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4 that disinision with much, interest. The
',eternal principle oft ofelf.government • las in
vOlVed in this encounter of. Intellect; and we
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jw.nfisielyis4lAitii--..ers4eincidating areal De •
dt'adit -h , pri sihts Sitis, amazing force and
Wtli f ik,a_ ,litirssWer islibWritiliere'
the,Senthetir> leaders of - ' the - Admlnist4tion
litt the
, Dilintidistio) pert, stand on this grave
. IPlsii l 4.f i g*6o l o 4 4 I.:9PI,'T;IIOt-ii :hiquirieFs
in .. - conneition .with Jormer , reviews Ili this
'.'-,That flePotatiii 40Vetbigaty,7 , We, 'play
lAu'lloc4lOK :si*Ot
itlaWo.,, 40 .olitra-
, 10.44.m.,44-FO4lO.4 e AR u fixpi:(aed by
itsleneiniera;*llt - whtcral yto be (=relied 7,
'fflikarettyrit,tl Pslst Ws - denial lt.t4 the •
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10,, - 11g,i0,,0, the pre of lasisiiil te''llealte
ii*Pilli:Pr'n"ikilit*i•?-vahceitioneil by 1
o.oAti-VINSSIAtIVIOIIie:rIO4* Thu
(11Iferibicei3Oli-oplislori<liiir thenrOe're, ~ n ot- as i
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:tgriePlreitied Even the , f ri e n d s of the
'oo9l4*;Ctistltsleit%aeltnowledged 'this
? incsplo of nirdirS Sovereignty ' at. th very
stele they'
to' fiesiroy, tte
,ittility t ,Airiti p.Ao,i*,'.iiii fraudulent in.
terpretstion.ot. , .itt,itotiort. , aßtitl_Wherel the
Xalst!sr Igaf eistleatkiestilland hoW , the imo
idelkt::ttii Teiettirlok,)*io Ve,gOvprped,
and ::w*: 4 , shall ':iAi — p',' - ,ilisti, :11iivti' while ,
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tkireontrirtunlies 1.8011,1nd the•lCanass-pre,t
6x~iTiit t 4 -We theitehi:the whole tight and
; Aigi4tc in g :go'f
iiillkAW.PO4isW4 7! 31 '14400., 10;4 by
ithietniest , unentmens, consent of-the.-.people.
Of the United States, taken froth:the' , General
Art W lth l i the
for 01,,tt40414641,hi,-..,4049041,*;, like the
30opli et t,i , iinettnetion,ot
unttedstatec% But we, ere,nikedi When ,
ttiei:Sleretinitttillo;lticinas;lnintrf6r—
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-whent ere ate ~.1
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14iffilliniiiiisailre,isiosilifi* - M..'-Thlile what the
, *thintlie:or PolifilailtSovereignty Jetigreattici
4 4 1 040 11 6,thIlik*Ii` 6 1 , PrOrleitif,i‘Ot44t--.
rif t AigAa " giutittir So
one = sense= Popular
Sovereignty In another sense At
";iiiiplcitilattertt' ft( l'eitltory upon the
:47111Ced,StatoiS not hopes , f or.-i e lllement,
4ketir, In any , isaykl4llelattoti, of
Ik
n C u d may b e 'driven out 'at +. any omient' ,
)31' they few
erAiteny,,,,eapnetAgbttrlligieicise powers
,eff!eiluturil,Seyereht,ntyo,-Aint this of,
lid: edit:ire-kW not compere' 41 . With.
Vi(kiiieifeigie*i l e i tkt r ,Mo4 - ,404: 1 0io
go tatii a n d
mate them,; their, future komes, , nnder anti3o.
ritjtOthiflaWsOf the United , States, and who
* 4 ? Ilieir: : *df:`;s l i e tOeFoo.by i s good
'4140 1 0 ands; our ,pro-oiitption
,
•lairsy, as 110:any, citizen, of a State -under Ibis
lltle: - deeds /t hundred - yeary,- shindies, and
i*fti,giftejYAMieo,,,!it!)fite:• , 'tlinittatte;:a" ifor
,the
= _eroverelgnty
and tabereyer
tisens, Or his.
Ou
ting: , the.
lie all r our
•tits;' national,_
Of 'the: gov:
14.44 it in: its
to ons , ntan to
in "140beraa;4a,
:otiiird in It.?'
tud. ,- strongoat-
Wfost abredi
reason, "and
Rotiniett,Ou 7 -
the , fel4nd'
hie "own'l6a=
tiTtekttto r ii6ew!
40 4 4 0 4 OW;
Daootab, or
__ .... Livia , ofPopulas Soy-er
g-vitt Inv - orgailiza* trittititatinitisiii " 'and,
P04:4 1 :)# 15 ,1- 1 :q;NO0 i * - J iii i t . ' :O o pg nd
Klk. :-.F1.0#0 8 4A 0 P,0; ,6 4 111 :Ni1l ii , i ' ldeoltiod ll'
IAM "ristritat4.,er , necessities—when the •pro=
tesition :fof;their 11ves,Atieir liberties, et Ofe l
iii , o4iiictii a their linfiplitegi'Shall ileAnir f elt;
tie that time tylionAsrlay: :„VOr the convent.'
once'of -ill who'nay legally Migrate into the
Territories, and - settle in. thin,lt might be veil
that sane generafrogolations for smeh organi
zations Amid. be adopted by Melrose f_but,"
beyond thispitosil itl 4 wbat!•relates to the•Ma
tritirof their own lawsrinreferenCe to their do
*abstittsticini,itil Stiould.be left tO•thein:
eetield.' 4 ' InnienenfoitiTerriteriei'mfili gene.
nkregulations have,beeri ado - sited•before the,
',Aeltleisihsirn'britstnituidrthenutelievijniO 'Coin
'vanities ; vii i: others', ',bort (longresi negleet=
-.TIrPrPARIFf t .°lr,i.io.. t A ii ol,, f l',X, e illktfi . o. l 7
IMloisisfor .thedoorganisition, th ey have toren.,
pd, them 'tor tkeninlivoti, and under thintbste
*rot issiidtbemeelYsnhtint44inkfiwiniiidmitted
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IV
s itieginta,tilePitatkaioPeration 'or the
,:prisinies ofkotailitt Sovereignty as applied 'to
1 1 #7)###,Floil , u0fePo,,P 6 - 1 4ronli4o of 000" ;
nekShelltviiiis 7 Neferislist acs of -1061, The ,
. lititairfais iikAi'`fittrf 066 .sittsistfint_South '
simiand‘fluttitie plop]. 'oi. &Nth* lerritories,
)I,OMM 444,Soittb,;witlift it rein* a Terri
"tot? shall' be rennited , f6 , enatit laws for the,
f proteidkrn of slarery-listhevii I, or; If ' they re-
Inisi.bi,,liiegleit, tO' tie NO,- that'Pongrees 'shill
•tinict, such Mini for them t„ while its enemies
itt lim-, , ,2n1i o
,elaito the'''llglit and the',duty of
, 00itigremi to enact' lawn fort.the prohibition of
AtifkinSditheTerrittiries,Nettliand Smith.
trist:tirst is otir it * Popnlar Soyereignty "—the
4#o,4oaPtllstr Sovereignty of the ultra anti.
alaiery patty of the North, at the head of
*Oh; is- Mr; Sow,estii; SO
,the ultra pro.sll-
Val , pa!ipot- the Seutli, snmisined by, kr.
: 4 - 1 11aiing Aus stated the nnestion at issue;
lie iistirftsto ilt* Original purPosto pinion t
1 Iniir,,teistetii teeoPinAtins; of ;leading South.'
swiiisstaMinnenorinsl , now introduce. Mx. Srs;
liens; - of •Gleerthin vidforn , there ate
pifiZlAiiinii,,AirtiieifttOl!:'eigioniOn;" North . or'
I 'mouth: Ariii 'Speech delivered by blot on tile
1 terOgi.Neliiiiiii lilll;. tclimary ytth, 1884,
....:. , -,0e.:,. , 4- ';_„,,. , -24 ,, ~ t ' • ,
.;; itThe whoicAusistion of slavery or no slivery
wile to be left to the determination of the peoPle of
lhe"lrerrlitorier, whether net* or eolith or 30 deg.
10-sainVor , ony;' etiforline. , The question was to '
e a HtaketrotitOtemignen, ntiOrtvit had-hose l e i.
trirtrAftstt fretk th o bodlooing, and to be left
,S 0:- peopleooncerned-, in the, matter to :decide'
forAlesseselono Thle.-Bsey4 *as • thepoiltiOn ori
liailiri held brthe South 'whin the Missouri ri
ltistitiowsietent diet firenoted. The.'prinotpie upon
We Nest pesitiortrests ilea lit the v erY foundation
of alftatt ispabilelin institlitiOns; es , f,i; sue 0 1 . 8 ,iih n ....,
zero of every distinct and eiOarate community or
'Stritt Jr4hutd4tilve thir right to govern thenselt4o'
,w,tniter;.'dotiteetie rmattero , a4 Ow please, and
(40 4 Bll, +fint!‘ l 4.4ll7o fr om -Pits inter mod
Th9g.SaM , AflFY . 4aditrarY4o, olio% on. such , ma
•;pi fr om ant( 1 " 004. 110 0 8 r Oi . 001, 07nenc in
o i gpf th.ifi*,,e,no,iiofee, it,was out ,of, a viola ,
Monfittlt eory, ittadioa-,10- a great tixtetti; that
,Wir,1104440 gstoluttott , rtpnlng.... ThepSonth
etc** abitylvo,R-. th ivmerpribliesn, aMwif (Mr goes.
mos, eshbothe Norsk...ft t,oroatt 'Mt. ttrill not'
:#l , llhsientire-Nestli,tfor them hove advert , been
it , iir Oki Witit , lhe SentlrAtirt thisAtiestion ;
, . tliAlltaiseY;whilOt'siess jrislikof the Norsk; un-
Ao, tfiii - AotS,oloolo Pr Am ifoilori, Vo.to,tjt,
446-lirOsit.otith•,l*.nat!i4 l s s o7lfroro<On Ole ' op.
4 Ig4lP.' - ,- :,,-4 - 3- - 1 -, ,1 0, .-- -
,4 1 2 koooitalifiA.the-$s oi iris,.
:ior
r iit or 'thOierthe hot& that Congress ought .to
' their , erbittemmandeterupoti the' pionle
'Ot Ifflettitoriee4rethiszparthrulasTishistber, fbe
ittisTspretais Wilibig'etriiiiwillitigge the 4:Wahine, of
Lord North and his adherents fa the BABA' Par.
Mementatrivards thirtfoloafee during his adininis ,
ttatien,,,ale,suid Ailey , *demi the.right to govern
AII , C;OSTItiCOL ( 3 P) 1 !, WVabotVers'-notwith'
4
~. ~.,,,,, ,tphot,Otropreassitation ms,their parti
w e d pr.thoirlooqk upoi this goeStiqn bee
; • ' , lfsig it, Ilie'doetritivaTthe MIMS in 1776
' NA levilirie(prinsiploibit *eau ,
o- I
' • iwoshiiii ohouttboie. yoke . lA ,
• . kit' Solsc•t , Ile 09. M4:4900144 of-the
aide • , , IltiLVl7 , Mionlion:the,reOponse mai
5 ,, , - by th e Colonies , !The cause of ; Bos4
If t - issiiii*Weidli''lciridiflroirebe'ertY
Sister soinSwbo . 2.ollr thonmeiVile- , ,Whige erravect
lief,ithblorimktetpripsiple., of , republieen -, go-,
, ' lii,*l4ildltillihforfist4o;lbetti , as Burke did
1- ' , si sood pl,wllkappell -from 1 these - eta to the
, , 4 - 610, , ,1- r A .1., pi • w:siVr - '9';'''' ' . ' ' ' -
' , ', 6 -riay nothing of-the eonstinitional Ails of-ttio
lipeettob
~ ;Whoa ,_1 baste - been asked if Congress
:ogee not' possess th• taiwir:to initkote reetriations
one pass the{Wilmot, ptcrviao, I have waived I
WO, loll : 4o ,4'lsfytx - dianmilt, • Oh ibill riat i ,1; '
isive,fitid my coAituents, esid4 tell y0u,%1 treat
it'atilßuttliam Waited it lit Abe ,British
- men taiiition of POW* to , tax the Oohs
nice witheut reirsisentation ',was raised there.
