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KFRIDAY,- JANUARY 6, 1860, -
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• WIIB WeElll • Y' PRESS;'' •
Por i eakitatlie 7th, ie now dnt. The aoilif44 bf cmb
cumber are of a varied character. Sesideigite usual itt
traetfousi it oontaipithir 1,4 t TWIT FOREIGN NEWS;
Editeriahroe the popular topicss of the day; ohone late
rary'Veidtd; original and selected: Domestic and Pe
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THE -0121...=-Wsurr REVIEW Olt THE PIIILADBLPHIA
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1.1 Or year; In adrapoe, for the muds sop', red ti,
iitalst of Twenty. when sent to cue address, 11e0, in ad
time. Shull, melee for sale it the minter of Tax
k3ll,P.ol*"sla ^nippers, reads, for moiling.,
Tho..gedical Students in , Richmond.
The liticbmond tegairer of Abe , 241• instant
contains an . address delivered by Dr. A. E.
rezzooals—one of the faculty , of the Virginia
Xedical Dollete—to the students Who recently
abOdoned the superior schools of this-city;
andeaered the` college at Richmond. As the
addreSe - rofera to a subject in which considera
ble,interest Is felt by our citizens, we publish it
mare in Tam raise this morning, that our read
-ersmay see scull and elaborate statement of the
motives which animated the seceding students,
as Well as the'character 'Of the facilities provi
ded 'for them in' their new location.
The 'people - of Alladelphia will learn with
surprise, that while the students were quietly
pursuing the even tenor of their way in quest of
medical learning; ' they were generally re•
garileir tvith suspicion and 'distrust, and that
they wore subjected to repeated and un
provoked insults, imprisonments, and tines.
Although anti-slavery doctrines, and Abell
tionteachings of one kind or another, have
been disseminated in our city for the last
eentary,. it is strange news to this community
to be informed that such an Abolition senti
ment exists,hire as would directly or indirectly
place' aniiiiipediment whatever in the peaceful
and adVantageons prosecution of the studies of
any 'medical students from the South, or from
any Other quarter. 'Wherever colleges exist,
students, if they choose to mingle actively and
prominently with aU the exciting broils of the
day, will necessarily subject themselves to
certain embarrassments.' It would be so with
a stedent in Paris who undertook to interfere
with'political contests in that city, or with any
refebitionsiii: ; it would be so with
any;o1 ; the students of Germany. who became
actively. connected with revolutionary move.
menta ;. it would be •so,' most unquestionably,
with.any • Northeriestudert at a Southern col
lege, who associated himself in any way with
Abolition demonstrations. But, in no other
pan' oithis country can a medical student pro
seente his studies' to greater advantage
than ; and the .experience of
thonsailds of physicians, now scattered over the
ContedOraei, hears ample attestation to this
fact.
Tho number of our Citizens who entertain
radical-Abolition sentiments Is, probably, ihr
inferior to the number, of students In our
medical schools; and however dangerous may
be, their doctrines; it is the greatest folly in
'.l l le tesl4runEitaion to interfere, in
arl'lsq+9ls74 ll ttie Primeetition.of the studies of
Southern studente. It these young gentlemen
choose to visit Abolition meetings they doubt
less;*ard senUments expressed which did
not meet their ' , approval, 'Just as if they
had.; gene into meetings of , a different
chareeter Otto' numerous and . wide-spread
political circles; into the marts of trade ; to
the iiresides of many thonsands of our citizens;
or if , they bad listened to the clear voico of
PhiltidelPhla sentiment, speaking' above the
earners of ultraists of all sides, they would
halfe heard the language of true, conservative,
honestdevottoito the rights of all sections of
the .11Olon ; and quite as earnest a protest
against any invasion of the soil of Virginia as
conidhaie been,uttered by her moat patriotic
citizens. •
Is evident front the address that Br,
Itiniexati keenly feels there, Is a profes
sional, as well as a political, question involved
in the recent stampede et the students. How
far „his , efforts are successful in placing
the odium of tampering with 'the excited
feeling, of; these inflammable young gentle
men upon the heads of Drs. LIICIETT and
Magpies, and, seeking to absolve his own col
lege from all Connection with the transaction
by affirming that it did not takelhe initiative
in thy matter-and then, by a fulsome eulogy.
of the phisicians alluded to,' compensating
them for the position in which the address
puts' fitetn-40 leave our readers to deter
mine. • •
Tim concluding portion of the address,
which refers mainly to the facilities afforded
to the students in their new location, is'a sad
commentary upon — the inconveniences to
which their MP rashness and folly have
*objected them, and strongly indicates that
they :will Wirer much Mere 'through deft
(tient education than Philadelphia will
be subjected to by the withdrawal of
their, patronage. Tile students are in.
formed that 'their new college' is not as well
aqulpped, with faclUtle* as the schools from
which they.seceded 1 that it has not made that
progress nor undergone that development
which. their sudden incursion would seem to
demand; that the hospital connected with the
Richmond: College contains -but few cases;
thatfts - illuetrative materials, In some depart•
mention, not so ; numerous, or so perfect, as
thermight be; that the lecture rooms are
neither so' 'tkormitidlons nor So' comfortable as
thernonid.liish, and that they must expeaA,
to deprive lbemsolves of many of. the , advan•
tagee they Would have enjoyed in our Philadel
phia'schools. It is true; that as a compensa
tion for Ads they will ,baie, the conscious.
