - on Subday night wcok/.: It'being’Ootd,- th»j]-tooli a 1 small (hand far'naee in'tboraotn where [they./! opt,- : heated' .with- oharcoal. Onelof. thaut,awoke,,' aid. found the'others insensible.’ Aid 'W’aS 'procurtd, ;and they.'were ’'revived by- ; fresh -air 'and oold -wa‘«r-', ,-.r TO ; _ HosaißLEAooiDjsHT.—-A man, nainedJohn Corbley/wasfrlghtfullyburned’the .other dayjn, Johnstown, Pa.- -He was- engaged fir hauling oin-‘ deft -from ’the -puddling fnrnace, and,--being taqoked down by a ear whioh qajne;do.wn ,the raiE -road, the "burning mass wad scattered ‘ever' him/ iebvhrlng ’bitu wifat the molten’metU-it conta'ined, 1 'apd.burniiighim'in a horrlblomanner." 1 Hlsllfei A ;TH« T^AST.—rTh© ,ReV.: Mr., liooke, of LawrenceviUo, Pa., .hasln'hlspoMouloii ‘ ,a.«! iWn 1 wue<r : ittJ 181 tho-3anfc c of ;PitUburg, ,for> six and. ,aidjßfQdqiiltflk.aearioBil^t r^i?- k > T< ,* V .U.J j k Thb SkAtb' - tbe vpfes cut . bardware,h'onia''an:,Barolay. Yoxls, Las sold upwards of 1,200 pairs, of akates. ‘ ‘One third of thK pumbeirwere for the" ‘‘fair ones.’’ trough in .the^itya,'-;/; i .tioTfit ’going/dowtf hHi-pretty-fast J-at Waterbary,'Conn,)-,Aiparty of yonng peoplO,there, not Jongslrioe, eajoyod'alming down a hul half S mile-in lengthy which they ao eompUahed ip on. minute'and. forty.six: seconds. At one of. the “ thankee mar ms”- the sled jumped' eighteen feot, ‘ ;■- ; -Bad'-BoAnsr—'fha;- turnpike' foad'.’between Pittsburg, hSd\ Whahlhgtoh.' 'lehilylvaiia/pfiai' heoomo eo had .that a ’nHmoef of ' wagoners bay.' rcfused’to pay toll altogether,’ and the stage ooin pany have agreed to/do lik'ewiso. -, : .. ‘ > .WOENiops/J-In ae, Terre, 'HantA jall -they have.a most ihgenibus-raseafa who manhfaatared a silver key from a half dollar, with, whioh hocohld nnlook the oells, and he had worked his .way totheonter doofa when Jio was,;detooted and’ balked in his intentions. - .. . 1., -,.,, . ; Ms. Thoma 3 Downino, a wealthy dry-gooda merohant of Salem, Massachusetts/ hung 'himself,' last morning, "in. the'entry of, the-East' Ohuroh,--(Unitarian,) of whioh he was h leading member. It is supposed that he vrastrtsano. i-Steam on the OANAL.—It ia 'eiated'ih’the Buffalo’ (Nl Y■) Commtr6inl -that there - are fifty three steam boata,' built and in precise of cjonatruotlon for the ooming season ofahvigation on thqErio,Canai: ; i r ; , •;■- V't ; \Y6uNG.'ToßiiAnp'g-T'N , afibvill©, > TeDßessee,- ]rasvlßited’ ; by a young toraado on Thursday night; whioh did considerable damage 'to'treeay' fences and boildlogs. It extended ’over a narrow strip only., . *■•-"£. - - : Another Fat Hoo.—Mahlon A.- Sellers Esq., of Windsor township, Pa., slaughtered a hog last week that weighed 903 lbs. : Very good for Windsor Castle! The Maoon (Ga.) Slate,, Press says that near $lOO,OOO have .boefa sobsoribed to, tbe eapital of the Maoon and Brunswick road by oitizens of Twiggs, Lanrens, and Pnlaski oounties. A Fat Office—The fees of the sheriff of New York for the year 1858, all of whioh go into his own pooket, amounted to $22,209. A Trial for Hurder on Sunday. [From the Oh&mbersburg Independent of the 28th Jan.j Sabbath in the Court Hall— The exoitoment attending the trial of the Funk brothers for tho killing of Jno. Osburn, and whioh ran to an ex treme dogree, culminated on Sunday. The evi dence had boon oonoluded the evening before, and nothing remained bnt the olosinc speeches of the counsel, and the charge of the judge. . The able addresses of Messrs. McCauley and P Clark for the Commonwealth, and McsSrs. Kennedy and Mo- Clure for the defenoe, had added greatly ,to the interest, already so profound. At the early hoar appointed