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1
This s nng:'UtUa:sprnyiJ ior;oqni-'
~ . ; On;.Saturday as-,
ooftht .if tat ieoldiaVwJfiih Nor-;'
rlatown train of cars as It ivae entering the depot;
at that' place: r Vlt'seems that,'in'ooneeqnenoo of
. thidjiplaoement of a siritohi the.entire train was
'■: thrown off' the traoh, and the forward, portion of
. it was wreokod. ; The .Was 'driTen entirely
thtongh,‘the fir!t pasienger car, completely de
molishing it,' and injoring all .who were In it. [For-,
, toftitelyithete wtreliut'fcnr L or five persona Ih
~- ,tho'car, whlle tho other cars were allfull of pas
eedgersl ' The'jar threw the oeenpants of the nets
in the roar 'cars uut of their placeg, bruieingall
more or, less, ,h’ut not ibjnring any of them very
Beriouely ~ Ono inah. who was in the hindmost oar,
was thrown to .thei floor with snoh Tiolenoe as to.
hreakhisjio'se.' Mr. Moyer, the'eond'notor,‘had a'
leg hrokin.’and snstalned otlior. injuries. •.' Wash
ington Eoplin, jeweller, had hlsoollar bone broken.’
■ Col.Sohell'WiabadlyiiSjnf ed abontthebrosaV., 'A
man nainedßmith had hle lig broken/ Mr. Green,
engineerj -was'Seriously injured/ -The'injured
perSohs ail re|ldeat:Norristown, anddhelr injpries:
reoelyed'proinpt attention ; They are alb doing
well, aud it is believed none arc dangerously hurt. 1
. Thetraincame ■wUhlnthreefeetofbelng.preolpl
tatedinto the Schuylkill. The utmort alarm pre
vailed among the passengers, and a number of
thorn leaped into the water whioh had overflowed
the’ meadow near the traok Eince’tho recent heavy
rains.. It is almost armlraole that no lire's were
ioitby the dlsatfef; V'ffhat added to the.oioitc
merit' growing' bnt’ of. the’ acoldent was the belief
that H ’was . oaused/by The switch was
plaoedlny ts'prbper poiltlonby the switch-tender,’
(so-the latter'declared,) l who seoured it’ by means.
...of ja/padlock'. ,'Thio. padlock ,'appeared to have
been brokon off purposely. It waa found down an
ombankment—stlll loolsed—after the aeoldent.
Thbappllcation for'anew; ’ trial' In; the base of
' Edwin <K: Biles, convlotid of forgery, was. on Ba
turday/ refuged-by Judge Ludlow. The'offence’of
■wMeh tho accnled was convicted was an erasure
'■ .In the booltsbf bls employetSj.by means of whioh
a fplaa sum total was made., This, the oonneelfor
the defpndanVbontended, was not.an offence within
the common of statnte law of Pennsylvania:
Judge Imdlow said■ A! '-T \u . .
: " The qncstlpn to be considered ii’this :Is the
wrlting .such.a 'private,.writing ’ as may bo the
' objeetpf h-forgery at '.common law? We will
Beareb; in. vnln for a precedent at common law
which will, exaotly -include a .oase similar to the
pruedt’One. - But the principle npon whioh Rex
ve.- Wefd wae Secided ie old enough and broad
enough’ td .in'clude writing, the alte ration, erasure,
orthakingof.yhlbh.would'have boon forgery at
commonraw.” .
The. Judge closed by-refusing to grant the new
- trlai.asked for;. ; - . :,’
.'TOphearingpn habeas corpus qf, tbeoase of the
pereona qhargcd with defrauding the stobkhblders
.of the Weymouth hand and'Fafni Company, wds
ooutlnned, bn Saturday, in the. Court of Quarter.
Sessions! - " 11
Thq nuraber Of deaths in thls olty last week was
107, ntaoUy the'.eama nmnbsr.as the .week pre
vious. !■•-■■, • ;,
There lrer© 481 deaths in tbo oity of Now York
during the past week—»n j inoreoje of 20 as oom
- Tarfld.withthemortuH ty of the week previous.
Ex-President Tyleris at present at th e National
HoteJ. in Norfolk.
A blilbag been introduced into the Louisiana
'Senate; authorizing gambling houses in New Or
l*»“i and. fliing the tan or lioenie at tlSlOOff' per
annum...';:, ... ' ; y -
. Tiostpamer Arabia arrived at Bolton yester
dayiv aer malls wlll be In to-day.
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“ Publieht ng Activity. .'
Ifehtefpitlae puybb <»ld td. oharasterise .the
puWljhing'.hoaMß of this oountry, it oertalniy
to the business
Operations of'Peterson and Brothers; who, in the
Unprecedented period .of; less ’than forty-eight
;i^reo>yp<ed,, ppMtefl, bound, J pud
plsoed ready foraale at their counter, an entire
;pages-They.
reoalyM ,the'advends.sheets,' from England, on
■Wednesday, and the hook was on sale' on Friday
mornJnglv'r.j.'.'-.'t',;:!.; ■ '.i .... i 3-- r - •:
/ : Tho r work aUuded to, “Father and Danghtor,”
■. tho ‘graceful, and nervods pen
. ..jdtlSflffl JBrena'r; and Is fully equal to tho'-bost
; vrtileb this t&lentod: authoress has "given' to the
. publid. : -;lt f abounM intouohingseenes, admirable
' for thelr.pathos and fidelityto nature, and a 'plot
admirably designed, and consistently and natu?
>4*gUjjjid| '/It'ii'ho.t afaiiiatiou book; got 5
pttjfMej';but a yolunie
whioit iiiU b»ye.»;weloome piaoe in every library :
for yeirt ;to oomeV Xt’hai the elements of boo
oeMljhpopularltyin'an-eininent degree, and'the
jMttraoMfhary seal of,.the pnbilsbere.in bringing
?t ont; Ist fallyj/wßrranted by; its remarkabie in
, itrinfio merits.- " . , ..
v ‘v* 4'r-' . y - -f-- *c_
' .eight
; pielook, Oaptadn-Davis, of Dbjlestown; laid eoting-
of He'irMexldbr will
Pooiety, in original
Added.tff ihe
. ~f frtejUie.of tHdanolept Spanish akohiVes, deposited
the
Knowledge pf/tbfs
; i cqrnStstribe of the aboriginals. The members of
oapeot to War n Very interesting
--\ i- - ’
: 'DpDSi|A» wm‘.consisting Mi
grist campaign in; Djiaois, the whole nation
pppgwith prsußes*of'&\yfieti»iBßi,;*NO;jnam'
inburijay has ever awakeniidl bo much sijl'o® re
and ; spontanebuB |)opii)|r: sympathy : and sup
poWNoAdminiatrationeverfelUp’rapWlyor
bo low as did that of Hr. BuonAMAN in attempt
ing to employ its vast energies to the destruc
tion of an independent Senator. The great
lesson has had its effect. It Will stand as an ad
monition and. an oncouragement to posterity—
an admonitionto bthor ambitious raters, and an
encouragomont to other honest roprosonta
quarters, however, the example
haß noi been so ■ effective. Certain of the
Repuisiican jdnrnals soem to regard it as their
duty to assail-DquoLAs; with nearly the same
epithets employed by tile Administration itself
in its war upon him; . Those journals forget'
fttiat’ tbie iate 'whioh,befell the Administration
may be theirs, ; and that the sentiment which
overwhelmed tho ono, may, in torn, overwhelm,
. the othe'r.O j • : Jp\
'■/,
causeless proscription under' Mr. Pjrajwenti
vJhbministratinn .of Ac
; Douglas; audthe equally
poured out upon that some of
I the. Republican New York;
Tribune, by far the ablest intrepid of
the, ahtl-slavery organ|lt® oo ontered quite a;
it ventured to;
applandDooanisapifhisfriends.whenthey first
grahpjed with anifmensate and shameless Ad-:
more .'party papers of ihe!
Republican|organiEation, could not see the
cdurspofPßie TiiS,twe in any other light than;
asanahandonmentof it j'endorsed party afflni-.
to this day .wb perceive ‘ that it c.on
iintes fay begravely censiirod;.' Such papers;
Ik these 'always gauge their.opinions by'
thoib prejudicps.' Measuring tha manj not
by tlio good ho does, but by the party
to wMch ' he . belonga, they -will refuse to
strengthen: the hands of a faithful ‘ public ser
vant if he does-hot, sail under, their special
flag. dKFjfpEsoH pavis can do nothing right:
WihiiAii'H.; Sxwinb carido notfiing'wrong.
In their hands journalism degenerates into tho
ujjirest and shallowest farce. We have great
confidence, however, that this sort of thing is
intensely despised by the • people, and that
every day renderssuch exhibitions more and
more odloiiß, and let ns hope less frequent,
it would,have given ns great pleasure to have
supported'the' ■ policy of Mr'.- Buchakan’s
Administration, if;. that policy had in , our
■judgment-been Honest,; and it ..will give us
‘equal pleasure to accord to him credit when
.eyer he deserves itj andsd,too, of every other
:man, ! ropresentative or otherwise, whether he
'caijts himself Bomocrat.Ropablican, or Amer
ican::-.Agreeing with- Judge Douglas in the
jnain, we shall be as free and as frank in taking
issue with him, should,we be : oompollod to do
sOj'aawphavebeenwith thosewho arehouDd
inghimat Washington,and- elsewhord. The
New York rTrifrune of Saturday, in referring
to‘‘a paragraphin a ioharging
it with having sympathised with: Douglas in
his, atrngglq;uaeßi language which we admire
for its-independent spirit; and whlch we in
,sert as follows: .• . ‘ ,’U
V (fitis trae;that .we.,did not'sympathise with our
Chicago namesake in iwdespsrate exertions .to do
feat, stall' hazards',' Mr. Douglas's ro-flleotion.
ilaving been alb winter -co-operating with Judea
Douglas in s.desperate and successful effort to de
feat Mr.' Buchanan's Lecompton polioy, ■ we were
notready' totnrn short' around, and 00-operate
with'Mr; 'Baohanan andhls'satellltes iu.tho'efforts
to cruabrMr. Douglas for that bolt from party ex
aotionSjand party .trammels.' .Early oonvinoed
that gratitude and polioy; alike required of Re
publicans .there-election of every Democrat who
aided'us.tob'Oat Lecompton, wo did not see how,
consistently,'to make Judge Douglas an.exbopUon.
t6that:.rulo. ; 'As,'hOWiver,tho:Rcpublioansbf
lllinoia'h'advcry generaily determiueu to oppose
iind boat him, we sald-littlo on the subject, allow:
ooiumnawhetovcrtheysaw
flt—nptenppreising our own convictions, but say
lug verylittlotooommend and vindicate them,
We:'surrendered ‘afflarger portion of onroolumns
to the efforts :of oiir Illinois compatriots to defeat
Mr. Douglas than we ever gave up to a like oeu
test in.any Btateeratslde of our ownbnt ear per
sonal oonviqtions- we oould not surrender, nor aid
we entirelyosnoesl thom. * *. *
f “ His future course'may .be signalized by the
most deadly opposition to every principle we oher
ish, and still we shall rejoice that he did not fall
a martyr to his firstaot of decided ‘resistahoe to
thorequlrcmonM of the slave power. - The moral
pf bis parser most not thus misguide our aspiring
polltieiahs yet toho". Lotus be patient, and- see
what we shall see.” -
3 'l '* - - * ■
The Territorial Bill Proposed by Sir*
! - JH#rrlB) of Illinois*
i,Qne of the most importantbiils in relation
l;oTerritorialGovernment that,-have ever been
presented to Congress, is tbat offered in tbe
Honsh'hf Representatives, by Ur. Uonnis, of
Illinois, some weeks since, proposing to per
mittee people of the Territories not only to
form their own Constitutions,', and. elect tbeir
pwn Legislatures, bat also to elect .their Go
yernota and other local officers. *'?.