Less of knowing that they are • affording,
In a bllghttlegree, aid and Comfort to the de.
sign* of A otioualista. They have been feted
and flattered, and have received. arrinciuted'
timontlt Of, personal 'Attention and.courtesy as
an iikuivaltnat for, the . loss of solid educa
tional, advantagesA But, of all professions ;
none should he so free from all 00Atamitialien
of mere. sectional and political discords as
the great healing art-whose ministrations are
Of universal application to men of all climes
and • creeds and diversities •of opinion.
It is the' boast, of science, in all IN higher and
nobler manifestation's, thit it soars above the
petty, prejudices .ortnen, the wars of rival in
terests, the animosities of nations, and, looks
down, with' a pitying eye, upon unfortunate hu
manity with an eager desire to bind up its
gaping Wounds, 'and alleviate its sorrows,
without allowing any considerations growing
out Of the transient passions of men to pars,
lyae 0 , 44011611 g arm fora single moment.
When theyoung studenhi *he hive seceded
froni'our colleges fairly enter ,ppon ,their
life
duties 'in the noble profession to which
they pabe detildated:thembelYes, and stand by
the *aides of lick and suffering humanity,
where'', the - victims of - dismal) lie, writhing
in pain all4 - *iinty, andilni lamp , of life dick
ersmite socket, what, hollow, mockery will it
be to remind theta that in' the 'priciatu3 dayi
misted .: by • their-parent .to -the attain-
meat of a, complete medics' 'education they,
Mullett tlfentelyei, nut, 'eith the grint. ink .01
- bedetrilng,thoroughlY 'fitted , for their awfhl re
-' not with aealdtiptil detoilon to
theirVohAea;and the .of die
- magical power which would hay* enabled them
to weigh with keertrld acicamtejtvigenintt the
1n
onikttoint Maintlik health and die.,
easestanditfo - and - death'—butwith transitory
Partiffilfaifitationa, hilierablelemPOriOtntilte
mo4; fladitraie, and imPoeiMr action in , re.:
,ard do theirepOrtatit'clueOloti ortiPending
tow dollattraineffietliti 1444 4 4 Atiplelplila;
or tboto of..Riehmond I
Death of ffiehop Taimann...,
We are much grieved to record the awfully
sudden death yesterday afterhoen of the Right
Reverend Jowl N. NEttusle, D. D., Roman
Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia. The Reve
rend Bishop, we are informed through one of
the clergy of the diocese who was in his com
pany at thiee o'clock in the after,noon, com
plained that he never had felt so strangely in
his life. Immediately afterwards he started
out from the, Episcopal residence, and at
half pastiliee, when walldng upon the side
walk in Vine street, near Thirteenth,
he fell suddenly dead. At the time we were
at the Episcopal residence last evening, the
Coroner had not yet held an inquest, but we
learn that it is the opinion of an eminent phy
sician that the cause of his death was apoplexy.
It is greatly to be regretted that he did not
call in medical advice at the first moment of
feeling unwell, but it was his character to be
wholly regardless of self in the prosecution
of- the duties of his high calling, and ho has
fallen a martyr to his irrepressible zeal.
Bishop .NErtnelm was born in Bohemia on
the 28th of Maich, 1811. Ile came to America
about the year 1834, and was ordained a priest
by Bishop Dußois, in New York, on the 26th
of June, 1836. He officiated as a missionary
in the western part of New York, near Beal°,
for - several years, with marked success. On
the 16th of January, 1842, he made his pre
tession in the Congregation of the Most Holy
Redeemer, and officiated as the superior of
the congregation
.at different times in Balti
more and in Pittsburg, in which latter city he
bithight about the • building of the beautifill
ohuich of St. Philomena.
, He was appointed by the present Pope
Bishop of Philadt;lphis, and was consecrated
such on the 28th of Nardi, Ha, succeeding
the present Reverend Archbishop of Baltt•
more. Ile was the fourth Bishop of Phila
delphia.
Bishop NEtruovx was not what would be
called a 'fluent and eloquent speaker, but he
more than made up for the graces of oratory
by the solidity of his talents and the profundity
of his thoughts. His great modesty pre
vented his appearance as an author, but hia
abilities were well known among his brethren,
who held him in the highest esteem.
His memory-was prodigious, and his ca
pacity as a linguist unbounded. He spoke
not only all the dialects of the Austrian Em
pire, but was master of the ~various tongues
of modern Europe, In addition to the dead
languages studied in the course of his proles.
sioual career..
The death of the Right Reverend Bishop, so
unexpectedly, in the very prime of a most
.active and useful life, will be a heavy blow to
the members of his diocese, by whom he was
justly held in high esteem and veneration.
Such men as Bishop Nanmanx are rare in any
community, and his loss will be widely la
mented.
Additional Copartnerships and Disso-
Intions.
Sloe publishing our summary of mercantile
changes, on Monday, the following have been
added to the list:
Messrs. Little et Stokes have associated with
them Messrs. John F. Bodine and Theodore A.
Mehl, and will continue the importing and own
mission business as heretofore, at No. 237 Chestnut
street. These gentlemen deal largely in foreign
dress stuffs, and the products of the Pacific Mills,
as also in Portsmouth and Hadley lawns. They
have, also, the exclusive agency for this market of
James Black .t Co.'s printings.
Mr. Joseph Baker has retired from the late firm
cf Joseph Baker Os Son. The metal business will,
hereafter, be conducted by Mr. Joseph W. Baker.
The late firm of Van Brunt, Tripler, J: Combs has
been dissolved ; the business of the house to be
wound up, at the original place of business, by
Messrs. Jacob L. Tripler and Willett Combs, who
will hereafter continue the general provision busi
ness at No. 25 South Water street, and Nos. 1033
and 1035 Market street.
The business heretofore conduoted by Mr. 11. S.
