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gave' that: I
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"-;In the State Sooate ; on'Sat t urday .; the'following`
buil,*l 4 811 ,1 , PlePsat
`oarce~ iii_
Supreme Court and.boirt of 'Commin Plaits
's
an_Lertiah,`
_ 44teilid;*eighing Of noilid Tha,4lll to re•r
4 1 2 1 iliffites,„„arpectl6a'ef, = lia noes , was k_eported'
-124 104Te1Y, ' , .z,D'P . Pn ,- ;14";; - 4"...N , '
• ittilllZAullty4'n,n 'tat iTio,beitifit 0 8 ' 8 4 4 of
I)*liir-41"iit;14*045,4itit, reeding
of Petia'srate, - nrufleturdei.,,-..1 The bill igrants lot- ,
ter6o ll ol 4 /Ctkers`Pcicia'of'Siieriteen. years
to klgiferf4fria, Eddy . gOo.;
-an OproddirrttkiriAf this teuin7ef iiic lcundriol and
tw s elyiltlioneild'aohari,:tolia pate 'the Stale?
' Thtrleglslative 3 tietnmittee investliation -in
thaeinitiniriCsakisnf "afr; mernber
forailto.Third.Keireientative dietriet, met,again
on MitirdaY, - lit;this (MN and 'heard evideiroe'ln,
, begat of 111r:k'Clian: - ',
be multi-insaimihor colemn.
The ideirreildilitingareos .
„and' Asin= l :hoth fully
die it New ; Fork ; wiih ' a week ' s later news "from "
L'uroner--had_ not beau heard• front up to our time;
of going ~to this niotaing. ; The'Kangaroo
lefs.Livirpool on the 10th and the Asia on the 224
• Orin°. ' -s• '"` • <L,
hated that Mr. Arnistrong, who was
palled froin the Board of Gaardhuts attheir
xaciisie by
,hia'follow-membors; not allow
himself to.e thiis - d'ealtWftli:s' Mr. Arnrstroni
tends, to=
take` his Seat as usual at the , next meet
• fag, and, if Opiasitiin will:apply for
mandamus to the fferiremiOeurt, Mr. Armstrong
wilt contest tho right of the, Board to deprive him
of hiitieito.,,,Riit,mittepi will terminate romaine
to be eaen.i - _
It • Sea foot
,thrit'lli,:v;Spniteetitlitorreoently,
received -: a very., liberal ..eifer front persons ,-in
thistetentri , te ooMe here and ' " We;have
seen private • letter - mei; him; lurirevei"?,";soa . yi
the liew York 'Pair, which authorises ar say, ,
. that, though it is likely he:will seen visit Amarloa,,
he **de Pellith'eit engagement
or iadneement of the kind mentioned in the above
pi'of iny',,,other , ,eort'whateier. to Will
visitlaerlea, if he , visit it` t all; ii, in hidepen'
, sled 'whatever means he may take , •
to raise nionei for the building of his now chapel
will betaken ' after he, shall have reached this
ofr
• Tliel•aeoono 4 . the aeoldent on theMilliam"-
portlndßlinincitailroidt,s.potblished on Saturday,
is JaMorieel , road iii•noneetned:
haPPlne4"ozi the Sunbury " M
andO road; below
WVlliiniqierg,tiri: train of oars going
more, belonging to AeNerthirn'Oentral Railroad
Codipattey:- - •
In the Cola of' Qinirter Serisiots; on' Saturday,
John MeKeownand Peter Magee,,aenvieted of, • re.
aelvlig , fritidulont vein, In
"the Eighth' preafnet of
the Periithirird,', , at' the liai'eleatien, eieh,
stinterieed to ply afirm of $2OO, and six months' Ira ;
iriediinentV3
Ode hindridind ,nineteen candidates were ad:
mitted" to the High Behool on Saturday. Their
tome's, 'the number admitted from each" h 1 -
se oo ,
as well-as other. interesting 'partionlani, will be
fond under theilty: heed: , - ' -
There;were, fear , htindred and - twenty:three
deatks',.ln New York during the wo r st week--a de
_
+ arose° of:elibt einifiarodwitk tins Mortality or
,
the
hamher, of deaths in this city, est week ws
391; being ideereesa of tax him the .riosk prev,l-"
onsl 4, - :z. • '
Everyday snit:tato dhtilnishthetiiiiortiuiee:
efthe Feideral , "Ade4tdatrattoic,aa a tievi,er, in
the Siate.:_,-orie
- of the moet ' important.r®eom-
metidatianS of ,the; Preside* in bia Isat annual
niessageSiesihe,rircrOsition to establish mill
tarY)-pastir In • 136tiora' . -- aid _ Ohihifshria: On
Friday last: - thelloinie: pommittea- di Military"
AfrAra:deitded:lgalest:this - turaiurei and thus
* strielCapother- -blow, at ; tile "Adtainhitridiou.
,
Thirisesibm dOes not seem at all propitious 'to
success. • With a peraociatim majority in
both it • to unable fii:toicure . ititS'tindOrie.:,
moat-of' a "single measure;- and theistiorigest
opposition f lt encounters . is, Marditsited byits
ownjps.iiisane." Ultra treason merely`irr,Ve
an inti:fidiontlitenite'i arid if; men deserved to
be idliotined forlheir Offences on that
;errors ind'entigonisMs' are now so
numerous - and_ so glaring that , w& know, of
nothing' whieb:..arr - expiate .their;onOrmity
abort of hanging, 'drawing, and quarterlisrmil
lions tbe , Anierican ' Demociaoy.- 'On the
PacjiteTallreaci,biltthe..Sonthein,DemOcritie
, Senntors;with brie riery few - eicisptioni, took
nti*MiCitgainse the .6.dminiatistiof Remo- .
°ratio, caucuses are lield•to deteat tiniffie.;
coatnenditlenV 'ite - Contriret fer'rtiscProte:
, .
ticutorithe
...€sllcifio7,,,.'negroes ; Wat, 'stongly
PP*StAlaridits ichruntiOf occupying Sonora
and.',,llitnifine . :now been :sfiustrated;
*eifoWisfle,`.' investigating • committees are'
keenly ,the, scent of ;mile of ' Mr. BU
CHANAN'S far;Titeß , and from present' Indica
ti4S,4ingUlar reVelitions will be made for an,
Admiriletrittion headed by oneWbo views wit h
Pieinkjiorror the, employment of, money.
toAnfuence• electiOnet- ,.- If, in the general
testa" 'of, thd . ..Opposition who
opiosa,,ln Iwhole or in part theirecommenda-:
fions ofihoryresident are bibs inolisded,lhe
There brio ;Administration party, nnlaisit
thiCediels-holders and, indeed, their'lldelity
is -by no Means 'Cartain. , No 'Administration' .
Measure ;can "bo atustained • this sealskin, from
pyesent indicates:sa t unless it 'ls - supported by
ar.larie:Minier of Ili'Opposition - members,
vilthimhile they may agree with the i'resident
on isolated,questions, are deeply:hostile to-his
general ! Theirs, ,never been n pe
riod"lrCoAmerican history; except during the
official term er.To*Trair*, when ihe'Presi
dont,exerelie4 intinim6e defiberA
'now( ottongms, and fewer reliable
supporters there; , than /dr., But:nutux does at
tbia MOment . ;-, , and. we. are,, not ,sure- that this"
cotimierlson-: does -net do • injustice to: .
Our New Territories:.. • ;
Fess- has new 'under consideration, ap
pliatioisilertti three new
. Tef if orlali ftexeriplents, 7Teireisow., Is the
• tnne-Which ,listr-boon sp . plied:tO the Pike's
There is already a oo!li!iderabli3
population within its : the
rfOlifi r - i5f1ii540,0'.1i20,38;, *Veil seems 'be
welt attested ; . doubtless, attract a very
tidogitsio n t**rll3l:_theprOsept law. - If
present'anticdpationt, are -realized, it would
hot he Si surprising if a pcipulatiel of 'one
hundred; thiittiariCwOuldeudgrate into it in.
less 4411,.f14;jiars.' It is; ed cootie; deaf
fibielhat.. 4 - 131 ; oyerttinent should be established
Ear thickly peopled
at:;an early ; day. We iike the name' of the
ne;i;TerriterY,-toO.:..Tirrsitsis has a pile to
, ht s ifoi-',*#Y,- be '4 161 04 I.Y, such
designetion''onli second to'that
_Art,enthindesthi l nsivocate olthe ergo
: i 4 lastiorroithiaTaritiory flea iuti4Sl - I"te
4014'1A:its'
organization 4riother•et'at character.: lf f lAili t ilhat - trisi organization of this Terri-,
Yibrf ibt?Odrigresti:ff_trill add. to the; glory - of
M
thit:ninistrathin.":oll :Jamilik;ilS4rtwix
," --. 440441414e10 Obeli of add itions
`settle. the
• ;)
Jof,!oirizotia,'At
said, now , c ontsine _s- popnl _ atioa ` #least..ten
thousand,'..o4lol*:,ls ~ which it alleged wo - uid
BilWalrf.: ( o4aLit :Gfo9 6 -
''-.4 , 16:0#004.4115hei1i;- , These - ire
Operations; also
centainti;ifeti
:11
Very.gety:lif,tfaintablitto:be
..'ffo'rrisisktre*(partiOiiii*She''old - Ter r it or y, of
liKai4l4 l 44idittieji/40:th. 0 ackrgon
taint on tke ind•lcwa 'en the
possessions on the north,- and
:loWi t and tielgtAft OA .bosc , loll.
_ • •
t 4' I
ETTEW Mak •T RE EDITOR.
• W s
, - A Ma eb, 5,1£59:;
teceempton, with all, its lifinties; was
loonsearated-; the present: General
tri_ttierii-the‘-faVerite,_ lilt] . -,npen "Demo- .
Oita was, that it was kparty meionwil;-becatitte
„bop branchei of Coigrosit, 'through Democra
41%.nykjorittori,,had adopted it. Thousands of
'_Ddinenrliteivere thus:-seduced either into the
• Eirif-60'A;;X:tha-Oritiet,',lfitittneitidit scholia; or
,silently";; niquiasned. Tiled"by - this stand.
• lard .VtthatAeconaei , of : ;the ..:Administration,
when' every:i.,One , ;?, of •Its„irfeaintres, , has
been repudiated by the Dernocratie 'party. in
be*hrianChtisOf4.lengreFft LeConwton was
;presented to .the „people With all the advan:
;fligeal`nfdrgabliation? and patronage,. and
' •was ,;trraticPieWribder''fopt, et, the polls, in and
bikt.rof- Kansas.' Arid", now Idr.:'l3nplianan's
IlhileigliVelleYl'hldfinancial policy (including
"thit 'tariff - - -,hie. big and his Pacific
Railietothillitave been rejected by the very
trlbnual -.whieh'ltti',ind his - adherents only
:latelY:,:arected; Into the ': standard, by which
political":orthodoxy- was •'to .be tested'---the,
Daniediatif 'Cringress.- Parties in this
country are„,..,norc?„ divided, las follows,:
Mtn, t Demeciatio the; Republican
,Par and - 2 the' Administration , • faction._
EVerYWhere PAS 'latter !either - . discarded or
shunned:. • Rieriwhere_the neeeseity,'Moir-,
ing`alorigWithout It heti been,
hof.:infireli,,.te l lhe':Deniodraey; but to the
CeUntry — ,• the: trt' oat' .oalathitousi diapaisatien
evorinflicted upon a patient people. And' if
not; full 'pod ,entire. confidence in "the^
elasticity of oiir. institutions , and in the' won.
derflil '
patriotiim and forbarance of our
- fello'W;eltiaens - , I Should, d iespar of the Re.
public.' In less than a two years of the
Administration will have expired. In less than
inonth'tinclefigiess, • so,triurephantlY elect
ed lu 1856; will be.disbanded. There is_notv
.little or no hope for the tariff:- There is bare.
its - iireepeeCoi passing the'neual approPria.
bills. The, extraordinary - alternative is .
gravelyAlscussed 'of leaving the Administra
fienWitherit :Dabney to pay its honest debts,
iirid4.rialchiglitecoitiligency of bankruptcy
'rattierthan confide any langer in faithless public
Seiventii. There is nnhope for the thirty.million
fer_;whiehlet us be duly grateful. On the.