' The provisions of this bill deserve a care
ful consideration. We are inclined to think
that, in some instances at least, the peo
ple, would choose better Governors than the
president would appoint. The American peo
ple havb a genius -for. self-government, in all
its branches. When fifty or one hundred
squatters settle in a new region, which is en
tirely beyond the reach of existing laws, one
itheir iirst acts usually is to frame a Govern
ment adapted to their wants and condition.
Self-government has so far acted in this conn
try as a mighty pieco of political machinery,
;not only adapted, as a whole, to the direction
of the affairs of a great nation, but also to the
regulation of all the concerns of the most
minute political enb-divjsions. The people
govern townships as well as elect Presidents,
|We presnme that the bill does .not contem
plate conferring tho power to elect Govern
ors nntll the Territories are fully organized
by act of Qosgross ; and when the population
has become great enough to render snch an
’organization' desirable, and tbo election of
legislators necessary, it is worthy of conside
ration whether they are not also competent to.
select their Executives.
' : It is now confesaedly tho aim of the Democra
tic party to ikes the Territories irora Congres
sional influence.. Why should they not also be
freed from Presidential control 7 If it is ar
gued'that tbo people would sometimes be una
ble to nmko a judicious selection of Gov
ernors, our history, shows that Presidents
jhay commit a similar error. Land receivers
and registers, marshals, United States district
attorneys, and snch officers as superintend the
execution of laws which aro Btrictly Federal
in their character, might, and should, of course,
still be appointed by the ruling powers at
Washington, as they aro now appointed in
.the different States. But the dnties of Terri
torial Governors are not necessarily of a Fede
ral character. ■ The relation they bear to tho
iphabitants of -the Territories is very similar
to the' relation that the Governor of onr Com
monwealth bears to tho citizens of Pennsyl
vania. The probabilities that Territorial Go
vernors would consult tbb wishes and interests
of those' over whose destinies’ they preside
would be greatly increased if they- derived
their officers from the people. As it Is, the
only master wbom-they are obliged to recog
nise is the President, and if he is pleased, they
are frequently indifferent to the sentiments
and interests of Territorial populations.
. It is worthy of consideration whether the
strong disposition, wjiich the people of tho
different States now have to interfere in Ter
ritorial affairs would not be checked by the
proposed bill; and if, when internal and Terri
torial difficulties and .dissensions arise, they
could.bo settled by the peaceful arbitrament
of the ballot-box, without the intervention of
the United States army, and without evoking
exciting feelings in the National Councils, or
throughout the nation generally—as internal
dissensions in tho several States aro now con
stantly'being adjusted—a very desirable end
would be attained.
. The bill should,bo fairly discussed. If there
are serious objections to It, lot them be made
known j bnt if there are not, the bill should be
adopted.
Shade Trees.
[For Tho Preis ] -
Last summer, until fall, we had a " plague” of
.worms almost- equal to some of the plagues of
Egypt. It will be a thousand fold worse this sea
son, from the appearance of the shade trees.
Borne good people have commenced oleaning them
off, but others are delaying.
i would suggest, that thenuisande is so great,
that it demands' tile aftention of the City Fa
thers. ' If they oannot “ destroy the worm of the
still,’ ’ they oan arm a hundred persons to destroy
the wormspu our trees,'and oharge to property
holders.- In a short time the nosey things will he
Upon ns-rb4h! 0.
! Rowdyism.'
For The Press.}
I wish to call tbe attention of ihe Mayor to that
gank'of rowdies that congregate about the neigh:
qoMfUdd of Tenth and Pleasant streets, as they are
very annoying to passers by. It was only yester
day that they knooked down nnd beat two yoting'
men most shamefully. Something must be done
to stop Buoh brutality. a Scbscbibbb,
Prescott thlß. Historian.
Although Mr. Pbjisoott was by ho means a
young.min, having been born on May 4,1796;
*ana renown. He dodicatod hla well-stored
mind and ripened intellect'to the production
of History, and surely pursuit of knowledge'
under difficulties and literary, execution under
the most. disheartening circuiastanoes were
never so wonderfully hlended. Much of his
reading, indeed,’ waa’viciuiously eDjoyed. He
could see only with difficulty, and most of his
chiregraphy was performed with aid from
an ingenious mechanical: contrivance. Tot,
with all these drawbacks, Mr. Peescott was
not only an accurate and brilliant, but a volu
minous and supcessM writei*ot history.
In 1888, at>the mature,age of forty-six, ap
peared his ltst work,' “ The Reign of Ferdi
nand and Isabella, which speedily obtained a
world-wide celebrity.’ The “ Conquest of
Mexico” followed in 1843, and the “Con
quest of Eeru” in 1847. He published two
volume's of the “History of Philip the Se
cond*’ in 1857, and the third volnmo was is
sued at the. close of. 1858. In these three
volumes he exhibited seventeen’ years of
■Philip’s reign, and had yet to relate the
events, including the Revolt of the Nether-*
lands and the oareer of • the. Spanish Ar
mada, of the twenty-six following years. How
much of the concluding volumes he has left
completed, we cannot say, "but the probability
is, that, whatevor his materiel, he had not
written much of them. In 1845 appeared,
simultaneously in this country and England,
an octavo volume of Miscellanies, chiefly’
consisting of reviews which ho had contribu
ted to the North American Jlevie to.
Mr. Pbescoit’s death is a great-loss to the
general republic of Letters. He mixed little
,in society, chiefly living among his books, and
constantly laboring among them. Those who
knew him well loved him dearly, and will la
ment him long.' ‘ ’
Almost‘at the time when, the death of Mr.
Peesoott was communicated to us, we read a
rovlew of his last published volume in the
.London Critic, convoying praise of his indus
try, talent, and genius, higher than even his
countrymen have .ever written of him. This
notice speaks of, the revolt of the Moris
coes, and the war with the Turks, and adds:
; They‘are but episodes in those four years of
Philip’s reign which ere-so for depfoted in the
now instalment of Mr. Prescott’s olessieaV work,
and of which Alva In the Netherlands is much the
most important phenomenon. Yet they are epi
sodes -partly of suoh historical and biographioal
Significance, partly so affluent with picturesque
material, and they are altogether recorded by Mr.
Presoott with such ability and animation, that
the reader never, feels a.sensation of tedium or
that' his patience is being trified with. -The
eventful story .of. the Moorish revolt af
feots us as might a tragedy, -The romantio
biography u'of, Don John of Austria, prima
rily developed as a sub-episode of the revelt
of the Moriseoes, culminates In the “ glorious vic
tory” of Lepanto. ’ Lest, dot least, when the tale
Of domestio strife and foreign war is told, Mr.
Presoott; with the toot of.a true historio artist, in
stead of olosing his volume, changes his theme, and
in a-brlef but admirable section, entitled ll Domes
tic Affairs of Bpa!n',” allows the mind to’repose on
interesting sketches of polity,-of manners, and of
personal traits. - In the oareful and impartial ac
count of . the'gloomy Philip’s character, habits,
and'-, tastes, - Mr. - Prescott. does not neglect to
insert, an, interesting narrative- -of the build
ing -of', the Esourlal that monastery-palace
whiek,architecturally symbolises the genius of
Spain as does the Alhambra the genius of its Moor
ish conquerors. As a'worh of art, the volume is
complete in itself. Mr. Prescott’s reputation is
of a kind-to dispense with’the addendum that the
whole narrative is based on the amplest and moat
careful examination of authorities, published and
unpublished. A reference to the subject may he
made for. the purpose of pointing attention to the
excellent supplemental notes, in whioh are given
critidismß of the historioal merits- of the chief
writers, older and less old, on the events described
in the text. Some of these contain biographioal
sketches of much value—as in the case of Mendosa,
trho'is not only,a ohiof authority for the history
of the Moorish revolt, hut who Was the originator
of the pletureraue Spanish novel. As Cervantes is
associated with the war against the Turks, so is
the author cf “ Lasarlllo de Tonnes ” with the
Moorish revolt. In Cervantes and Mendosa we
have the bright and sunny side of the Spanish cha
racter in the age of Philip II and the Inquisition ;
and, happily, Mr. Prescott seems to appreciate the
literature of Spain as keenly as he has studied Its
history with diligenoo. We take leave of Mr.
Presoott’s admirable volume with a renewed sense
of the obligations whioh history owsb him. The
present volume alone would establish his claims to
a high rank among contemporary historians.
Considering that this high eulogy comes
from a critic well qualified to judge, and diffi
cult to please, the eulogistic appreciation of
Prescott is worthy of being reproduced, at
this moment, when he has left us. It is the
verdict recorded in another land, by another
tribunal than our own, and has the additional
merit of being simply but emphatically true.
Notes on “ The Carious Document.”
From a, mass of correspondence, on the rabjeot
of a doodment which we published the other day,
we seleot the following:
On reading the Curious Document,” in your
paper of to*day, I was induced to refer to my
library to see how far it was corroborated by
bistory. I find, on referenoo to Mrs. Matthew
Hall’s “ Queens Before the Conquest,” (bat she
gives us the history of Queen ° Gwonissa,” and
in the oourse of that history mentions the name
of the first wife of the Emperor Claudius, whioh
was “Plantia Ureulanilla.” Although the foots
given by Mrs. Hall do not entirely, correspond
with those stated in the letter of Claudia, there
oan be no doubt, I think,'from the circumstanoes
stated by each, that Claudia’s "Clantia Urgala
ntlla” „is intended for JPlantia UrgutaniUa ,
and her “Gwimpa” for Gtoenissa. Perhaps
there is a typographical error in the oaße.
AKTiquiras.