That queetton Ohetham would not discuss, but he
told fr.horrelieiho *ere so: unktstly exereising it that:
If he were en Amerioati be wouldroeist it. The
question' of power tenet thelvioetlen ; the gises:
den is; is it right thus to isgercise it? Is it con
sistent with representatlVOnpuhiloan govern
ment to do it? That is the question. Where do
ymr, nery,letter day Whigs from, the North, stand
on this question? • Phil- you take the aide of Lord
North and the British Tortes, and maintain that it
is the duty of this great Government; With item
merior,-,wisdons,Ao:Aegislate-for,the,- freed:nested I
this tfountry, es free• born ea yourselves, who quit',
''ednrs Stitt jurisclietiotte` and seek 'new homes in
tbe West - „ . ;
And sihere 'vert,'Salling:youriselves Borne,
orate 'frotn'the Nerits;atand
thin of popular rights?; , Doyen 'consider it Demo.
Oratio,to exercise the high,,prerogetive, of, stilling
The volde of the advisituroni(ploneei and reetrlot-
Aug hisitaffrige in hniette'fbenolsiting Mien' in
:terest,( happiness.: mirgovernment, mkt*, he is
much more capable of, deolding.tinna YOI,Us? 'As
Tor Myself 'end' thelriande of nio'Nebraelta bill;
-we think' Sur fellowlsitiserterVthe gfitte the:
frontlet, penetrate . the ortiderness.. ant down the
termite, tiil,thesoil, etcct echool-houses end otturoh- -
eSiaktend: itiVilizationi; and; lay, the foundation; of
faturai)StaficOand Templeavdototloter - by their
c.hange,ef place, in: hope of bettering. their condi-,
dou,aither their capacity for, eelf-governnierst
their just rlghtalo exerrilee it, etdifOrtaibly to the
of theßnited.States: : •
oftbe„Sontis, arewilling that theyalmuld
exercise it upon the gmbjeot of-the Condition
,of the
'African amongst thorn ' ; se- well atfupon other
questions of domestic 'polio. they-see' Pt to
let them bald the same relation to the, white rams
which hey de in the Southern Stites, from- the
conviction th at ithi better for both noes that they
should, let. them do IL - - ; if they see fit bantam)
them on the same footing they occupy in the North
's/is 'Belie, that le,Withent therlghta 'of a citizen,
'or ;the protection or 'sinister; calumets froia soot
ety, worse eondition then Cain, who, though
sent forth u a vagabond, yet'.had mark upon
Lint thitMo Man ihoirldAsert ldrd—f say; if they
' , Moose to putthie)infortunate race on thatibotlp 3,
lot. them do it.,. That is a matter that we bplleve
PeOple there can determine for theinselvea,bet-'
-ter,thsinoweeat for them We do net ask you , to
force :Southern .thetittitions -or:our form-, of civil
pOlitY, upon there ; tint ,to let the emigranta
Ifn eir err pert' on-d'Oarnel
On AqPefiensei.iPtfiligencill - ,ylrtuet and'. patriot
tout they, may parry.with „them. This, sir, is our
`position: •" It is; niThivii the pod.
thm lof .titerEkinth: p Ito is ?the position She was,
,thrown back Upon. 4 Ana, 1850.. It rests , upon
that - truly national 'and 'American principle, set
forth , in the lithendituent 'offered in the Senate ou
'the,l7th., , of. June, 'Molt I, have; stated and it,
wan ,uppn • the , adoption of , this, principle . that'
tAat most ilineltineand - klarminecontniiVersj was
:adjusted:. This was' the turning point;.upon it
everything depended, so .far as,that ,compromise
was oonoerned." ;
7 • Who= Govern,Us.-
‘... , ,We have - received several 'communications;
In regard- td: the - article on' te (lon.
rttption,” whibh we
,paplishOol - a • few •days
since, , , one of-Iwhich , takes the politioti , that
the Adraitted-profli,gaci of many of our legis
lators and officials prores that 'the American
people - are'not- honest and' patriotic: ' The
writer says : If the legislators "do not reflect
the sentiments of the , people, PraY' what do
they represent" ; but that- they - do' so Is
abundantly confirmed by their- annual re.-
election." :; • - • •
-Under the existing political:ispottop, it Is an
extrefliely, rare occurrence Meetly OM' to be
elected - , to •ItnlimPortant effico-nnleow be is
the ilominee et one of the' leading :Parties.,
The primarP Conventions: at theoe'perttes
,sleet the nominees, and, practically, the 'only
task-left to 'the people' . 16 4 - '-iatify
nominations - as Are most acceptable to' them
by going through the forms of &legal election. •
The men, tberefore s Avho regulate and ciontrol
the delegate eleetions of the different parties,
virtually govern' the nation: Who are they?
the , masses of either of the , great parties
attend these priinary assemblogetit ' They, do
not, except on rare and'unitonar Ocedtsionew
They are almost entirely under the'bontrbl of•
small bands' of *lte-pniling, 'aCrimpt, "and
knavish politicians , Who are constantly" in the
morktit,leody and wi l ier to'oell their"services
for the; highest price they can command.: As
&general rialeombject, vie are glad to - sap, to
not an Inconsiderable' nutaber of : exceptions,
these:are the• people 'Who' aotnallY goVern us,
by , foletingtheirtatorites into itSpottinipiiplie;
stations. ,• • • • • -
The constituency that , Wo hare ihnicribed is
the one :that "almirinv,pitlitlctans are most
;armlet:S:lo' pktige, knowing, as thei
'do,' tbat if they are Wieeeisfill at the' triba;
nal - of - the magnates'of precinct politics,' the
strikers,-loafers,lind wir&pnllers, the' 'gene
rous public! ' will " in all ' probability , be ca
joled' into their 'support. We therefore, an
swer , our , correspohdent by, still maintaining
that; in' our opinion, 'On 4rent . 'mthis' Of the
•
. oricsalrierinti -
-dietates; and theirneglect of the priorterYas.
nemblages in vivilleir' the 'nominations are
made, they become " there maehlriett or
puppets; in the, hands of the vicious,
corrupt,_ MiserupUlons and cunning men
who give law to political organizations.-
'lt is well 'known `that the primary elections
are generally bnt slimlyttftended, and'that the
grossest 'frauds taint their; transactions. It
'repeatedly happens' th at' forge; knedery,. and
bribery contiolitietti;Midlurto the_ scale is in-
Vor - of disheireat' and r,unirorthy 'against de
serving caridldatei for nomination. " When we,
Calgtly reftecfnport . thenature 'of the influences
which control 'and govern rig, Wi3 need
both° much' eatonishedet the Cbitraptor of the
Representatives they select. A large Majority
of: the honed, vignette, And intelligent per
tione of the community shun the-primary
assemblages of the rearientive . Parties.as they
would 'shun 'a plague vet. They very often
feel thatlithey Would diegrace themselves by
attending - them, and, atal} events, that there
is no security, a ft er depositing their ballots;
that they Will be'honestly counted. The real
i t orinfilis 'politiCal power, tieing thus-left
. ,
unpurlfied by the presence of those who might
- dignify and" elevate ‘:them,.are'46::reality; ;cor
rcptod .degraded; and ..the read train. of
evils which dews 'from -tlievirtual control` of
"the *teen stiett aeoriatituanny in, an inevi
table Consecinence,rfor; the poisoned - epilog
naturally sends fortlibitter-wa4ra.
Far thetie:' ogle there are two remedies,
-First,- a general :attendance 'upon delegate:
elect/ail, by,the great body
.of 'the citizens'of
the:l ; eloPectlie.partiee; or, - second, the aboil
tleit'of thooltele system. • 'We are beginning
to "Aelipair!'ef the - .proper:, aPplication , of the
first remedy. If the masses of the good mon
of thevarione parties Could be indoiced to at
tend.these eleetions,ind to throw such guards
atoned -their ballot-bozos as to insure fair
neis;the delegate system might be entitled to
some respect, and might secure the confidence
of- the people,by making - geed nominations.
But If this le not done-1f this system is to
deteriorate, becoming more and more unfair,
corrupt, fraudulent, and debased, our citizens
are wickedly foolish if they suffer themselves to
be blindly marched up to the polls, year after
leer,. to foist into power the chosen friVorites
Of the worst classes of the community. A no=
initiation made by a convention, elected by
thtleinall minority of men who usually. eon.;
trot delegate, elections, is, in itself, very often
'one of the itrongest possible proofs that mina
_l4O-given to the world that ttre.particulaineird.
nee placed before the people 4 utterly unfit
and untrustworthy for the station to which' he
unties; while, with singular fatuity and blind- ,
teas the public estimation, It is held: to
prove the very reverse. What Are the -quali
ties that command respect among -those-who
coutrel the, delogate'electionef Honeety't
It !literally inquired late; ,CapacitY, It da not
eared for. Blind, devotion to r party'dhatates
may be fielded upen but liberality ,iri the
expenditure of money,-ready compliance with
the,cerrapt exactions of acheritng tricksters,
FOAM cognomen of ro,eleyer fellow, are tri
umphant qualities even In favor of men whose
'Militia are - tainted with tbe ;Kidd disbenar,
.tied-whose, characters ar e. hellcat!) contempt.
We' must, therefore, either' 'purify and dig-.
'idly . these printery political assemblages or
-ignore them. altogether, and leave the people,'
in theirileverelgn papacity,`to select for them..
meivee at the regular elections raMficandidates .
as_ they,prefer,without the intervention of.
Miserable': packed `, conventionete 'strike dOwn
`the - deserving and,eleitate the nnivoith*;
Uiton
era may pto-.
*TAR CATASTROPHIC AT IGUAD6LATARA, MEX
-105.—1t is stated by la gentleman, direct from
".GinsAlalejara.lhat the late explosion of the Govern•
meat palace in that oity was far ner.> destraetive,to
lifo,than here 'reported. A portion Of the build
log, le. seems, wasused is a State,prlson,,in whieh
wereconlined not only.ooramon -malefactors but a
,camber of political offenders. Thts was blown ea.
30 pieces, as also the whole edifice, except
- the certtral.portion,, whioh now stands alone, abet.
tared and-.blackened.- Our informant -thinks not
istlC Abut-Ave-, hundred'-to ,six. hundred lives
were , lost. , Bat Strange to say, no list of 'dead or
missing. hes yet . made
".its way -into the public
o.'Picaseicgs,,February 15,
ilken iltein,h--A freight, ear wan opened at
ba' , Batard_ailast i whioh bad been
kept elosed'elnde it lett Philadelphia, near a , been
vigor; bto sooner wag' , the' door opened than out
jempsd: yoting man; whwteak like a
greybouid,-without stopping to answer an 3 , (pep
tions. Au examination showed that the traveller
had provided himself with enough of eatables to
keephlm on a amok longer trip than tit' one he
THEPitattftrenlitAADEPßlA'` =VitWAY: yEtstwitant 25, isst.
: „AfIDIVIOIIt 11.
telitek*Sli .Wittatington;
Veirst4ondenceef teaPrsea,Lk':,•„ , -,•
Yeb., 24,1859,
Tho deliateintbellenate,'Which lasted till peat
midnightiwas the moat, animates of -the Seaton
Thegalleries were eionded;, the Howie suspended
proceedings; and the members crowded in to wit
'
flees -the intellectual tourney. Soon as the news
spread over .tite eity,,-thatr-.thes - ball had been
oPened on'theisetion Ott lie% to , striker out
-the appropriationqerßteltint the . serums of the
Territory of kaneee,_;ea the ground , that to de
mani mob „a, cepettaltea a need dieetiminetion
-hgainst them,lthejtyrtientlin Waithington 'crowd
ld * the Passages :leading to the-Senate, seeking
itd As m u l a s t sr th in e y la a d in ies fe we t r h e e
p o r ir es er e cr t w in ded bri g u a i l a i ll e t ri a e r s .
ray: Night.shatleg :Ocoee& over: the soenet the
offieleht from the_departutents were on the. spOi
ia , itintibers.,,The r Capitol echoed to the footsteps
of xhe theuoande Ike wereettrietid to the scene.