- - Xidestion of cc, protaction,", :which should have
beenTereVer settled under the reign of a man
whosewhole fife his been_ filled with pledges,
lc;ilie interests 01 his native' State, nothing
wilt be =done, in my opinion, either by
this "Onngress, Cr by that
_which will fol.,
lei it. Mad the President. pursued the
'eara° , of: justice and Common sense on
the,;JKansas _question,' instead of having but,
fiVe Democrats from Pennsylvania in the next
ihrigrest:f,'and, but fife from New York,
and but two tiom New Jersey, we should have
; from
_these three great States nearly fifty De
itinerate; ~ Bni,w7lirt,'ltie if stricken by judicial
blindness, laitened'iPon the' back of the
Deisioaratic= paity the Odious burden of Le.
:eonaptori,"':lie defeated hundreds , •of gallant
nieniind assisted to elect not Merely the ene
mies of his Administration, but the enemies of
_the institutions of the South. A wise, states
andliberal policy wouldhave return.
ed Darneerets to the new Congress, who would
'have been able to demand such a- discrimina
tion irf,filor 'of , our langitishing interests as
would have been' satisfactory 'to all parties.
The - Ronth, instead of
glad
resisting,what he
asks, would have been to consent to what
Anise Democrats would then kayo the power
:to:tlionind. • Now; however, the Democratic
'vote"itiOttngress is almost wholly confined to
the tender'
~- r trobritiCea'._ of 'a
?mere Southern di-,
garchy. - ;, - Its caucuses- are managed by those
whti', hate, - 'ne sympathy with the goat'
-Mid
dle .01 this Union; and It is alike their
Intereits and that of the-Republican leaders to
keep the tariff' an open lone. • - •
The feature; which .now.: arrests general
attention here, is the fact that. the Adminis
tration has no real friends in Congress, end it
is :notoriona that it has none in the country:
The South; Indignant at the fraud which it was
ceinfielled toenderse -in the Kansas matter—
Indignant ' that it was made to accept en
Wee could not refuse,' inasmuch
`atilt involved the - - proffer of. making a slave
"State - tint of territory dedicated by every con
aideration,te f`reedem-'-is galled And Wounded
by the attempt the President to Purchase
the inkrages•of Pennsylvania by a hollow en=
.dchuarnint of specific duties. Cheated in the
orie_;*natio;. it ratifies .to be •betrayed in the
other. Net. *lll Penogylvania , be propitiated
by these Presidential proffers. It is now more
than evident that. they 'Were made without
stncbrity; and that they cannot be carried
into effect.
fihe Secretary of the Treasury laughs
the recommendations of the President to
acorn; and;through his 'organs in Congress,
declares that his chief is outside the Demme
tic, party, coolly organizing the Representa
tives of the against him. Tried, then,
as I have by its own standard—condemned
upon ,every, one of its own measures.by the
Deniocratic majorities 'in Congress—the Ad
intaistration Stands 'repudiated' by the repre
sentatives of the Democracy.
And where shall we look for a rescue ? To
a tratianalPartY 1 No l• The lesson of 1856 to
airsoCh Organizatiocus was that no party can
succeed in this country which deliberately Ig
bores the people of one-half the Union. The
Republican 'party cannot desert its peculiar
'anti-al.:ivory ideas without crumbling to
pleCes, nor adhere to them and win.
Mr.: Seward, 'Mr. Hale, Governor Chase,
Mr. Banks, Mr. Wilmot, and even John
McLean, are nothing if not anti-slavery
in 'their platforms. And the future will
prove that , they can only rally their ad.
herenta by-proclaiming their honest opinions
In all their' Cleaver:Mons. When the Demo-
Crecy refuse to give up their cherished doc
trines, and indignantly rebuke those who do
'o, the Republican' leaders may be well as
i3ured that they will 'be held to theirs by the
Repfiblican masses. It may be well to em
ploy the language of Richelieu, in diplo
macy: •tc When the lion's skin is too short,
to nice it' ut with the fox's." But this will
not answer for the great campaign. upon
'which we are shortly to enter. Plain
'speaking and bold action will be demanded.
Mr.. Greeley, with the Wise precaution that
always distinguishes him, sees this difficulty
and proposes to arrange it thus : A Northern
Republican President, and a Southern Vice
President, without a-platform ; jor a Southern
American President and a Northern Vice
Prieldent,' with
,a platform declaring eternal
war upon slavery. .What is, all this but a
tribUte. , to nationality? What is all this but
anadmiasiOn that the Republican party, as now
Constituted, cannot elect the next President
by being true to its own established creed
Where, then, are we to look in this hour of
trait:Wort - arid trial, when . the wisest men de
spiir and the patriotic heart throbs for relief?
Who - shalEdeliver us from the evils that sur
round us ?" Who shall be our political savior ?
Tlie answer; is, 'that it a - Northernsectional
party cannot rescue the nation from its tribu
lations,' a Southern sectional party calumet.
Let us, then, waits little longer. Let us avoid
the trickery of .bonventions until we see that
they are not to be wielded for mere disuniOn
inejdots,'Or to gratify merely individual ambi
tions.' The Hour will produce the Man. Let
M;citand by our arms, and be prepared for
the crisis; - whatever shape it may as
sume.'' Order will corns out of this chaos,
and- each a regeneration of parties as
sho* that even from the ashes of extinct
administrations' and the wrecks of treacherous
orginizations, will 'spring the principle which
is to marshal us to a great triumph in 18(10.1
. J. W. F.
- 1-Ty.E.Harmonia Seared Musick Society give their
lemma = mincers,, at' Concert Rail,
~on Friday
eirenfnit' 'The only vocalist whose name hoe yet
been published le Mies Susan litroy. We have to
'notice. that Mite Sloan Mn''
,gives a concert, at
.
Maiiten, this evening. She will be assisted by Mr.
J. J. Fraser, the excellent tenor, and M'ile Anna
Wieder, the, new omitralt4.
ILU "SALES: OP VALUABLE HEAL ESTATE,
oko.—Boo Thomao and Bons' advertisements of
-their forthcoming spring sales, comprising a very
..large amount -of valuable property by order of
trristees, executors, assignees, Orphans' Court, As.
,TIIII - VALUABLE HOTEL, at Atlantic City, is to be
sOldton thiSlstt instant.
Bestartet notes, end other Bret-elan pro
perty, on the let Minh.
`=Rev. William 'Tilbury, minister of a eongiega
got, at -Nation, lowa, has been suspended from
the'reinisterial Mee tor grosi misconduct, such es
a theft of a dye . ..dollar -bill from one of 'his pa
•riobioners; buying lumber and refusing to pay
for it selling two,or three dollars' worth of stock
ings and mittens, the , intinufaotttire of a poor
widow woman; and defrauding her out of the mo
ney; .to.
Our Legal Courts. ,
On Tuesday the Grand Jiwy of the Quarter
,BOasionarmidea, prosentnient ou the watt of
Legal Oaks in tide city:: At the risk of ap
pearing tedious, we shall here repeat what
they say; namely : .
"That the room in which the court is held is. in
every essential, unfit for the transaction of its bu
siness The great city of Philadelphia, with its
600.000 inhabitants, and the vast amount of crime
incident to such a population requiring adjudica
tion, by necessity call together alarge number of
persons—as counsel,jurors, witnesses, and friends
of the parties immediately interested Ip the tri
'ate—all of whom should be-property accommoda
ted. The present court room might have been
ample half a century ago, when the population of
Philadelphia was a tittle f what it now icand when
the cases tried in it during" a whole term did not
exceed the number now tried in oue•tenth that pe
riod: The court room ia defective in not having
rooms for witnesses, where they would be pro
tected from hearing the gross and filthy evidence
adduced in many cases brought before the court;
and thus are compelled to listen to revelations,
during trials,
,whose whole tendency is to
corrupt. It is also defective in not having
suitable rooms forjurors; end especially is it de
fective in its ventilating and heating arrange
ments. As constituted, it cannot he otherwise
regarded, from the manner in 'which its atmos
phere is contaminated by the exhalations from the
lungs and bodies of the hundreds who are crowded
into it, as well articulated to produce disease, if
not death, in these who are compelled daily to
remain for hours in it, breathing its pestiferous
malaria. Its want of imitable rooms for witnesses,
.where they would be protected from listening to
the obscene and filthy evidenits adduced in some
trials, and the development of the plans of fraud
and the revelations of the schemes of great rifend
erg, make it virtually to those who are in attend
ance as witnesses, and who are forced to listen to
that which they should be protested from, a
genet for the dissemination of immorality. Thus
regarding it, the Grand Jury present the court
room as a moral and physical nuisance, and call
upon the oonrt to take such steps as in its wis
dom will produed its abatement, and the emotion
of other rooms suited to the moral, legal, and
physical wants of. those who are compelled to
transact its business."
This is strongly, because tiuly put. There is
no accommodation for the judges of the respec
tive courts, for officials,-for %lonia:set, for wit
nesses, for parties, for reporters for the pub
lic at large. The court-room is insufficiently
heated in cold weather, badly ventilated at all
times. Witnesses, lawyers, parties, police
men, and spectators are inconveniently crowd
ed, mixed and mingled together, in fact,
without regard to comfort, health, conveni
ence, and fitness. The court is so small
that a moderate number of people crowd it,
and soinadequately ventilated that, after a few
,hours' session, it reminds one very painfully
and faithfully, of the celebrated Black Hole of
Calcutta. ,Those who can sit in it; day after
day, without suffering in bodily health, and
mental strength, must have lungs of India-rub
ber, and heads of lignum vitro. The moral
and .physical sufferings consequent on such
want of accommodation cannot be exaggerated.
This we say of the Win: Pries (or civil), as well
as of the court in which criminal charges are
dealt with.
There ought to be full accommodation for
all who have occasion to attend the Courts.
The Judge should have a retiring-room, with
a separate private entrance. The Bar should
have a roomy library, with severalspartments
set apart for consultation with clients, wit
nesses, &c. 'The witnesses should be provided
with rooms in which they could wait, during
the trial, until called to give evidence;
Parties concerned in the trial, with their
friends, should also have their convenience
adequately provided for. Reporters should
have reserved seats, which (c outsiders " should
not be allowed to occupy at any time or upon
any pretext. Gentlemen who are now study
ing the law, and who naturally desire to wit
ness its practice, should also have places re
served for them. '
If a criminal trial proceed, the accused
should have particular and secure accommo
dation—sufficiently convenient to consult with
counsel, if necessary, and sufficiently distinc
tive to lot every person in Court recognise the
prisoner at a glance—in a ward, to have him
put full before the world, and not crowded np
and smuggled ont•of sight among the lawyers
who defend him. Jurors should be placed full
before the public, ins part of the Court where
they can see and hear well, and sufficiently
isolated to prevent any communication from
without. The witnesses should also have
a agnate place, from which they could
direct " their answers directly to the jury
:and the judge. Lastly, the public should
have seats provided for them in-conve
nient galleries. As a general rule, the
body of the court should not be occupied by
the public; and, Indeed it should be borne In
mind that they are adequately represented, in
alt the legal courts, by the newspaper re oil
ers— -W. knaw,..sar_AxamPlo, that from •e
report of the *ashington Smith and the AM
bone and Newhall trials, given with great full
ness and fidelity in TuE•PaEas, that the public
at large know bettor what passed in the courts,
day after day, than the very parties in each
case themselves did.