Battin, in this pity, and by Mr. Joseph Creasman,
in &Barestlle,, Pa., will hereafter be continued
jointly by Messrs. Samuel Battin, Joseph Cress.
man, and Henry B. Battin, under the firm of Bat.
tin, Creasman, ,4 Co.,' at the southwest corner of
Second and Noble streets, Mr. Crewman to give
his personal attention to the manufacture of cigars
.of all grades.
The eopertnerehip heretofore existia, under the
solved by mutual consent, the business to be set
tled by Mr. James W. Carson. A new firm bee
also been formed by Meant. darnel W. Corm, Wm.
O. Logan, and Jahns O. Cancan, under the style of
James Wr Canoia for the purpose of con.
ducting the wholesale grocery and commission
holiness at No. 1317 Market street.
The oopartnership of Cake, Boulden, 6i Co.,
haying expired by limitation; has been renewed for
lone year, under the same style and firm as hereto.
fore.
A new - firm has been formed under the name of
P. Mine% Jr., ,4 Co., for the transaction of the
wholesale and retail lumber !maltase, at the corner
, f York and Richmond streets, nineteenth ward.
rho partners are Meatus. P. htlasell, Jr., and
Samuel Nyllhelm.
Mr. Frederick reason, at No. 504 Market street,
bee admitted to an -interest in his business Mr.
John P. Anehuta—the style of firm In future to be
Fredettok Pioreon &
The copartnership under the firm of Beaker k,
Deli bee been dissolved, Mr. Moses Be cker being
Ilona authorised to settle the business of the firm,
and sign in liquidation.
The firm of Warwick, Chadwick, k Brother has
been dissolved; the heater, range, and stove bud
ded@ to be continued hereafter under the name of
Chedwiels dr , Brother, at the N. B. corner of 13e
gond and Race streets.
The firm of B. C. k J. Biddle have added a
" company" to their name by assoolating with them
Sir. John B. Garrett. Basineas conducted at No
5Q$ Minor drat.
A new Arm has been formed by Messrs. Josiah
B. Terry and Wm. J. Longworth, under the style
of Terry do Longworth, for the purpose of conduit
log the wholesale and rotall cloth business, at No.
:19 North Second street.
Mr. 'Wm. Longstreth has admitted to an interest
ilk his business Mr. George B. Atlee.
Mr. John V. Terry having immolated with hlnx
Messrs. Daniel B. Prim, and Oliver T. Terry, will
Jostinue the wholesale cloth business at No. 255
Market street, under the km of 'Terry, Prise, do
Co.
Mr. S. W. Thackara having ttatoolated with him
hie eon, Mr. Alexander Theo&Ara, will, hereafter,
JonUnue the bulinites of conveyancing, under the
drat of S. W. Thulium & Son, at No. 244 South
Third street.
.Messrs. D. D. Brodhead and A. C. Brodhead
barbs pnroiteeed the stook of Mr. Charles Shale,
No. 211 North Third street, will continue the boot
and shoe business at the old stand, under the now
arm of Brodhead d Brother.
•Messrs. E. W. Morrison, Jr., and John C. Mor
rison, shoedealers, at No. 114 North Second street,
have changed tho style of their Arm from Mord
ste4 Co. to Morrison & Bro.
A new Ann has been fanned by Mount Jules
Frankel-and.W. B. Baker, under the etyle of
Frankel k Baker.
A limited partnership has been entered into; for
it period of two years, by Mann. Henry E. Simp
son, of this city, and Thomas Robb, of Burlington,
New Jersey, for the purpose of dealing in cotton
and linen canvas, and other goods, The firm wil
be Conducted under the name of Henry B. Stop.
son, who is the general. artner, the special partner
being Mr. Thomas Robb.
Sans op runeirtras, to.—The stook of elegant
furniture, plated ware, A0.,.t0 be sold this morn.
log, at ten o'olook, at Birch k Bon's store, No. 911
Ohestout street, comprises every variety of house.
hold articles. And at 12 o'olook will be sold litho
graphic drawings on stone and stereosooplo slides.
FIRST Peos.---Napoleon and the Irish; Litera
ry Criticism; Personal and PoiDloal; Letter from
New York. FOURTH PAGE.—Address of Dr. A.
B. Petioolas to the Southern Medical Students.
O&N'T Anyone Ir.—Those who are counting the
cost, of dissolving the Union, may aloe their cal.
notations somewhat after the fashion of the old
woman in the subjoined anecdote :
A person having ixoattion to visit en old couple
in Durham, of extremely penurious habits, found
them holding counsel together upon a matter whioh
apparently weighed heavily on the minds of both,
and thinking it woo respecting the probable diem•
lution of the wife, who was lying dangerously ill,
proceeded to offer them all the consolation in his
.power; but was out short by being informed that
this was not exactly the object they were discus
sing, but one width afflicted them dill more deeply,
viz the cost of the funeral ; and, to his astonish
ment, they continued their ghastly calculations
until every item in the catalogue, from ooffin to
night-eap, had been gone through, with moth groin.
.bling'at the rapacity of the undertaken,' when a
bright thought suddenly atruek the husband, and
he exelaimed—. Well, Janet, lass, you may not die
'after all, ye kex .' • • Deed, and I hope not, Robert,'
replied hie helpmate, in low, feeble voice, ' for I
=Ault* sure that we oanaa afford it "
CIINISTUAN • AMONG THE &syn.—The Peters
burg (Va;) Preo, in tweaking of the Ohrhitinas
celebration in that region says :
for the negro population, it is impossible for
us to describe their enjoyment. Webster'e die
denary does not contain (enough worth' of the pro.
per- sort to do it with. Enough be it to ea y that
each &whey was ten times as big as the biggest
white man, and fifty times as sauoy as they natural.
ly are. The specimen pertaining to our office made
himself soireeot an early hour, forgot to build our
fire, brush our table, clean our pens or do any
else} that ought to have been done t end we
Aare say that at the present writing he le either
djah,lt as a sot, or looked up in that edidoe that
,100 ,. d all In elsoh, loving contiguity with the Mayor's
ce:"
We hope the latter, with all Our heart and
En.