for the opening ox oonrt on 6abbath morning tho expeoted - crowd ■ pressed 1 into the halt, and soon it was filled te excess. We were foreed into a olose oorner, but in full .view of tbe dense mass, standing in deep attention' and fall of e&gorexneotation. All eyes were bent upon the unhappy participants in this sad wen©,. ..There sat oAlmly the unfortunate brothers, arraigned for the commission of the highest orime knowfto the criminal law, surrounded by the innoaent sharers In their fate, adlsoonsotate wife, and mother, and friends—there the broken-hearted family of the dead man. Around them were the sworn witnesses, Impressed with the solemnity of their duty, and the learned gontlemen who had so ably managed the melanoholy oaso. In front of them sat the stern but feeling judges, the proteotors and the exeou torsof the offended law, and, at their side, the earnest, awed jury, upon whose deoision hung the issue of life and death*- As soon as the voiee of tbe orier died away, the Hon. Wilson Reilly arose and addressed the iary in behalf of tho defendants, and, in a speeoh of great power and feeling,amoved the hearts of the hearers, and brought, tho tears to many an eye. He reviewed the testimony with searching effeot, applied the law to the oase with ability, portrayed tne groat provocations the pri soners had endured, and evidently shock tho pro fieoution to its foundations. In this strong speech, he illustrated as a lawyer and advocate, and domonstratedm? control over the feelings of the audienoe. He was followed in reply by the Hon. Geo. W. Brower, whose reputation as a jurist and orator had ronsed the anticipations of all; and nobly did he justify them. He spoke rapidly and with animation, his dear voice ringing through tho hall with vivid distinctness. The fabrio that Mr. Reilly had shaken strengthened under his argument, and glowed in the rays of his eloquence. The meshes of justice were woven tightly aronnd the oriminals, and while he mar shalled f&oe upon faot, and poured upon them the light of pertinent deoißionß of oourts, and defini tions of law, hope slowly bnt snrely gave way to desnatr. His reasoning was adorned by beautiful and tonoblng reflections, whioh enforced while they ornamented. Both of the speeohes wore of excellent quality, suoh as porhaps have not been rivalled at that bar. From eight in the morning until one at noon the solid mass kept their plaoes, and marked the proceedings with gTe&t emotion. It was the first Sunday within our recollection that a oourt had been held here. The ringing of the churoh and Sabbath-school bells, as thoy echoed in the hall of justice, reminded ns of the lessons the Gospel of Christ teaches', that “The way of the transgressor is hard,” and that “ Godliness is profitable unto all things, h&viqg promise -of the lifo that now is, and of that which is to come.” Mr. Browor made a beautiful allusion to tbe faot that this murder was committed on tho Sabbath, and said that he saw the hand ef a mysterious Providence in the oiroumstanoo that as this bloody deed was perpetrated on tbe holy Sabbath, that also upon that sacred day would be consummated the vindication of the great law of Man, and his God, whioh deolared, “Thou shalt not kill.” A Whole Family Narrowly Escape Suf- foeating to Death* [From the Albany Argus, January 27.] On Tuesday morning last, the whole household of Mr. John Green, of Port Jarvis, Orange oounty, had perhaps the narrowest escape from a painful death on record. It appears that on Monday, Mr. Green, who is the proprietor of the Qaassauk House, in that vil lage, purchased a quantity of charcoal, about