Coming into Philadelphia, and examining
the public buildings, a stranger cannot help
forming the opinion that we must have very
little respect for Justice, so wrote hedly do wo
loddiher. For want of apace, want of con
venience, want of ventilation, and numerous
Other deficiencies, our courts of law aro dis
creditable to our fine city. With good
grounds, therefore, have the Grand Jury now
presented the court-room in which the ses
sions are'beigg held, as "a moral and physiL
cal nuisance," emphatically calling upon the
court to take such steps as "will produce its
abatement, and the erection of other rooms,
suited to the moral, legal, and physical wants
of those who are compelled to transact its
business."
The only remedy for the evil is that sug
gested here. New Courts of Law must be
erected, adequate not only for tho present
time but for a rapidly-increasing population.
The City Is bound to do it, and to do it
properly—not by jobbing contracts which
may plunder the rate-paying inhabitants, and
build up fortunes for rapacious speculators,
but by liberal yet prudent expenditure, and by
subjecting the architectural plans and the
building tenders to the widest competition.
We must have Courts of Law, adequate to all
present and probable demands, • and the
.speedier the matter is put in trlin for final
arrangement, the better for the community.
The Revision of the Tariff.
The letter of the Secretary of the Treasury,
transmitted to the /rouse of Representatives
on the 3d instant, clearly proves the necessity
of an increase in the rate of duties at the pre
sent session of Congress, notwithstanding the
coldness with which such a change is recom
mended. It shows that the total receipts from
customs, for the quarter ending on the 31st of
December, 1858, were but about nine million
two hundred thousand dollars ; and, although
the receipts for the two remaining quarters of
the present fiscal year are estimated at twenty
seven million dollars, it is very doubtful
whether the total receipts from customs during
the present fiscal year will exceed $50,000,000.
It is well known that, under existing laws, it
will be extremely difficult to reduce the ex
penditures below ssventyfive millions; and
the chances are that they will greatly exceed
that sum. We have not only, however, thus
to provide for current expenditures from twen
ty-five to fifty millions more than current re
ceipts, but 'also to meet treasury notes already
issued, which will be constantly falling due.
Those who oppose an increase of the tariff, on
the ground that this is a proper time to in
sist upon reducing the national expenditures,
should remember that every dollar width can
be raised, by the highest rate of duties that
any ono would seriously propose, at this
time, will be needed to pay off the debt
already created by this Administration, oven
though the scale of expenditures was reduced
to the lowest practicable point. The Govern
ment, from present indications, will have le
gitimate and proper uses for all the money it
is likely to' raise for the next four years from
any tariff that may be adopted; and the in
crease of the duties does not necessarily im
ply an increase of extravagant expenditures.
Indeed, it is a question whether true economy
would not be promoted by increasing the re
sources of the Treasury; for, if it is to be
allowed to remain in an embarrassed condi
tion, Unable to promptly meet its obligations,
and constantly obliged to resort to loans, the
probabilities are that higher prices will be de
manded by the contractors than if they were
promptly paid, and the interest account will
constantly be increased. If Congress has any
confidence, whatever in the Executive, or in
the statements of• the Secretary of the Trea
sury—any regard for the national credit or the
industrial interests of the nation—it will make
a change in the revenue lands at the present
session. If it fails to do so, it will afford one
of the strongest ovidoncei3 of the small amount
of wisdom with which the world is governed
that have ever been given in this country.
THE PRESS.-141ILADELPRIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1859.
Tile Sanitary condition of New York:
A committee of the New York State
Senate has recently had under consideration
the sanitary condition of New York city.
Its first inquiry was directed to the allegation
that, in propottien to its population, the ratio
of mortality was greater in Now York than
in any other large city in this country or_in
Europe; and the committee state that Mil
fact has been fully established. They have
ascertained that the mortality of London da
ring the last ten years has averaged 1 in 40 of
the population-' In 1856 it was 1 In 45. In
Philadelphia, in the same year, it was 1 in
44.05. In Providence, Rhode Island, it was
1 in 55 07. In Boston, 1 in 40. The con
trast presented by New York to the above
mentioned cities is frightful, being as follows :
In 1854, 1 in 22.05 ; in 1855 1 in 27.33 ; in
1856,1 in 28.67 ; in 1857, 1 -in 27.15. Another
contrast is given, almost equally striking, as
follows: The mortality of London is 25 in
1,000 ; of Berlin, 25 in 1,000 ; of Turin, 26 I
in 1,000; of Paris, 28 in 1,000; of Genoa,
1 in 1,000 ; of Lyons, 33 in 1,000 ; of Ham
burg, 86 in 1,000; of New York, 86.38 in
1,000. The mortality of different countries
is Unityl States, 16 in 1,000 England,
23 in 1,000; Denmark, '2B in 1,000; France,
23.05 in 1,000 ; Holland, 24 in 1,000 ; Sweden,
24 in 1,000 ; Prussia, 28 in 1 000 ; Austria,
31 in 1,000 ; Russia. 86 in 1,000.
The fact being time established that New
York is tho moat unhealthy city in the
civilized world, and that, as contrasted with
Philadelphia, the mortality of the former 'is
nearly twice as great as that of the latter,
the committee present an array of causes
amply sufficient to achount for it. Among
them are the "imperfect cleaning of the
streets; the rapid increase of teneinent7housee,
badly constructed, imperfectly 'ventilated, in
sufficiently drained into sewers, and imper
vious to the light and-heat of day." The
committee also state that "the most glaring
nuisances are permitted to remain unabated
daring the hottest months of summer, em
bracing large deposits of festering excremen
tal matter in close proximity with the public
markets, and that the public health is con
stantly endangered by the condition and.. in
adequacy of the water closets in the houses of
the poor, the filth of gutters, the stagnation of
water in vacant lot's, and the crowded condi
tion of the dwellings occupied by the laboring
classes." In one building, containing ninety
six apartments, one hundred and forty- six fami
lies, numbering in all five hundred and seven
ty. seven persons, wore found residing. In ano
ther building examined, eighty-five apartments
were found to contain three hundred and ten
persons, and all the rooms wore not rented.
In many cases, habitations densely populated
were found in cellars five or eta feet under
ground, which had to be baled out after every
rain storm, and which destroyed health by
their dampness, prevented, industry by their
darkness, and could not be ventilated. The
miserable occupants of these tenements are af
flicted with constant rheumatic affections, hip
complaints, and diseases of the bowels; and
from the narrow streets, alloy-ways and courts,
a' poisonous miasma M always ascending.
Thus many of the diseases generated are not
confined to the localities in which they origi
nate, but widely diffuse their fatal effects. The
committee state that some cr* the finest man
sions aro also constructed without regard to
scientific ventilation and the proper Introduc
tion of light and heat; and that they, too,
swell the volume of the subtle poison which is
constantly killing off the inhabitants with un
paralleled rapidity. •
Various remedies aro proposed for this ter
rible condition of affairs ; and the sanitary
system of Philadelphia is pointed to as an
example, which New York
,might, with great
advantage, imitate. The committee proposes
to reorganize the whole health branch of city
government, to have the filthy streets cleaned,
the sewerage and drainage properly attended
to, and, es far as possible, to break up the
cellar residences, and remodel the defective
dwellings. But- it will be seen that' the evils
ever breeding destruction are so deeply rooted
that scarcely anything short of tearing down
the city and rebuilding it can reach them,
and that until a change of its political, social,
and sanitary organization, involving an expen
diture of millions of dollars, and the destruc
tion of deeply-rooted habits, are effected, New
York will continue to retain her present life.;
destroying eminence.
The New Yorkjournals are very fond of do
reciatms_rtsai.actimia-,-troffirthey bad such
a Viartui statement to adduce against this city
ac their State Legislature has furnished against
their own, they would represent Philadelphia
as the moat dangerous spot upon the face of
the globe. But, as it is, if cholera, and yellow
fever, and the plague, in all their moat Marin
forms, were added to our present catalogue of
diseases, it is doubtful whether the ratio of
mortality would be as great as It is In Now
York at this moment, while she is in her usual
normal condition, with thousands of plague
spots, perpetually sending forth their pestife
rous currents of deatMddling vapors. If we
must choose between a poisonous metropolis
and a healthy provincial town, we prefer the
latter; and strangers who value their existence
in their journeys eastward from the West, or
northward from the South, should consider
whether lite does not possess for them sufficient
charms to induce them to stop and live in
Philadelphia; in preference to jeoparding
their existence in New York.
If the mortality in Now York increases in
the same ratio that it has for the last ten
years, a new method for shuffling off the mor
tal coil will be presented for human conside
ration. Men contemplating suicide will no
longer he obliged to rack their brains to de
cide whether they should hang or drown them
selves, cut their throats, take laudanum,
strychnine, or arsenic; or imitate , c maudlin
Clarence, in his Malmsey Mitt :" they will
only have to visit New York, and spend a
brief period amid its splendors, to insure a cer
tain death.
The oonflioting criticisms upon Mr. Barry Sulli
van, one of the most eensible and saholarly actors
received from Europe during the last thirty years,
appear to have excited public curiosity very con
siderably. He has just completed a fortnight's
very sueeessfhl engagement at the New (?) Walnut
street Theatre, and has been re-engaged for a
week, during which ho will play the OhATROt.O2II of
Sir Gees Overreach, (this evening) ; Beverley, in
"The Gamester;" Don Casar de Baaan, Othello,
and Richard. Mr. Sullivan is a performer who
thinks, who disregards tradition when it is at va
riance with common sense, who reads Shakepearo
appreolatingly and inquiringly, who striotly at
tends to the minutia, of correct costume, who can
give a reason for each nett reading. It is justice
to add that ho has been steadily and efficiently
supported by Mr. Perry who, at last, is letting his
fine talents have fair play, arfa is evidently get
ting the better of some few mannerisms which
used to mar some of his most ambitious attempts.
At the Aroh.street Theatre "Our Amerioan
Cousin" is now on the twelfth weak of a most sno•
oessful run. The literary merits of this drama are
singularly few. But the tinting is extremely good, li
terally including the leading talent of the ootnpany.
The revival of "Aladdin," on a liberal eoale of
getting up, is another sums. This epeotaolo has
bean already played for two weeks, and enters
upon a third this evening.
Such a tO-110.paredied piece as " Our American
Cousin"—aotnally only a farce under' the genteel
title of comedy—was too tempting a provocation
to be passed by. Accordingly, Mr. Charles Gay.
for burlesqued it at Burton's Theatre, Now York,
bringing it out a female American Cousin, very
ably played, we learn, by Mins Julia Daly, whose
representation of a she-Yankee is said to be equal
to any of Mrs. Barney Williams' amusing persona-
Sons. Another, and a much darker, burlesque
is announced at McDonough's Gaieties, in this
pity, (Rime street, below Third,) from the pen
of that experienced and efrioient play-wright,
Mr. Silas Steele. It will be produced a
few nights, will be called "Our African Con
sin," and, as the name implies, will be re
presented as a trigger piece. We have here
to notice, with marked approbation, the decided
superiority of MoDonough'is Gaieties over the old
Yolks Theatre, which he has fitted up with great
taste, and at no small cost, making every arrange.
ment for the convenience and comfort of his au
dience. He has collected an excellent company,
with Mr. A. Fisher as his stage manager. Ole Bull
Myers, the violinist, is there—so is Bain Long, the
comic singer and jester—so is Mad'lle Marie, a
lively and skilful danserese—so Is Williams, a
capital ballad-singer—so is Miss Matilda, a pleas
ing vocalist— and so are that amusing cou
ple, Messrs. Bharpley and Thomas, who have a
great deal of natural readiness and humor. IV°
notice Miss B. 'Millman, a very handsome young
lady, with a fine voice and most inexcusable earo.
lessnose and want of animation in the use of it.