, Another correspondent, who simply signß “A
Subscriber,” says:
“ I propose to give you a true vesion of" tbe un
dent British, contained in tbe lotter from Claudia
to Eunice, which appeared in your papor to-day,
as follows: 1 Aonoo arwain ni| i brofeaigaeth;
elthrgwared ni rhagdrwg. Ganys elddot ti yw y
aoyrnas a’r north a’r gogonlant yn oesoesoeda.
Amen. It is from the sixth ohapter of Matthow,
thirteenth verse, from tho Welsh Testament, and
you will find the same in the modem English Tes
tament, in the same plaoo. f Lead us not into
temptation, butdeliver us from evil/ tho., &a.
From a third correspondent, who sighs 1 (Cym
ro,” (and is evidently of Welsh oxtraotion, at
least,) We have a* yet more critical oommunioatioD.
He says, on the allegation (to ns) that the “ ourl
ous document” was translated froiqthe Latin:
“ I am afraid that the story is oooked, or other
wise, to make use of a term at this tints well un
derstood—b-o-g-u-s—as was that serious relation of
how, upon ‘ aeertain time, aweary travelleroalled
at the tent of Abraham, and, on rcoeiving before
him food wherewith to refresh himself, and not re
turning thanks to the God of Abraham, was sum
marily ejected/ and ingeniously constructed in
Soripture language by the illustrious Franklin.
The sentenoe supposed to oommend itself for ex
plication to the profound acquirements of the
learned in aooient languages has, I doubt
not, this day, January 29, 1859, been hoard by
ten thousand families. The sentenoe rendered
into English is simply " and lead ns not Info temp
tation.” In'my Biblo, printed in 1769, it is thus
given in Welsh, “Ao nao arwain ni i brofedigaeth,”
while yonr Neapolitan Patriok transcribes it as
(( Agna thowyis ni in brofedigaoththe only
verbal difference of apparent importance is the
snbstitntiop of “thowyis” for “arwain,” both
being synonymous and moaning “to lend”—
Tywis, to lead, being now in oommon use, as well
as “arwain.” In fact, tho sentenoe is written just
as it is supposaljle that one nnaoquainted with
Welsh would write it from dictation, and as the
pronunciation would strike the ear; and thnt pro
nunciation, too, of South Wales, whoro the “ o ”
obtains to on oxtent eschewed by our northern
brethren, who use tbe “ a ” and “ au ” instead.
‘We are Jndebted to Wells, Fargo, A Co., for
early California papers, tho San Franoisoo Mer
cantile Gazette and Shipping Register, the
steamer Bulletin, and other papors of early date.
Personal.— -A Now York paper has tho fol
lowing: “We hear from Washington that Mr.
Buchanan, aided by Mr. Henri Wikoff, is making
arrangements for a grand state dinner to Mrs
James Gordon Bennett. Some of the ladies of the
Cabinet objeot to be present, having conceived un
grounded prejudices against tbe Fresident'sguest;
nut their objections will be stornly overruled.
We are told, however, by our correspondent, whd
seems to know a great variety of seorets, that
though they will attend the dinner under,compul
sion, thoy will indemnify th'emselveß by ontting
Mrs. Dennett afterward. We hope they will bo
guilty of no iooivilitios to a lady whoso charming
Booial qualities and accomplishments are so weU
entitled to the approval of the first magistrate of
the oountry. These fair rebels will do well to re
member that suoh persecution is apt to redound to
the benefit of its objeot.”
Prize Fight in New Orleans.—Two buf
fers, named Burns and Stafford, wont some dis
tance down the river yosterday morning, to punch
each other, according to the fistio code, for five
hundred dollars. Each went down on a job boat,
attended by a host of “tho fanoy.” The first
round settled tbe business, Burns “ hitting foul”
and losing tho fight. Thoro wore then half n do
zen extempore fights among the bookers of tho
respective and highly rospeotable heads of tho
excitement; and altogether the ocoaßlon was as
exoiting as any one present desired. The fight
took pTqoe outside this parish, owiDg to prepara
tions made by tbe Mayor and Chief of Folioe to
save the parish suoh a disgrace.— N. O, Picayune ,
January 18.
—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1859.
MB PR®
~W MimiGHT MAIL.
v Letter ftom Washington.,
(.Correspondence of The Presa.]
_'Washington, Jan. 30,1850.
Tho struggle for judge of the District Court of
the United States; for the Western District of
Pennsylvania is an interesting one. Jndge
Thomas Irwin having resigned, a question arises
in the House whether the investigation oan be
ooaduoted,; now that he has resigned. But
this is nothing to tho efforts making in
favor of a ' sucoessor of Irwin. The leading
candidates are Hon. Wilson M’O&ndiess, of
Pittsburge. and Hon. Samuel Gilmore, end Gen.
Joshua B. Howell, of Payette, oounty. Tho first
I have already spoken of. He is an old friend
of thejPresident. The seoond is president judge of
the Washington, Greene, and Fayette judicial dis
trict, also a friend of the President; the third was
an old-line Whig in 1856, a native of New Jersey,
and a highly accomplished gentleman. But the
most active of all the applicants are Mr. P. 0.
Shannon, of Allegheny oounty, and Mr. Thomas
Cunningham, of Beaver oounty. Shannon is Sena
tor Bigler’s man, and has peculiar olaimsupon the
Democrats. He presided at the Democratic Con
vention in 'Harrisburg upon the passage of the
Kansas and Nebraska bill, made suoh to please
Bigler, who was then Governor of Pennsylvania.
The prinoiple of popular sovereignty was just,
then a little under theolouds, and was espeoially
distasteful to Bigler, whoexpeoted tobere-eleoted
in tbe autumn of 1854. Mr. Shannon refused to
allow the resolutions in favor of the Kansas-Ne
braska bit! to be offered In the Convention, know
ing that they had been suppressed under Bigler’s
auspices, in the oommlttee; and the result was,
that the Democratic, party of Pennsylvania was
committed to a negation of the prinoiple. Tbe
Convention adjourned, and shortly after Governor
Bigler appointed Mr. Shannon judge of one of the
oounty oirortsin'Allegheny county, to fill a vaoanoy
’oooasioned by a resignation. But Judge Shannon
has other blaiths. He has always been tbe oppo
nent of Mr. Buohanah, and therefore should be ap
pointed. 1
The Washington Union rejoioes over the in
crease of duties at several of the leading porta *of
the Union, and the Intelligencer of yesterday ad.
mils the faot in a communication whioh it pub
lishes. This Is intended to help the bill of Mr.
Phelps, from a minority of the Qommjttee of
Ways and Means There is now no predfoting the
result of the struggle for an increase of duties, and
for suoh aid to our Pennsylvania interests as we
have a right to expeot.
The Administration is just now in a hopeless
situation Thero is no ohanoefor the pasaago of
any speoial Administration measures. The ordi
nary appropriation bills are in tho greatest dan
ger. /The Demoorats have lost all enter or regard
for the Administration. They refuse to be hold
responsible for it. They are afraid of centbot
with it. The living corpses of the defeated men
of 1868 float before their eyes. They fear to imi
tate the men who trusted to it before, and those
who have trusted to it do not feel like repeating
the experiment. No faith exists in in the
South, none in the North. Let the funeral pass,
so that the dead man'may be deoently buried.
News has just been received hero, from Lieut.
Bealo’s expedition. Tho last dates are at Hatohes’
Ranobe, January ,3,1859, one hundred and thir
teen miles from Atbuquerque. Thoy had soon
somtNjlUer, hard times, and up to this date had
been eminently successful. They crossed the
plains without losing a man, animator wagon.
Considering the passage a winter passage, this
looks well for; the thirty-fifth parallel of lati
tude. I never had a doubt that this was the pro
per line for a railroad. You oan tell Mrs. Beale
and our friends in Cheater that the Liontenant is
doing well, and is as happy as a lark.
The Douglas and Fitch Affair.
(0 orrespondesee ofTbe Press.J
' Washington, Jan. 29, 1859.
The published correspondence between Messrs.
Douglaß and Fitoh, if carofally read, will suggest
some carious reflections.' As reprinted in The
Press, from the Washington Union , the oard of
the seconds of Jndge Douglas, (Roger A. Pryor, of
Virginia, and Thomas T. Hawkins, of Kentucky,)
was omitted. You will peroeivo, first, on reading
tbls correspondence, that Dr. Fitch seems to labor,
in all his letters, to put Judge Douglas in the atti
tude of having apologised for a reflection con*
talned in bis (D’s) remarks against tbe son of
Fitch,'whereas, in Die letter of Fitoh, replying to
the first peremptory note of Douglas, he, Fitch,
states that in tbe debate, in seeret session, Judge
Douglas excepted bis son from the obarge, and
that he made no farther issue on that subject;
and yet, in tbe seoond letter of Fitoh to Douglas,
the former attempts to create the impression that
Judge Douglas’ explanation, in reference to his
sob, is then, and for the first time, xdjde explicit;
and that, in consequence of this explanation then
made, and for the prat he
offensive , words, forgetting 1 the facV precedent
already statod*. S t '
The whole difficulty grew but of tfaVattaok; of
Jndge Douglas upon the office-holders in Illinois,
whioh attaok Fitoh regarded as injurious to bis
son. Douglas, in secret session, immediately qua
lified his remarks so as to exclude 'young Fitoh
from his last attaok, thus leaving him where Judge
Douglas had plaoed him, when his name at the
last session of the Senate was sent in by the Pre-.
sident for an important office in Illinois—a nomi
nation then objected to by Judge Douglas, on
oertain distinctive grounds; and when, after this,
Douglas demanded of Fitoh tho withdrawal of
oertain o|ensive wordß, it was too late for Fitoh,
after having yielded the point in his first reply to
Douglas, to mako the disavowal of thq attaok upon
his son the condition of tho withdrawal of hU
offensive remarks, Ac.
Judge Douglas was in fall earnest in this whole
business, as bis ohoioe of seconds dearly inti
mated, both Messrs. Pryor and Hawkins being
Southorn gentlemen, weH accustomed to affairs of
honor, and not apt to be satisfied unless the cha
racter of .the friend for whom they soted was pro
tected at all points. The publication of tbe cor
respondence in the Washington Union was ef
fected without the knowledge of ihtso gentlemen,
and tho mannor in whioh it was published is thqs
commented upon in the following note, whioh was
addressed to tho Washington States on the 25th of
Jnnuary:
To the Editors of tho States:
Gbntlbubn: You will do us the kindness to
insert the following correspondence in jour col*
umns. It was our intention, bofore tho oorres*
pondonoe appeared in the Utnon t ‘to require its
publication in justice, to Mr. Dopglas; but not
until we had informed Dr. Fitoh’s friends ef our
purposo, a formality whioh, as wo uuderstand it,
is iu accordance with invariable usage, and of in*
dispensable obligation.
Boobr A. Pryor,
Thomas T. Hawkins.
January 25, 1858.