four barrels whioh were placed in the cellar. About 2o’olook he was awakened from sleep by the stifling fumes of burning obarooal. He imme diately arose and gave the alarm, by this means saving the whole nousehold from a fearful and horrible death. The charcoal had, by some means, o&ught'flre, filling the house with smoke and deadly fumes of oarbonio acid gas, whioh arises from burning obarooal. By the assistaneo of the neighbors who rushed from their dwellings at the ory of fire, the flames were extinguished. It was, perhaps, fortunate after all, that it was oharcoal that waa burning, as the fumes awoke Mr. Green, whereas, if anything else had oaught fire, the inmates might have re mained in their beds unwarned, and thus perished. • An Alleged Murderer Discovered.— A rumor roached us on Wednesday morning that considerable exoitemont prevailed in the vioinity of Leeohburg, Armstrong oounty, consequent upon the discovery and arrest of an alleged murderer. Tho story runs ihus: Many years ego, a drover was murdered near Leeohburg, in Westmoreland oounty, aud at the time a man, eon of a preaoh or, was suspected of tho homioido.- Subsequently tho man suspeotod was divoroed from his wife, she removing to Ohio. Recently she married with a relative of the murderod drover, and the sub ject of the murdor being broaohed, she related oiroumstanoes which, as our informant learned, led to the arrest of tho man first suspected on Sun day last. A watoh sold by him, and said to bo lone to the drover, has been traced up and identi fied by the deceased’s friends. We did not learn any names, and it seems nothing further oonoern log the affair has at the present writing reaohed the oity. Our informant left Kittanning on Wed* nesday morning.— Pittsburg Despatch, 27th, miRTY-P IF-TH> CONGBESi-S^ j'f ■■ f' A wi4Ht!i6i6s;TMs.M. : '' f-’V SENATE/ ■ r;lrfUf is-?-. HU’*** >,#h» «6!«lo» to-dar vm Mt apart.lprtba.MiiiilderatipD. >f btislDCH*'r*ilatiDK to'tbe District of ColQKibla‘l 'Pra-J rlonslyj however* Mr’JGwts* of GalifoViii a', fciade iino>' loa.toreoapßlderthePaci&o Railroad bill, andpref*ee<L £vrJtfcV ‘fevr'remarkf, stating thai i to, -bfca/the estimates to be advertised for n*orespe«il** r a 1 to! •tiat’fe^^^eOT(W»ea rt 'aald'>'• jftTw word* fouUUnr vMr^OJi^iSa^Te^aeqaate^ltßtabde.'^'' l .?/^] fitovtotojay tke'mdfltfffo; - mi^y’aienr JdetrqpolJtanrßaUfoad oftvfcy to ; ' fb» 'tr'&tttrqi. •; tee’rbillto fcrent .the tight Gbmmll-! Cq.y/aod Ux< • years -.. to make over the.right t? the citydorpor&ameMinent 1 yinftlly,-tber^b4ing; ! ito , .fiHr. Baowa; of hjoved-a call, 32£; - ate; bat be wad prevailed upon to iritbdraw .it?2if«o'' Senate adjowoedf v- , '‘'*vy-s^ : v.i!j 3OUBE r 'The HonSevrenf Iqfo domnUttee for the parpbeow : OOusideritJg’privete svr>;;* j message vasreefirad from the Presty<?DVenoloainr a tepori ftom thd df War, retoinme'niJLag.the repayment! ;to?;Qov6mo*;'l>buglsv of ftaaoonre'r’b fuapd, the edm gf £7jQ9o< whioh wfMdT»aoed;hy ,Wm U: Qbvernor SteveHs, fer'tne 'parpoae’ 'of 'maaltlmte'and. i^^radeptoreiydttrlpgUflMh^n^d^lKMhlsg^ S , of bin authorising,* losn of fiftoe p mill ions 1 V *- Objections tear* made to ib© introduction qt,the fcill fsbm the Repablta&kftC p *'*-4 •*** v ; :.Mr/P.4l^a > .ofcffewydrk'fi|kadileaMtolatßyWra^: reeolation iasiuetifik^thV'Oomai^ee n of ways and, Wash* toTrtjxfrt’A blir^o^trf'i^VlS t tomaiS, faT6^o^Arcerlc* l bprodacta,ananlwtitdUng , ra^oiQ^fo■r , &d - - -/-.<V S ■ Weretiitod irdfo /.The|louaethenadjourned;. ■<lit: ; ■ smitl/ISt iiitr?<sjtfs^ : : : '-' PPPrj ,Th» foUblrlng.Mlj wire-MpDrUdb/lhsOofcoilK** o£r?Uilroad«*,aB eommlHed:r. x. \\ IL-7P-C&. 