Mr. McDonough is at the head of a very well con
ducted and resPeetable place of amusement, and
his many friends will wish him =tinned e11e0039.
Van Amburgli's great menagerie continues very
attractive at the National Circus. We wonder
what has become of the curious gentleman who
used to travel about, from circus to circus, or
Public Arnusemente.
pooling the death of Van Amburgb, from the
anger of doe of his lions or tigers.' At the Na
tional (Erode, besides the animals, tile usual dra
matic, acrobatic,, and equestrian performers ap
pear nightly.
At Sanford's, that excellent Ethiopian actor
And singer, Mr. E. Ti. dhriety, appears during the
.whole •of the week. Mr. Sanford himself, with
Cool White, Dixey, and a good company, *lll also
perform;
Blitz, at Assembly Buildings, carries on the
war vary profitably, with his magic feats, ven
triloquism, and learned canaries,
.Platmlotnini appears twice this week—on Wed
nesday, at the Philharmonic Society's concert, in
Jayne's Hall, with other members of Ullman's
Opera troupe, and, on Thursday, for het own
benefit, at the Academy.
BY MIDNIGHT MAIL.
Letter front Washington
Morrespondonco of The PrOSR.I
W.tatirsoTos, Veh. a ; 1859
The depreciation of bsunty.lnnd warrants, in
consequence of the passage of the homestead bill
through the House of Representatives, occasions
great solicitude as to the fate of that bill in the
Senate. There is, no doubt, a largo majority in
Its favor; but, inastuuch ns there, is no previoas
question in the Senate, dad as the bill will be bit.
tiny opposed, the only way to secure its passage
would be for Senators to sit it out, which, at the
present advanced stage of the session, is not pro
bable. There are so many other measures, in
eluding the appropriation bills of the Government,
that must be passed, or that will be struggled for
by their respective friends, that I do not think the
advocates of the homestead bill can put it through.
Doubts art entertained whether, in the event of
Its passage, the President would sign it. lie is
net willing to meet the Wee, and of anise will
labor to secure its postponement, which will be
equivalent to its defeat, at least for a year.
The caucus of a portion of the Demooratio mem
bers of the House last evening ended on nothing.
I understand that Mr. Sickles made considerable
of a sensation by opposing the free-trade move
ments of the South. The caucus adjourned until
Monday evening, before which time ovory effort is
.te bo made to bring in the Pennsylvania, NewJer ,
Sey, and Now York Democrats who refused to take
part in the proceedings. The Pennsylvania Demo
orate held a separate canons, every ono being pro.
sent but Mr. Hickman, and it was resolved to ad
here to specific duties, and to stand by the interests
of the State.
A distinguished advocate of the Pacific 'Railroad
called upon Mr. Buchanan some days ego, at a
public reception, and found the ancient Rxeoutive
solitary and alone, chewing the cud of sweet and
bitter fanny, and apparently indignant that be
had been obliged to part with Jahn G. Jones, and
that few were left to flatter and fawn. The Presi
dent inquired, How doos the Paola° Railroad
flourish ? and the answer was somewhat suggestive,
ea follows :—"lf you, Mr. President, had done
half as much for the Pacific Railroad, which you
profess to favor, as you did for the Leeempton
Coneiitution, about which you professed to be in
different, the railroad would have been half built
by this time."
In the present dilapidated condition of the Ad
ministration party, I have thought it best to re
vive the following passage from the uiemorable
letter of Governor Bigler. one of its warmest sun
porters, who some months ago " illuminated" the
nal:tatty upon the declining health of his nursling :
H Make my special regards to Governor Walker,
and say to him THAT UPI HAS TUE POPULAR HEART
WITH TIM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY EXCEPT ONLY
THE EXTREME SOUTH. Should his programme sue-
Oeed, he WILL HAVE THE MOST ENVIABLE PROMI
NENCE OF ANY MAN IN THE NATION. The Admi
nistration is a little WEAN AT THE KNEES, and
winces under the Southern thunder, but they
must stand nu to the work." PIONEER.
Letter from Ilerrisburg.
[Correspondence of Tie Press.)
T1A11111151611110, February 5
Mr. Fisher presented yesterday, " An net to in
corporate the Chestnut and Walnut-streets City
Passenger Railway Co." As Commissioners--John
P. Levy. John Owens, D O. Enos. John K. Mo -
Curdy, Edward Brady, Wm. Howell, Henry Rig
borough, Jacob Broom, Joseph Maitland, Chas M.
Hall, John Hollis, Wm. li. Harding, John Duress,
Themes Struthers, Wm. D Baker, Wm. F. Slums,
S. Morris Wain, Stephen Benton, Daniel S. Beide
men, Tonne Leech, Jr., John Farrel, F. Daly
-Holmes, E. Flood Brady, A. Jackson Reilly. James
ce Finn, Phonies M Coleman. Henry G Letsen•
ring, John McCarthy, Robert K. NMI and Charles
Wilson. Capital Stock, 10,000 shares, $5O each
Route to commence at intersection of Forty-second
street and Chestnut at , in Twenty-fourth ward ;
thence along Chestnut eastwardly, crossing the
river Sobuyikill to Second street; thence along
Second eouthwerdly to Walnut; thence along Wal
nut westwardly to Twenty-second street; thane°
along Twenty-second northwardly to Ohesteut
street; and thenoo along the same westwardly to
place of beginning The said company to purchase
the Chestnut and Walnut-street line of omnibuses,
and to pay annually into the treasury of the city
the sum of FIX per contain on dividends declared;
and provided further, that the said oompnny shall
set apart and pay to said city the rim of $lOO,OOO
as their first mortgage bonds towards the creation
of the bridge at Chestnut street.
All ante conflicting with this to be hereby re
-pealed.
By Mr. Ilamersley, "An not to incorporate
'the Philadelphia and Olney Railroad Cotormny."
Corporaters—Samuel C. Ford, John P. Ferree,
John Lundell, .Tohn Turner. °bort... Robbine,
.Tohn Roberts, Joseph F Ford, Thomas Dunks,
Charles Camblos, %Itemise E Potter. James Lynd,
Henry S mons, roams Norris, Samuel Wright,
Joshua Lippincott, George It. Evens, James N.
- Dickson, and John Houehton, M. D Read of
one or snore tracks, from Lehigh avenue to the
village of Olney, in the Twenty-second ward, wills
the right to extend to the village of Fox Chase,
in Twenty-third ward, either on. over, and unon
the line of the Kensington and Oxford Turnpike,
or any part thereof ; or by. along, or over any
route between said road and Seveeth street, and to
aennect their said railroad either with the So
tend and Third-street railroad, or the Frank
ford and Southwark City Passenger Railroad,
and for that purpose to nee any streets, as pro-
Tided by the 4th section of the cot incorporating
the Second and Third-streets Passenger Railway
:Company. Capital steak 2,000 shares, $25 each,
'with power to increase to 4.000 shares. When any
part of the road is completed, tolls, not greater
then ten cents, eon be charged for conveying pas
sengers three miles, or any distance under that,
and for any distance over three miles, not more
than three cents per mile.
The Haase has not been in session today. In
the Senate, the supplement to the Germantown
Passenger Railway came up in order, and the let
section was fought with animation until the hoer
of adjournment. As is customary on such ocaa•
alone of legislative strife, numerous and ineffectual
motions were made, consuming time and exciting
temper.
Mr. Wright proposed an amendment, providing
that the portion of said road extending eoutheast
from Washington lane, in Germantown, Twenty
second ward, to the junction of Fourth and Fifth •
streets with the Germantown road and Perkiotnen
turnpike rend, 110 finished within eight months;
otherwise the provisions of this supplement; shall
be void as to their right to use Fourth anti Eighth
streets. Mr. Randall's substitute, however, pre
vailed. It provides for an agreement between
the Railway Company and the Turnpike Road
Company, within 30 days after the passaea of the
net. If such agreement can be made. the railway
Is to be constructed within ten months. If they
fail to come to terms, the parties are to choose
referees, sta. Mr. Myer offered an additional pro-
Visa, relative to the purchase of omnibus property,
which was pending when the Senate adjourned.
There is no doubt of the passage of the bill.
ALBION.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
FlAlutllinalia, Feb. 5, 1859.
1E123E1
The Semite met at 10 i‘ otatock.
The followin reports were made by the Judiciary
Committee :
Mr. BRZWRII., an ant relative t hawkers and pedlars
In Beaks and Lebanon countlea.
. . . .
Ala). the bill relative to auctioneers in the city or
Lancaster, with a negative recovmendation.
Mc. Bum., the bill to erect the Twenty-second Jo
diolaidiatrict, to be composed or the counties of Carbon
and Lehigh.
Also, the bill regulating the weighing of anthracite,
bitnmiunna, and semi-bitumitinna coal.
. .
Also, a auppleineot to the act giving jurisdiction. in
equity. to the Supreme Court, and to the Court of 0 ern
mon Pleas in the city of Philadelphia, In cases of dis
puted bonwitrfes.
Mr..Ponnetw, the bill to extend the provisions of the
out of 18th Oetober,lB67, relative to meehanicsi lien
loane, with a negative recommendation.
Also, negatively. the bill relative to pattnere.
Mr. FIMNRY. with an amendment, the bill relative to
Orphaaat Omuta, and other perfume.
flee; negative 7, a further supplement to the not re
lative .o inepeciloes, approved s prit 11,1855.
Mr. Yante,gr, the bill relative to the Norristown
Anaderny.
• •
Tho following bills were read, It place :
Mr tituronr, to incorporate the Philadelphia and
Olney Railroad Comptny.
Mr. OASZ tie, a supplement to the act incorporating
the Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad Co.
Mr. lIAZZ AM. a supplement to the sot incorporating
the Pittsburg and Stenhenv,llo Railroad Co
Mr. RANDALL, to Incorporate the Qalchailver
Company.
4. resolution author'ziog the clerk to furnbh each
Rooster with a map or Philadelphia was adopted
The bill supplementaty to the act incurporsting the
Germantown Railway Company came up in order, on
second reeding, pending the quest onto postpone the
bill indefinitely.
The motion woe not agreed to
Mr. MT pit moved t+ pottinne the bill for the present,
and make it the order of the day for Wednesday next.
Not agreed to—rne 10, nays 2).
A motion woo then made to pontoon° the bill for the
present Not agreed to—yeah 9, nays 20.
The question then wee on the first Faction of the bill,
when Mr. Winans moved to amend, to add a proviso to
the mid of the portion, requiring that the comp ins , shall
floteh that portion of the Germantown railway extend
ing sentiment from Waeiiington lane, to Genoa:Dialer.,
to the junction of Fourth and Fifth ',toots, wi'h the
Germantown and Perklomen turnpike road, within
eight months from the peerage of the act ; otherwise
the use of Fourth and Pighth to be forfeited.
Mr. RANDALL offered an amendment to the amend
ment, providing for a settlement of the right of wily
Over the Germantown and Peak:men turnpike. ant re
quiting the company to build the road to Germantown
within ten menthe.