Letter ftotn" " OCORS1011ttl."
Oorrespondenes of Ths Press.]
WASOINOTON, January 5, 1860
James M. Mason, of Virginia, a Senator in Con
gress, took occasion yesterday to repeat and defend
his proposition that the Northern States wore
servile States," and, in support of this theory,
made some very original and characteristic sug
gestions. This Mr. Mason is well known in Phila.
delphie, which city he condescends to visit now
and then. He is probably the most extreme, aris
tocratic, and overbearing of all the school
MO slavery politicians, of whom he is a
good representative. Ills air in the Senate
Is that of one who looks upon others as his
inferiors; his manner excessively and offensively
bombastic and conceited, and his pretensions to
Democracy a very thin and transparent varnish to
his real feelings. When Mr. Senator Hammond,
of South Carolina, spoke of the white laborers of
the North as the " mud sills of moiety," he didit
with the gram of a gentleman, and in the lan.
guage of one who had 30020 regard for the feelings
of the people of whom he spoke. Senator Ma
son, however, In designating the Northern States
as " servile," takes good care to do it after a dif
ferent fashion. I will do the people of Virginia
the Justice to say that James M. Mason does not
represent them in the cool and deliberate affront
he thus attempts to put upon the free States. lie
never had any strength in the Old Dominion, and
is indebted for his seat in the Senate, not to hie
ability—which la of a very middling oast—but
entirely to oiroumstances.
Mr. Buchanan site in the White Douse, comfort-
able and easy, allowing himself to bo flattered by
hie adherents that the disorganization of the house
is not chiefly attributable to hie exertions. While
he le causing the falsehood to be circulated the
the failure to organize is justly chargeable to others
be deem not see that the refusal of his partisans
in the popular branch of the National Lees's,
tare to allow the adoption of the plurality rule (un.
der whioh his Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Cobb,
was eleoted Speaker in 1850•'61) is, in feat, the real
if not the only, obstaole. lam told that Mr. Cobb
excessively violent against the plurality rule,
because John Hickman, of Pennsylvania, offered
the resolution in favor of its adoption. These aro
the men, be it remembered, who are trying to make
the contraotors and other Government oreditors
believe that they are ready to see Congress put in
operation. I have not the slightest doubt that, if
John Sherman la ever °looted Speaker, he will
make an oilier that will do credit to the country.
The only thing that really induoes the Administra
don to oppose his election is the fear that he will
so constitute certain committees in thicHouse as to
load to a full and fearless exposure of the corrup
tions of Mr. Buchanan and hie dependents, and I
am astonished that the independent Domoorata of
the House, who know what an Imbue the Admi
nietration has been to the Democratic party, do not
see and act upon this fsui4
There is really no predicting when the House
will be organized. Iftimphrey Marshall, of Ben.
tacky, has gono home, expressing the opinion that
there win be no organisation this session; and,
Judging from the temper exhibited, I would not
be surprised to see this prophecy fulfilled. Any
four men in the House could bring about an else
don of Speaker If they cared to do so.. Mean
while the country Is becoming Indifferent to the
eternal balloting, and rather reconciled to the fact
that no harm will be done, except to the public
creditors, should our public Servants continue to
discuss public questions till " tite next Fourth of
July." OCCASIONAL.
Letter from Washington.
Gorreseondenoe of The Press.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1860
Cox held his own against all the American hands
that could be brdught against him yesterday eve
ning. Bill, of Georgie, has a penchant for " pitch•
ing into" Cox, but they are nevertheless good
friends. They are rather given to appealing to
each other on touchy points of Know•Nothioglsm
on the one hand, and Democracy, Northern Demo
oraoy, on this other, and they never appeal in vain.
They are quite as ready to answer as to ask ques
tions. Dardeman Jr., of Georgia, Mallory, of
Kentuoky, Bottler, of Virginia, Hatton, of TOIIIIOS
- Bouligny, of Louisiana, alternately seized Mr.
Cox, but he shook them off In &gracefully emphatic
manner.
To-day Mr. Montgomery, of your State, again
tried the proposition for a temporary Speaker (Mr.
Corwin) in order that the appropriation bill might
be passed, and the mall contractors appeased. lily
colleague, Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, however, made
short work of him and his proposition. lie quoted
from "the books" to show that no legislation
could take place until the Speaker was sworn in
in and had sworn in the Representatives and the
clerk. How then, he argued, could they legislate
when they were not a legislative body. Seth a
thing es a temporary Speaker is unknown in our
Government. Mr. Adams was made chairman
°ler thall ir nArganl.stam miht be r e olt..
awly evtelohva - we nonorable
col
league.
A. lively passage took place between Mr. Dawes,
of Massachusetts, and Mr. Reagan, of Texas, in re
lation to a correction in the Gloder of a question
and answer in their colloquy yesterday.