'ant{ viVen, this iint
i llenate lidjoed the crowd- wee
'still . great; ' Among other distinguished visiters.
.1' noticed the`"foreign "mintetisre • and several
leading 'applioantifor 'diplomatin.pbeitient. I The
'bearing of Judge Douglas was admirable. go
-,Wan in capital trim, and -debated with irresistible
11n 1I us l u s al ts l h y le e f o o r p t po eo n u e n nt t! w ith es i
f G " e n e an Davis., d who 13 :
l as%
Little Giant., „
yesterday,li en
tpebarto
in t e h , n e
face reati o r f
eading
the over '
Senate, e
withd eb a n t i /
the t epresentalires 'of Southern and Northern
entrains - opinieris 'around him, Senator Douglai
reasserted the great'tinth,that to the people of the
Territories wan 'committed the entire question of
slavery, belongiegi as it certainly does, to the clam
Aomestio institutions. , So explicit, so direat,'-and
so unequivocal was he, in the enunciation of his
pprpase
and°c::tas°n Bques r onh e l
d nht which may ,betn,euteialned, r
gia to bia:asiia2a:yforeve:.
Those
' Who 'here” Chinked ' Stith' double.dialing on
this smiled Are , dnieb le.day`; and that glorious
band of' min; Who' up 'To this 'time have stood
teal,Oieder has
triumphantly vindicated , himself, and that they
can honorably fare their constituents, friend!, and '
1, foes, I poticed diming the splendid intellectual Con
flict between him and Jeierson Doris, ninny Repub.
Dean members of the Reuse sod many leading
publioitnefrent different Statos,watching the enure,
Of the debate. HdWever theinsight,havadiffered
from-hire; Itedne &rad have failed to award to
him the. tribute of sincere end nonsolentioue,
and logically tight in all the grounds he assumed.
Oar unfortunate Bigler, as usual, intruded himself
into the, debate, and, as ,usual, game out of it
utterly oontimptible. A.universal titter pervaded
the Senate when ha put himself _within reach of
the a Little Giant and when the letter first ex.
tingitished him and then pasead On to, Gingeiteral
question,Mi. 'Senator Gwin;' iiittited" with the
late man date from 'tile California Legieliture, in.
strnoting'Senator Broderick to resign, bemuse the
eillebtle of that patronage-riddenfitate bad been
enabled to. procure a verdict, intruded himself
,Into tke debate, declaring that if Jadge.Dongi as's
was
o4nstruotion of the Itanees-Nebraskanot
was true, he (Gwin),wenid, net leave voted for lit! '
Dr. G win is not a statesman. but be le an active,Un
thing partisan, Whit Will trireme the'depertments
front morning until night to i serve MA' of his eon
stitnents -u happen to be his particular friends.
While , the Doctor was uttering-these expressions,
I looked at Bolted 11. Toombs, and saw a pallier
smile .wreathing, his eettnteuanoe. Does not br.
Cialm knewthat, Mr. Toombs, and Mr.,Stephens,
and "Other BOutkein Senators, took precisely the
eamo ground in 18,50 '
sad 1854 that Douglas lifetimes
now en this griestleti? 'The boater never was a
friend of the 'President Until' the latter 'became
President; -and. -therefore arouse 'him for
not; knowlhg that the President, in 1856,
went' a bow.shet bbyond Judge !Douglas on
the- same will 'net answer /for Dr.
Deviate make an issue upon Douglas or Broderick}
Which le isolator there nor leis than an insuitto the
.fens of th'onmende of friendi, of ate Little Giant in
the State of California. Th e point most apparent
in all this extraordinary debate, which will lung
be'remembered' in' our country, was the perti
nacity of the Southern men, who insisted that
Oongrens should 'pass a lasi to 'preteei slavery is
the Territories. Been Mr. Pugh came forward
manfully to deny, loth. manse of his. State, the
monstrous assumption that the Democrats of the
North Will ever send .
the doctrine of Oen.
gressional intervention for the' protection of
slavery. Mr. Dario was , exoeedinglY ani
mated and anxious. During 'the 'eftertiden his
Colleague; Senator Brown, was extreme, though
respectful, frank, and fearless, while Mr. Green,
of Missouri, appeared as the grand mediator,- but
without much . success. Meanwhile, the Itepub;,
Deans sal, - by, quietly enjoying the scene, forget
ting; however, that ;they bad, all voted for the
,trittendenlitontioseery bill in the last Oonkrise o ,
by which they fully surrendered their platform of '
1858.- 'The 'truth is the ltepeiblieafls Are li*in•
uhitetii
pelladkla friends in the Senate, and a:member:in
the House,, to vote for, the admission' of Oregon---'
therelly,in great part,siensuring a large, majority
of hieown party.; and hence the ellenee (srittok,iin
the tablet of 'the' ekeitemeet, prevailed all
round) of thelieriblioan Senators generalty: It
Weill:des , !Ong to be iimembered, end May be
classed as among the proudest triumphs of Stephen
A: Douglas.'
Mrs. -James tiordon ennistt dined with •the
President yesterday, It is rumored on the Avenue
that the Marine Band was stationed in the long
saloon of the White" House, discoursing sweet
music whilst the graceful hospitalities or .the Pm-
eidentiat housei were being extended M this pate,
`elegant, and lovely woman. Bee receptions, as I
understand, are to be ovations; carriages are 'to
'approach her residence I' heads fronting, east,"
and alp ancient families of Mbryland and Virgi
nia are to enrol their names before being admitted
tri the presence of the led! of the editor of the New,
York hrerard. , Mr. Buchanan le conilstent. in his
attentions to this distinguished' woman. While
she 'sojourned in Paris, w ith her Adonis husband,
and' while the President' was' then 'plain Minister
of:the British Court, he always paid his respects
to •the Bennett :family when .viiittug the Preach
capital; and when,' subsequently, the husband
continued his slanders upon the private character
of Mr. Buohanan, the latter never failed , to speak
kindly and affeetionetely of the wife. There; is
quite 'a flutter` of iiiiitioiont in fashionable thetas
in regard to this last arrival. - Presage.?
Letter from Harrisburg.
Moffispondooff, of The, ?fem.] .
•
llipuseußa, Feb. 24, 1859
Mr: grading read In place an act to inoorko•
rate the Delaware Homestead Am:Mellon." Al
bert 'G. 'Waterman, Wm. W. Ifardieg,
,Daniel
lane, Bred. M. Adams, Henry G. Fisher, Daniel
Bottler, J. Leslie 'Anderson, 'mod Stephen N.
Winslow are named oorporatcrs.. This bill item-
Hai in,detail to others of the, name nature that
have been presented and noticed. Mt Quigiy,
"an aot in reference to the Scott Legion of Jim
illy of Philadelphia," whielieznpowers the Mk,
'tent 4:3leneral to deliver to the said company one
hundred muskets, with all the necessary aceoutre
mento.
Mr , Abbott, a supplement to tan act Inorpa
rating the West 'Philadelphia 'Mutual Saving
Fundatlitl _Trust Company. It provides that eo
much of the seventh section as is oontained in the
last proviso of said eat, except so far as relates to
the issue of any note Or }super in the similitude of
a bank note, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
The part of the proviso proposed to be repealed
reads thus : "Nor Invest las capital stock, assets
or other moneys, in'the purobase and discount of
any promissory note, bill of exohenge, or other
negotiable paper ; and that no loan upon stooks or
"other securities as aforesaid shall exoeed tan
thirds of the market value of said collateral."
•
"An act to Incorporate the Philadelphia and
New Orleane Soso malavigation,Cempane, passed
the bonen yetiterdaj:'Bredetrio Collins, Alfred D.
Jessup,: Balaton Perot, • Henry • Simone, James
Marks, James 0. - Hand,' Edwin H. Euler, Edward
Itnight,,Joha Truett.. Daniel Haddock Jr., and
Samuel Baiyth, are corporatism, having power to
build, abetter, contract for. employ and equip,
',steamships and all other vessels necessary for, the
,propulsion and navigation thereof, to he sailed
npen - the' Atientte or other - oceans and upon all
public navigable tide waters from may port. in the
•llnited States er elsewhere, for the purpose of
carrying merehandice and conveying passengers
and malls: — Canital etook net to exceed $4OOOOO.
divided into 4 000 sharer. .Their Office • to be in
the city of Philedelphie.
vise reply of the State - Tieasurer to the resole
tine' 'aidopted -in the' Senate on - the 11th, calling
upon him for information In referenee to the ton•
nage-tax, has been received, The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company ars indebted to the Common
wealth to' the mount of $87,815 22, being the tax
from July 20, 18.58, to December 1, 1858. The tax
on," looal tonnage" they expressed - a willingness
to pay; when that amount could be ascertained ;
the balance they refuse to pay for the ransom set
forth in the opinions of their counsel. The Har
risburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy, add Lancaster
'Railroad Ooiapany owe the rum of $23,304 42,
which they have! expressed an intention to pay.
The Northern °antral Railroad Company owe a
balance of $1,322 90.
A bill has been iotrodueed :for the relief, of
,Cookman A 'Brother. of Philadelphia. which an;
therizes the A.nditorGeneral to examine the elatri
of the parties above" mentioned; for damages sus.
tattled by them In 1856, by thefdestruotion of ears
and the loss of merobandise on the Columbia rail
road, and to make provision for; the setthiment of
- the same. - = • ' • '"
Tho discussion ripen the- bills, relating to evi•
donee, in the Senate. And the consideration of the
private calendar in the lloirse;have mainly Coon.
pied the attention of the Legislature Rime nay last.
The speech of adr,Drewer, inopposition Matte radi
.cal changes andinnevaticins proposed to Vawrought
by these'" legal reforms," wee pbottilarly boleti"
fal, , vlgorous, and classically chaste. Pleb sen
tence wee, graced with a, rhatorloal elegance, to
wbioh the 'touching tones of his voice imparted 'a
Mogi° force - The closing words—sublime in eon.
caption and expression—are worthy of a quotatien
"Then I think that this change does not Waldo
the 'elements of progresslVe•
not he tollowed%with bleating@ to the people. I am
,in favorer aPything that
,wtould make my native
Statemere happy and, proaperama I am in favor
of progress; I•am in flavor of reform. No hand
would be more 'ready ormors willing then inlet)
to pusb on the chariot wheels pf advancing
civilization and progressive republicanism.
would make the broad Sable of Pennsylvania
ion Wale p 454 truttful ; It rmulti wavy
. . ..
the',.lp4ieless: treasares ;that slumber in =the
bowele .ref - her mejestie . mountains ; I would
swell the; him of- - welVrewardid toil ; . I would
ma w tho whOle land - vocal with the mu& of the
re sijoell long; r,WOUld,MIlke her broad plains and
bet fall landioapes one mane of beauty, of peace,
o f isy, )and of loveliness: _I am in eaver of pro
gress, hut It is that progress' alonewhich springs
ford the bosom of eternal troth ; which is cheered
in ite Omani march by the voice of wisdom, and
is - guided in its high miseon by the lamp of ex
petite°, 'I am in favor of reforni,lnit it is that
refonn alone whioh will Strengthen the bonds of
&sloth Insure, the' contentment Wad Swill the
prosieritYnflhi p eople; vihidb will' alleviate the
.saffattngs and. narrows,- and multiply the joys and
the blessings of the human rade."
The praetleaTi3igureentative, tvli impretsive
efforeof ME Penney, from Allegheny, on the Salto
o we i kf ,tls. question,' teas oanondad in , an to 4be;
aacar great power afirinfluenne Bys this, -Ms
lirst Begth-7 Asseeh on' the ,fioor, of the Senate,
iiiirmntation so a clear and forcible reason or is'
fully established,'and en earliest of fulureluse
fulnar tor a Senator' le:afforded. ' '
Messrs. Bell,
eloffe', and Palmer have spoken at different times
(as ready alluded to) on this subject, evidencing
g lekal ifolluirementi.: ' -, , 1 ,
.7 vs We , bill was. defeated by a vote . of
twee to sevonteen,; Mr. Coffey's by a vote of
tan to;:twenty•one. Although the current of
°pi on in Pennsylvania seems to be '
adverse to
anv hone in our , system of Jurisprudence, the
1
Ben re advocating this -reform, 'supported
dr , gly by, men of
.jadloial eminen te, (letters
ha' g been reed from the fi ve judges of the Su
pr e Court in favor of the same), confidently
r lot Its ultimate encases, . Such is the isms
of e "evidence" efforts. ,
It. Shelton Machette° and lady aPpeatid in
111 mate (Member this _morning, - and zeoetved
t . reetings of numerous friends and admiters.