' A long discussion ensued on the amendments, which
wee participated in by Messrs. Wright, Randall, Mime
lie, Pinney, Coffey, Gomm, Palmer, flyer, flo field,
and others.
Mr. Randall's amendment woe finally adopted—yeas
18, trays B—as follows :
rlAN—Mosere. Baldwin, Coffey, Craig, Pinney. Fran
eta, Gomm, Barrie. Miller, Nunemacher, Parker,
Penney, Randall, Rutherford, Scefteld s Bteele, Turney,
Welsh, ant Cromwell, Opeskeri-17.
Nays—Mesere Blood, Brewer, Fetter, Keller, Muse-
Myer.,Palmer, and Wright 'l.
The amendment no amended was than agreed to—
yeasl7. nays 6—as follows :
Yale-51eFArs Baldwin, Coffey, Craig, Finney. Pm:t
rig Gramm, Herrin, Miller, Di:sumac:her, Parker, Ran
dal), Rutherford Ponlbed, Sterile, Turney, Welsh, and
Oreenwell, (Ppeater)-17
RP:Ts—Mahan. Blood, Brewer, Maroons, ?dyer, Pal
mer, and Wright: It.
Mr Yanrmir stated that be did not vote on these
motions, for the reason that he had paired off with Mr.
Shaeffer .
_ .
Mr. MYRa then submitted an amendment requiring
the company to pu•chane the stook of the omnibus lines
on the route of the road.
This was further discussed till the hour of one o'olook,
when the Senate adjourned till Monday afternoon, at 3
o'olo4. •
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THIRTY -FIFTH CONGRESS,
Second Session.
WASHINGION, Feb. 6,1859
SENATE.
Mt. TOO3lllB, Of Georgia, moved to reconsider the vote
by which the Missouri two•per cent. hued bill watt
peened. Alereed tn.
Tne direly Mori onthe bill wee deferral.
. .
The b li mutherieng the Attorney General to retire
ment the United States in the proceedings in trinity
now pending in the Supreme ContT between-Mesa
chumetta and Abode lal•nd wan passed,
13RWARD, of New York PreSented a memorial from
the Yeetteature of New York, ittstrn•tlog its Repro
nentativos in Oongroas to oppose the increase of postage
rotas,
Also, a netnorial front the citisees of New Yotk in
favor of the homestead law
Mr CLAY, of Alabama, from the Committee on rum
inate°, reported a substitute for the recommendations
of the Secretary of the Treasury roc-riling economy in
the publ'o expenditures. The substitute proposes to
economize $600,000 and the Moslem, of a thousand per.
song now employed in the collection of the revenue.
The substitute wee, ordered to be printed, and will be
railed up on the esrlfest opportunity.
The hoer for hnsinese relating te,the District of Co
lumbia boring arrived,
Mr Relaur, of Indiana, from the Committee on Pub
lic Bolldines, moved that the bill making regulations
for the diFtr•botton of water be taken up.
Mr BREAM of Missieslppi, moved that the Pennsyl
vanla.Avenne ReiPead bill be taken op.
,The latter motion prevailed by vote of 27 yeas to
17 ndve
The hill wee discussed till a late hour, but without
any result.
Without taking it VOA. NM Pellets adjourned.
HOUSE OP TtIiteRPNIENTATIVES.
Mr. WA.PI3IIIINR, of Illinois, rove notice that on
Dior day next be will move to take up the river and
km•hot. bill.
• • •
Mr. iTinscovr, ot' North Carolina, from the Commit.
tee on Naval Alfaira. r,:oorted a Joint ramluttou of
tbenlce to oapt esmaet b. rood, for the design of the
propent flag of the United State,:
The noun proceeded to the cona:deration of 'private
bUle. -
• ..
A blot resolution. givte the assent Cativo!! to
Lleut Maury and Prof. Bache to rennive
medals
from the fiabilulatt Governnient. was passed.
CAEIR offired the &Cowing resolution. which ""
awed to, namely
Resol red, That the standing rornmitteeti of the gouts,
which-at the last session wore sotborlred to employ.
clerks, he aotho , ised to employ eterke at the present
Religion at the came rate or compmpathm, from the date
of earvias, during the present session.
Mr. Putiivs, of Missouri, moved that the raise be
gas petaled. in order that the Come might resolve itself
into a Committee of the Whole on the state or the
Union. on the legislative. executive, and judicial ap
propriation bill. Re remarked that it was not probable
mach provress would be made with the private calendar.
• • • .
Mr DAVIS, of Indfauft, moved that the Renee resolve
/Waif foto a Committee of the Whole oo the private
calendar, and the eneettna Woe decided lathe affirms
tive—yeaft 84 Dave 13.
Mr.W Z SIMS NV, of Maine, way called to preside.
The committee proceeded to the consideration of the
bill to Irdoinnify leery Leer and John Mcßee for the
Illegal seizure of a certain bark.
,
It appeern that the 'complainants bought a Trench
vessel which had been partially wrecked. and being de
simns of fitting her out and trailing with a foreign
country. applied to the authoritlea at Washington to
know whether the licence and reglatry lawn of the Uni
ted States applied to a vessel of thin description. They
were informed that it did not. Having accordingly fit
ted out for vessel and called her to liable, the Ameri
can meal there coollneated It, on the ground that it
bed not a remitter such as to required by the laws of the
Guile t States. This act was followed by a series of
wrongful ante, such as seldom find a parallel in com
mercial broom:Aims. The Government disavowed the
conduct of the consul, and released the usenet The
owners now ask to be indemilified to the extent of
several Gummed dollars, being the difference between
what the cargo—which wee sqld—wan worth. an' what
it wee sold to Thie bill merely authorise. the Se
cretary of the Treasury to pay the actual lessee
tehich the complainants may satisfactorily show they
have sustained.
,
A debate ensurd, fn which was &Mussed the ques
tion as to whether the Government is not bound to fur
nish redress, or whether the wrong doer alone to not
reavonalble. Thera evidently was not, quorum pre-
Bent during them proceedings, and the House soon at.
terwards adjourned.
The Tariff Question—Democratic Can
ens of the House—The Pennsylvania
Democratic Cancits.
Weattwarott. Feb 8.--The adjoutne3 meeting of the
Democratic caucus of the House of Representative!' wag
held het night, Hon. John Cochrane acting so Chair
man, sod Messrs Cavanaugh end fteffin se Beeretariec
The largest number present at any one time was fifty,
of whom four were from New York, three from Inel4llP,
six from Ohio one from Illiuore , and several others
from the free State...
ileiraett, of Virginia. from the special committee
of five, appointed at the hut meeting, repor•ed a resells-
Von that means ought to be provided for the payment of
the Treasury notes near maturing, and that the
deft
ciency in the treasury should be mit by a reduction of
the expenses of the Gdvernment.
Mr. Garr° tie report was only an outline, intended to
show that the revenue of the present finest year would
exceed by several millions the estimates submitted in
the reports of the Rotatory of the Treasury; and he
also made a statement showing a number of iteme in the
eptimstes which could be largely reduced ; among them
were the Neale for lithographing and engraving, bold
ing pelvic lineaments. the public priotiog. cutting off
the Congressional Glode, the branch mints, the coast
sw - voy, ate. Also, reducing the army estimated several
irmens, andthe navy estimates about three ;
a reduction of newly two million. by sussendieg the
work on the petite buildings, and by the reducing of the
franking privilege top ogee of two cocoon: diminish
ing the number of mail routes to California and making
tho ocean-rnall rercice seif-sustainfog. Alma, cutting off
the light honsee from being sustained by the Govern
ment and supporting them hereafter by the Imposition
of tonnage Rafe(
Mr. Garnett made a speech In support of his reso
lotion, and was followed on the game Bide by Kam.
Vollandigham, of nhlo ' • Crawford and Repliers, of
Georgia ; and Amilli, of Virginia. The debate wag also
indulged' in by Messrs Cavanaugh, of Minnesota;
Milne, of Missouri; !Males end George Taylor, of
New YOlk, soil Groesbeck, of Oblo ; but they did not
go to the foil extent of Vance who preceded them,
although they admitted the necessity of economy.
Several propositions, looking to a reduction in the ex
penditures of all the trenches of public service, were
'Omitted.
Al ter a long dlsonnelon t Mr Groesbeck moved that
the canna adjoarn sine die, with the underetatiding
that a general conference of the Democratic party
should be hal next week.
ncr ateph•u. ..pprOved at the auggeolltloas, - and The
motion wal
it le undoint;ol that the report of tha special enro
l:11Mo,, of fire will I). preload for pubihntioa.
l'onoxylveol3, New Jersey, Connecticut, end Coil
ferola were not represented in the caucus New York
Woe rep , esented by Mesas Cochrane, Pickleg, Taylor,
and Hatch. Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio were fully
represents I.
The caucus finally adjourned about midnight.
The Democratic members of the Pennsylvania (tele
gallon were also to caucus last night, and passed the
following tesceutions
First. Oppointioo to the inetelfie cf the permanent
nettonal dett.
Second. Madorsiog the Preeldent's recommendations
for Freda(' dutl.s.
Third it-pudiatiog the acts and proceedings or the
Democratic caucus, and appointing' a committee of
three to take steps for united action with other
Domocrata who approve of the position they have as
sumed.
AU the Pennsylvania Democrats were present except
two.
Further from Salt Lake.
Sr. Loots, Feb. 6 —The Repsebtecrsta publishes a let
ter from salt Lake,dated the 14th tilt , stating that
Judger' Mt, Clair and Cradhaugh will leave the Territo
ry in the spring, being satisfied that their presence as
Federal officers lu adranieterlng the laws le merely
farcical
The letter adds that there is no loyalty to the Gov.
ernment among the Mormons; that, while to a certain
extent they rsapeut the law, they neltherrecogntee nor
respect de 'Writ, and that neither murder nor any
crime hat or can be punished.
The Texas Pacific Railroad.
2,ZW ORLIANS. Feb. s.—Adrices received from Mar
shall, Totes, to the 29th ult., state that the Arbitra.
lion Committee in relation to the Pacific Railroad hod
not completed the examination of the deeds of trust and
elating, but the aniontit bed been already reduced below
5290.000. Anoth 4 r account ears the reduction bao been
to 5140 000 Preeldent Foulkes is expected toga posses
sion during the present week,
The Texas Cotton Crop.
NEW ORLHANA, Feb. 6 —Advice§ from Gaivedon to
tho MIL ult state the total receipts of Cotton at 03,860
b§los, and the stook on hand 31. 100 bales.
Response to F. 0. J. Smith's Card.
Now Tout, Feb 6 —The card of E. 0. J. Smith. in
relation to the consolidation of the various telegraph
lines in which ho is intereeted,with the American Tete
graph Ootorany, contains not one word of truth. as far
so the Associated Frees is concerned There is not one
word in his contract of sale to justify his asserting
that the arrangements for receiving European news are
to be , broken up; on far from it. every member of the
American Telegraph Company, and every other man of
common sense, knows perfectly well that the present
nrrangemeuta relative to the loreign news are the
Rarest to the community and the best toe the lines that
otn be devised D. 11. Cotta.
The Illinois Centel Frauds.
Pr. Louis. Pbo s.—Deopttrheo from Springfield Fay
that the hex to the State by the recently discovered
canal checks will arnomit t 3 8210.000 Mr. Matteeol
has written to the Senate committee, calling for a full
invflptigation, at d ache that a suit be instituted agalott
him in the Oircuit Ooert,
Fatal Affray in Kentucky.
Loutevit.Le. Feb. 5 —J. AttOrocklin killed 7 D
Beard to Sperm county, on Thursday A reward of
one thousand dollars was offered for the arrest of the
cool:toed, but It waft withdrawn under the supposition
that he would surrender himself to a friend to enable
the latter to obtain the reward.