4;-;u iacdrpora^\Ui® 7 Unioa; Ball tnjt Compeay o£ J PMlfilt£' ! P TO. ! tieGertpiatjwtt?fa«ngfr;E»fl^G<nn /yhtraf fi& !# ttoV&>bill mnpfojfSoi’ COTQotivg «s, nod carton WntrtOHn* r r*|lrQidj.-. £3 • ' Jir. ! lftrjfHixtaHflß* oflhe Committee onftaads and* !BrldB^s f ~re{k6rt«'a;rae > «6td6iliUdV<&» olU^ltopptamentat: 1 ;Jilf^»*Tt*H, r or i bm tottf&atSwc Sm»4S-fe \kb%k' Th«fnllowlDgWii*ireremdJa-pUcoV ; • Mr*. ijfxtjsivi of Philaddlphlijonb tbauthnxUetlie y*aafcfordr? and . Company t to borrow money. ;.. ■ .' •: \ ' Mr. Fnfmrr. of Kr!e, one to lnoorporiktt tno johnij^ tqTrnWoonen,Manu^Mrari^iC<mipiuiy.^' v :.i:;~s-;y. ;K . ' Mr, GAioa,- or Lyoomink. lnthefinpremefOotirt''HjJO. one reletiTe^opirtne?*: ; Mr.Bm*T,~of< Allegheny, - * 'mipplement relative tor the sale and.,conveyance of rut esUtyfiw f ,R» mofioaoi, Mr.- jfnw*r,tli« co mmlaaioaef appointed. to.. inrestlitta: itlu^iiSijmbf, stt&w** : On Watloh cf Mr. Bitt'l'tM'flotf'i-Wlifi'farihw eapplement toibeactriaeorporatingftfce Veit Cfa&ter Plankroad OdtaifanyjWa* taken npahd Vrfi 7': 'v . ,0a motion, iha'bUl r -to Ohnrch or Harri*bnrg;WaatakenupahdpiMea.; -• The Ben>te'adjQ|une^jff^ntUMoi^yftftM3ioonl^ the Gdrernor} Informiog the'Boiue' thit'he hia- prdTOd aodnianeda numbetrof atts nr the GeneralAe aembly,’ the title* offwh I ch k word gtrCd. ftfiSU. s' MriSiabisoyof Phi]ade]pWa;obtelnfdJ uveto with draw-certain: document* from lb* .Cflnnnittefc on DI-t vorbee. ~5;,- ' , ..,^ v w' •* t ' . TheeomihUi*cs,m&dVtbe,roU©wlnt:reporti : v ,--xXs ;- Mr; , l Wii , dox£*« an a^^'‘incorporate the. Bdfula kto Sndiord'KbOiud Company, approved Marbb Id? *P >1 "h* i 4. Mr. vrith rtppje’tnerit to ihe abt incorporatingtheQmh sad Ooitea atfftro PAv. ■eager Railroad.Company.’, v {*■* :*}, .«;•££ f(f/. <>'• >' Mt.jSmith, of Berks, moved that thin billbwreconi' miVed'to the Committee od Railroads,’ » The orders of the'day wire c*Ued r . Ur. Thors, ad committed/ an' act defining-certain powers > ' " '' •* ' Ur. Walbobh, an act to incorporate the Northwest Portage Railroad. • * - Mr. MoDowßLi., with amendments, an art to tncorpo rate the Port Kennedyßallrpad Company of Montgo mery, county. , r -,v*. \ ■, Also/ with amendment} a anpplement to tw idfc to in cornorate the Payette Gouty Railroad qoppasyr... •- , ‘tfegatiVe-rfefidtb mendation, a supplement ta.en not securing-to meoba* nice and others payment for their labor and materials fnr&isfied in erecting any house-or other hnlidfng, within the city or county of Philadelphia. < Also, as committed, ad act preventing the Intermar riage Of the White and blaok rates; 1 ■ Also, with a negative recommendation, a supplement to the act ot 24 of April, 1823, for the protection of places of religions worship. - ' ’ Mr. Irish, as committed, a supplement to an act to incorporate the Union School and Children’s Home Asy lum. Also, to provide for the taxation of nonresident ven dors of merchandise, &c. ■ Mr. Kstohuh, an aot declaring dogs in the Common wealth to he personal property. , Mr. Gbits, as committed, an act to authorise the Houae of Refuge to extinguish a certain'ground-rent. Mr. OticRCH, as committed, an act tojincoroorate the Security fire insurance Company, to he 1 located in the city of Philadelphia.. „ - Also, an act to incorporate the association for the construction of a staide to George Washington. ’ . Mr. HiusßSLsr, an. aot to amend and extend the charter of the Mutual Fire Insurance Coxdp&oy of Ger mtntown and its vicinity. ' ' ’ '.