Ti , Dbotor lies consented to deliver- a lecture
tifs evening for the benefit of the Hope Wile Com
ply of this pity. The demand for tickets gives
pollee of a large andienoe. . .
The death of your amiable; talented, and pewi
ts. Representative, Mr. Wood, is the coupe of
goat grief to the many forming the dole of his
omrades and friends. Youth, ambitious aotivity.
ad ' noble imolai qualities, rendered him, in a
iaelatuutimer, the ohjeot of hopeful admiration.
"he two houses meet this afternoon for the pur
pse of paying respect to i worth and memory.
his
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;1 ONE WEEK LATER PROM EUROPE.
e Steamship „Canada at Halifax
4 . ange . •ln the Aepeot of Continental ARaira
rAoirxo'numoitt PREDOMINATINGI
E LATEST /DYKES MORE WARLIKE
fie Emperor of Prance Utteis Peaceful Senti
'meats, yet Continues Warlike Preparations.
PREPARING FOR DEFENCE
lnottationd in the Money Make
ADVANCE IN COTTON.
doNsoLs osgoom
HALiTIx, Yeb. U.S.—The *loyal mail atesnisisip pa
nada, which left 'Liverpool on Sattirday, the 12% lost,
arrived at We ion this evening. "
.lfer advice§ are one week later than previously for
aisbed.- -
The eteamehip Gni of Waahlugton arrived at Liven.
pool on the 11th fnet '
The - Cauada peeked • the eteamehlP Europa off Fast•
nese.
, The 11,7 d. steamer Megan arrived 'out on the men
4,4 the 7th twit.
- ,
f. T. ,
he ateatoar Jura arrived out at noon on the 7th teat.
,Theespeet of „continental affairs bad Wen oloadend
etnnewhat Since, the prevlone advices—pacifie rumor',
'imviorprethninated —althonah the 'same uncert.tnty
eanttnued, having • fluetua.lng tendeney on folios
The Liverpool Cotton market hid been aided materl
ally.hy, the peaceful Turners, and an advance' to the
prices is innorted. The latent adyleea were, howerr,
more Warlike.
' liotwithetandlne the peaceful eentinnints uttered by
the 'Emperor of FreFe and Count de Moray , the war
like, Preparations we enntlnded on a large gale.
The Davis lotus e ad ditatusted. elrielug hetVy at 68
for *breve. ,•„
The pro-medicos of the Ecolloh Parlhireent were un
important
In the Lrindon Steak Exchange fends bad slightly
Suntuat.#4 during the week, and circled Sat.
The Sardinian Chamber of Deputies had voted a new
iiimant Arty trillions of frame; Count Cavonr explained
that tb la loan wee designed for thenurposie of perpariog
a defence amend% the threatening attitude of ituattia.
- Military movements were Mill continued in Austria.
The Calcutta mall of ..nottary oth. and the Root
Itesik . malt of December 30th, bad been recrived, but
contained no news of iinner.enee.
FRANCE,
erceon OF TgR OMPFUOR.
The session or the ?tenth Irgialature wee opened on
the oth trig . with an Important epeech front the Fm
tarot.' The Emperor, rerarri no to the exhales egita
thie,statad that it was exalted without any apparSot
and 'lmminent Ringer and after ewe:4ex regresut
,theiMeouletuk:; and pointini' to his peaceful policy as
a proof of his moderation, he proceeded to speak ; as
followe:
• s To.day it limy duty to explainagain (what you ap
pear Lobate forgotten) what bare ever been-Sly teenage
fo regai:re Unrope—to rooters Prance to her true rank
tareeng natiotie—to (foment °lonely our alliance with
Ergiand, and to regulate with the Continentel Postern
the extent of our relations according to. and in con
formity With, Mit. and .the, reletinne towards,
P, ein that 'imiritathat be the eve Of usj th rd
tutrune tare Iterr. at pile) • .
:amended the' throne, he wont,' inaugurate a artere
blob. could only, he distu rbed far
far4d iv in i g th or r e e a spe t p c e t tio to n t a h l
e in !onsets.-
t w ut ith th E e ng7and,elobhead f
slimy perieverance to consolidate it; and have
found a happy reeirroestion , ef sentiment on the part of
the Queen and of statenner • of every abide of opinion -
1150,.t0 attain that 'end, - solvaluable to' the ;decent'
the world, have I thrown meld° all opportunities of re.
Owing en irritating remembrance of the paet_the
velum :loos at bloke, dietated by prejudice Lod even by
the esthete -antlpathien of my own country. Thin
alliance boo borne Ito finite Not only have.. Acquired
t t ,,,,,,,te er a tailing glory in the Nast, but at the extre
.ality of the world we have just opened an Immense ens
pl.e to the progress of eivil'attlort and the Christian
l i ' : athe re latio nswFtb have
a" n t ltbe
sietcordl:!lt Ther wllbPrtge hae
erlsodobe an imated by
.iacdilThe
tabloids of Vienna and France, on the contrary, Y ;meek
't with regret, have disc3reed upon, important mm.
lone, and it required the moot oonailletwy spirit to
*mooed In strangler them. -For Instance, the reeon
traction of the Srinelpel Ries was not completed with
mt many difamtlUee. Were I asked what. fotereet
"ranee has in throe d:stant countries, I should reply
hat the interett of Pierce it everywhere, where there
'tore la just calve. and where civilisation ought to be
lade to prevail, to this state of *hinge, It In nothing
etraordblery that Franco should draw closer to Pled
lent, which has proved herself so devoted during war,
ad Po fatthfol to our pulley during peace, '
The marriage of ley well-beloved amain had no
ldden meaning, but ins the natural consequence of
to community of iotereste of she two countries, and
le (cloud, Ipti of their sovereigne.
, r Yoe come time the state of Italy and her abnormal
Mann, where order daenot he obtained oximiat by
,reign troops. wives jest cause for anxiety to_diplo.
icy This, however. Is not a aufgoießT native to give
re to the belief in war. Some may invoke it with all
'tear heart, without legitimate racoon. Others may,
e their exaggerated feare, endeavorto show to France
Ike danger!. or a new coalition a
4 .1 Abell remain dm and invulnerable in the oath of
ight and jetties and national honor And my Oovern•
sent will not allow Itself to be either led away or in.
imPlated, becam, my policy will never be either pro
. native or puslllanituous. Far be from us, then, three
zing ausp , stons, these interested apprehensions.
pace, I hope, wilt not be disturbed.
Resume the calm roust canyon of your labors.
bale frankly explained the state of our (.'reign
rttiond' and this egplanatlon corr. anomie with +MI
he node known dotting the Tart two months. lioth
Moine and abroad you wilt hod my polio. bar never
oted to be firm, but eonoillatory. ! Therefore, I con.
flatly rely on your support,..ae well ae upon tbat of
U nation that has entrusted Ile (ate to me. It to
* known that never shall personal Interest or, a
pry ambition guide my action, When, supported
bppular sentiment, wo mend a throne and aegnire
soave a reeronaibllity, we rise far above that mfa
nw region, where vulgar interests are debated, and
thret motives of Our notions, an the last, judges God,
oc O lenoe, and pcoterity. ,l
effeot of theaposoh,war unfavorable, notwith
*Wog Ito patina nature.
GREAT BRITAIN.
. Billed, the United States Minister, had given a
dim to Lord lyous.
dieoOUnt market was steady, and the supply
sblant.
Was reported - that the Peruvian Government le
ab to meek In Londau a new loan of £lO.OOO ~te,thi g. ,
riiinable within Live years, end that the whole guano
tette was being Mortgaged for its repayment.
5 hundred tnousatd pounds sterling bed arrived
r:citistralta.
HOME.
tis reported that Arobbiahop Caen will be made
COO, to reelda at Pomo.
THE LATEST.
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, Inn, SITIIIIDAY.—Tna London News' pity artlolo
mist paillem assnianama In every gamtteM are nen
.,,,.
tin , by the warlike preparations on the Coutinent.
Times Maya the accounts from Turin are Mill
re with anxiety,
stvs says an extensive system of fortifications
has aired the eanotion or the Government. The
•pla notes in the orootion of fortifications along the
admn.
4 . FRANCE.
Tbsedon Times' correspondent says the allusions
to pi in Count de liorny , e speech to the Legislativo
Correa reiNoved with reiterated cheers -
Thmber of ships•of-war In commission at French
ports 200 .
T test correspondence looks warlike. . .
T was a great diversity of opinion, and It was be
lies** hostilities will commenee before the end of
the j _
h*ttrig batteries are to be centtruoted In French
patibe navigable like ships
BABIANIA.
A. strong discussion, a new Ivan of fifty millions
was by the Chamber of Deputies, by a vote of
110 ei 85.
Oclvarottes speech,
ration, it,. says, '• Our
polls, been at all time el, and never of a
reyobary character ''
ICOniltieferal Intelligence.
• wool, COTTON MARKET, Feb. 11 - All
clean( Cotton, have alight!. advanced, owing to the
iwp'ent In politics. and the fever...hie airless re.
Mesita India and China. Tho market hoe been
Wilms advance' bf ;id on t he week
This of the sitea imcwat to 67,000 bales. an- 1
obrilioo bales to spiNtors and 3 5(0 for export, i
This of to-de y.< ly) are °etiolated at 30 000
hatel/ulatore tied exp were tsking about 2 0 0.
The * eases arm, at 'th%,. following authorized
;mond • ! .r.: • . . .
' ..; Velr. Middling.
1•0011116 7'llld a 15.16
7 3ld 6 ill 16
'Up ' 6 16.46 ... 6.1‘
They, in pet t amountr to 357,t 00 tikes, inelnd log
835 Obs'of American. , _
(Boulitlits report an advance of 1.10dc03.10d on
Cotton .. . . .
BT4F TRADE —The. M anchesteradvises have
anituriebre favorable aspect. prices haring en ed.
'mole env. There was _still au active demand
for In de.
71/4, TTON MARKET — For the week ending
Fab 438mOotton market is.firin; the salmi of the
week a to 8.030 bales. New Orleans eras ord , emire
being tat 96f. . • .
LATitoaDon, Satorday noon—Console are
quotedire9sl( , and are cloning depressed,
MELO 0061illinel A ~.—Lcreftroor.,--lietur.
dayelot: salon of Cotton Ws coornirar are exit.
mated -hales, inelading 6 000 bales for specu
lation or export. &fiddling (=menu in quoted
at 7d,
AM • A r 00E1—ateliers. Baring Jr. Brothers I
report kat gigot. United States Fives rf 1874 !
offered Pennsylvania Contra! Sloe, lit mortg'a,
fildrilL rissole Central 01.Tos, 2cll worts's, 93g.
/
Illitiol I R I : 9 1:o: , ?riper cent discennt.
Bell 011104: reports an 'average bnsinees,
witirm de change.
Pate a's similar sap the imminence of the
Cardin roubles had stimulated investments 1
in gi rt ted Mates stooks, and in the beet class
i
CON,9rRE
tiIIRTY-FIFT
Second
W&SIIIKOTOW, Feb 1,41,
EIEN ATE
Theniereing hOhr weWocouple I by btainistof tritisl
importance. --- -.•— ,'
, Mr. Hunter's motion to meet at 11 o'clock A.•ltd.,
was agreed to,
The Chair laid before the Fenate a report from the
Secretary of the Interior, of the wester roads construct
ed under the authority of the United States.
Mr. Da our, of Indians, aortorloced that, bad he been
inetvnt het night, he would hove voted spinet kir.