Fire at Leavenworth, Kansas—Loss of
LUAVEttiMMItTiI. Feb. 5—A fire occurred this after
noon, consuming the Shotwell House," a greasy
'Anse, end a lumber yard. The loos in estimated at
$7,000. The remains of a human body were found in
the ruins. and it is supposed an inmate of the Dot
well House was burnt to death,
Fire in Brooklyn—Four Lives Lost.
Nsav York Feb 6 —The dwellinx at the corner of
plaeo and Fulton avenue. llrooklvn, wan parti.lly
di , troycd by ate thin moroirg hire. Gill. her two
children, and a servant girl, were suffocated to deal,.
Mr. Gin, the husband and father, in a dryogoodn dealer,
and in now in Philadelphia on business,
Fire et Boston—Lone $300,000
licsvOa, Fish. 6 —Russell's ISlrcbacical Bakery, rm
Commercial street, was destroyed by are this merr in,r.
Ttot tatliog walla destroyed two or Diree adjoining
buildings, and Daniel Henderson. a fireman, war killed.
C ipli Wilson, of th• swain lire-engine, was seriouely
it jured. Several other firemen wore injured, and one
is wi=sing, who to 'disposed to be under the rains. The
lest is estimated at s3n) OCO. a portion of which Is co
vered by insurance. The Ore is attributed to 1130Ftl
dlariem. The bakery only commenced operations on
Thursday last. Twenty-three thousand borrelaof flour
wore destroyed, New buildings will be erected.
Snow-Storni in New York.
Now Tone, Peb. heavy snow-sterna commenced
bolo I bout nnon, and up to nine o'clock this evening
I.IIX unnhes had fallen The storm still continues Islth
out abatement.
Noe-Arrival of Steamers.
SANDT HOOK, Feb 6-9 o'clock P. M.—The expected
steamships, Aida and Kangaroo, have not yet ben gig
nailed below The enow is falling brevity, and the
weather being heavy, ant the night very dark, there le
ne prospect of their arrival to-night The Asia is now
ilitaen days out and the Kangaroo is in her nineteenth
day.
Markets by Telegraph.
MOBILE, Fob. 4 —Cotten—Enloe of 1 000 hales to-day,
nt 110 Sens for thN wreck, 9 COO bile,; ri teipts. 09 600
bales, against 25,500 bales in the reeelpte ef.tbe cones
pond,og week of lost year. Stool. In port, 201,500 bales.
Sterling exchange uncharged.
Vow ORI.IIiNS, Feb o.—Salem of Cotton to-daYI
3 000 bairn. Yrier,s &cad octal ir, but without ohacTe
In guotationo The lat.st telegraphic, reports place
the lamented receipts of Cett• u In all &unborn S arin
at 1,003.700 bales consumed with the snce Period 01 tact
year. The market for Sinn tack to flf tu $lll 60.t20 50;
Whisker 19 2e linchor, b ,mg ana eed by the Cincinnati
d erpaiehei ; sales nt 29e; gunnies 11e
rtigATl, Feb f —5l-ur doll and unchanged.
Whiskey advanced le, mid gale, at 270 Woo York on
changed, and sates at $18.76. 130 0 00 10 ball at 7 .4 0
for Shoulders, and 9Xo for Sides. Itulk Men's are in
good demand ; sales 500,000 the at ego for Shoulders,
SXcree for Blinn, and SX 209,40 for llama. Lard Arm at
nx MIN°.
THE CITY;
0:7 See firs, pitge;
MOH SatiOOL ExamrsertoN.—Tho follow
ing le 'the Het et candidates admitted to the High
§ehoOt, an /Words! morning, with their adrolegion
number and average, and the Mode from which they
were sent :
No. I, James T Bates, 91 6 Locust; 2, Samuel 0 11n
-110.1-, 99 4. North West ; 3,430bt. Ellis Thompson, 00 8,
Harrleon; 4, Thome; J. Oarson, 902,• North West; 5,
Jos It Foglia, 90 0, Walnut; 6, Jun W. White, EQ.
7, Locust; 7, Banal. H Imparts, 89 5, lefferann • 8,
base T. Dutton. 89,4. Jefferson ; 9, Ohne P Rayne-,
89 8, Rittenhouse ; 10, Tryon Reakirt. 8.92. Monroe ;
11, Edwin 8. Wartman, 88.6 Hancock; 12, Theo. - P.
Matthews, 87.8, Warne.; 13, Wm Grange, 97.9, Jeffs,
egg ; 14. I Ina. H. Washington, 87.3, Locnat ; 15, 121 w.
J. Dougher'y, 88.5, Locust ;16, Then, F Thor... 86.5,
Jefferson; /7, Ohs*. A. Megatrs, 88 2, Mount Vernon;
18, Chas. E. Troutman, 86.2. Newton; 19, James
A ospa•b. 862, Hannosk ; 26, Pas, J. Ballork, 86.0.
Hancock; 21, Geo Wilfoog, 85.6, Locust; 22, Samuel
B. Collins, 85 3 Efancook ; 23, Samuel W. Broadbent
85.3, Walnut; 24, Henry J. McCa-thy, 85 2, Mount
Vernon ; 25, Was. Derwin. 85.2, Locust ; 88, Henry 8.
Wiener, 85.1, Zane ; 21, John A. Einem 85 0, isthmian;
23, Henry C. Titus, 84.8, Locoed ; 20. Jame,. B.
Graham, 84 5, Northwest; 30. Issula J . Young 81 0,
Hancock ; 31, George IL Miller. 83 8, Monroe; 32. T.
8 Bonsall 83 8 Hancock ; 33, Clarence B. Young, 8335,
Madison • 84 Gen Stevenson. 832. Locust • 35, rum
Graham. ' 83 2, Locust ; 36. Theo Justice, 83.1, Ilan.
cock ; 3T, Andrew I. Morrison MI. Roshorough ; 88,
Robert O. Wallace, 83 1, Madison; 39, Thoreau .1 Car
roll, 83.0, Mount Vernon; 40, Wm. J McDowell,
83.0. North West; 41, Wm. P. Scbleot, 829, Monis;
42, lease arer, 82 7. Jeffsraorr„. '43, William
E. Griffis. 82.6, Walnut; 44, Jsur. (4, Alexander, 82 4,
Mount Vernon- 45, Aug. T Clark, 82.1. Mount Vernon;
48, Jae G. Finley, 820.1368ra0n ; 47, Wm H. bfedlan,
81 9 Morrie ; 48, tranvia F. Btightly, 81,6 Rittenhouse;
49, Robt. H Frame, 81.6, Morris ; 50. Wm. Barone,
81.5. Locust; rd. Scoria L Curbs. 81 3, Northwest;
52, Wm. H. Whitney, 61.2, Mount Vernon; 53, Mathew
Cartwright, Jr., fil 1, Jefferson; 54. Win H. Morgan,
810. Madison. 56 Frannie 61. Mal/ride, 80.0 La
; 056 G Frederick
a BO Har r ison rb r r ; 8 59 , 9 iso Z on a 6 1: 1 !
gary, 80 5, Morrie; 59, Geo W Mull. 80.4. Penn; 60,
Theo. W. Deklyne, 80 3. Madison ,• 61, Edward A.
Pkarn, 80 2, Adams; 62. John B Patton. 80 2, Locust;
ea. Geo. 0 Paul 80 2, Jefferson • 64, Geo (I Wayne,
80 2, Northwest ; .65, Franklin d. Forbes, 79 9, North.
west; 66 Wm F. Sullivan. 79 S.Nottharsat ; fit, Than
IL Marston. 79.8 Penn ; 68 Geo B P. Hamilton. 79 7.
Northwest 66, Rdgerton Dal Ingham, 79.6, Zane; 70,
William C. Norms, .79.6, Jackson; 71. George H.
-,7,..""t'es.it 8, Hancock;
A l u 2 Stin t-1 . 5' 71171. al Powell.t
.7971;
fitevens , n, 792. Irving; 75 Michael A.
~,"?"e " 79.2. Zane; 76 Isaac Reed. 19.0, Monroe;
77, Jae 6 kin. 74.8 !dazzle; 78. Henry Ararnel,
• 79, Henry 0. Pollock, 7 8 6, Monroe;
• 50u t h.,..".1. .8 5, Zane ;81 Phu Morris, 78 4.
r • Dell, 78 2, Mount Vernon;
n'orthq 82 , Henfr • -n, 78 2, Zlll4l ; 84,
83, Thorns.. 0. Petah:fez, -au ; 85, Ite Maros,
tort 8. Golden. 782 , Jolter.. %oriel.. 78 2, outh
-78.2, Carroll; 86, Henry F. - North weat
east; 87. William P. /Imam. TO Is • • 80. William
Eugene R. Christman, 78.1, Northers*, - 800 . 77,9 ,
H KeVey, 77 9, Zane; 93 Samuel P. . f
Ver-
Mount Vernon ; 01, Wilt IL Myers, 71 ft Man, T..n.
non •, 92 J. Da Mcßride, 17 8. Diarri•ou ; - 11 P.,
derdale '77 6 Zane ; 94. John B Donnelly. 77.4, /forth
west; 95, Alex. Browne, 77.4. Penn. ; 96. Nd B,Stnefd,
77 2, Northwest 97 Lewis Sylvester, 77.2, totitnit;
Data. W . Yeakel, 76.7. Harmony ; 99. Gen. Tr. 51000n
nell, 76 5, Newton; 100, Robert P. Montgomery, 76 6,
Locust ; 101. Francis Altera:la, 76 6. Jefferson ; 102, Geo.
C Lanes, 78.4 Mount Vernon; 103, B . 0 Clark, 76 3,
Monroe; 101. Horace P. Mitchell. 762. Locust; 105,
Cicero Bunt, 78.2, Northeast; 106 Richmond 51. Kirk,
76.1 Memo ; 107. And. English, 76.0, Northwest; 108,
• W Wileno, 76 0, Madison; 100, Jodn Ogden, 75.9,
Newton ; 110. T. H. P. Pholladv, MO, Northwest ;121,
Stephen F. IV Bledary, 76.4, Rittenhouse ; 112 Judah
Ascb, 75 2, Zane; 113, Fred 7. a nspaclf, 75,1, Han
cock ; 114, James F Maguire, 74.7, Northwest; 116,
Chas H. Price, 74 6, Newton ; 116. John F. Bander.,
74.2, Mount Vernon ,• 117, Alfred U. Dobnert, '73 7,
Monroe • 118, Wm Wayne Vogdes, 73.4, Monroe; 119,
Wm. F. ' Church, 78 4; Ringgold Total, 119.
The following statement exbiblts the number ad
mitted from each school, and the general average of
scholar Alp Mall the applicants iron, each e:hool
SoaooLs
Northwest..
7 ocget•etreet
Mount Veracn
Zeffereon
llaneack
Z ne.etoet
Monroe
•a orris
Madison
Newton
Walnut-street
Penn
Harrison
Rittenhouse....
John Q &dam•
Poutheant
Carroll
Imng ......
Harmony
Jackson
RoXhorOngh
Northoaat
Total , 1 19
Number at applicants, lot; admitted, 119 ; rejected
33.
Admission average, 73.4
The average a3e of the applicants admitted was 14
years, 8 months, awl 22 days.
Average time of attendance in the lower sahools, 5
years, 5 months, and 6 days.