This oard eortainly reflects upon tho active
friends of Dr. Fitoh, more particularly whon it is
understood that the word *• untrue,” in tho first
lotter of Dr. Fitoh, not italioized In the original
received by Judgo Douglas, is italicized in the copy
furnished to tho Union , a clrcumstanco whioh the
seconds of Judge Douglas do not.hesitate tooall
attention to in their republioatlon of the oorres*
pondenoe in the States of the 25th inst.
lam glad the diffioulty is over. It might have
grown into a most unfortunate affair; but I om
more rejoiced that Judge Douglas should have
borne himsolf so well, and should have reposed his
honor in the hands of gentloinen who are not apt
to compromise character for tho sako of avoiding
responsibilities. E.
public Amusements.
AncQ'SntERT Theatre.—Tho fun-provoking
oomody of the “ Amerioan Cousin” will bo pro
duced again, boiog tho sixty-first night of Its un
paralleled career. This, in oonneotion with tbo
wonders ef “ Aladdin’s Lamp,” ought to fill the
house for tho remainder ot tho season.
National Circus. —New attractions have been
added, the foroe of performers.being largely in
oroased. Madame Jeannette Austin, who is an
nounced on the bills as “the wild, bowildering,
and bewitching young Parisian,” makes herdobut
to night in a series of dangerous and graooful
evolutions on tho tight-rope. Mat. Austin, a now
comic acquisition from California, is to unravol
his yarn of comicalities for thoso who love tp
laugh. The Van Amburgh collection of animals
still remains.
McDonougu’s Varieties.—This place of pub
lic amusement, we ore gratifiod to loam, isdoiDg
very well. If tho same earoful attention to tho
dramatic wants of tho citizens in that looality is
oontinued, the presont managomont will havo
abundant reason for congratulation and substan
tial evidences of popular appreoi&tion.
Walnut-Street Theatre.—An elaborato oriti
oism on Mr. Barry Sullivan’s I Richard 111 is
orowded out to-day.
Mrcnnerchor Fancy Di;ess Hall*
What may be emphatically called the Bali
of the season will oome off on to-morrow
week, (Friday, February 8,) at;the Aoademy of
Musio. Tho Micnnerohor (“ tho old”) Vocal
Sooiety’s Twelfth Annual Ball—ijanoy Dress—will
take plaoo that evening. The programme, whioh
appears in our amusement oolumn, is lull of pro
mise, and theohoruses from “Tbe Huguenots,”
with accompaniments by ft full orohestra of forty
performers, led by Mr. 0. Grortuor, will be given
previous to the Ball itself. Wo pappose that “ all
the world and his wifo” will attend ’ this splendid
sooial gathering. • j
The Michigan Legislature has <f put its
foot into it ” by voting six hundred and fifty
aores. ot land io Mts. Rogers, because sho pro
duced four little Rogerses at one and the same
time. It has set a preoedpnt whioh may coat the
State thousands of aores of lands. Tho Detroit
Free Press says that Mr. Job Burnap, of Sumptor,
Wayno oounty, has applied to Jho Legislature to
divide its favors. His papors set forth that Mrs
Burnap “ htuf given birth to nine children at four
births, throe of whom were born ton months after
marriage that he is a poor man, and, therefore,
prays for a donation of land as in the oase et
Mrs. Rogers. —Boston Post,
The Opera. i
The last performance of the season took place at
tho Academy on Saturday afternoon, to a very fine i
house. The whole of u Norma” was given, whioh
was done very fairly,notwithstanding Mad. Laborde
was seriously ill. Fart of Luorezia Borgia” fol
lowed “ Norma,” in whioh Fiooolomini ossayed the
lofty part of the Duohess. Bhe made suoh a “ hop*
skip-and-jump” affair of tho soeno with the Duke,
and the great poisoning soene, that wo wonder
how she ever oould have boon considered to fill the
rote of Luorezia with sucoess. Yet, in this cha. *
raoter she certainly established her reputation- |
The inatinep closed with a scene from La Berva
Padrona,” (or “ The Maid turned Mistress,”) full
of oomlo power, and precisely suited to develop
Pioeolomini’s peculiar qualities.
It is rarely the publio are fuvorod with so
amusing a bit of dramatic art. What must
have struck overy ono as a peculiarity, if s?t
even a defect, in Ficcolomini’s personations—
namely, her perpetual restlessnoss—came into play
in this scene, as a- part of the necessary acting.
Usually, she appears as if troubled withamodo.
rate attack of St. Vitus’s Dance, and this does not
agree very well with many characters. But, in
<( La Sorva Padrona ” this oame in admirably,
ns an integral and oven neoossary part of the
action. It was Indispensable, as it were, that she
Bhould bo restless, and caprioious, and rambling
over the stage “ in all manner of ways,” as if she
was the living embodiment of the spirit of Per
petual Motion Her part in the scolding duet,
with Johannsen, waß exaotly as vixonish and
face-soratohlng, and personally demonstrative as
it should have been. It confirms our opinion that
Piooolomini is the very best female buffo on the'
musioal Btage. There is a rumor, whioh we believe
is well-founded, that Piooolomini is to take a fare
well benefit in the oourse of the nest fortnight—
perhaps, about the 10th of February— at the
Academy, on whioh occasion Managor Ullman
will produce “ Don PaBqua!e,”ag the attr&otive
oard, with an aot from some other opera—probably
tho “ Oarber.” ,
Wo understand that several informal meetings
have been held by the board of directors of the
Aoademy of Music iu reference to tho leasing of
the opera houso for the next season. It is gene*
rally understood that the directors are favorable
to entering into an arrangement with Mr. Ull
man. Three difforent propositions—the exaot
tenor of whioh has not transpired to the public—
have been talked over by the parties Interested,
and the present impression is, that certainly one
of the three will bo adoptod at tho special meet
ing of the directors, which is to oonvone to-mor
row. We only coho tho general opinion in de
claring that an arrangement with Mr. Ullman
offers the strongest guarantee of a oertain and
brilliant operatio season. Suoh n consummation
is most devoutly to be wished, and the publio will be
glad to learn that some definite step towards this
result has been aofually taken.
BLOODY INSURRECTION AT CALLAO.
[Correspondence or the Panama Herald ]
Callao, December 27, 1858.
Tho last fifteen days havo been very exoiting
ones to the artisans of Lima and Callao, owing
to the arrival, in this port, from the United
States, of a large number of roady-made houses,
marked and numbered, and ready to bo set up.
When tho proposals were sent in to the Govern
ment for the contract of the OhorUlaS Railroad,
it was well known that a certain oliquo in LimA
would bo the fortunate one. They purchased all
the land about Chorillaa, laid it out in streets,
squares, Ac., and sent on to the United States
and ordered a large number of cottages to be built
and sent out here as quickly asposslblo.
Two weeks ago the ship Lamnagier arrived here
with a portion of the houses on hoard ; as soon as
it was known on shore, the oarpenters, builders,
and others held meetings, and resolved to prevent
thoir landing at all risks and hazards. On the
15th a launch was brought alongside the mole,
having portions of the objectionable bouses on
board. A mob immediately assembled and com
pelled the lanoheros to take their launch from the
mole. Up to this time tho mob was small, but in
an incredibly short space of time it amounted to
about six hundred men and boys. Violent mea
sures wero proposed, while others proposed to peti
tion the President net to allow thorn to be landed ;
that thoy wanted work ; wore willing and able to
do it as well as it oould be dono in the States;
that their wages were in proportion to other
nations.
Pioneer
The petition was sigoed by & large number on
tho door-step of one of the stores in Commercial
streot, and on tho following day presented to
General Castilla, who, as far as I oan learn, de
olared that they should be landod, and that thoy
(the oarpenters) were a lazy set ef follows, who
would only work when it pleased them, and were
no way worthy of confidenoe; and with this sent
them off about their business. Another report
says that the commission wore well received by
Castilla, but that the laws must be carried out,
and that he will see them enforced.
On the 24th one launch load was discharged on
the mole; the mob assembled and prevented them
from loading the wagons. The authorities ar
rested tho head of the oarpenters, and were con
veying him to prison, when the mob made a rush
upon the soldiers and rescued him, and dispersed
too soldiers with paving stones, amid the dries of
“ Viva elpueblo, and onoein a while of ” Death
to Having now dispersod the sol
diers, tho mob again returned to the molo and
commenced the work of destruction, which was
aoocmplished bofore troops oould be got in time
to savo it. At last the prefect arrived with
about two hundred -men, and'cleared the molo, at
the same time re-arresting the hoad of the carpen
ters.
The mob, after leaving the mole, proceeded
down Commercial street to the square, assaulted
and took possession of a gunsmith's shop and ob
tained possession of some arms. Troops arriving
in timo prevented & goneral saoking About this
time the first shot was fired by tho troops—one of
the mob was killed and two soldiers wounded. The
mob now demanded that the troops should be
withdrawn, and that no violence should be used
by tho mob. Tho troops wero accordingly with
drawn, and tho crowd morod to the residence of
tho profoot, where thoy demanded that tho officer
in charge of the troops who fired upon tho people
should be arrested, and that the head oarpentor
should be sot at liberty. This the prefect refused
to do.
Tho mob then stoned the prefootura, and
marohed off, cut the telograph wires, and oom
menood to tear up tho railroad trnak, and when
the train oame down shots wero fired at it, stones
wero thrown, the train stopped and searched, and
not finding what they wantod they retired to their
houses. At eight o’olook everything was quiet,
and troops were posted in the principal streets.
At twelve o’clock General Castilla arrived with
more troops from Lima, and patrols promenaded
the streets, and the town was plaoed under martial
law.
On the morning of the 22d everything was still;
the stores were all opened, and everybody was
ridiculing tho mob for want of firmness—drawing
comparisons as to what others would have done
when the ory of ” Shut your doors,” “ Clear tho
streets,” passed from one to another, and then
followed a scone of wild confusion. Presently,
infantry began to march, dragoons to clatter
through the streets, followed by Hie rumble of ar
tillery, with sounds of distant shots. The oause
was soon ascertained; the mob hod, during tho
night, seized four piecos of artillery from the’Go
vernment foundry, and largo quantities of arms
htfd been received from Lima They bad got a
good position, and were going to destroy tho train
that was that morning to convey some of the
housos to Lima.
Castilla immediately placed his men in line of
battle; but, if the mattor had come to an issue, ho
would have been defeated, his position being bad;
but ho had no other, and ho stood no ohanoo to
make one; consequently ho oftme to a parley,
throatoning them that if they did not disperse
blood must flow., They ooolly told him that his
would be amongst the first, and that they would
make no terms whatever ; that they would carry
thoir point. Firing was kept up by the straggling
offioers and troops, and several wore hilled; bat,
as yet, no action between the troops and people.
At last Castilla took a position with his artillery,
but lost It, being compelled to retarn without a
shot being fired, no losing an oflioer.