Hale's amendment,
Mr FIROI. sit 'Fatima, from the Committee on Point
ing, liar - 046'6de, joint' resaintiOn iuthoidalbetlitiEtit-
parintendent of Public Printincto pnrobase parer in
open market till 'nevi centhiete can be made, as, oaring
to the failure of the contractor to furnish a supply, the
pytdic rinter threatens to goo Peered: :
~, ; — r
P OP motion of Mr. , ,Ttrtins, of Florida,- the ikniProutee
bill was taken a ttveag 3 1 , nays 19
' l % o ir s, b in v f Vlortin, neutron
t ' l 3 :a l t i fi wnargeuintir,nneOf Mr.
Poet Oflice Committee to amend the bill by increasing
thF ratan of postage, and other reformeto,,augment the
mentors of tkedrplitiment 50,500 000 ' I
~ Mr, 1(17j•NE) offered- hie ,amendment abollehtng, the
f r anking pcliilege, end providing - for the furnishing of',
- members. of ClOirriel.l3 with 'oll6Lflj)a in lien thereof. to
the amount of illf.o . They Ight of ,franking d(lollo3sKiti I
tiresmed to the Tostmaster General,his that ansisfant,
add chief clerk: the Auditor end hit chief clerk of the
Posteffice Depertment, and certain ex-Presidents of the
Unitedlitatee, and other *pseud cases provided for by ,
0 - &fitment, _ , • , , , - ,
The amendment Mermen the rates of posta ge from
three to hen cents for under three Montana miles. over
that distant ten cents is to be charged. For d mble
and treble Ist , ere• the moonlit to be - proportion
ately looreased. The Wee for drop and•advertised let
tere are the same. • _ , -
• For newspapers the amount for the trona% of papers
in the United States Is one cont. , Papers are entitled
to free delivery in the dourly where they are published ,
to actual subscribers., , •!:' . ••
Orr Dixon offered his amendment, 'the dr sts'otlon
of which abollahee the franking privilege entirely.]
,The second section proposes that meted eevelopei
wed wrappers for Government doemmentfrand corree•
gendarme to be furnished by the Weshington citypost
office, and the said postage to bo char gad to the par-
Cooler departnient forwarding the some. ,
The third Faction providee that all matter received at
the departmente, end by members of °elegem, Unpaid,
shell be charged to the asfi department receiving the
name, or the appropriate branch of Congress.
The fourth section provided that all mall matter
shall be weighed In bulk, and, charged at the rate of 1
dye vents per ounce for lettere, and twelve coots per
, pbund for printed matter •None of the above provielonr
shall apply, to the. transportation or charge for matter
for the Governmer t, except Ruch as shall be received
or Sent from the post Mee in Washington, D. 0.
Mr Vuten then proceeded et length to explain the
ptovlainns of the bill end amerentents se reported. He
did not preemie, nor did the dap ituont, to make it •
gel f-suataining one t but pointed out where the expend'.
Lures might be greatly redneed. He thOdglit that donee
portion of the Peelle 'smite ought tb be paid for
nut of the Treasury. The ,committee propose to ranbeg
Cu this bill a eompromise, between, the ante of 1845 and
1851, regarding the framare in the rates of postage.
'Since the passege of the set of 1851, tbefirhad not been
en ibereme in the revehues of the department eomrden
curate with the increasing population of the country.
Moire 'Argot:, fdatibx, Dame, Ividgml, and others
adiresesd the Senate, .
, ,
Mr fretting, of Georgie, in the course of hie re
marks, read s metope document 'bowing how many of
hie speeches each Senator bad had folded and mailed
from the Senate folding-room at the • public ezpense.
They were folded, nailed, sod freaked, but not ',minted
at the publionharge: (The reporter Could not obtain
*cams to the document; beam) there maybe a few-in
accuracies lathe flgtires t btit it is In the 'main correct
Of the Senstore mending speeches oat. Mt. Allen tent
the feweat, and Mr. Douglas the most ,
Mr. Allen $ OO. Mr. Dates note , Arr. B yard 1,60 e;
Mr. Dell 7.006. Mr. Berjainin 11 COO 'Mr Bigler 64,000,
Mr litleht 15 COO, Mr Broderick 18,000, Mr. Brown
18,000 Mr Oatneron 11 010 ' Mr Obtindler 24.00), Mr.
Chesnut r one, Mr Mark 6500, Mr Oley 11 600, Mr.
Mingosan 21 600, Mr eollamer 8 0(0 Mr. Crittenden
10,000. Mr. parrs 2 Oro Mr Dixon 0 000, Mr, Doolittle
4,000, Mr 10 . ..1g . ,. 845 0)0. Mr Durkee 0 500. Mr. lets.
...den 14 6ro Mr. Fo'ch 11.000. Mr Fitzpatrick 1 500,
Mr. Foot 2,0:0. Mr Peeler 7 000. Mr oreeril2 030, Mr.
Owla 19 003. Mr Hale 14,000. Mr Hamlin 10 001, Mr.
Houston 6,000, Mr. Hunter 2,000 Mr 'lverson 3,000,
Mr. Johneon of Arkaness 8 030, Mr. a:obi:mon of Ten.
nessee 10 000,
Jr.r. Jones 4,000. Mr Kennedy 6 OM, Mr.
King 19 030 H Mallory : 6 Of!) Ile. Meson 2.0'0, Mr.
Pearce 8,003, Mr. Polk 10,000, Mr. Pugh 4,000 Mr,
Re dl,ooo Mr. Rice 4 010, Mr. Sebastian 2,000, Mr..
Seward 81 00D. Mr. Sh «Ida none. Mr. Simmons 2,600,
Mr Slidell 8 000, Mr. Stuart 49 000, Mr Bomisee4,oo3,,
Mr Thompson of Hentucky none, Mr. Thomson of
Stew Jersey 1,000, Mr. - Toombe 2 oeo, - Mr TrUmbull
40.000, Mr Wale 2 003 Mr. Ward none, Mr. Wright
7,000, and Mr. Toler, 2,000.
Me-ore . 11, , e05, Towage, OSatesow, llama, Ruin,
FRStICIIDIN Flik2o.ind °there, epalte in favor of Abe
. 'Arial abolition of the franking privilege.
Messrs. DAYI2I, 1TE216011, and:ahem:favored it fn a
modified shape.
Mr Ilposrow favored retaining the franking privi
lege, but yelling the rate of postage. . „
-Dar. VALE moved - that , from tee first of * Tultriegt,
franking, as a personatprivilere. be abolished, a d' per-,
sone now entitled to frank shell receive their mall mat
ter free of cost. Lost—ayes 10, nays 27.
Mr. Dive moved that frank'ng, except to apecially
privileged persona, be abolialted, and the laws which.
require prerayment be repealed. Lost—ayes 18. nays 28,
Mr Tarainutt, muted to strike out the clause which
retaine 'he franking privilege In age Presidents. Lost.
Mr. Ifstie moved to stlike nit the : freaking` privilege
from tho Post Office Drputment. Carriild—ayet
nave 18
Mr Coif, r men moved to insert a eine% tb repeal,ao
much of the acts of March, 1847, and March, 1851. as
make appropriation!, le' defray the expenses of the
'ranking role legs. Agreed to.
Mr. P *sparkles motion to strike out the clause
•which itritriets the Postmaster Geneva to emntraoling
for the wtrrevanceld the mails end paitsengiri was lost
—ayes nays 26 t
Air Pearce a motion, thlkt no new routee be ea fait
lisbeht inlets they Kill - pay etpensila wet Lest—eyes 3,
nap 83
Mr trill's motion to etylke out_ the clause that
limits the pay of postmasters to the bg rents was 14st
—Jean PS. oats 21 ,
Mr Wilson's motion, that the letter potteire be three
cents under ant five until over. fivelitindrA miles,was
lost—yeast 18. nays 24, -
Mr. Ripen motion, that the letteminet.age for all
distention wiihin the United States be the uniform rate
of three cents was 10at, 7 -yesa 18. nevi 81. .
The cniumittwate arrieudenenti were then tarried
without taking the vote. . -
The bill' as reported the - Senate ; but on the rise
:and nate being tailed on its pump," there was found
o tiorum present,— . I
—a-a-a. a
Filteda•Scuater,:lvegerr,anhoson,oll aorkaneas, &diner
or Tennessee,' Maim: Itaid,tebsititin; de, Slide I,
Tomb.' Ward, and
• , ITive—Alreare. Obendier. Clark, Doolittlealionglele,
Pont. Foster, Cyan, Bele. Hatlon.Klag, Lane, Seward,
Sinith,Trumbnil, and Wilson-1C
Ater considerable delay in coming to as agreement
to adjourn. ; -
Mt Ithoww, of Idikarippi: mo:olo call of the ireOelle,
and that the Sergeant.atarms be sent to summon ab
genteel'. • - -
An arrangement was. however, made that the vote be
taken to-morrow without debate
The Senate then adjenreed at eleven otototh.
HOWSE OP REPTIESSNTA.TIVISE4
The Post Ofiloaapp.oer Mier, bill was, taken no,
,The queetion wan listen on unaltering in the amend
merit reported from th. Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Tinton, providing that the contract with
the Satterfield Compen'Y for caning the overland' Pa
cific mall chatl be so cooshried as to allow theta to
:wry it by am ante they might select, according to
the act of Cong.ea under which the said contr.; pot
tier. to be' made. The motion to concur was nen.
t ved—yeae 99, nayitllo •' ' ;
The proviso, tbat the ideertieements for mall-mate
proposals shall be published In two newspepers only, in
each State-end Territory. baring - the largest circula
tion, wee rejected—ye. 91, nave 104.
The amendment apnronriattog SEO,OIO for printing
blanks, to he given to the. lower's , . rethought° Maier
was adooted—ye. 114, nays not counted. [The win.
plug paper is to be tarnished under the same legate,
Von.)
Among other amendments adopted, was one pro-nit.
Ing that the roma heretofore appropriated for the ereo•
Con of post Once bulldiegs which shall remain in the
Treasury unexpended at the clove of the preten fiscal
year, are to be re.appropriated for these objects.
Ihe bill wet then rejected—yeas 86, nays 119. •
Mr. Boaceme. of Virginia. from-the select committee
to examine into the alleged naval rontraetd and franca,
presented n report from the majority, sod Mai'Slure•
nth, of Ohie, presented a minority report from the
fame committee.
fluent Pr TON if AJORVTY or TUN CIONMVIIND •rromv AD
TO INQuiltle INTO ALLDOND ADDSra IN PONHNOTION
WITH THe NATI' DRYARTSINNT AND NAVY YARDD.
Mourn, Bttock, Groesbeek, and Ready Join in a re.
rrt-
First, on the management of the Brooklyn navy
yard :
They take the position that appointments have Inns'
been math on political greende ; that on the:coon:Mg
ails present Admiolatration the patronage the rear
Veld Dooceutrated to tern or three districts • All these
d.etricte at the time were represented by DeinfirrAla.
The delegation 4men the bits of Ne! jork and that
lak'ghltothood petitioned' the Provetary of the Navy to
divide the patronage among them equally. Thereumin
there was a great deal of conflation and controrersy
among the different members of the delegation. and
between the delegation itself end the Secretary or the '
Navy ;•that great abuses bed prayionaly mated at the
yerd, such so idleness intnbordication, haying of cog
tributions by th e master.workmen on the men. and Ale
appointment and retention of ineompelent wormed','
The committee admit 'all these ablities, bat Ply they
have not sprurg from anything done,nr any steps taken,
by the present Secretary of the Navy. malene thin policy
et attempting to disiribute:the patronage equally lie
the cease of a part of the abuses No complaints have
been made to biro en the subject, and no request to re•
deess them in most of the ewe; etc ro tar as there
*blares have been made known to hire, he hats promptly
Yak In means to correct them.
In addition to this, he instituted meaneree for a re.
f
no, in thin part ruler navy yard, About a year and a
half ego he maned an order that before a man eras sp
' pointed to the place of muter workman, he should be
- subjected to ao ortmlnation as to hie quelineatione and
character; that under hie direction ntreounne effo , te
were made to prevent a practice which obtained in the
yard, of men atewerieg to their nemon at roll nail, and
afterwards absenting themselyee ; that, in addition to
thin, the 14th dry orDecembee last, he leaned en oe
der giving power to the commander of the yard to dis
charge worthless nod inoompatent men—mawea of re
firm, all of which were ire/ important.