■< Also, an aot to incorporate the City Building Asso ciation. Mr. QoiatKT, with an amendment, an act to incor porate the Farmers’ Fire Insu*anoe Company of Middle Pennsylvania.' . The following hills were read in place: Mr. Paui, one relative to the sale of medicines In this Commonwealth. Mr. Quiqliiy, to incorporate the Buffolk Park Associ ation. Also, one to Incorporate the Chemical Company of Philadelphia. Mr. Evans, ons to Incorporate the Chestnut and Walnut-street Passenger Railway Company of Phila delphia. Also, one to incorporate the Prime and Federal-street Pauenger Railway Company of Philadelphia Mr. Wood, one to revive the oharter of theLLancaster, Lebanon, and Pine Grove Railroad' Company Mr. Shits, of Berks a supplement to the act Incor porating the Philadelphia and Beading Railroad Com pany. Mr. Boybb, of Bchay!klU, one for the Schuylkill Valley Railroad Company, in the county of Schuylkill, to extend tbeir railroad from some suitable point, near the town of Tusiarora, to cenneot with the Little Schuylkill Railroad at or near Tamaqua. t Mr. Ghatz, one supplementary to the acts relative to tbe recording of deeds iu thisCommenwealth. Also, one to abolish tho Board of Health of Phila delphia and to provide for the appointment of Com missioners of Health. Also, one to increase the compensation of the judges of the Supreme Oourt. Also, one to permit tbe Mount Carbon Railroad Com pany to extend their railroad from suitable point west of Pottsville, to interaeot with the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad at or near Mine Hill. Mr. Smith, of Philadelphia, one to incorporate the Warwick Manufacturing Company. Mr Boblbt, one to incorporate the Newry Railroad Company In Blair oounty. Mr Smith, of Berks, one to protect the wages of la borers. Mr. Mabaffy, one to incorporate the Mountain Navi gation Improvement Company. Mr. Thorn, one to aid in the establishment of a School of Mines. Also, one defining certain offences. Also, a further supplement to the act incorporating the Philadelphia and Readlog Railroad Company.' Mr Habuino, one to incorporate the Eighteenth and Twentieth.street Passenger Railroad Company. Mr. Wn-sos, one to repeal the act of 16th April, 1860, which declares the passing of bank notes of a less de nomination than fire dollars, of banks not located in this Commonwealth, a misdemeanor. The bill to modify an aot to widen Chatham street, in Philadelphia, was taken upon third reading Mr. Fishsr, of Philadelphia, said the bill proposes to make a street sixty feet in width, which is now one hundred and twenty feet, and he desired it postponed. Agreed to—yeas 40, nays 83. Adjourned to Monday afternoon. The Tariff. CAUCUS OF DEMOCRATIC SENATORS—NO CHANGE t TO BBMADETBfS SESSION. Washington, Jan. 29 —The Democratic Senators held a caucus this morning on the subject of the tariff. Mr. Huntkr, of Virginia, offered a resolution de claring it inexpedient to change the law at the present session. . ...... , „ Mr. BiGLiR-proposed a substitute, as follows: Resolved, That the revenue being insufficient to meet the expenses of the Government, it is wise and ex pedient to increase the import duties, te meet the de fioienoy. * Mr Biolsr’s substitute was voted down. Mr. Huntbr’s resolution was adopted by a large xna- Smdbli. thereupon offered a resolution, which was adopted, that it was the duty of Coogress te look rather to the reduction of expenditure than to the In crease of revenue. There was muoh excitement during these proceed ings, during which Mr. Huxtsr expressed the opinion that, with the revival o! business, there would he sufficient revenue for the purposes of the Government. Mr. Biolsb, it Is understood, spoke of the suffering industrial interests, and urged an increase of the duties. Qe said the public debt