A rumor was now current that Genera! Medina
had espoused the oauso of the artesnnos, and wns
on his way from Lion at tho head of 1,300 men,
and that tho troops of Castilla would bo bold in
nboyanee until they arrived, when the assault
would be made. Their lino of waroh was by tho
river Rimuo, whloh would take Castilla in the
rear, and Consequently surround him, ns the mob
were in possession of two sides of an snglo. In
tho aftoruoon another parley took place between
both parties, in which Goneral Castilla told thorn be
wus oleoted Prosidonb by tho voioo of tho pooplo ;
and being Vresidon t, he could do just os bo pleased,
and the bouses should be landol at all risk, and
he gavo them until four o'clock to dtoperso. after
whioh Castilla came to the Mote. Two launchos
woro laying along aside ready to be discharged.
He stood looking at them one moment, and then
ordered thorn to loavo the Molo, and not to dls
charge any more.
Up to this time, several oars had boon landed
under tho protection of tho military, and at four
o’clook were taken to Lima, and upon their ar
rival there they woro attacked by the Limonos,wbo
threw turpontino over them, and set fire to cars,
houses, and everything else. General San llninon
tried to disperse tho mob with his troops, but was
rooeirod with a sbowor of paving stones, and ories
of “Hurra for tho people-down with tho troops!”
and a sort of running stroet-fight was kept up be
tween the mob and the troops until 10 o’olock at
night; several woro killed and wounded
In tho meantime Congress booatne alarmed at
tho appenranoe of things, and finding that force
was tbo wrong measuro to adopt, appointed a
commission ef throo of the most popular membors
to meet a commission of tho people to como to
some understanding, when the following demands
were made by tho latter:
First. That tho officer who causod tho first
blood to be shod should bo punished.
Second. That no moro nouses bo discharged
from the vessel.
Third. That all prisoners bo set froo.
Fouth. That a protective duty bo put upon all
goods (manufactured) thatoan be made kero.
Fifth. That the military be withdrawn.
Such aro tho domands of the people, and there
is no doubt that they will be granted, as this eve
ning Congress has propoeod the following as a ba
sis of a protootivo law :
First. That all manufactured goods shall, on and
after the first day of August, 1850, pay a duty of
twenty per oent. upon theproaent tnriff.
Sooond. That all raw mnterial shall bo admitted
froo. '
Third. That all the importing and retail houses
who oannot, after tho above date, show that their
goods and wares have been regularly despatched
and duties paid, shall bo subjeot to bavo their ef
feote sold at publio auotion, and half tho proceeds
given to the inforraor
Tho oity of Lima, like that of Callao, was
placed under martial law, but even this measuro
of safety failed to provont the mob from breaking
into several stores to plundor them. The loss of
life In Lima has been considerable ; troops still
continue, up to tho present time, to patrol the
streets. The roof of the railroad station isoocu
piod by the troops, and oyorythiug Is quiot. Tho
Government officers aro busy making arrests, but
if we arc to judgo by tho perrons that aroarrostod,
it will not bear out the opinion (whioh appears to
bo general) that it was a revolutionary movomoufc
without a ckiof But bo that ns it may, the lower
olrbs of people have lost thoir good opinion of the
President, and are anxious for anothor row.
Congress, now that things nro quiet, aro getting
a little more eool about proteative duties and \ The Statistics c
breaking treaties; they begin to find out that | The Spiritual Registi
doing so may cause a war with some Power lowing ai the number of
stronger than themselvos; and they, as wet! as , naini
the majority, prefer European and Amc him | N , w HMMMrV."'.' 20 000
manufacture to homo-made fciasn for two reasons-' Vermont.. 26 000
the first, a superior artiolo, the seoond, a cheaper ! Rhode laUnd !!.*/..! 5 000
one. One thing is certain —the prompt mannor Masßachusetti .100,000
in whioh this was put down will prevent aDy Connecticut 20,000
othor suoh outbreak. I have just learned from «ewTork ..860,000
good authority that tho cargo of the Lamnagior Tnrtfj!™* 7 & ®j}jj
is only doors and window frames for the Ohorll- ! Arkacs&s
las station, and that tho houses are yet to arrivo. 0hi0.....’*.".‘.7,.* ’’ 150 000
Business, in consequence of the above disturb* ; Michigan***.*.**.*!*.’. To’.ooo
anoe, has been entiroly suspended, and Christmas ' Indiana.. ! 50 000
knooked into a cooked hat. The Callao Shipping Illinois. 00,000
Lise has geno dead, and the editor has gone on' a Wiscon»in... fO^oo
flshiug tour, t hat o beiug u Proh»biythe most pro- | fo'Z
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
FURTHER FROM HAYTI,
DEFEAT OF THE EMPEROR
PHOBABIiE ABDICATION.
Boston, Jan. 30— An arrival from Jeremle brings
letter* to the 12th last It is reported that (ha Rmpe
ror has been compelled to return to Port-au.Prince
with the remainder of his troops. He will he forced to
abdicate. The Empress advised him to do so, and ho
threatened ti shoot her, but vu prevented by the in
tirference of several of his generals.
A-lett*r from Gonaivee ears that the Republicans, if
successful, will reopen to commerce the ports which
have been closed fotyearg, and will probably revoke
the odious monopoly law.
New Yobk, Jan. 20 —A private letter dated Janu
ary JOth, from Port au Prince, received via St. Thomas
and Havana, save that Emperor Soalouque had been de
feated by General Jeff ard. and the Imperial troops were
loaning back upou the city.
Boulouqne himself was expected at the city every mo
ment, ana It was said that Jeflard was only a few leagues'
in the rear.
The writer thinks the contest has been nearly ended,
and that, in a day or two, the Republicans would be in
power. Guds were Bred within hearing of the Oapitol,
supposed to he a salute la honor of Jeffard.
From Kansas*
LsAVENWontn, Jan. 29 —A party from weitsrn Mis
souri have returned to that place from Kansas, having
captnred several runaway negroes, and arrested Dr Day
and his son, who are charged with aiding in their es
cape . The latter is now in jail at Platte city.
Bummary punishment having been threatened, there
is some talk of a demonstrat'on in thelrfavqr. General
Lane ia expeoted to arrive here to-night.
From Key West—Wreck of a Supposed
Washington, Jan 30.—Advices from Key West stato
that the Admiralty Court las decreed to the libellants
$3 500 on the brig S^gulu.
The American bark Thales, for the coast of Africa, is
reported ashore at Hillsboro Inlet. The paMea**
gcrs and crew were brought to Key West by the revenue
cutter Appleton. The wreckers were attempting to
Mve the cargo A party of Beminoie Indians, led by
Tigertail. had boarded the wreck and rifled the oabin of
everything of value. It is rumored that the Thales
had been fitted out for the slave trade.
The Arabia at Bostou*
Boston, Jna. 30 —The ateamerArabin, from Liverpool
via Halifax, arrived here this morning. Her malls were
despatched to-night and will be due in Philadelphia
to-morrow afternoon.
From Washington*
Washington, Jan. 30 —The House Committee on In
dian Affairs have unanimously agreed on a bill relative
to the great Indian ln Kansas, known as the
New York Reserve, embracing nearly two millions of
acres of land, and all pre-empted by whites. Its de
tails have not transpired, but it is understood to be sat
isfactory to both the settlers and Indians, and will en
able all the settlers to obtain titles after the expiration
of one year.
The Committee on Elections decided this morniog in
favor of nird B. Ohapman, as the rivhtful delegate from
Nebraska Territory, in place of Mr.’Ferguson, the sit
ting member This contested cate has been pending
from the commencement of the present Congress.
A letter received here from Chili, dated December
28tb, says: That Senor Urraenta. Secretary of State,
has made a convention with Mr. Bigler, United Btatys
minister, subjecting the Macedonian claim to the arbi
tration of the King of the Belgians. It bas been ap
proved of by the Senate, and pmbibly will al<o be by
the House of Representatives. The compromise atoat
the Franklin is now a law, and JHr. Bigler was to re
ceive the $)5,C00 agreed upon before the Ist of Janu
ary. These claims are of many years standing. The
letter adds that the political horizon Is becomlngevory
day more cloudy, and the heretofore prudent Chill Is
rapidly losing her credit, and there is no security for
the future.
The Postmaster General estimates that about one
million of dollars will be necessary for the transporta
tion of the mails between the United Btatea and foreign
countries, and from N<rtr York to New Orleans and Ban
Francisco and back, for the next fiscal year. The larger
part of the service is to be paid with the seA and inland
pontages. No now lines are recommended.
Baron Von Gerolt, the Prussian minister, will retorn
to this country by the next steamer. Hie arrival was
not anticipated until June, and it is pot improbable that
our demonstra* inn towards Cuba has created some un
easiness with European Powers.
Tbe Senate Democratic caucus, at the meeting of yes
terday, agreed to support the increase of the rates of
letter postage to five cents.
A spec'al agent of the Treasury Department, des
patched some time ago to investigate matters connected
with the California mint and custom house, has laid hie
report before the Secretary. The report charges gross
mismanagement and abuses as existing in all the de
partments of California. It Is probable that extensive
removals will take place.
A person has arrived here representing the squatters
on ibe Manposa property, California, to ark tbe inter
position of the Government In settirg aside the
Fremont patent, on tbe ground of fr*ud in tbe sur
vey. The subject has been laid before the Attorney
General.
Heavy Verdict in a Railroad Case*
Boston. Jan 29 —In the care of Sarah S. Shaw vs.
the Worcester Railroad Company, which has be*n on
trial for some days in the Pup-eme Judicial Ooart. tbe
jary rendered a verdict this afternoon for the plaintiff,
assessing the damages at $23,000. This Is the fourth
time this caie has been tried, and the last verdict ren
dered was for $lB,OOO. The husband of the plaintiff
-~«*-kUUd«nin*-74Axs ago. and she was seriously in
jured by a tralh on the road coming id contact with the
carriage in which they both‘were riding.
Burning of the Steamer North Carolina.
TWO LIVES LOST,
Baltimcbb, Jan 80.—The steamer North Carolina.
Capt. Cannon, from this port bound to Norfolk, caught
fire on Friday night and was burned to the water's edge.
All efforts to extinguish the flames proved unavailing.
A clergyman Darned Curtis, and one of the colored stew*
ards, perished. The North Carolina was a first-class
steamer, and was insured for SSO,6OQ.
The Amateur Club of Philadelphia
Beaten in a Chess Match.
Wilmington, Jan. 29.— The game of chess bctweei
tho Morphy Chess Club, of Wilmington, Del., and th<
Amateur Club, of Philadelphia, wm finlsh&l this even
ing, the Amateur resigning on the fifty-sixth* move.