Number admitted from the several wards i—Viret, 2 ;
reomd. 7 : Third, 8; Fourth. 2: Fifth, 2; Sixth. 1;
Seventh, 10; Eighth, 10 ; Ninth, 6 ; Tenth, 10; Elev
enth, 1; Twelfth, 2; Thirteenth, 10 ; Fourteenth, 7;
Fifteenth, 10; Sixteenib. ; Seventeenth, 2; Nigh
teenth, 7; Nineteenth, 2. ' Twentieth, 4; Twenty-1U rat,
2; Twenty• Second, 5; Twenty-Third, 1 • Twety-
Fourth, O. Total. 119
Occupations of the parents of the students admitted :
deccuntaets, 2; baker,]; tank tellers, 2; blacksmith
1 ; bricklayer, 1 ; brickmaker, 1 ; brokers, 3 ; builders
2; car inspector, 1; carpenters, 4, carver, 1; clergy
men, 2; clerks, 9; coachmakers. 2; cordwainere, 8;
dealere, 8; dentists, 2; &over, 1; druggist, 1; en
graver, 1 ; engineer, 1 ; farmers, 2 ; ilaberm&p, 1 ;
furrier. 1; gesatter, 1; gentlewomen, (widows,)
; innkeepers, 2; importers, jeweller. 1; lawyers,
3; machinists, 2 ; mar lure, 1 ; maAttneker, 1; madman
11 ; miller, 2; naval officer, 1; prcker.l; paper stainer
1; photograper, 1; phyrielan, 1 ; plane- taker, 1; plas
terer, 1 ;
• printer,l ; publishers, 4; aroma ernes, 4;
nekton 1; eilver plater. 1; tailor, 1; tanner, 1; tin
smith, I ; undertaker, 1; liatuallers, 2 ; weaver, 1
total, 119.
Aaassr or Roam/Jas .—A few nights ago
the jewelry store of Mr. 11. Leibert, la Norristown, was
entered and robbed of flee or sin hundred dollars' wrrt',
of jewelry. An entrance was errecreu by roaming their
way into an a ljoining cellar From there they crawled
through an aperture in tho wall separating the cellars
They then burned a hole in the hatch-door large
eunlnh to insert the hand and remove the bolt. Yes.
terday a 1111111 named Neal GrilSo was arrested upon the
charge of passing counterfeit money, and a coople of
pistols bond upon him, which were idenildeO by Mr.
Lttibort as part of the slobs property. Oritlo admitted
the robbery, and named Mason as an accomplice
who was also arrested. and both committed to answer at
adrift. Last evening the officer/I had another Inter
view with Griffin, when ha informed them where the
geode were secreted Upon proceeding to the place
named by him—which wen the pig-pen and thickens
house a boiled to the house in whist' himself and
mother resided—the moat valuable port of the goods
were forted Gridla has borne a very bad name for a
number of years.
A Roams CALOGIVT.—Abotit one o'clock on
Saturday morning, while a gentleman was Imaging along
Baker street, below Seventh. he way abseiled by three
ecioundrela, who were lying in wait. They knocked him
down by slinking him on the head with a slung shot
and while he was down they cut out the pockets of hie
pentaloons and their contents. The villains were seen by
a citlzan named John Dnify,whe snapped a platelet them
from his window, and then pursued and arrested one of
them, ne men Bernard Eamon The fellow bad a hear
ing on satnrday before Alderman Ogle, who committed
him in default of $2,000 bail, to answer The man's
pocket. together with its °entente, was found. Efforts
are being made to discover the other two parties in
Fames villainy.
WEARY Or LIFE.---Abont nine o'clock on
Saturday evenlog, a man named John Lynch went into
tavern in Front street, between Spruce and Dock At,
and after conversing a little time, took from hie intake
a Mated revolver, placed it against his breast, sod
emerged Re contents through his body. The ball p.s•ed
Over the heart, mid tame from the left aids. Lynch fell
t. the door, and upon being questioned as to the motive
of hie mall ett. enure...pea much regret at what ho had
deco. Several of bin friends removed him to the Penn
sylvania Hospital It is thought he may recover, though
the wound is a very wriotia one.
floarrrAt, CASSEL—John Gormly, age 24,
white, had his thigh /matured and his 'knee badly in
jured, on Saturday, by a fall from a horse. lie RP*
taboo to the lip amps' Efrapilal.
Margaret 'ampbell was carried to the mime Instilln.
tine, severely ambled. This aecideatwas canoed by the
upending of a cauldron r f boiling lye.
Wm stcOormel, a child of about two yearn of age,
had his back and arms burnt by the exploalon of
camphine lamp. The little Buffeter was carried to the
Episcopal Hospital.
Ax Isuumar.—On Saturday an inquest was
held by Ooroner Fenner on the body of Mrs. Ellen Day,
at No. 114 Ohio street, which rune from Eleventh
street, below Fitzwater, who it was fOleged met' a vio
lent death. A hill investigation showed that the death
was the result of natural causes. The deceased. who
was only in her twenty. fifth yea•, woe a woman of very
intemperate habit.. The bruises on her evolvers shown
to have no connection with her death. Verdict in an.
cordance with the facts
A THIEF BELOW.—Houry Gaylor, who has
a predilection for door-plates, like Mu. Toodlac in
the play, although the plates may bear another name
than hie own, was detected In the act of removing one
from the door or a dwelling on Tenth street, shove
Pine, late on F.lday evening. Alderman Coulter, after
patiently weighing the foots of the cue, on Saturday
morning, in:clef/tot t of bti., rent Henry below, to answer
the eummoua of the Criminal Court.
Report.
I pricy, February 5,1859.
ladelohin
.from the 29th of
of Fibruary, 1859.
Health
Hunan
Interments in City of Ph
January to the 5t
Fever, Scarlet
Typhus....
" Typhoid....
Hernia ......
nem erchsge
In flataltion, :Mu
S-nneht.
ct Lungs ...
ct
'• Larynx..
Asibint
Aspht xi 5..........
Aneuriam.
Apoplexy
t motet of Ciente..
Casualties.........
Croup
Coueoation of Brain
Cousura'n of Limas
Oonvuleione
°plume
Diarrhea
Beppu, 8,8111
,‘ Cheat
‘• Heart
Di6ease of Bruin—
Heart—
Kidneys
Drolinid
Dyeentery
Debility
kilbeion on Brain..
Erysipelas
Paver, Puerperal..
OF THE
Insanity ......
Inanition ........
Manama
areasfea
Old Age
Paley
.e.erofula • . • •
'Tabus Zilesenterica
rilinown .
THERE VERN—
From 40 to 50....
" 60 to 60.
" 60 to 70-
4, 70 to 80....
" 80 to 90....
" 90 to 100...
Mtor). yenr.......
From 1 to 2
2 to 5...... ,
f' 8 to 10
10 tols
" 15 to 0 0
" 20 to 30
" 30 to 40
From the Almeh.
the Courtin 1.
Males
Felonies.
By order of the B.
All'
Total
P mole of Color, 9
Boys
Girls
Health.
:lIGUES. Health Officer
Exchange, Feb. 5.
New York stock
00 Missouri 8o 84% 105 P h N Y Oen P. 02%
'OOO do 80% tOO 1,1 Et & Nls gd stk 46%
80e0 Ind *tote Oge 80% 100 do b 7 45%
1.100 I'l Ceu It bda 87 120 (61 and Oh R t 9%
20001. C 3,21 ig bds 23 60 do 580 601(.
1000 MOR B.elmstsb 90 :in Erie R 610 13%
550 hh Part IL 116 100 do hoolof
eio do 116% 200 0, 13%
01 Peon Cool Co 80 50 do 680 14
225 PneiOc Midi SO 0077 100 Has IL Prefd 030 40%
100 do r 45 751$ i6O do 40's'
„.
73 do 161701( LO do 530 41
100 Nl , Can R 02% 50 do e3O 41%
200 do 060 8230 60 do 40%
ll 0 do 630 82% 100 Reading 1t .060 48%
200 do b6O 82% 350 Olv & Tol R 30%
500 do b3O 82J 1000h1 eo Ilk I %100 50%
FIN&NCMASISOARFINLI.!..--
•
The„ litiiikeY MatketZ';7l;
PEILADSLPIII/.. Yell. 5,1859.
.7.11 17pton, Beg , his prepared a full and elubnate
analysis of the marine - disasters of the . year 'lB5B.- The
whole number of disasters of all kinds reported during
the year was 1418, as follows: 1!1 steamers, 329 !hips,
223 barks, 229 brigs, and 506 schooners, The total
loses number 390, of which 51. were steamers. 84 ships,
and 54 barks; The great balk of ilia dbeastere wire
suet lined by AmeriPan somata, 1142 out of the ,whole
number 0f,1418, sailing under .the stars and stripes.
The disaster,' by oillsion haprened to 16 steamers, 23
ships, Int 9 barks, and by Are to 48 steamers, 25 ships,
and 4 barks Thirty-three per cent. ef the leases ware
by stranding, five per cent, by foundering, nlnepercent.
by collisions and six per cent. by fires. '
The trial estimated. pulses for 1818 were, by steaming,
$6 551,900 ; by Ships, $9,373,0251 by' barks, 52 600.500;
by Wigs, 51,364,703; and by echoonere, $1,746,215 —in
all, 521 489 72'. Of this amount stout one-fifth were
f'rel¢n, leaving the 'kaput of American loeset $ ll , -
191,776, divided up se 1171048:
For New York, any 9 24.....
For Boeten. 6 24.....
For Peileie/phia, 44 424
For New Orleans, 44 824.....
Other places,
The feature of Mr. Up'on , a report wtioh'will moat ,
attract the entice of those inter( sted,in marine ears'
Is the enormous disproportion .f lots suataided bS
Amerleaervesaate, compared with those that befell t 136
veisslit of other DatiODS Oot of 1,418, the whole cam
ber of mulcts disasters, 1,141 happened to American
vessels. One hundred and seven of there were to
American steamers. The total rubber of Amor'ean
merchant ships afloat is ghee at 1,760, and 243 of th-no
met with some more or less serious . dlftster during the
year, ray 14 per cent. 167 Mirka were injured out of
1,250, say 12 per cont. 181 brigs out of 1,158, nearly
le per cent., and 452 schooners oat of a list of 4 750,
not quite 10 per cent. Taking the whole Lumber of
sailing vessels of all grades, B,9ne, we and the aims'e
of disasters, 1,095, is within a small fraction of 12 per
cent.
These are important statements, and very sagas*.
tine. They explain a good many things. When the
tables of dissate .8 in a year not calamitous beyond the
average, such as liMe was, a good year forunderwriten,
* show that twelve per cant of all American Tema, an.
nutty meet with misfortune, it Is not to be wondered at
that the rates of insurance in The United States are en
much higher than in put trace; nor that underwriters
so often prcve insolvent. It becomes apparent we
should think, to the meanest capacity, that where there
is to great dispropott!on of dienster to American vu.
ads in comparison with those of other nativist expmed
to the same elements, there must be either defective
censtruction, improper outfits er Inefficient seaman
ship. And in our opinion, as we have heretofore stated,
there are all three of these ceases at work
The crews of our vessels are too small and Wrathful .
th e y a palled too closely, that is with so %trio: as eye:
to economy; that the necessary outfit of sails and rig
slog is partly 'anted, and they are not well constructed,
The tonnage has a an increased without increasing the
of material, and the average
strewth and quantit) .
.
duration of modern „ m e. lives Ic not more than one
fourth of the ,period to which vmeil treat that were
hunt thirty or forty years ago. believe that' the
plan jestingly boosted of, that bunt to.`yo by the rnOtt,
- and mold them as they were wanted in tae market, Air
wo king out these disastrous results to the o:vrers et
the Teasels, and to those who entrust them whit cer
goes, and we have little hope that we shall witness O.
different state of facto until the present raeeki ships
ore all boat cord paid for by underwriters and a return
to the old principles of shipancilding Ie forced upon
those engaged in the badness,
The stock market is animated, and priors tending
upward, but without any great force The lower priced
securities gained in most uses e small fraction upon thee
prices of yea' order.