was now sixty-four millions, aftd it would be a hundred millions by the 30th of Jone, 1860, without the thirty millions to be added to tbe foreign-intercourse fund, looking to the purchase Toombs, of Georgia, and Binjahin, of Louis iana, were willing to favor specific duties on the great staples, but against attempting anything at the present rSTun™ or Georgia, favored an increase of tha tariff as absolutely neceisiry; while not favoring spe cific duties n% would be willing to give 30 per centum ° n Mr° Dodglab, of Illinois, thought it was important that the Demooratio party should settle its policy as to whether it would favor specific or ad valorem duties. Mr llontbr, of Virginia, replied that all seemed to agree on the policy that the tariff should be for revenue, but tbat the mode of assessing the duties was not a party test Mr Fitch, of Indiana, acquiesced In this view, re marking that the Senatorial Dcmocfatio caucus, while hold for a conference, never aoaght to bind men to vote its measures. The result of the caucus has caused much ex citement among the members of Congress and others The President will probably send a message to Con greßS early next week, showing a deficiency of twenty millions, and urging the necessary arrangements to re lieve the Government from the prospective financial em barrassment, reminding Congress that only four weeks are remaining of the sessien. Legislature of Utah* St. Louis, Jan. 29.—The Utah Legislature met at Fillmore oity on the 13th ult., but did not orgsnise tut the Bth, when both houses adjourned to meet at Eart Lake City on the 27th. aiSa fhftaufaffaJfi&X* ' •■ <y«_y■ <^.^^--- | : fey- ,y siwof a* *iii«. th* typography, bntona Eida'»f'thB. ihwiillOttJA. fc<^ writWatpoii/-• v r v®fc?it^S^~4if-f;?- -~J ,-J; tvT V*' KeibiVif tififr fionee r cdmuiU{6e'«tt\Pie/ : WCn6a'p.tto.eatii)u.';i::.>-;):'vV tlttoMbr TnltiS Stite«frOTr4he'«lb»Jf WSjMt6-, ®xO*ptlMxl<sq, togatterjrita* triailf•;- -V - - through ffc* (rnlf;\gtHt*xpr«j«i*tbg , <'pUiion thattn*’- ,• ; sgjrymi* th»,bU«wiUAnip*nttifiTj>.liradr«d mtJIIOM.-’Si ieh»:HisttotrU Mtod *h«wr •.-. tut C»n: jMtijr iftisfl UJJ eoncMflloniMcjiMgrylo »oni» -,-itv *8l?25P&*!l~t. ,'-■ • ■ c.*ThaltlOWilnliB '* mce.to thiGulf ■> 'taroro.'fwwlwiNi -• , feohsslateljr ia - - - Mdtl»t4ll*^JmpOTt*ht4O'**«oir*BOT^isTOipUD€- : Bcm»p»rt» in 1808; «&t oopttMte rftDgomaou'vltk < - v? ? r!fl»w«r» tnmif«n»ai»4i».ir»rar«H«drUiit* »od*««jn,: :_: ; a», Sptnlih it<Mi eitl»'oart«£d. , ISU .aod Prftri- .- dent to s*le* Vlorldk,”itoft placing the'jtfmjraod !>«▼?.«* " *--**wprf*f r ' ’ ruspiao** —Oar mute™ wiUr«ia*«pfc©ifclMi iiittiieiatT-' ' «s9sm&%£!Sys^Ks^aass^-'f' f«Uyre vUl.itato >Um.M«a*;'JtoraK)Srorffi«S»'> - - * fekrtblMfema tto»-«b «4iffl'Wi:t*Mao'«lMa&it's fm when'tbrwsres no? highest, tfisctewofHhe ,;C_ Tuscaroite. ■ ■’' erstr of rnoble-h Parted mehcwhoeeshlp w&vstracgsndW:- . ':i And determined to care them if it w«rais the ’power of - T worWi^,7Bdtth&4uestion T aro*#,whblitobT*vuth* . - -* Krile of the. storm ana ride thelriiveairi a little H£e-, , ttwhi^h^k^j^jri^tilhtughT‘Notimawaa' '- wlee Proviaenie, started on their perilous trip. -, pregreMw*s , ’trateh'edby the ehrw on board the two ships with .the greateSt anxfetyvlrat, after serßrsl nsrrowes- • capei, they finally reached.;the disabled ship, and pro- * seeded to take-tbe orpw on boardstbeir mile boat. They then started for the Tascarore with eome eighteen' 1 persons on board, and ultimately reached her io safety. ; The Rev. Mr. Newton, of-oar city, who reoentlymsde his trip from Europe"ln the gallant Tnse&rora, was deeply impressed with the noble acts