Death ol Edward James,
ALB4ST,Jau 30.—Edward James, acting auditor in
the canal department since organization,
died la this city to-day. i
Death of an Astronomer*
Boston, Jan. 30 —William Craoch Bond, theemiaent
astronomer aud director of the Cambridge Observatory,
died last night.
Markets by Telegraph.
Cincinnati, Jan. 29.—Flour (Inn; sales 3,000 bbls
ats).f)o. Whiskey firm at 26c. Mess Pork nctivo;
sales 1.300 bbls atslB 50. Bulk Meats unchanged. Bn
con Is held higher, and finds buyers at 7o for Shoulders,
and 9*c for Sides. Lard in bbls ll*c.
Kbit Oulbans, Jau. 29—The steamer’s advices
otustid a depression in the Cottiu market, and the sabs
to-day bare been only 1.200 bales. Prices generally
unchanged, fipgar buoyant; sales at 6a6*c. Ooru
firm at 950. Turd buoyant; 1,200 kegs sold at 12c, for
Havasn. Gunnies 100
Mobile. Jan. 29—Cotton—Sales of 3,600 bales to*
day at lt*all*o; sales for the week 28,000 bales;
receipts27,ooo bates; stock in port 104,009 bales.
Augusta, Jan. 29—Ihe reports of the Cotton crop,
received by the Ccnstitudonalisi, by mail and tele
graph, to bs published to morrow, foot up the increase
at all Southern ports to bn 917 000 bales over the re
ceipts up to the same time last year.
Nsw Orleans Jan. 2S —Cotton—gales of 6,600 bales
at ll*ofor middling. The better grades are itiffer
The foreign news by the steamer Arabia had no effect
on the market, except to check operations. The follow
ing is the weekly htatement of tb* Cotton market:
. Sales, 60.000 bales; receipts, 64,C00 bales; receipts
corresponding week of lAst year, 67,000 ba’ea ; exports,
66.000 bales; total exports of the reason, 768.000 biles;
receipts ahead of last year at this port, 321.000 bales;
receipts at all Southern ports ahead oflast year,9lo,ooo
bales; stock In port, 468,000 bales. Sugar is buoyant at
au alvance of * ; sales at 57*i»56*. Molasses has
declined lo.; fa es at 32 'i ©33X Corn is active ; sales
of bushels At 9 1 ) cents Oats, 77080 a. Bacon—
Shoulders, 7* ; Sides. 9* ; Hams, 11#. For l ard—ln
barrcli, to arrive, H* has been refuted. CefTee mar
ket firm at lOtfoll * tor Rio; sales of the week, 32,000
bags ; receipts for the week. 20,000 bags; total imports,
234.000 bass ; to’al imports same time last season, 141,-
000 bags stock in port, 10,000 bags ; same time last seu
son. 54,600 bags..
Freights on cotton to tf&vre, lc.
THE COURTS.
SATURDAY'S PROCEEDINGS,
[Reported for The Press ]
Nm Pmtia—Judgo Thompson.—Douglass
vs. Mitchell Mr Tliayer occupied tho whole ofBaturday
la summing up for the defenco He will be followed this
morning by Mr. Brown, alto for the defe'nce, and Mr.
W. L. Hirst will conclude for tbe plaintiff. On trial.
Supreme Court— Chief Justice .LowHe, and
Justices Woodward, Stroog, and Read.—The court was
In session on Saturday morning to transact some special
bus’ness AU tho regular business of the term will be
heard on Tuesday next. Tbe special esses which were
to have bien beard were continued over.
Common Pleas.— ln tho case of Conway
vs. Ryao, au action for damage* for injuries sus
tained by being run over by defendant's sleigh, be
fore reportod, the jury returned & verd’etof s*>o for tbe
plaintiff O. B. O’Neill for plaintiff; Daniel Dougherty
for the defendant.
Quarter Sessions— Judge Allison In tho
cane of Edwin H. Bites, convicted of forgery, Judge
Lullow delivered the opinion of tbe court refusing a
motion for a Dew trial.
Godfrey Geiger and Valentioe Hubllo, coovie'ed a
short time since of assault aud battery, were each sen
tenced to pav tho c<*stfl.
William Vanueman, a police officer, ennvioted of
assault aud battery, was sentenced to pay a due of $3 and
costs.
Edward Birney, convicted of larceny, wns sentenced
to 18 mouths imprisonment.
The hearing ia tbe habeas corpus in the case of tbe
parties charged with defraudfog tbe stockholders of
the Weymouth Farm and Laud Association, was con
tinued. A number of witnesses were called to testify
to the representations of the alleged trustees to the
stockholders.
The habeas corpus lu tho case of Andrew Moulton,
charged with obtaining money, Ac., under false pro
tonces, was beard. '
Tbo allegation of the Commonwealth Is that a share
of stock was transferred to Mr McKinley, and the power
of attorney was worthless. Not concluded.
Jn'ige Thompson delivered an opfuion in tbe case of
Jilin Dungan, charged with the desertion of his wile
and children, refusing the defendant’s motion to quash
tbe proceedings.
In the cose of Charles Beok, convicted of arson, the
court sentenced him to two years in the county prison,
dating from his arrest.
Death or a Returned Volunteer—
George Yokill, about 40 years of qge, died from disease
of the heart, a few days sino*, at Gettysburg, Pa. He
was corporal In company H.. Captain it. K. Bcott, And
distinguished hiraselfin the Mexican campaign lie was
also a member of tbe FrAnklin Engine company of Phil
adelphia. His remains will be brought to this city
to*day for interment.
Fire at Manayunk.—A firo broke out in
the dwelling of Mr. 8. Oifger, residing nt Mannyunk,
about half-past eleven o’clock yesterday morning The
fire was communicated from the stove pipe. Damage
trifling.
Found Dead.—Tlia body of a (lead infant
was found yesterday morning in tho Cnthodnl Cemetery,
situated on the Lancaster turnpike. The body was
taken to tho Twenty-fourth wtvd station-house, "where
the coroner wan notified to a*tend.
Found Dead.—At a late hour on Saturday
night, a colored woman, named Elizabeth Rodney, was
found dead in a room in Sixth street, below Lombard.
if Spiritualism,
er for 1859 gives the fol
professed spiritualists:
Maryland.,,., 8 000
Virginia..... 5,000
North Carolina 4 000
South Carolina 3 000
Georgia 5,000
Kentucky 1 000
Tennessee 20 00)
A lab vna i> '>oo
Mississippi I&JJ9O
Minnesota 3,0)0
Missouri........*.- 3’J 000
Kansas 1,000
i Nebraska 1,000
1 Florida 1,000
I 20 000
* Ca1if0rnia...,,..... 3> 000
) Oregon.... J,OOO
) New Mexic0,,,,,.... 2.000
Total United Bla tea,
Canada
Cuba
South America
The Eastern Continent.
PUBLIC 9PEAKERB.
Normal. Trance. Healing. Test.
.... 18 3 18 13
3O 32 35 0
l9 46 - 31 24
..... 4 16 7 3
2 '8 6
2 6 11
New York City.
New York Btate
Massachusetts..
Vermont
N Hampshire..
Maire
Rhode 151 and..,.,,,,., —.
Connecticut.. l
New Jersey..., 3
Pennsylvania..... 7
Chio ]5 35 16 11
Michigan 10 >6 11 8
Illinois 12 8 8 1
Wiscorsin 3 6 4 2
Indiana 10 1 11
Elsewhere 28 4
316 185 168 83
Th * Register gives the names and addresses of
three hundred and for ty-nine publio speakers, and
two hundred and thirty-eight professional me
diums, classed as follows. It is interesting, as the
relative number of the “Normal” and “Trance”
speakers In different sections of the country is de
cidedly significant:
Total Speakers 319 Mediums....23B
The Register estimates that there are 1,000 pub
lic speakers, 40,000 mediums,public and private;
that 500 spiritual boobs and pamphlets have been
printed, and It gives the names of six weeklies,
three semi- weeklies, and four monthlies devoted
to the cause. .
A Woman Beaten to Death by her Hus
hand.—Coroner Sohirmer was called upon yester
day to hold an inquest, at tho tenemont house
No. 33 Oak street, upon the body of an Irish wo
man named Eliza Murphy, who was beaten to
death by her husband, John Murphy. From the
evidence adduced before the coroner, it apponred
that the deceased and her husband lived unhap
pily together; and they were both addicted to
drink, and when in that condition they wore con
tinually quarrelling and fighting. On Thursday
night deceased was brought home intoxicated,
and plaoed upon a hod. Shortly afterwards her
husband entered the room, and taking a heavy
leather strap front his waist, commenced 'beating
ber übout the and body. He then dragged
Iter off tho bed several times, and finally threw her
out in tho hallwayy where she bled profusely from
a wound in her head. The unfortunate woman
was subsequently plaoed in bed, where she con
tinued to fail rapidly until about two o’olook
yesterday morning, when she died. About eight
clock the husband left tho house, and has not
since been board of. He Intimated bis intention
not to return soon; so it is thought he may have
loft the city. —New York Herald yesterday .
Fire Yesterday Morning.—The alarm of
fire, about three o’clock yesterday morning, was canted
by the partial burning or the upper part of an unfinished
two-atory building, situated in Cross street, between
Eighth and Ninth and Dickerson and Franklin streets.
Tbe building was being erected by Mr. Robert Clarke,
and, as it stood aloof from ether buildings, the work of
firing was evidently designed for some sinister purpose.
The progress of tbe flames was speedily checked, and
the l.ss is trifling. As tbe America Hose, with three
of its members and two members of the Moyamensing
Hose, was proceeding along Eighth street, near Reed,
they were saluted by a volley of pistol shots which
had been fired by a crowd of villains who had stationed
themselves behind a cart, under a shed in a' slaughter
house. The volley seemed to have been produced hy
twenty or thirty pistols, and, strauge to relate, the'Bre
men who had charge of tbe hose-carriage escaped unhurt.
The party whe fired the salute scampered off in differ
ent directions and the America proceeded to tbe fire.
The Moyamensing company was going down Eighth
street, and having heard tbe shots, altered their coarse
and took another road to the Ore. An officer attracted
by the report of fire-arms, repaired to the spot and
found a nun lying prostrate on Jbe sidewalk. He in
quired whether he wss hurt. “ I don’tknow whether
I am hurt or not, but I am nevly frightened to death,”
answered the man. The officer inquired the company
to which he belonged, to which the man replied,the'
Columbia Hose ” Tbe fact of his being a member of
tbe Colombia Uoso Company, gave rise to the report
that the Colombia Hose Oomptny had been attacked.
The man wss delighted to find that be bad escaped in
jury, and weut on his way rejoicing. Subsequently, the
• ffleer succeeded in arresting a young man having a
gun in hie possession, whom he marched off to the First
district station house.'