Mr. Reagan concluded his speech to•day. The
Togan Representative Is a sturdy, sensible-looking
man, with a marked face. Re le, however, en un
interesting speaker, so far aa Ms manner is con
cerned; and so mach hag been said on IA side of
the question, that he bad no chance of making his
matter of a novel or peculiarly attractive 'charms
ter. The attest pithy paints wore those which he
directed against the miserable professional politi
cians who twist everything up for the Woof gain
ing come place or notoriety by unravelling the
tangle. Ifs condemned those who wallow in the
mire of polities with no higher or no more patriotic
Idea then agitation and self.
Thera are °Ter a dozen absentees on the Mtnlnt&
tration side, which fact greatly agitates Mr. Wins
low, who, it would sacra, has superseded both
Houston and John Cochrane as chief manager of
that side in the House. Mr. Winslow made an
effort to stave of a ballot, by calling for a vote on a
motion to suspend proceedings, under a call of the
house. After the vote one Administration man
was still absent. Cochrane appealed to the Re
publicans, but they would not listen to him, and he
made a motion to adjourn, upon I'M& the votes
are being taken.
The Senate adjourned to Monday almost imme•'
diately on meeting. The Mexican treaty was sent
in yesterday, accompanied with a report, by Minis
ter McLane, on the state of Mexico, embracing
fapts wide' were not known to the President when
he sent in his message.
The Administration gave direct charge to the
Democratic Senators I. bring up the question of
printer to-day, but they took the matterdnto their
own hands, thinking it unwise and unsafe to follow
the orders' from the White House. Bright says
that if he should bo chairman of the caucus he will
not mill it up until such time as there is a full at-
tendanoo of Senators. Great efforts are being
made to effect a withdrawal of Senator Brown's
objeotion. They will, it is likely, prove ineffectual.
Brown is a fearless man, and will not givo up his
opinion easily, espeolally when he ham founded it
upon basis so strong.
Senator Mason appears in a full suit of Virginia
homespun. Ile intends to show his disapproval of
the North by not wearing any manufacture from
that section. He will punish himself for the Nina
of the North. It is said that several others are
going to dress up in pepper...and salt.
EU% BICHA0D0•
Letter from Harrisburg.
(Correaponderiop of The Press.
UARRIIIIIIVIW, Jan. 4, fib
The State Treasurer, Eon. Eli Slifer, has sent in
his report for the year ending November 30, 1859.
Be reports the available balance In the Treasury
at the close of the &old year 1858 at.. $892,027 70
nuovipta to Nov. 30,1859, inclusive... 3,820,350 14
Total 4,718,377 90
This does not include the tonnage tax.levied by
the State upon the traffic passing over the Penn
sylvania Central Railroad, but which has not been
paid. It amounts to $353,150, which would make
the receipts of the Treasury considerably more
than last year. The expenditures during the same
period wore :
Payments from Deo. 1, 1858, to Nov.
00 1809, inclusive $3,879,051 81
Available balance Nov. 30, 1859.... 839,323 U 9
By the following statement, showing the amount
of the publio debt for nine successive years, it will
be seen that the highest point was reached in 1854,
and since that period It has been redueed $3,059,-
0:4.67.
Nov. SO, 1851 40,202,230
Do do 1862 41,524,875
Do do 1853 41,150,279
Do do 1854 41,898,595 Decrease.
Do do 1858.... .....41,087,994 630,891
Do do 1850 40,701,835 380,159
Do do 1857 39.881,738 820,097
Do do 1868 le 488,243 393,494
Do do 1859 38,038,901 849,282
There was no permanent decrease of the public
debt until the Commonwealth parted with her ca
nals, but since then it has been at a uniform ratio
which will extinguish it entirely in less than twen
ty years. There was an apparent decrease in 1853,
which was caused by a portion of the debt being
paid out of a loan, all of which was charged to 1852,
swelling the increase that year nearly a million
and halt of dollars. The State holds bonds and
other securities to the amount of $12,494,832, which
reduces our net public indebtedness to $20,144,129.
The law requiring county officers to make quer
ter/y reports, and it required, monthly payments
of all monies due the Commonwealth, ho says, has
been greatly neglected, and recommends that a
failure to do so after notice given should bo cause
sufficient for removal from office. lien now ac
cept office very generally, not for the salary paid,
but bemuse they can put money in their purses
by speculating with the public Muds. If their In
vestments are good the State does not lose, bet if
unfortuqkte there is a defalcation.
Air, Met recommends that authority be given
to the accounting officer, with the approval of the
Attorney General, to dispose of all old claims
when clearly found to be worthless. lie thinks it
does unneeessary injury to the fair fame of the
Commonwealth to publish year after year the in
terminable list of defaulters running beck for half
a oentuty. It was originally intended to make
them pay up, and prevent the number growing;
but the ,catalogue of defaulting supervisors, ol
io:Ur*, and welgheaasters on the public) works,
became at length NO voluminous that they were
able to keep each other In countenance. In fact,
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6. 1860.
a man wan not looked upon as smart who did not
fob a few thousands of the public moneys.
The large receipts during the pest year, the
[dandy &mean in the State debt, with a certain
prospect of its final extinguishment, makes the re
port of the Treasurer very favorable indeed. Mr.
Slifer has been a capital ofileer--careful, honest,
and courteous—and as the Republicans have a
majority, we presume he will be re-elected.
Letter from ~ Graybeard."
Correspondence of The Prom)
For two days past I have been enjoying the God
made country, now arrayed In its snowy mantle,
and enlivened by the tintinabulation of merry
sleigh bells. When last I visited then favorite
haunts—late In October—the maturity of autumn
was greeted with the first fruits of linter—the vir
gin snow-storm of the season. Now old Winter, In
all his hoary grandeur, is upon us. and a right
jovial friend to the sturdy yeomanry of our State
he Is. I pity those who live and die within the
tread-mill oonfines of pity-life, without ever melting
the acquaintance of Winter in the country ! With
a thousand happy winter memories of other days
rushing upon me as I write, it almost seems a slan
der to designate this dear old friend the death
symbolising 'season of the four. I love the seasons
in their turn, nor that least whioh, as Thomson has
" Comes nt tut and Ovals the scene."