of heroism die piaved by these brave men, and at his late anniversary of the Sunday-school of fit, Paul’s Chorch. of which he ia the most devoted and beloved rector., he related the circumstance, and proposed,‘as a fitting testimonial, that the school should have prepared five elegant Bibles to be handsomely and appropriately inscribed, which should be presented to these noblemen upon their arri val-In. this city. The devotsd pupils eagerly entered Into his plan,and on Saturday afternoon last, the reva- » rend gentleman visited the snip, now lying at this port, and in a neat and appropriate address made the preseu* tation. The gifts were-received by each of the noble men with a due sense of this mark of consideration and - esteem, and of the importance of this grateful exhibi tion or the high appreciation of their noble conduct, tA. beautiful response was made -by the chief-mate, who i regretted the.absence of the captain, who is seriously indisposed. The ceremonies were of a deeply interest log and. pleasing character, and all who were present were deeply impressed with the kind and generous re marks of the Rev. Mr. Newton and the appropriate re ply of the mate. Would it not be well for our city authorities to tike cognizance of these noble hearted men, and give them a tangible evidence of the high ap- I predation to which they are justly entitled f Escapeand Recapture of a Prisoner from Motamhnbinq Prison.—A few weeks ago. a man named Peter Burns, wav oommitted to Hojamensing prison to - answer the charge of making counterfeit coin. On ■ Saturday last a friend catled"at the prison to eee him, and was shown to his cell, in the second corridor, by Mr. Dougherty, one of the keepers of the prison. Mr. Dougherty, as is the usual custom, opened the wooden door of the eeU. te give the two an opportunity of con versing through the iron-grated' door Intide. Imme diately after Mr. Dougherty had left the twain together* the friend slipped back the bolt of ‘the iron grating, and the bird was released from his .cage. Keeper Grubb was stationed at the outside gate of the prison, when Burns and the friend made tbeir appearance, and not beiog acquainted with either of them they were both suffered to depart. The escape was soon discovered, however, and Mr. Grubb, followed by several officers, started In pursuit, and after going about three-quarter* of a mile, in a weatwardly direction, he espied bis pri- - soner,who was endeavoring to getaway from a woman, who, suspecting hlm'of being aa escaped prisoner! bad caught bald of hi* coat tail, aod prevented hi* flight. The prise was quickly taken possession of by the keen officers, and marched baok to his old quarters, where he ' will bo carefully guarded, and most probably denied the pleasure of a pleasant chat with friends who may be ad mitted to seehim. Suffocated to Death— A "Warnibo to Bummers-—On Thursday morning, at half-past tlx o’clock, the bodies of a oolored woman, named Rebecca Myers, and two. eolored men, one named Elias Ray. and the other unknown, from Philadelphia, were found close to the lime kilns of William Uoga, Esq , near Norristown, Pa. It appeared from the evidence at the coroner’s inquest, that they had been persons who had gained their living by rag and bone gathering, Ac , and although repeatedly warned by Mr. Moga, previously, of tbe danger of doing go, bad gone to sleep near the top of the kilns, one of the men being found inside one of them but not consumed, the kiln only being recently fired. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict in accor dance with the above tacts. This should be a warning to bummers—a olass of vagrants who resort to lime kilns for the purpose 'of sleeping in winter nights, when they inhale the gas which arises from the burn ing coal, and which produces the most injurious effects. A white man met with a similar' death about three months ago, and we hope that' this class of vagrants will refrain from resorttng to these dangerous locali ties. The police lately arrested a party, of about thirty of these characters, iu West Philadelphia, aod a few more arrests of that kind will have the effect of break ing up this practice. The Lost Fodhd. —A boy, aged about four teen years, named Clayton Page, came to this cite from Mount Holly,‘New Jersey, about the holidays, having in his possession about ten dollars, which had been given him for spending money, after having expended' whioh he was expected to return to his home at .the above locality. Time sped on, and as the boy did not ft turn his friends became very uneasy, and offered a reward of one hundred dollars for hU recovery. A few days ago the boy was found on a farm In Delaware. It apjpears that he soon spent the ten dollars, and being ashamed to return home, he engaged with a Delaware farmer and went to work for him. Tne farmer su«peoted that something was wrong, and wrote to some persons at Mount Holly, who acquainted the friends of the boy with the fact. They then visited the farm, paid the re ward, and took the hoy home to Monnt Holly. ; Triad of the Wecoacoe Engine.— Another trial of the Weocacoe steamer was hod on Saturday afternoon, at Fourth aod Washington streets, In the presence of about 2,000 persons. She waa supplied with water from three plugs—one at the comer, one in Fourth, above Washington, and one below. Steam was raised In six minutes, and in eight minutes she com menced to play. Through a fifty feet section of hose and an inch nozzle, she played one hundred and seventy two feet horizontally, and one hundred and thirty feet perpendicularly. Complaint was made that she had not a sufficient supply of water. Another trial will take plaoe this afternoon, st the same place. Hospital Casks.—Felix Mcßeaney, 34 year* old, htd his collar-bdoe fractured and several ribs broken on Saturday afternoon, at Tenth aod Jeffer son streets, by a olay bank which fell upon him while hi was dinging. Thomas Kelly, aged 24, had his left foot Injured by a piece of timber falling on it, in Bwanson-street, below Washington, on Saturday morning. ... „ Both ef the above eases were admitted at the Penn sylvania Hospital. Robberies On Friday evening, tbe dwell lug, No 983 Bhipp«o Btee«t,wM entered through , rear window and robbed of olothiog reined et fort, dollars.• Some Ume during the night the grocer,, at the corner of Shippen line end Bedford etreat, wee bro ken open end the monej-drewer tree carried off. A, It contained nothicgofTelne.it wee left upon the pare msnt. " The Effects of Racing.—At a lato hour on Friday evening, while the Independence Engine Com pany and the TItoU Hose were racing together along Twenty-second street,between Yinea&d Wood,Bichaid Merrick and James Ooyle fell down and were rua over by tbe engine Ooyle had one or his arms badly broken. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital. Merrick was not so badly hurt, Sddden Death.—About six o’clock on Sa turday evening, a lady named Manon Oare, while walk ing in the vicinity of Broad and Walnut streets, w** taken suddenly ill, and upon being removed to a neigh boring place, expired whue she was receiving tha kind est attentions. Coroner Fenner was notified to hold W inquest In the case*
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