At .an Flection for officers of the « Penn
sylvania Literary Union,” held on Tuesday evening
latt, the following gentlemen were elected to serve for
the ensuing six months : President,William H. Miller;
Vice President. G. H. Roberts, jr. j Recording Becre
t»ry, C. Albeit Palmer; Treasurer, Thomas Y. Eng
land; Corresponding Secretary, Otto Lachenmeyer;
Editor, Edward J. Tiel; Committee of Investigation,
J T. Audenrled, R. J. Stapleton, and Charles H.
Cose.
Awaiting an Owner.— About two o’clock
yesterday afternoon an officer found a good-sized leather
trunk lying on the pavement near Eleventh and Fitzwa
terstreots. The trunk had been left standing en tbe
pavement by two boys who made their escape when the
officer hove in sight. It was taken to Southwark Hall,
acd on opening it was found to contain a lot ot china
ware. Ac. Any person who may have lost a trunk an
swering the above description would do well to call
examine.
- HosriTAL Case.—A colored, woman, agod
Mwmt. fifty -trrg. -rig ptnknrt np nn by
an officer of the Reserve* Oorpe, ecd taken to tS§F®n‘-“
sylvanta Hospital. The officer found the .woman lyiog
on the pavement, in Chestnut. between Tenth and
Eleventh streets, in an insensible condition. She was
uoable to give her name or residence, and last evening
no hopes were entertained of her recovery.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Money Market*
Pbiladclphia, January 29, 1869.
There was a general upward movement, with conside
rable activity, ia the stock market to-day. Second
railroad bonds continue to improve, and the ten
dency to advance has benefits i the fancy stocks to a
limited extent. Beading Railroad stock advanced to
24*.
Busineis is not only reviving among us, but the pros
pects abroad are reported by good authority as very
cheering. Tbe commercial classes in England have
re-estabiiehed confidence and trast in themselves and
each other. Tbe manufactories are in operation every
where, labor meets ready employment in the agricultu
ral districts, and food, generally, is cheap. It ia as
serted that In any ordinary times, under such a #ta*e
of things as prevails there, money would soon be In
demand at high rates of usance, but the extraordinary
caution of the moneyed men has brought home such an
immense amount of money, that the current rate of
discount out of the Bank of England is one and a half
to two per cent, per annum, while the bank rate of two
and a half is'expected to oontinue unchanged for a con
siderable time.
In the Atlantic cities the tendency of the money
market is quite s'rongly in favor ef the lender, and the
rates are gradually advancing. A comparison ol one
day with the next succeeding shows no change, yet tbe
end of every month, when compared with its com
mencement, shows a marked advanoe lo the rates of dis
count, and greater difficulty in the negotiation of ee
cond*clars paper. Iq January the advance upon prime
paper has been fully* per cent., and on second-rate
aud Riogle-name paper 1 tol*. Still, the supply is
abuudaut, and there is no likelihood of exorbitant rates
befog demanded or paid for several months to come.
W. T. Coleman & Co„ in snmmicg np tho businessof
San Francisco for 1858, state :
“ At the present writing, tbere can scarcely be said
to be any market at all for importations from tbe Atlan
tic side, while large arrivals of China and East India
products are also adding to stocks, and we are in re
ceipt of advices of still heavier shipments being in con
templation There has been a marked imrease, within
the year, of available capital fo *bt» city. The reduc
tion of stocks of merctundlfte, and their conversion into
tnansy, combined with the large sums put into circula
tion by the disbursements of the Fraser’s river adven
turers, have ufainly contributed to this result. Capi
tal from the Atlantic Status has also sought investment
he e, but the principal increase owes its origin to the
local causes alluded to. At the commencement of last
year, rates of interest upon collaterals and merchandise
securities ruled at 2«r2* 4P* ceot month. These
charges were gradually abated, aod during the rammer
large amounts of capital were lying idle at offers to loan
at l*o>l* cent
‘‘Thequotatioos for lonnsupon real property, through
out tho yoar. may be given as follows: During the first
quarter I*®l* V* cent.; second and third quarters,
lvrl* cent.; last qtt«rter, l*Ol* cent. Those
fliiuros would vary according to the length of time and
character of security ; but are applicable in all cases to
what are considered first class investments. With the
excessive stocks of merchandise likely to Accumulate
in this market during the next four months, wo Khali
look to sse the rates of interest well sustained, aod
the demand fur money more active. Remittances from
the interior will, however, corns forward mere freely
heoceforth ; and, as low prices for goods will stimulate
consumption, aoy fu> tber advance in rates is not likely
to occur Go‘d doßt has been coming in more liberally
during the fortnight, and a bettrr supply of bars is
available for remittances by this steamer.”
If the late bellicose remark of the Emperor Napoleon
was intended to affect the stock markets, aud allow h a
officials an opportunity of repleniehfog their purses b *
heavy operations in that quarter, as some people sup
pose it has been eminently successful. Summing up
the results, the London Times bays that the deprecia
tion in the French funds, caused by the policy of the
Emperor Napoleon, has been five per cent, and three
per cent, in Russia, five per cent, iif Parlinm, fix per
cent. Id Austria, aud about three per cent in Turkey.
Altogether, it may bs estimated that the ndlh'n&l
value of tha property invested in public stacks and
sharo* in European markets has diminished About £60,-
000 COO sterling.
The whole quantity of coal thrown into the markets
on the seaboard in 185 S wa57.733,833 tons. Tbeamount
for the year 1857 was 7,693,121 tons—showing au in
crease in 1858 of 140.709 tons, of which 69 809 tons were
Anthracite, and 80.900 tons of other kinds Although
the antlffacite trade exhibits a small increase of 69.609
tons over last year's shipments, yet it fails short of the
supply of 1850, 260,355 toos, notwithstanding the in.
crease of population. Tbe bituminous trade of Vir
ginia, Western Pennsylvania, and the Great West, not
embraced in the above, would probably amount to
about 3 500,000 tons, making the aggregate coal trade
of the United States upward of 11,000,000 tons in 1858.
The shipments of specie from San Francisco for the
years 1857 atd 1858 were as follows :
1867. ISSB.
.$45,366,096 $45,169 269 43
. 3 890,086 2,655,721 36
Steamers...
Sail vessels.
Total $49,250,182 $47,724,990 79
In 1167, the deficiency or. falling off in the total gold
shipment of the yeat was $1,725,051 less than 1856, and
In 1858 it !h $1,631,191.21 less than 1837.
The operations of the United States Mint at San
Francisco for 1858 wero as follows :
Os. Deposits.
40.001 63 July
77,750 73 August....
120.760 44 September
120,744 41 November.
154,169 40 December.
119,951 02
Deposit!*.
January...
February .
March
April
M»y
June
Total 0«4 790 9S
Deposits for theyfftP 3857 1,007.693 85
SiWer deposits during 1858 9G,9.'0 t)5
Coinage—Gold coin, various denomina
tions 17,148,200 00
Gold, uuparted bam O5
Silver coins, various denominations....... 274 260 00
Total coinage, 1868.............
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE HALEB,
Janua j 39. 1860
MrOATSO B 7 MAIfUTT, IXOWX, & CO., BABK-SlOni, BTOOX,
AW> BXODASQI 8801*19, XOBTRWIOT 008888 TIIID
AID OUBSnUT BYBBBTS.
2000 City 6*.. New 103#
6fo do New 1035/
JUIO do ~..Newlo3
7 n o do Inin eg
TW dc U 99
12 ro O-iUCbnt JO'lts6l
3»ino»t»n7d r ..u-tj h\x
20'0 do f4*
IXOQ do «=5 54
2000 JBlm Chat 10alia 75W
2000 do b 6 76tf
»000 do n%
1000 do 76#l
1000 do 76#
2900 Elmira Ist m7a 71#
6500 Read B4s >43.lta 93
6000 OamtAra 6a ’69 85
1000 do 85#
6000 do b 5 86
. 440 do *7O .lots 87
1,940.030 | I?? <J° BJX
... 1,284,000
... 40,000
1,000
... 1%0«0
.... 600/00
GOO do ’B3. lots 88
3000 N Penns B 65.. 67*
2000 do .. lota b 5 67#
BETWEEN
1000 City 65...... p B 99#
2000 do gov
&C 0 Elm Chat 10s 2-iys 76
1000 do b 5 7$
1000 do b 5 76
10C0 Oataw Chat lOi. 69
3000 do 69
SECOND
1000 Ilmira Chat IQs. 76
1010 do b 5 76
500 do ........b5 77
25< 0 Oataw Chat 10a.. 69
600 do 69
2000 Lehi?h Val B 6s. 89#
1000 Cat»wj*aa B 7*.. 54#
1000 Ft W fcCblc R-ftl
Estate 7«..b6 61
1000 do Cnast’D7s62X
1000 RradiDST It 6a’7o. 83£
l(002d *3d3tß7s.. 91#
500 Sehl Nat 6a ’82.. 72#
0 March & Man Bk,
Pittsburg 66
230 N Peona 8..10ts 10#
29 do ......2dys 10#
CLOSING PS
Bid. Aaktd.
Ph11aC5......... 99* 99U
do R.... 09# 99H
do Nov. .103 103#
Penna 6*.... ~.,.93# 03#
Reading 8.. 24# 24#
do 8i5’70..83# 83#
do Mtg6e’44.93 93#
do do ’86.73 73#
Penna B 13 43#
do Istm 05...101 103
do 2dm 65....92# 92#
MorCl On Dr off 47# 48
do Pref IC6#los#
BehuylNev6« ’82.72# 73
Beh Navlmp. 65..76 76#
PHILADILPHIA MARKETS, Jan. 29~Ev*8IKG.—
The Flour market is inaotiTe, but holders firm in their
demands, and we are only advised of sales of 370 bbls at
$5 76 for standard superfine, which Is the general ask
ing rato for that description. There is little or do in
quiry for exporta and the trade buy moderately at from
$5.75 up to $0€e7.50 bbl for common togood and
choice superfine extras and fancy brands, aeeording'to
quality. Bye Flour is firmer, but a sale Is reported at
$4 bbl. Corn Meal is kearee, and Pennsylvania is
firmly hell at $3.60 & bbl. Whs it-Thera irnot ranch
offering, but the demand fer it is limited and prices
about the same, with sales of 1,200 bus good and prime
Pennsylvania at 1360137 c, 8,000 bns fair white at 1450,
and 1,200 bns choice Kentucky do at a price kept private*
Bye is steady, with farther rales ofsoo bus Penna at 86c.
Corn is arriving more freely, and the market is very
dull to day ; sales, however, of 3e>t,ooo bus yellow are
reported at 76©77c for good Pennsylvania, and 74e for
damp Jersey, mostly at the highest figures. Oats are
in steady demand, and Pennsylvania are wanted at 48c.