The telegraph reports that the canal trends in Illinois'
will amount to $210,000, and that Gov. Mittman ha s
acted for a full investigation intollier twitter. A latter
wntter, from Springfield, Illinois,
say," of this matter:
‘. Vonelderable excitement hag beets dy,,eated bare this
afternoon, hy the d Waver, that a large amount of the
canal ecriP of Mlle &ate, amounting to 1P105,0 00 princi
pal, and $49 COO interest, which has been Landed by the
'rind onnamiaeloner, has proven to be canoe, visit The
ddieevery was made in tills way: Gen. Jacob
Toys
b being
who
one
in now h. re, received one of the scrip from
with a letter asking him what it was worth. _ C
one of the signers to the genuine,at once diet '''Y e2 ed.,
the ace reee.red to be counterfeit Re took it ha, to to
auditor's oftics and told the auditor to be on his e _ii
against such scrip The auditor replied that he bad
nothlosto do with it The fund commissioner west% 4 n
asked what smonot of said scrip bad been funded t
him, to . ..hien be moiled about $154.000. which amotim
was funded, and beam of the Rate given therefor,
which bonds ware deposited by Gov. Matteson as se—
curtly for the State Bank of Illinois , home. Upon ex
amination, it wee found that this fils4Xoo of scrip is
counterfeit.
Number General
Admitted. Average.
77 79 9
16 81 9
71 801
11 83 6
83 5
791
8 77.9
80 7
6 80.8
74.6
4 81. 6
7773
82.9
8213
76 0
2 75 4
1 78 2
1 66 0
1 74.9
1 74 7
1 72 7
74 8
1 t 9 7
" Everybody, especially GOT. histteson. has beta
taken by surprise by this discofery. The Governor, we
understand, will make gond the amount at once. and
afterwards try to find oat where he got the eerie, which
doubtless was Procured from ales, different Individual*
by him. Mr. Mareball. Senator from Coles, intreducel
a resolution Into the Senate this afternoon 3 reqwesting
the Committee on V inane° to inquire into the matter:
hen they report. new light aril doubtless be Ibn:rent
upon the matter."
PHILADELPEILI STOOK 31X0HANC411 HALBB,
VAHHIlary 5, 069.
anorniv - NT HABILIS!, puma, & 00., am-mu, MOH.
IXOISAIIOII 1/I.OIIHB, HOSTEMZEIT 001811 MID
AJ 011/8111111 STRUM.
PIMP BOARD.
2000 Penn U.... Ante 93X 9 Meet Bank. Jots 213 X
40( 0 do ... nub 93X 14 Sane & See It. its 22
750 do ..... ... 93X 00 Reeding B...cesh 24X
1000 Penn R 2d lieges 92%
1000 Elm Ist Bag Ta..a T'SN
MOO N Penn R Qs-- 61%
1000 Pittsb fle
ROO Klieg Co an.. A V 60
5000 o,t A Os 'B9 lots b 5 87
MOO sd Ali ag
6000 Snub& Eri.7abb 75
IMO Poh Na► fla 1.1 b 5 73
2000 Tiogn it 7a 88
1000 Nimbi Canal 154.. 89%
400 Febnyl Nay....b5 10
51 do .....b5 10
BETWEEN
600 City 6e 103,v
1000 Mtn 14 Pdg Te 2de 73 J
• - • • -
8000 Clam cbat Hs gds 72%
SOO (.1& A. 6a'B6
6000 Catairissa R SIX
10001 Y & Elm 19a.... 79,y,
1000 Penn 6e.....
60.0 do
760 &tad°
1500 City Os R lobs 994
1000 Pena 112 d 346 68 02X
1000 Xlm chat 108 55 IDX
240 do . ..b5 79%
5100 Catawiesa It 7a.. 513 j
3500 1:1niop Canil 68.. 36
1100 do Scrip on 35
1000 Chasm chat Us.. T 231
MOPING P
Bid. Asked
II SEsl4 102 108
Nola de 993( 99)(
do 1t..... 993( 99X
do New.. 103 1037(
Poona to. .... .... 93X 98X
Reading R 243 i 24%
do Rda '70..83% 83%
do Mtg 0044.93 91
do do '86.72% 73%
Penn& R 13. 43%
do letru 6a... .. 101%
do 2dni 8a....9•2)( 97%
Moe 01 On Dv off 47 47%
do Pre 105%100
&Amyl Nay ea '92.72% 13
PHILADELPHIA 51ARKSTEI, Feb. 5-11visixo.—
The market for Flour corstinaes Srm, bat
.very inac
tive at previous quotations, and the sales mostly we
aned to the wants of the trade at from ssls to 55.81%
far superlne, 1638.60 fir extra and extra ?amity Sklar,
and $8.7507 50 41 3 ' bbl for Saucy brands, according,to
quality; the receipts continue light and there is very
little export demand, bat 1 000 bbla extra sold at $84,9'
bbl. Rye Flour is wanted at $4, but holders auk more.
Corn Meal condones scarce, and Penna. Meal is worth
$3.6049' Md. Wheat—There is a moderate Inquiry, and
prices are steady, with further sales of 1,200 bash good
Fauna. sad Southern red at 1400, and white at 1820.
Eye to dull at 860. Corn is better to day, but the de
mand was only for dry lots which are scarce and wanted
to 611 up a vessel. and 4.000 bush rf that desoription
brought 800 in the cars and In store. Oats are In steady
remand, with further sales of 8,00057 000 bud:tele
at 51 cents for Peueeylvaxia sad 600 for Delaware,
in store and In the cars. Barley is firm, with sales of
7 000 bus New York at E6rsii7go 43ark—gnercitron is
to steady demand at $3l for let No. 1, at which rate it
is scared. Cotton—The market is dull, and 200 bates
have changed bandit at about previoris rotes Oro:ldes
and Provisions—There is very little movement, owing
t 3 the firmness of holders, arid the markets are quiet,
but of the former there la but little stock here. Seeds
—There is a steady demand for OlOverseed.and some
4,000 bus have beendleposed of, in lots, et 57 to $0.12%
from first, and 11 to ST 25 ba from recond bands. A
cargo of Malaga Raisics was sold, mostly before arrival,
at about $2.40 4r box for blanch, and $2 95 for layers,
einaller packrgea in proportion. Whiskey is moving oft'
more freely at the late advance. Sales of Penniplvanie
and Ohio bble at 28e29e. drudge at 160, and Mule at
270.
New York Markets—Saturday.
Mane.—The market is quiet for watt of stock; sales
of Polo at $5 75 and Pestle at $6, with few here.
FLOUR, he —The inguird. for Weetern Car al Flour
early in the day was limited prices favoring the buyer;
lint of the close there was more firmness, and few sellers
at our inside Spurts.
The reties are 5 000 this at $5.2' ots 30 for superfine
Plate,ss 7500 fry extra do. $0 2000 30 for ehipp ng
braids of zouod hoop extra Ohio $0 tioo7 25 for trade
brands do, 56.7003 for extra Genesee, and $6.70a8 75
for Pt Lone trends.
Canal iau Flour le inactive, but firm, at $6 4007 25.
Southern Flour la deal and heavy, the arrivals are libe
ral. Sales of 800 bble at $5.7500.10 for superfine Bal-
Ornery. S c., $0 2007 75 fir fancy and extra breeds.
Bye Flour is In fair demand itt $3 7504.30. Corn
ale I it &teeth., Rod is quiet at $3 70 for Jersey, and
$1 21 for Brandywine. Buckwheat Flour is saleable at
SJO2 60 4P' 100 the.
On, no —The Wheat market is firmer to-day. bokie.s
are lees disprood to realize. The 73115 s are 540 bus at
Si 37 for rod Indians, and red arid white3llssourt on
private terms.
Corn is iu fair demand—new is more plenty and white
Is heavy sales of 20,000 bushels at 7^n Sec for white
Jersey end teauthern ; 500 for yellow Jersey; SI 081,ig
to- Southern yellow; Western mixed is held at 87c.
Oats ate in moderate demand at 58effic for State, and
600650 ior‘Vestern and id nvlian. Barley quiet at
7500$ f . Rye le inactive at 80084 e.
PROYISIONS.—The demand for Pork la model-Lie. and
the market is been—males of 1,600 bola nt $lB 50 for
new mesa, small lots at $lB 80 $lB for old do, $17017 15
for thin mess, /vet $l3 5t 079.62 for prime i included in
the sales me 1,100 bbla for the aommar months, onpri
vate tonna.
Heel la Meetly. the arrivals not large;
sales of 270
bbl. , at $6 7507.25 for country prime; $.909 25 for mesa;
53010 75 for repacked mesa, and $ll 50012 for extra do.
Beef 1111.1113 are steady; the inquiry fair; eaten of 150
bbla at $l3 50017. Bacon% quiet at bBl[volOyia Cut
Meals are in fair demand ; sales of 65e hhda and tee at
o,liurfiNc for shoulders and 8% etfiXe. for name.
Lard ie more active, mainly for toe future—the prices
favor the buyer at the close; sales Or 2,400 ibble at 17,si
012 Xe, and small lore at 12 0.16 e; included In the
alias are 1,003 bb.a for April at 12e ; 400 bble for March
and April, Fame price.
Deemed hrgs are better and in demand at 808}(c.
Butter and Cheese are firm and in demand:
, . .
WITISKEY —The market is qui te firm ; sales of 240 Mils
at 28:1; • ,
COFFER —The demand is rather limited, on aceount
of the light offerings and easreme prime ir enfant—
shies or 2 600 bass ltio last evening sad this morning
at II~DtI e , md.W co Jamaica at 'lA's.
Corn:N.—The market is dull and heavy at a decline
of fully Se en moat grade..
Iron —The market la very dull—small sales only of
barrel herring, from ;tore, at pat 25, at to quality
and /ire.
$6 446,916
4 297.916
g 861,296
^,148 972 .
2,432,6,8;
$l7 3t,776
2 da . ... 24s
10 do 24%
14 West Phil's Itjots 44x
XlOO Uirard Bank .;.1522:ii.
lota b 5 e 8
20 Penn E
100 Lehigh Na•
100 Schnyl Nay p d 1;518
. _
—hi 19
...lota 19
10 Bk of America he 140
Beaver Mradovr.
30 Mineb%U B 60
20 llusg Canal 3
11000 Morris Canal L. 90 .
2000 - do ...... .. 90
4000 Phil& & Btanbll7s 76X
10 Penn R 433 L
100 Reading R...eaah 2434
100 do —curb 243 j
BOA&D.
160 Union Bk T0:m.65 93 ,Ti
15 do 55 98%
50,0oromonw bk..lota rl
10 Phila 8ank....... 117 3(
32 &burl Na, pfd.... JP
50 do IP%
16 Penn 13 43%
53 Norristown B..••• • 94%
26 do . ..... .... 64%
' 6 do 51%
6 do . ...... .65 51%
is 0.12.—F1R61.
3clays 9J34
03,14
MSMEI
Bel Now 6teek...10 10X
do Fret 19 19X
Wmsp't &Ella B. 9% 10
do 7s Ist mtg 72x 78
do Rd 57 WM
Long Intend 11X ..
Girerd Bank 12. X 123.
Let Coal Naw...5 0 SOX
Lehigh 5erip.....27% 28
IN Peens II 9%
do 8e 57% 63
New Creek X
Lehigh Zino . X r
1 X
Catewiese 8... 6,X 6X