The committee repeat he had endeavored to redress
particular cues of abase which - came to hie kaowiedp e
The eommittee however, believe that the yard can ne
ver be marnged in a proper If M112130C and lea prat able
way to the Governrocut, milli come regulation shall be
adopted preventing appointments in the yard from
being made on political ernunde
The committee instituted reinter examination into
the manner in wh'ch the navy agent and navel store
keeper diecharged their eeepsetive duties No charge
of malfeasance egkinet there was proven.; bat it woe
pmeken that they had not devoted an much time and
*Mention to their offices as the intrertent duties there
of required.,
The atteend ii
potot . emanate - thin in the anthracite
coal agency. It was proven that Dr, Bunter, tee tweet,
bee •given nn sett of attention to th'e ddtieni of the
001. , e, but ham entirely neglected it. lie hies a part-
nor in the motile and duties of the office, 'fleeted at
Philadelphia 'But the partner has beetowet very little
more time neon it the, has the agent himself. Ile nal
left the management of the coal bustnese to tee hend4
of ii, hero firm of coal dealers In Philadelphia rimier
the title of Tyler, Wine, h. Co It appoint that
whenever he gets a requisition for coal - he halide ft
*yin. to them reed thee they superintend the who's
brieinces of procuring the coal, shipping it' &a,", The
committee condemn the men of ,Dr. Bunter and
bie p , rteer, Mr limith. but any that he hoe &Neve
been a gentleman of atandiew and eemraeter ; the,
he lived in the nerehterhood of the emit region,
and hod been etigaged lee the iron huelneee, which tend ,
nil to make blot aequaleted with the d Parent Miele of
stuff th .t he was recommended to this tifilee by 'midi' g
members of the Penuaylvani a Leghslaterli and 'other
influential Milt eue of .heeding and Pheirlelphiet ; beat
siene he bas been in office there hoe been nothing to call
the attention of the department I, his neglect of duty/
' No complaint hes bean male by seybedy to the Seem.:
tary of the Navy on the auki gib The coat I. of thq
very bent quality, and hue been furnish, d regularly foe s
the use of the Government by the firm if Time. Stone ; G
& Go , sari it appears, at 40 e-eta per ton lees than the
Government h d obtained it far up to the firing 011845;
I n 1857 the GOT0(13111139t bought coal at gt 25 per ton;
end under title neeragect purehased all the time at
$3 85 It to Vim that a large number of gentlemen had
acorn they could have furnished cool at a lower price,
but the committee are of the opinion that they could
not have furnished an ortiole Ridable (Mettle Govern 4
meat tete t
' As to the aslrelinn MB-. Hunter, and his roootninen.
dation to the Mlles by tome t up appliolate for the
agency tbainftelyfts; the crinunittea Bay tbat the Secre
tary of the Dirty bra perm been informed of the ar
rangement. Silo, previont (nisi ftgent. Mr. Tyson. re.;
Milo' at heading, and "bad,:e palm* rending et Ptillai
drip t la. es the prosont agent. afro rerlding at lit ed mg,
hot one et the sem- city Some I Lill [nation was m. de to
i. the Pre•litent on this onbieet; but It was I. d.ftnits;
and if the Proddent Mul:rittned anything atm nt it, it
was merely no toe division of dull ft, as heretofore '
In the firm of 'fylor, thine - ,10 Co., is Mr. Befall, a
nephew of Ur. Tommy i ; bat, in making the arrange;
moat with that fitrni be flouter swore that be did to
witnont the feast lutimatioe, or any rt.:stet, direct Or '
int it et, front the Seerttiry of ten Nary, that he- dn..
sired him to do BO; end, en far as he knows or believes,
the Peorstary had nolther knowledge nor with upon the I
rebiett.
--
Y the rite ' ci - fi ' elo - inpare4en of the coal agent was fixed
dulling ii:Administration, at the present
POO, Mid the wand liege amount of couneueition
West rn coneegronme of the extraordioery demo far
WWI In conneellOn with the Paraguay expedition
r,The third brapch of - the examinetion relates the
live oak obistracte.-,eltwit dealerabsd line oak on head—, l
Plerift the omit; .'A, the time enlarged' were tamed ttie
Government bad' token steps for the constrnattdm or
,seven eloom-ofwar, and the expedition to Paraguay'
bad been authorised , Much !Pastime was allowee for
the delivery of the thither then heretofore. beater it
WMwanted for nee vary 0000. Some of it whichwex
immediately waded, wee Jet ught up, end need by, the
Government . , before the time for awarding the end.
trlela. The Seeretary,of the Navy, .id big specifies- I
none, ineerteran imnanal elanie, by wltch he reserved
in himself - Clew - right not to - award)the ematseetwisthe
bide of any pert:, mains the price was a her
reasr•neble one; coo that. If he wlebititto get the timber
of these twit men for nl, of the Goveramen , , he'
_weuld aiOw to them_ and to the world that bedid not
intend Inflict there for it mothleg Mote the% afar
price. When the bids came in under these prhtileals
mete two men who, bed the timnr (Swift and James
Bigler) wet* not the JoWeet bidders. Others bid -
low liainic andrthe - enntreets were awarded to theta
Immediately alter' 'the eindnete were awarded, the
contraoters came foeWachkreton, and told the flee:
rotary cf the Navy that it,aras impoestble for ‘ them
colnply , with 'tire 'aunties:tn. } ' 'they lune when
they made the bide, that they could not get !the
ti m b er . I n ;u m ,: ,gkteregied 'upon getting the tine
extended for the delivery. Palling to eediely
with their , contracts. the . latter were declared
void. Under the la , * the &grainy thad the right
to contract with Bent, er any other, person, even
if be had to give higher tete ithin these Men Pro- -
pined to funlah the limber for, and ohafge the differ
ence to the defaulting °outriders. But Swift came
forward and farniebed the timber at each ant all of
the yards at the I , west price _bid by any other party.
The committee believe that the pries wee feireend that
there werrnething m ,the teammate:a that In any War
knave:bed the Integrity of the eteere of the Navy.
Inoartment
• -
In 1851. while Mr. Buchanan wee in Englami, Wargo
Plitt, whose wife has some family emanitien , With.
Swift, entered into a contract or arrangement with
Swift, that be' (Plitt) eituid eadoevise to get tiOntracts
for him to supply timb-r on the condition of re*trleg
10 tor o.ut, of the glees :eremite of all the contracts.
Plitt Introduced Swift to the Secretary of the Navj
and Mine iefinential - persone. and mat hlm on good cc
lotions with all his friends. Sou after the Ciecinnati
Convention, Plitt introduced Swift to Mr. Buchman,
but merely Bald that he was an old-lice Wh
that -be +bed inch 'him (the Prewdent)'a cordial Mu
rat. Swift It expects oontyibetAd freely to the Pre.
eldential eleatlone iii introduidgalelft toane. Tenney,
Plitt made a almilar remark.. This was all that wee
ever told to the Seeretary or to the President. unlit
wane tome after the soutracts for live SePteme
her lost—were ewarded to Swift
Sometime in O.:Leber or, NOveriabe While P li tt was
at the White Howe, he showed die Preeldent the
agreement with Swift, saving that Swift bad refuted to I
marry it out, and asked him it there could be any ob
j •et on in prosecuting Swift for a non-fulfilment of the I
agreement of 1851, and the Prealdeot replied he could
tee Mt objection to it, And that Plitt aotild do al he
pleased
It appeantitlail Swift entree Shit hte contract with
Plitt only'ettended to the end of the lain Attach:lra
tiLL
The next L•l4 hilt bretcb of inquiry was in relation
to the awarding of contract: for the *men eloomett.
wan ordered a: the last section of Congrese. There
were seven contracts in all, end in awarding five of
them, it eplielie that Ani petit tearer ley other improper
influence wee resorted to by the different bleders that
the proposals ware advert:aed according to theism; that
the loathes eetablishmeote in New York. Philadelphia,
nestou, Baltimore, and Hartford, presented bide for
each end all of the aver:ail; and that the *entreat
1 were in every 'Metal:ea awarded to establlehmente of
high reputation, for .nrid• übted mechanical, efiieten•
These 'bide were referred to • board of elle,
veers, consisting of the Boginepr-tn.Obief, ant
three chief eneineetenlhd the contracts were Bleep cat
• according to the report of the board—in somii, mine
onsolineue., and du ciboria-4qt 'the recommendation of
the mejoritv"Mf, Merlin was a 'member elf this
beard. and ii the Inventor of a trifler which wee ieee...
eluded in the plane-of all the bidders except tea
whose place woes deeideden by the hosed of which', he
nee a member •, and the.plain which - ,did not incite%
•ble holler wet.* rejected shy Prey? Meterber of the_
board. All of the plane. for, reel competition, lin.
elated Martinis boiler§ The committee find, under
the state of the OAFS. that no ;referenda Conti time been
given to err plan by Martin on that :core: bat seemed
that it would have been better if , he bet not been put
that board.
, a
Ore of the contriett Was award ' ed to Merritt_ Beta.
Their bid wee next to the loweetof;._ -Oise was
oniy four thousand dollars lower,
It
some bide !stoat
forte thousand dollars higher .. It Outher,appeare that
the plan of the bid which Was hitter wee condemned by
every mend* of the board , and - the plan or Mee rink
& Cone wee apprcired by every, member of it: Merrick
& Sone are sot pelitielans. ant, never nodertaXe to
influence their workmen, 'Two of the three Incline
to the Oppositien. In connection with tide, a
letter froni Colonel Pattereoo to the Predawn (re
commendirg the trot. not for this perticutar
tract. for they bud for many.) WAS exhibited, tan it
fully appears from the teelimony.,generally. and the
statement - Of the geetetaij of the that the Preel
dent took no part wbateverdn it—made no reeommtn; ,
dation of this or any other contract during his Adminfie
tration, but merely. In the wings of buil:Moe, as wag
shown by the •testititonv,• referred this letter , by the
common and 111112111 endorsement, to the Navy Depart
meet, to which the subjeot properly belonged; the
p:settee being to refer lettere on business to the proper
deeertment.
When persene are implieeted In the investigation in
committees. wltneeries era summoned at their request.
As to the charge egeThat J. Glancy Jones—in the en
tenet Minority stateareit- , -be, bettor out of the man
try, could have no knowledge or notification of the ex-
istence of the charge. Therefore, so far es be is con
cerned. the evidence being altekother el ilatti!; the tote=
mit , et think it would be wrong for thereto prordtionce
or form any opinion noon the subjeet,
The committee come to the coneinsien 'Gil the ie.
tin of the Secretary of the Navy has been jiatielone and
neer:lir-that be. bee, been saturated only by a detire,to
get the beet machinery at the lowest practicable mit,
and would not venture or desire to change one of the
con tenets which he bstatnede.,
The committee report retentions to the following
effect:
1. That the testimony taken - hi - the investigation
proveethe extent:Me 'of glaring ablates in the Bectoblyre
navy yard, and 'require the interposition of legislative
reform—that it is due to Justice to declare that there
Oases have bean slowly •and gradually mowing vile
during ,a lens coons of-years, and that r o pasticular
Administration skated bare thelintirwbhune-therkf,
- 1. That Abe coal agency for some time put km been
t 4 the hands Of perinea wholly Inefficient aryl pee ly
inenumetent, andegbat Winne to needed in tee 'vela
none which exist' on the subject ; 'eriffthit theret:te no
proof which trace's any knowledge. of ,sech, ,inethetency
end Ineoenterrney' to thrikespoesible intherilies _in
seeenalbeton.
[
..„_X__„___Wl.:LetrnemlieneWilti - never eanotlon or an-
May favortilio w”, car of the Government,
Neer did contemplate any Veen - &Metal" Ait the
,desige to teetel to L Vte detriment of net
aml;;;,,iabiunt v l i b e7w L the n' g a oo ll i k e e f d t id he in pu t b h i l i n te and mat t t h er e ' l h o "4l- terest
of the service.
4. : Thaten the letting of contremsfor •the,constrrn
tfoti of steam machinery for the use of the navy, during
the prenot Admtnistration, nothing bee been ' , hewn
which calla for the interposition of the Comfier of the
United Slates, bat it is manned the present head of 'be
Nseat W
e l clt Y r s p il l' e s 7r m e: te t e t o
tainable to said vessels.