If spring and summer charm the annAes much
more this the son/. In this, the languid pules is
quickened ; the arterial current of life assumes
a more sanguine hue; dull lymphatics submit their
upper stories to an annual purging of their accu
mulated cobwebs by devoting more time to reading
books and newspapers, and yielding more to the
demands of rational soda' intercourse. The boys
and girls aro at school through the day purrling
the noddles of their mestere by their audacious
strides toward the sum of human knowledge. At
night a neighboring ioe•pond rings with the joyous
clatter of robust, rural juvenility. The marriage•
able graduates of both sexes, in parties, select, bUT
not undemocratic, after a ten miles ride or more,
fill the country inn with their merry presence
till one, two, three, or four, whilst the lit-
tie ouba at home, (bear with the exprention
though pinched and shivering .with leaking*
eyes and none, from naughty exposure
of their ears and toes, are brim-full of happiness
at heart, and in the most acceptable way, doubt•
less, worship the snow-ball Beason as their patron
saint. Long-neglected and almost forgotten rela
tives and friends, inspired by the nocturnal ", tinkle,
tinkle, tinkle," make a virtue of the tempting
sleigh•ride by cancelling an outlawed social debt.
The village store becomes the heart of the commu
nity, where gossip culminates and radiates, and
where the fate of the Union is decided at least
once a week. The winter shrine, in fact, to those
of us who were, as a certain despicable biographer
of our acquaintance would say, " raised " in the
country, is elevated into a sort of mundane divi
nity, to the youthful recollections of which the
mind turns in atter life with a delight akin to that
with which the Moslem contemplates his Mecca, or
a true Jew the city wh ere his fathers worshipped.
In short, winter in the country is an institution.
Wo think it is, amid our metropolitan gow•gawe
of fashionable, refined, and intellectual evening
entertainments, but even these are invested with
a strained artificiality. Who can tell to what ex
tent wo are indebted to the genius of rural winter
life for the fact that the country has at all times
furnished so large a proportion of loading minds
over our large cities, notwithstanding the palpable
educational advantages of the latter ? Doubtless,
this is measurably attributable to the superior phy
aioal vigor which the country favors; but we
should underrate the blessings of winter and its
rational pastimes, did we not ascribe to them
much that is noble in our nationality that comes
to us through no other source.
Pardon ins, dear Colonel, for this wiqter epistle,
and its apparent disregard for your constitutional
avidity for news. Newspaper news here is as
seam just now as huckleberries, and as I am not
professional Jenkins enough to manufacture any, I
have been obliged, from the force of cireninstances,
to have recourse to a topic somewhat appreciable,
I trust, even though it lark the merit of Novelty.
URATIMATID.
Letter from Lake Superior.
[Correspondenoe of The Preen.]
SUPERIOR CITY, Lako Superior, Deo. 19
I wish to call the attention of the Secretary of
the Interior to the two of Mr. John Grant, who
preempted about one hundred and thirty acres
on the bay front, part of which tract was also
claimed by the proprietors of Superior City. Al
though Mr. Grant has been a bone Sdo settler
built a frame house, made tunny improvements,
raised, during the past Canaan wheat weighing
silty-five pounds to the bushel, and also received
the ten-dollar prenvfom Irons thu Lake Superior
A r toorturat Society for the first harper v-trplr
no. vv... Marino-
Went, Mr. Grant has never yet received his patent.
Besides, his land is assessed by Douglas county at
seventy five dollars per sere, and the lax levy for
ISIS is at the rate of nearly seven per cent., so that
his taxes amount to about five hundred dollars. jf
not paid by January let, ono per cent, per month
will be added, advertised In July, and told out :
Now in justice to an honed, hard-working man,
let the Secretary do either ono thing or another
—lssue the patent, or recall the duplicate, and
state to whom the land belongs. Some say that
the Supremo Court of Wisconsin has overruled de
°felons of the United States Department, and will
do so again.
The town board invite proposals for cutting out
and making a winter-road from Superior to La
Pointe county, to join the Hayfield road to St. Paul.
From a private letter from a gentleman in Hud
son, to one of our citissne, I learn that the work on
the St. Croix and Lake Superior Railrood Is Pro
gressing under the charge of Mr. Noyes, the con
tractor. About eighty Men are now at work, cud
this forest will, during the winter, be kept employed
grading through the city of Hudson down to the
lake shore. The heavy excavations and embank
remits, for a distance of twenty miles, is meetly
done, and arrangements made to lay the track on
that portion early in the spring, and have fifty
miles of grading, and perhaps the track laid on It,
by the first of July next. Arrangenaente have
been made with the Scranton Iron Works
for the rails.
The trial of the Superior City case was own
menoed at the United States Land Office o n
the sth Inst. The application to enter the land
wan made by the trustees elected under the Whe
cousin act of May, 1868, and was resisted by eon
tostents for the land by virtue of Chippewa and
Sioux half-breed scrip applications, and by ad
verse preemptors, and the not of September 4th,
1841. No testimony in the onse was taken. Mr.
Ely, the first witness Galled & being an Interested
party, was ruled out. Thialie were called
upon to chow that they were legally cleated ander
the sot of May; 1858. Their counsel excepted to
the ruling, and therefore appealed the ease to the
Gotland Land Office at Washington.