1,000 has Barley Malt made at 97c bns. Bark—There
is nothing doing in Quercitron; Ist No. lis firm at $BO
ton. Cotton—The market is about stationary, with
a small business only to note in the way of sales to-day
at 12#®13c for good middling and middling fair Bp.
lands, cash. Seeds—There ja a moderate Inquiry for
Oloveraeed, and about 300 bus have been sold, priori-”
palty at $6 52# for prime lota ; 100 bags also sold at
$3.60, and 10 tons rf cleaned seed at $6 75 bus Gro
ceries and Provisions—There is a'moderate business do
ing, without-ohange in rates. -Whiskey—The market
is firmer and more active ; 150 bbls Eastern sold at 27c;
Ohio snl Prison are worth 230; hhds 260, and 100
bbls drudge at 250.
Neiv York Stock
FIRST
$lOOOO USS’s, >74 102%]
2000 N Carolina 6’a 98%
20000 Miu’ri 6’a slO 85%'
20000 do i!5 85%
20000 do b3O 85%
15000 do 85%
1000 £ R BSdmb, } B3 76
1000 IS R R 4th m b 59
3000 11 Solstmbds 88
1000 M*o 2od ra 6 63%
-1000 MBo skg fd b 74
25G0 111 Cen B B Ms 89
6000 do s6O 87%
5000 do s6O 87%
1000 B&lHw’n lsttsb 68%
8030 G&Ch!e2maa 02%
4000 Han&St JBKbf 64%
40 ohs Ocean R*nfc 99%
67 Am Exchange Bk 107%
43 Hanorer Bk 88
30 Bk State of NT 102
17 Bk of America 110%
25 Itnp&TfadeTsßk 109%:
120 Def& Had Cnl Co 00%
70 Pena Ooal Oo 84
30 do 8!%
1100 do e6O 84
6PaoifioM 8800 80 j
420 do - . : 85*i
■27 do -- . 86*
b6O .85*1
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60 do b3O. B&¥|
400 da &60 85 !
50 do s3O 84*
ICO do - 830 -64*
50 do 85*
160 do 85
50 do 14*
ICON YGen R R s 3 84*
625 do. o 84*
100 do »3 84
50 do b6O 84
150 do b6O 84*
75 dd • c 84*
400 do blO 84*
13000 Missouri 6’s 85*
2000 N J Cen 2dmbs 95
1000 Q Riv RR3dm 75
6000 Har R B Ist mo 92*
10 ehs Atlantic Bk 83
10 Pacific MfB Co 81*
60 do 84*
ICO do *BO 84
5 do 84
100 N Y Cen R B s 3 84
660 do 84* :
350 do s 3 S3*
150 do slO 83*
110 do b3O 83* :
CITY ITEMS.
The Rarest Lectures op toe Season.—Pro
fessor Johns, former British Oonsal at Jerusalem, aad
architect of the Church on Mt. Zion ; Lieuf F. W.
Lynch, U. 8. Naval Commander of tbe Jxpedition to
Jordan and the Dead Sea; and Bar. H. S. Osborn, au
thor of “ Palestine past and present,” will each deliver
a lecture on Syria and the Turks, at Concert Hall,
Chestnut street, below 12th, the proceeds to he divided
among the Northern Home for Friendless Children, the
Young Men’s Christiao Association of Camden, and the
House of Industry for the relief of the Poor. Prof.
Johns’ lecture wiU be delivered on Tuesday evening,
February Ist, on “ Jerusalem anditßEnvirohs.” Lieut.
Lynch’s on Friday evening, February 4th. on (i Jordan
ami tbe Dead Sea.” Bev. Osborn’s on Tuesday evening,
February Bth, on “ Life on Mount Lebanon. ” The lec
tures will be illustrated by minerals, plants, manufac
tures, .maps, Ac , and a number of young ladleaand gen
tlemen will appear in tbe costumes of the natives, in
representation of the marriage procession?,
Turkish schools, scenes in the Baaiar, Bedouins of the
Desert, Ac.
Literary Lectures. —By reference to our ad
vert siDg columns, it will be seen that our citizens are
to be favored with a lecture by Hon Horace Greeley,
of the New York Tf'&une, at Musical Fond Htll, ou
Toesday evening of next week—subject net yet an
nounced. To-morrow evening, the fi stof a series of
lectures on a deeply interesting subject—the Restora
tion of the Jews—will be given by the Bev. 8. Bon
homrae, at the Hall of the University of Pennsylva
nia, Ninth stteet. above Chestnut. To-morrow eve
ning, also, the first ol tbr e lectures on Syria and the
Turks will be delivered at Concert Hall, by Professor
Johns, formerly Britsh Consul at Jerusalem,and archi
tect of the beautiful chnrch on Monnt Zion, in that
city. This evening, at eight o’clock, the next law lec
ture in the lecture room of Crittonden's Philadelphia
Commercial College, will be delivered by Hon. Joel
Jones.
Boor and Shoe Trade —We are pleased to re
cjrd the fact that, the manufacture a6d tale of boots
and shoes has increased to an extent not generally con
ceived of. Ivon durlDg the financial crisis” the in
crease in this department was astonishing, anti it might
well be said—
“ !□ all this world thfre’s nothing like leather,
Whether it’s pegged or sewyd together ”
Philadelphia mechanics, in this e?pecial branch, it is
universally manifest more intimate knowl
edge of the science of style and fit, and can 11 box the
compass” of Bt. Crispin with as much grace as any of
the the past. We are apprisedof the fact
thsi our jobbers and manufacturers in the trade have
now on hand the beat stock manufactured for the West
and South ever jet offered The present indications of
industry and enterprise manifested by this branch of
manufacturers and dealers is certainly worthy of imi.
talion.
Limes on the Launch of the New Sloot of War.
Loud sounds the oannon on the ear ;
The keel has kissed the tide;
Thousands exclaim, “ The gallant sloop
Will prove cur Navy’s pride !”
Boon shall Columbia’s stars and strip®!
W*Te from her mast head high j
Soon o’er the ocean's briny depth
The noble ship shall fly.
Full many a youthful heart will beat
Within St. James’s Coart,
Ere the beautiful sloop with its valued freight
Sball arrive at the distant port.
Victoria’s second daughter soon
W ill lewe her mother’s side;
And ELDRIDGE alone can fit the groom
Destined for Euch a Bride !
The new Sloop will bear out the bridal clothes
For the wedding and gala ball,
From 321 Cbeilaut Street,
E. H. Eldridok’s “ Old Franklin Hall.*’
Charles Dickens Coming to America—There
is a report in circulation that Mr. Dickens is on his
road to America, to write for the New York Ledger.
We are assnred that there is no truth in this statement.
The distinguished novelist Is coming hither, without
doubt; but he is coming to procure for himself one o f
tho famous suits from the BrownB tone Clothing Hall of
Bockhill & Wilson, No. 603 and 605 Oheßtnut street,
above Mxth, Philadelphia.
108 957 36
64,062 44
69,613 17
64 418 17
34 491 60
A Yankee, describing an opponent, says: ‘ I
tell you what, sir, that man don’t ’mount to a rum in
arithmetic; add him up, aid there is nothing to carry * >
nnless you carry him to the palatial store of G.&nvtlle
StoVes, No 6)7 Obestuut street, to purchase his gar
ments of the latest utjle.
.$18,238,746 76
FIBS? ROABD
600S*bl N«ito«>B2.. 72*
2000 Sf P* & 10a..Iota OS
20») do lota 96*
IOOO.WjImi R 6a ‘C0..100
4000-tcb NarirpO . 76
SO do 76
100) Union 00l 30
.’OOO Pano&'H 2d m 01 92*
276 Catawissaß.lots 6*
200 do bs^6*
123NPennaB.,.lota 10
20 do 10*
! 273 Lehigh NaT..lota 49
10 .Union Bk,Ten b 5 99
2S do 99
87 Morris 01 Prf its IQ5*
100 New Granada... *
10 PendTpßk.... 36*
2 Mlnehill B 59
6 Penns B 43if
5 do 43
l&S.Blm>rsß b 5 10
10 Beaver Mead 8.. 68 *
1500 Phil A Ena'' R 7a 80
5000 C A Am 6s *89.b5 8T
2000 .do 8T
E0081m24m7«..b5 58
2000 Tenn Cuopoo 6s
int N Y 81
300 Osiswisss & 4#
BOARD.
30 Penns R 43
15 Harrisbtirgß 69
5 do 69
100 Reading B 24£
50 do ........... 24 £
50 do ~.....ca«h 24*
100 do b 5 2<*
50 do 94*
50 do 24*
sL«b*gh N*v...... 49
50 Cetawissa B 6*
800 do lota 0*
160 do .... lota b 5 6*
370 do lots 6*
50 2d A 31 St R *0
25 do 35
LG33—FIRM.
Bid.AiUd.
Soli Nsr Stock... 9* 9*
do Pref. 17X 18v
Wmsp’t AUxbB.IO JO*
do Tslstmtg 71* 72
do 2d 55* 60
Long Island 11 * 11*
Girard Bank 12* 12*
Leh Coal & 8ar...49 49*
Lehigh 5crip..;..27 27*
N Pesna B 30 10*
do 6s 07* 68*
New Greek * *
Oatawiaaa R.... 6* 6*
Lehigh Zin0..,.. * 1*
lichange, Jan. 29.
160 NYOeaRR b 3 84*
160 do e3O 83*
200 .do b!OaR2 84
500 Aria B B - ' 14
400 do e3O 14
WO do 14*
100 do b2Q 11
130 Hudson RW B R 33
100 do slO 33
I 100 do e2O S 3
100 Harlem BB 18*
885 Ha-lem R B pref 41
: 400 do elO 41
i 200 do s3O 41
; too do b6O 41*
: 5 Nor 4: Wor B B 28*
i 100 Beading B B 48*
; 900 do alO 48*
; 1000 do . (30 48*
100 do e6O 48*
500 do 800 48*
: 600 do c 48*
; 2CO do b6O 48*
i 100 Mich Central B R 51*
10 do eSO 61*
( 50 do bls 51*
50 do A6O 61*
100H!8oANl£dstk>6d 41*
[ 50, do* 1 . -‘NO 46
; 250 .do ' 46
IL6O " elO 46
[ 200111 Central BB 67*
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•25 do ‘ owr 69
850 Clev A Tol B R Sl*
100 Ohio A RIB R b6O 60*
100 do ISO 59*
60 ilo 60*
350 do €0
100 do b6O 60
150 do b3O 60
50 do blO 60
100 MU A Mies RB 12*
750 La Or A Mil R B 1*
BOARD.
100 shs Erie RB 14
100 Hud River BE 33
60 do fe 32*
100111 Cen RR 66*
200 do slO 66*
100 Harlem B R pref 40*
100 Reeding B B .49*
160 Mich Cen RR 51
60 do ffiO 50*
60 ClevATol BB b3O 31*
200 ChicAß Is BR b 3 60
50 do b3O 60
60 do 69*
100 do slO 69*