VIM eirsoniwy quoits.' - ' ; -
The statement signed by. Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, and
Mr. Ritchie, of Pennsylvania, 'refers to the general
°realisation of the bureaus in the Navy Department,
act the eirecditure in each bureau- *Mee 1852; but
states that the Inquiry of the committee wax mainly
confined to four bresicheut of expenditure: -
1. The penalises of ruel In the navy.
2, The purchase of lice-oak +tether.
3 The management of the navy-yerds.
4. The onutroato for steam machinery.
Thn oral agency war estsbibitted to 1850, and the
amount of coal nor:hated In 1858 wee 53,80) tons. The
compeosaton allowed was five per cent. on the oat of
the coal and freight to inland porte
= Mar, 1858,
Home of the applicants met at Washington. with their
Kends act agreed that Dr Gunter. of Reading,
ationi&be appointed_ cool Street. and that the Iterate
tin telt be divided between Dr. Ranter, Mr Getz.vedi
tor of the Reading Gazette, and Zen P. Smith of Phi.
ladelphia. TI is aereament was made kno*o to the
President. and Dr. Rooter was appointed Dr Hunter
is a prectising physinian, know nothing about feel, and
did not buy any, bit turned the whnle briefness over to
Tyler, Stone, A. Co., a Item In Philadelphia of which
C Whet:tot Beach. a nephew of Mr.. Toney, lea mem
ber. This firm trued all themes! fer the tam'', chargirg
&tend fifty cents a ton more thin it cost them, and more
than the market price,_ Ant Dr. Hunter got ef,45.3 as his
predits se coat agent, and did nothing
In 1054, Swift and Wheeler, of Meseaebneetts, mode
a contract with George, Plitt, of Pluladelphis, en inti
mate friend of Mr. Buchanan, that Plitt should aid in
getting the live-oak contracts with the Government,
and should have ten per cent. on the greets meant of
the Cootriets. 'Mr. Plitt•wee tti pitt. Befit nit Willis?
relations with the &perintent In the campaign of
1.56. Swift emstribniet to tee election In Pennsylvania
Sle 050 paying It to Plitt as the treasurer of the Demo
erotic Sate Committee. .Plitt di& all he 'could to aid
Swift in frequen, interviews with ,the Pm:elder' and
Secretary Vin my. "'until', Swift got live.•ak contracts
to the Rennet or /250 000 In executing - these con
tr.:4e hedelivered as the navy yegie a large amount of
Ginter, wbioh,wae rejected—some beesnee it woe not
the site required by the cen'reet, and some fat defects,
In 7nerf, lySe alvertisetitebta were hatted by the Be..
ureter; for 160 000 feet of live-oak timber,. meetly; of the
sive and Mode then in the n , ev yards belcoging to
Swift end ,T. Itlgler,:f Thal the time tegre for :the de
'liver, of oat-half of It wee eep i ernberl, 1058; thaethe
time always before allowieliwite nue and two je.r.,and
that it was inpeeeible for shy one to get Ilve.oak from
the live oak esteem withfe the time' that the miner-
tieemeet prevented nil compet:ton of ifs berme were
enforced, and that Inch wo n the demign of the Seers
tery The timber of Swift end hirer, then at the
navy yore; wan all the live oak in the market, as it
wee net kept by deafen in large quantities, but cut as
needed.
P eel et and Bigler enteret into an agriement by which
fie ift wee to put in a bid at 51 30 a °ethic foot, and 13 g.
ler woe to hid higher: nod when the contract was
awarded t mitt was to take Bigler's timbee- and allow
him the trntrect price Regular dealer* inlive.orkput
In bide upon the oxen:halm: that time would be grant
ed nail the 1-t of-January, 1859—the ernel time being
one awl twOyears Their Oda were gag 000 lower than
Swift'. Contracts were mode with them August, 1858,
and they promptly went to work to get the timber In
September their enotrect, were ceneelird by thiSterte
tary, end all of them Risen to Swat Thin weedone to
violation of law, and merely to fever Swift.
o hat the navy yards have been turfed kite a polite •
eel machine. In April, 3857, Mr. Tones), and the Deno,.
matte meeebere of Congreee from New York city entered
into en agreement them the ratronage of the navy yard
should be divldee among - tbe members , The mtater=
workmen and the workmen were Om:Cored out,
Bed In 00 .3 e, eases new facts made (he cortenpoe.
d-nee of members of Concrete to given in a datelie4
statement of quarrels, thefts, and various ahem, ,The
number of men in the vend less ineretsed over eleven
hnodred Item May to November last, A week bofo'e
the eleetion Oemmseder Reales, the Wive oftle see( the
yard, *es dettehetrwithotit notice', and indeted to
We elfngtort
Upon theyard at Brooklyn the statements sub
stantially agtoe.
The miotraate for the machinery for the weasels built
under the act of June, 1R63. were improp er ly lit .
While the proposals were pending, Co i on-1 Patterems
wrote a letter to the President urging that one of the
con tenets should be given to Herrick & hone ; that they
e m pl o y a large nninber of,mon, and are old.W.tlgs, in
favor Yt4 reteleatien of Onlnnel.T /131)/loience, 1 and
that the teeth would place his election beyond a doubt.
By at endorsement on hie levier, in the handwriting of
the Pro 'dent. It woe submitted to the fierreterieeef the
Navy, and the award WAS made tl Merrick & h one . Th e
awards generallearere determined upon the veto Of
1) , P. Martin, Ant' engineer, and be was int•rested
livhely in the awatile. A detailed.etatenesnt of each
award antra.. endorsee:feat le Woo ." •
Tbev ft it that Bon J. Marcy Jones, whiled mem•
her of Cotuttein; igetist with the Reading Forge COtn.
pony to get the Government contracts and work for
tt ; and he did ao. for which he was to receive fire per
cent.. That, in re doing. he violated the law.
They rsconarcend'the pnessge f a
,bill ,In order to,
guard sgainet chrome and the adoption of the follow,
lug resolutions: '
ussoived, , That the Secretary.°r the Navy has. with
the mingtion of the Preis dent, alum& his discretionary
powsi. lb the , eels(' tion of R conl•egent, and !tithe pur•
obese of fuel for the Government.
Ft«eelyeaThat the contratt made with the Secretary
of the Navy, under, date of rerember 28, 1858, with
W. N Built, for the delivery of live.oak timber, was
main in violation of law, and In a manner unusual mad
improper, and lei:Arlene to the publio terrine.
Itesolied, That the. distribution by, the reent er) , o f
the Navy of the patronage' of the' navy yards 'among
utembeis of Congrrst Is destructive of eVeelpline, enr.
renting in Ito „influence, and , highly toptrimn •to 'the I .M7.Vituroot, , Puovisios MARKET, Pab. 11 —The
putdro service. - n:micas report Provisions generally firm. Bret is Arta
Reaolved, That the President - and Beeretary er the '' a ked in good demand. Extra Plim. Mats is qu, tod at
N ter, ray receiving art, consideriug the party relations i 50m895, and Ind a Mesa at tsesie2t Ad. Pock. Arm at
of bidders for contracts with the United "trite , and the the fell P' lo • 3 11, COn >e gla , e; • be stock no hand to
• ffset of aeratd , ng contracts upon peJding Oedema. ,or an inferior quality and diftletat to sell. Lard is Arm
hate set an example dsngerous to the public With and hut qule.t at leen ..
deserting the reproof al:aphis House ; VER.POOL PRODUCE' MARKET dell
' TI ailved. That the appllottnent he the - Secretary of and deohnad Bd. Cliffee dull, 11.0 quutt d Carolina Is
the Nary of D total B Itlsqln, chief 4nstaaar as a scarce and Arm; 240 Ci te Caked for tine ^erotica Woe.
member of the board of englosern, to ref ors upon pro-, Bonin dull and ell tatty lover for both doe and winnton;
ponds for conacticting machinery for the Unitad States. tlcnnanon 1a quoted at es lid. Write or Turpentne
the a .13 ?der I-, at the time, being psenntatiiy, interest. Arm at 890400, and 41s was demanded at the close.
ed to souse of the said proposal', Is heroliy.'eemittred k. Foreign falloff Alm ;, Butchers , ; Moen has ad.
'Ude Mum „ - ; rented on Hoe geallii a 21i; Ashes are very die ; Leos,
• Ili. eneonaw also reported a Lill to-veleta the , of.pot ashes et 723,6108ns ; pearl ash a Aits ; Tea Taal
navy and dean. awl for other pradmes Philadelphia It irk—mien unimportant; Baltimore .e
The consideration of the report was peetroeed till quoted b 9; Linsey.; Oil plow of axle, but pr:ess are
Sionday, 1 Wattliteeil,
Mal'.2W=
The twat pippeo*mthafehtf . kefie Oka' op InCocomite
tee of the While els the etet• of the trPloue.
ilitrAmusox, ot •Itilost the dm'
trine of proted`rm r .andruld there wee se necessity ler
any Alteration of the tariffontysiended the sppropris•
Mons for the navy. • -
lioltraan, of ldich , gais,eanteedierttat Monti im
porodhle tt raise, ttfty.nix. milllon_rieffersr frost:the pre
cent to tr,r, sod 'favored SatrerisiditatiacteriMfor the
protecijorof fore:tisnintinpfryr....,„ - •
Mr. of AlSAMVl4llittlititt ' fiat. IN - mid equal
hs our re veune sod expenditure. Th•re were retrench
ment sod. eeltribmt eiti aide,-Slid enema • trivet. 05
the other. and po AmerierAffehenmen sbeeid hesitate
tb - rteisel the former:, - • 3 -
Mr. N CHOLT.:, of Ohio crowed iffmaelf in favor of
free trade and disiet taxation.' The prerent evils arms
not from tariff bills, but from Ns! legislation here irti-
Initiation speculation. . _
' Mr Hmrirct, - . of "tillfes4 .113 favor of
speedo &rim, and tbst a protective tariff Wee,the but
revenue tariff-- _ „
„
Mr VALLANDIGHAM. or 0tt , 0, - conferodeff that all In•
tereete ahould be - regarded. in melting -tariff._ He well
not a Wend it tariff of 1857.—frb1cit iteLMlrett,
the maunfactorelli' tariff, attl s blfettf ffetelifltemit t hat,
the - intit`ra's oft km. prodnevr..
Id, Traits: of,Maariellueettf;Polebtd (nit Ilse con
frnt:la in the lie , earstto rirty.:sed oniateaded that toe
Itopubl•oan party wet bigelv'nittonal. -
Mr. BLUM,: of glitter stieinefed , e revision of the
.teriff, and the itopnettion ofepenfie ,detiee fog ;avenue
r...
purSea only. • - - -
Mr. REAGAN, of Taxes, infvoosted -the bill to reins.
bane Terse for the n obey &Spend - el bj her In the cop
premien or Indian
Mr. Bevan - of South Cairlfna. argent against a ma.
Mutton of the tariff, sod to Cram. of the rttlee'lou of
the public expenditures, - mainiug 'the Poet Miles self
sestainlog, sad to bring the cap nattered within the
receipts
of flare York,-eriiLdthe prfit.etion of
the rrionefieturlig interests, thereby b•nefning all
classes.
Bavaria other speechee'Werei made 'on , va-lour sub
jilt oe time during the evenirg semi= were there
more than eight triehtberalaittritou , e, sod their only
object is waiting waste do leer speenher.;
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Itas:itisaio;
SILVATE.
The Senate met at 10 o`eloeli
The following bills titers read let Owe :
To antheriza the State Teesenty to open and re-settle
the scrounts of The Franklm Fire Insurance Company
bf Philedelphts.
Mr. Tuna's's, of Weetmn retend. reed a bill for the re.
lief of Cent k ftrothere. of Pithadetplita.
Tbe bill relative to tvideeee tame twin crier, and
led to ever► latare•tinr 41SCISEMOVI. • -- -
Masora. Peony and glanfield 'tweed the hip In able
moorhen. , 'Mearra - Garzaro; &day, 'Saidall, end Mir
sells warmly saoported the bill.