Newspapers containing the news of the execution
of old Brown arrived on the oth inst., so you see
we ore not entirely out of the world. If any of
the "Old Browns" should incite the Chippewa
Indians of this district to rise upon the scattered
white Oletnents, furnish arms, pikes, etc., en was
lately ifteu'pted at liarper's Ferry, rest atsured,
lf 'caught, the entire party would be swung from
the nearest tree, and no snob ridiculous Charlestown
farce enacted. Why did not the Virginians string
up the murderer,' upon the nearest trees? The I
very fact of Brown having sympathisers, proves
that a terrible example only will deter others fromi
committing the same crimes.
Lake Superior, as far as the eye can reach,
perfectly clear of toe, but not so with the bay,:
which is froseu over strong enough for teams tei ,
cross. In my last I mentioned the tax levy some-'
what too low. It should have been about forty
throe thousand, The rte is 0 88-100 per cent cm
the ono hundred dollars. The various adilltious
are taxed heavily, serving their owners right. If
they lay ant town lots in the woods, they must pay
the piper. Twenty thousand dollars were appro:
priated for the court-house and jail, to be built od,
Sixth street. For one, I am, in favor of budedieg
them of the beautiful sandstone or granite of this
neighborhood, and Import nothing except the teat
and lime. here is a fine chance for a good ami4
tect to finger the twenty thousand dollars. 1341
in your plans, gentlemen, or address the eeereta4
of the Lake Superior Agricultural Society. Tile
society lately shipped six barrels sample potatoes
to Mr. Paschal Morris, of Philadelphia. The
freight paid from Superior to Clovelaad was throe
dollars on the lot, and I regret to say that the
Pennsylvania Railroad charged ten dollars—dle
tance via lakes, ono thousand miles, and by the
railroads five hundred ; yet the latter ()harp over
three times that paid to the steamer North Star.
Such extieuive charges will certainly prevaat
future shipments. Year correspondent in Man
kato, Minnesota, mentions oats selling there at:2s
cents per bushel, corn 30 cents, flonr #4.50, trot
3 and 4 cents per pound, do. Now, why do pot
the farmers bring their Runkle to Lake Superior ?
Navigation having closed, flour retails at $lO ter
barrel. oorn $1 per bushel, oats scarce, beef 12
and 14 cents per pound, &e. There are at last
10,000 ruiners on Lake Superior, scarcely any
farmers, and provisions of all kinds have to' he
brought up on steamboats. Noels Saone.
4,718,077 90
FATAL ACClTheNT.—Yeeterday afternoon, a
man named Samuel M. Wisdom, aged twenty-two
years, and residing in Washington street, below
Sixth street, was Instantly killed at Swanson and
Washington streets. A friend of Wisdom's, named
llorgeseim, who wee with him, said that at tho elmo
of the accident they 'were returning from the'poal
°Moo at Washington-street wharf, and at Swanson
greet there wore moveral oars 'tending. AL the
crossing the train wee divided for the apparent
purpose of allowing a passage way. While the do
ceased wee passing through the mite wore hitthod
to the other end of the train, and the care fdrood
back for the purpose of coupling, and Wisdom was
crushed between them. Death almost Instantano
(Rudy ensued. Coroner Fenner was summoned to
hold an inquest. It was adjourned, however, to
meet at the house of the doomed, this afternoon,
at three o'clock, for the purpose of souring wit
nesses.
TUROWN FROM A SLaton.—Yesterday af
ternoon a man, named Edward gettle, while
driving a sleigh along Rhippen street, was thrown
to the ground, and bad his right leg fractured.
LIMERICK, MONTGOMERY CO ,
January 4, 1860. 1
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
XXXVIIII CONGRESS,-FIRST SESSION,
U. S. CAVITOI, W tsl/I.swroN, Jan. 5
SENATE.
Tho Senate tnet at 1 o °ldic this afternoon.
Various petitions and memorials were presented.
Mr. Kteo, of New York, presented a petition
from Governor Edwin 1.1. Morgan, of New York,
and three hundred others, praying for the paassge
of the homestead hill.
A resolution was adopted that when the Renato
adj•wrn it stand adjourned till Monday.
Mr. limistoxn. of South Carolina, asked to be
excused from serving on the Finance Committee.
Motions to print the President's message and
Treasurer's report were referred to the Committee
on Printing.
Mr. FESSF.NbEN, of Maine, ft4lted to be excuse d
from the special committee on the Mums land
grant.
The Senate then adjourned till Monday.
MOUSE OF ItEPtiESENIATIVES.
Mr. Monis, of lllineie, offered n resolution
whioh was road for information, that the suporin
tondent of public buildings be directed to topleto
the desks and obaird ea they worn iu We Hall pre
vious to their removed. and to eueble him 'to do no,
that he be directed to prepare, for temporary occu
paney, the old Ilan of Itopreseutativo Mr. Mel..
de add he would net cull up the resolution this
userninz.
BitiottAm, of Ohio, and others objected to the
resolution.
Mr. Mosereou eat, of Pennsylvania, said that
Mr. e 01613( yesterday attacked his former proposi
tion for a temporary organization, on the ground of
its being a violation of the Constitution. lie had
Minted It in good faith. We are in debt to the mail
eontraotors to t hiPatuount of four mlllionsof dollars.
It is an honest debt, honestly contracted, fur a ser
t lee honestly portormad. It Is not a Democratic,
Republican, or American debt, but a national debt.
If the HOMO should adopt Ills proposition, they
could pass the Post (Mee appropriation bill, and
redeem the credit of the nation.
Mr. Wst,eoa, of Indiana, said if tho gentleman
was anxious to pay the debt, he would ask him to
adopt the plurality rule now.