. Mr. Bell's ing propOs' to alter -
ter44llWily the
8111210 system. and yet eteppiny fee abort nettle bill un
der °ovoid oration, wee real The 01.5006114 p plates It
within the rowerof eltbernarty to a wait tobeerewe
wit
nesses in sk-matiir in oontroreray. The subatitute wan
Toted dow.,—ayealh,novadT4
lktr. Cosy 's biU, which proprows a inure radical
change. waa also negatived—ayes 10. nose 21.
The bill. having been oboned of by sutratitotea and
Granada onti. falls to the ground, ' ` -
The Senate adjnarned until 4Y. hi.
.I.IITAIUNOON SIMON.
The Sedate met at 4 <Moot. -
A eommaeleatroa .■E rietred from tire rtOA9P sa•
n.rmetag tae death oft}. W Wood, a member of that
bale.
. Mr Wawa; of rblledelph's, ,Atertd the taste—wry
reeoltriloos of respeat. - 'lifsenrs. Wright, Mi,ft,r, Ban-
Mai, stud Welsh sildressed the &outs, roLeinir theft'
mournful tributes to the memorr of the demased.
. .
trouoluVour , worewfe . suluunt.ly suioptid, and •
'committee consfatitiroif dye annotated to /Mead the
fttneret. The fletuktlitlana adjiittned:'
• This being poillon day, d hdlitietithei:ln7ePreeaß
-14_
___sPrePtjetoir referred_ .
ItriZSJAY, of Weir, moved monoidoo the Tote
on the la.teraorsting, the "Armen , li!a!ket Cont.
rim-. - •
Tan
• Henuteoefasod to Tesini:Met,the
The genetal ipprOpilition Mil t ee taken up REA mu
/Were&
The Stem tasking an approwiatlea;:to the Penn Asy
lum for Indigent :Whip.* and SinglLWomen ted to a
long &amnion, tnt was loally pasamE. (Thicirattle.
lion le located in the ell .diatrict of lttledostoef, and
, Ever elicettaincoiptiritionhastomisupportidby yens.
term contributions.) - -
The appropriation bill was still , andefi l einaideration
when the ' House oaf:utted . •' -
The nonsemet at 3 o'clock . - -
Mr. 4lstorz, of Philadelphia; tinn'onncel the death of
his late colleague, Q W wood Repreauntatiee from
the Ninth district, He paid *kat Sri oikt to Me worth,
and although - young'in years, be girtarfneraise
at no distant day, elitist& limier in the councils
of State Ira eympathieed .deeply , wittn, his :bereaved
family sad friessie, sadtruttel tbat. they-would be eons.forted with the tboeglif, that tberdimightj had taken
'him' Dont VlOll2 id , • ;Oehler abd"better - esnee."'Death
loves &Aiming znielk;laild , him "Whitten' biro down ere
he was ripe forthe gramt, , ...Toitie great peeler weronet
bow submissively.
hir...7.e4ns,orPhllsdelPhis, offered - the amstereary
s actompanyly g them *tik-S , teluchins silo
pion to the private.wortiaof.the deem:slid.
The reaGluthins were inantmensii . adonted.-and
_committee of , doe atppcinteri- to. 2=mi...the funeral,
whereupon Owner* edjottrned.' •
Wathipgjon 4 Affairs. -
Wddllinir One reti.'24.=Tha 'Post Office appropriation
bill. which was defeated in...the Ponta today by it 3
majwitv. appropriated;=. fittf 000, at leafed' nearly
$4,.00,000 are to supply deficiencies in the revenue
for • the ear -ending the Settworl.litne s next , „-Vairloas
rescue contributed to its rehiation ,• among them, the
striking out the amendment autherleing the Satterfield
Company ttt carrythe oierised mall by tomb • rowe se
they may select; but the objetSe raid to bs a distil
olinstlim to Pate the isoiria svprolitistaci Siltrivithent
first modifying the tariff. , -
Ezra Clark. member fromAlra find Corgrees'oral
&
district Conesctient, client,intends molting as the People's
candidate, egainet the liepubtketts nominee,
Auction Sale of Wo .ll _ -
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Borrvt e . -'The great eats of teirolbr soothed
mono offio-dae: Priam, were freed:AM IMP salealolrla,
Includlor SOO 000 medium and 'lOO 000
2 600 Itut medium WWI sold at UN attLit: 875 000 Thu
.oallrornis• fleece, let 21)fre6ti 1.2 7 003 fba sleek—tab
staßlied at 28303434`; 66 000 lbs Natio 416531.• int
of Mermezadoubloaatra,bl4s L X Kew yoerpsued,
48geasii , , arid i,12 - and Ohio potted IfltatlKt oSOCI
the fine Vermont. 413 K 00,000 nos tut...V . OA and /lamp
salcc satiallod- Osskso , 5505 , ',` 44 010 - The Ohio sod
Pensylvania fancy. 578043. When malls? lo'e was
also sold, the antagato notes sanoantloB.to=nl.oo.
-Nerw•York-Rcinroad. Otinveiition. _
Nzw T0ax,,Y,V.24- - -Notblog Iry decided upon to.
at t he meeting of iattigisi real - dents Mature kirk
- "ADC :11V43.111113 he ca.rinnltial,
'Toning. and will 'probably aelpiarn
`-ate ing any action._
at tug_
amble a a • `""',
b the ether Mare
Chlo,B go - Wheat'
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Onto/too, Yeb 24 ..‘Thegrain etstretlea. futstiabli"br
Commercial Ex/areas, 'hew that the aconmule.
tloa of dery atd grain in' atereherk 'dueini the laab
Pram data, to be ,oely, I. little over, 100 000,' against
200 040 buebeln foe the cotzespotrithe Week of last year,
while this impala =or, or. and -whs.% te store at
preseo. WAR - etittivent to 011,000 boatels, against
1,203.400 bushels tae same time last year.
Chicago Aluoisittat Polities.
Chnoeslo, Tab arplitaiwk.
day nominated John 0. Ilainee the rigout Mayor for
to-election.
' Mama D. Gilts:nits theiliiiiiniiartiaaad
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Markets by Telegraph.
Iletrtnean, Feb 2 4 .-114011 r. finner at $0 for Froward.
Wheat nocharmet; -bite El' 4604.'75. ' Corn firm at
75071 c for yellow. Provisions quiet end nachenged.
Whlslicy doll at 29e for Ohio Coffee firm, 1130.
fig tgLEiTON. Feb. 23 —Cotten—cares for two s l ays
4 000 balith ; price hare deollued Js' within the last ten
days The market cloaca Irregular • .-
"Ilavansser, Feb 6 1 .—Cotton—Sales for two days 8 1 0
bales The market clamed quiet and depressed.
1 1,NOISIIk11, Feb. 2.l.—Floar Is firm bat unchenged.
Whiskey nails at 15%. Pork dull; `'lathing doing.
Bacon decline I. Lord it quoted at 17 jlo; no Wei
sawsenin,Cotter —lfadet tweed led, ! d r i e r
mlddliners -are quoted at 11Xti: the ealee of th e week
were 3,110 The socceima were 9,250. -Tao receipts at
all the Pouthern ports sliced or last year are 966 860
balm The stook In port la 66 850 bales
Cammartron. Feb. 24—Cotton aelee to day. 1,100
hole'. Balls for .the week. 11,000 bales.. Good mid
dlinge era andted at 11gaux: Rte. his deellsed jfe
3.16 ror !Merlin gnalltme.
StomMl,•Feb. 23.—Cottals sales tc-day 2,000 bides,. at
10X mIOX.
New York Stock Exebinge, Feb. 24.
BBOOVD BOARD.
(00) Hi:stout! Ca 84%1100 %azleal Railroad It
4000 84 l'l
25000 Ten d
n o
61, '9O 119% %
Ild Barleni B Prof ooo
39 %
200:0 do- „ 6EO 89.(I 50 Mich Con B. AO 50%
'2OOl Virglnta 8 , 11 - 9434 B4'-. d., e 809014
BCO Cat Ti. NRd . asx 95 do AO%
18010 Brie P. Cont. '7l 85 100 MIA 8 & Nlnd - 17%
13 00 Brle Cony 'B2 35% 9011.0% 8 k(hmti4 '4B
500) Brie Boucle. '75 33 1 90 Panama B 116%
309 Cumberland Pref 24 1/0 filluota Can B 53%
(0 Et eadingll blO 49 f 0 Gal & Chi B WO 891(
100 do 2d 49 500 Ohm &11 I 61%
'25 N 9 Cen It 71100 do 61%
10) do 78% 360 do alO 81%
201 do blO 70% 200 do 61%
2( 0 do b6O 78% /0 do . b6O 61%
100 llodaon Mr R sed 32%1 25 Nor & Woreeaterlt 32
50) do 32,,s I
Plow York Markets--Yesterday.
Awns ::-.The market le rdendy for both Pearie and
Pete et $5 8736 for the former, and $5 62364,5 05% for
the. latter.
VLoon - -1. be mrrket for Binh , Eour is dna. and frr
Western higher. wrdt sales of 9 600 Ma at 8464 FO for
rdeotod 85 BO s 5 f 0 f.r eroperfins stars, Fs 9065 10Tor
Pztrado, $5.4006 c 0 far sups, floe Western, $6 1006 30
for extra do. VS 4567.00 for Oilman - brands of extra
round bnnp Oblo.
Oared. floor la firmer with vales of 200 barrels at
65 6507 SO for extra. Boutbern Plow la buoyant, with
esisa of 2 500 little at Pall SO for common to miffed,
and $8.6007 SO for fancy and •xtra brands.
' Gnats—wheat is steady. with rat's of 1.5C0 bee at"
98n for Obit-ego Boring, SI 20 for mired Western 21.611
of 75 for white toniluirn. and St 60 for Weaker° white.
Own. is quiet , small 'salsa at sawriallow at adoode,
Weatirs mixed nominat, at 84et68t Rye le quiet at
320340. Oat,' 'are dull at 60464 e forfouthern. Penn
sylvania, and 'levity, and 54a630 for Blate, Western,
and Canada.
Gush me itie quiet arid Prlcsii taiad 'do:inward ; sales
of 100 bales Cloth at 12,Sie, rush. for 218 it,
Rour.—Manila hay been very coneld-rably dealt in
within a few days prat, and prieys have adranced
tei tally ealrs were made of 10;260 bales, partly to a,
rive, at - 6,4.26340, 8 and 8 tam with no etrek offering
below 6 070. In Boston, 8100 bales brought 56,,1(di
681; e 6 and 8 Innis Franel,olo bow Jate are abut
being shipped from aril biome to Snrope.' •
Isom, is very briskly loquired after, both bate
and in Boston, with Wes of 69 eaten Bengal on pri-
Tfl'e terms.;
Lidts is quiet, at 75c for common - Rockland, and SI
for Lump. .
PIVJVISTOSS.—Pork is steady. with sales of ZO bble
at $17.75 for nldF4lees; $1925®18.8t for new 'do, end
$ 3 '25 for Ohre. Deer is steady, - With a good demand
from ;he trade, and melee cf 100 1.1.1 a at $d Val for
country Prime, $7 50e9 for .3untry Mess, 18 15011
for roireakad Western do, end $ll derel.2 tot evrs ds.
No milked change bay taken plses in Cut Meats or
B con. Lsrd Is P.rm, with sales of 20D bble at 111 i
12 - e. Dotter and °heeds 'continue to fair demand at ,
last prices
SAVIPIVIR.—AB Boston acme noo bags _vast Trll*
sold at tio 6 mos.' -
IVE•assr to held at 27e
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t LTAIORE CATTLE 51611145 T, 'Fab. 24 —arzr
Cam C—The olibengs at the stales this morning
&ova / e n d to 625 brad—an inane re of 240 head on last
*e•k Of thia number 10Avid were driven to Phila.
dniptder, 76 to New York, and 65 to Wuhington city.
The, baiancs-895 head—ware seed to Ita:tiutore
butebere at nric , s ranging at from 24 60 to $6 ; a
few extra at a shade tatter—averaging $6 16%. The
above agereiahow no material change in prices mince
144 work.
Iloos —Begs ate scarce, and prices from $9 to en.
Busse --411,we me not en plenty. and milks are
Waller than lett week . Bales at from 4 X to Atio gum,
Nora.—lck cone. eat nod of the rim In the Ohm met,
176 hoed of otttle, deafened fat. this market, were At
tained.