Mr. Mottruoutter roplied that if he wore to ac•
cept it, others ware unwilling to do so. If throo
fourthe were willing to accept it end the other
fourth protests against it, an organization could
not be effected ; nor If even ten Mee protested. Ills
(Mr. Montgomery's) proposition was fair, honest,
and Just. Ile insisted that it was constitutional.
Bo referred to the peat legislative history to show
the precedents establtehed•in such oases.
Mr. EiTZVENS, of Pennsylvania, asked whether
Ms colleague could chow that before the permanent
organization of any Rouse a Speaker pie teat. had
been elected. .
Mr. bluaraommir replica that in 1839 and 1610
John Quincy Adams was elected Chairman of the
'louse.
Mr. Sem:es. Was Mr. Adams Speaker ?
Mr. MONTGOMERY considered him such, as Mr.
Corwin would be to-day, namely—temporary
Speaker—if the House would adopt his resolution.
Mr. Mount,, of Penneylvania, asked whether
there was any legislation while Adams wee Chair
man?
Mr. MONTGOMERY hail net examined the records
to see ; but if there was no legislation that did not
prove that there could not hays been. He renewed
hie resolution.
Mr. STEVENS raised the point * that the resole-
Mon was not in order; that, previous to entering
on business, an act of Congress requires that the
oath shall be administered to the Speaker, and by
hint to the Clerk and all the members, and no re
solution of this body can repeal it. The propoei.
tion now offered is, therefore, an absurdity. The
eases referred to by Mr. Montgomery are not op.
plleable to his resolution.
Here the matter rested.
Mr. BEACIAN, of Texas, resumed his romarke
from yesterday, insisting that the Republicans dis
regarded the obligations of the Constitution, and in
vaded not only the rights of the people, but the re
served rights of the States. Their candidate for
Speaker had not said that the doctrines of the
Helper book were treasonable. The fact that
there are man who trill not respect. the constitu•
tional obligations is ono of the startling fcatures of
'betimes, mod hay raised an intense feeling in the
Southern States. All patriotic men should come
together, rising above the ordinary prejudices on
transient questions, and meet the common enemy,
whose success would increase the clanger to the
perpetuity of the Confederacy.
Mr. WeLt.s, of New York, was much pleased
with the remarks of Mr. Mcßae, of Mississippi, who
said 'he wan to fair man, anti he believed that ho
Skeet to me fair play. In this pugilistic ring—for
it could not be called by a mach better name—
the Wad nothing like fair play. Ile was perfectly
et
A &
Boma eed that had the policy which Boa to have
be adopted by the Republicans, been followed by
t o r aide front the beginning of tilt contest,
-world now have been an orguniztd body. lie
was ad to know whether it was fair play tar the
Ro übliesus to keep settled lips while the gentle
tly7
men on the other side mite the opportunity to dis
cuss principles of disunion and spread doctrines
which disturb the peace toed prosperity of the com
mon country? lie did not rose to make a speech,
hut simply to ask the question, How its the Ileum
to bo organized? Won any party bare able to do
so? Was any party in the majority 1 It was well
known that no such party existr. In ono of two
ways only oan an organization bo effected. It cos
known that the Republicans had polled their entire
vote; that the South Americans and Demoorats
cannot unite on any man.
ney were as radically opposed to ono another
af4Ety arclinltz to tbo ltepublicaus. The House
al oMicimiknujiiirti'llol'itirßiultfittrrffr
Dt mermi, or by the adoption of the plurality rule.
It was said that tome gentlemen would oppose it,
.but let the "re/Almon not talk any more on the
geeersol priaciptie of the American, Republican,
or DLIDOOrIaa porties, but nut like men and veto
till they come to some conclusion. He was here to
work and vole, and oven when the turkey was hot
he did not mear to go to dinner if he could help it.
lie was willing to stay here till to-morrow's reek
crow to elect a Speaker.
There was a call of the Hones preliminary to a
vote fur Speaker.
Mr. JOHN COCHRANE, of New York, said there
was still one gentleman on the Democratic side ab
sent, owing to Meknes', who had not paired off. Ile
had bate sent for. Ile trusted that the gentlemen
ea the other side would see how proper it %as to
make a pair for that gentleman.
Cries from the Republican side "No! no 1"
Mt. COCHRANE said the action on the Republiean
ride then forced him to make to dilatory motion—
that was to adjourn.
The yeas and nays were demanded by the De
mocratic able, and ordered.
The motion was disagreed to—yeas 76 ; nays 185.
Mr. BARKSDALE, of Miaeiedppi, nominated Mr.
Vallanclighatn, of Ohio.
The House then proceeded to a Note.
Mr. POTTER, of %VisConsin, when hit name wan
celled, said that as Mr. Vallandighata PM lot n etiow
mixed up with the John Brown affeir he could not
vote fur him, but would vote for Juhn Sherman.
(Laughter 1
Mr. Vaennettureor, at a subsequent period, re
torted by saying that he should very much like
to vete for Mr. Potter, but as the latter was a
living contradiction of the remark of Shake ears
thkt " when the brains aro out the man is dead,"
he should vote for Mr. Houston. [Cries of " good,"
frOm the Democratic aide of the House, and
laughter.]
TWENTY-PI Mil BALLuT
Whole number of votes
Necessary to a choice..
Mr. Sherman
Mr. Vallandlgham
Mr. Gilmer
Mr. H. F. Clark
&sintering
The House again iprueeeded to a vote.
Mr. DAVIS, of MlS9i3.lippi, nominated Mr. 119
took
TN BALLOE.
Whole number of votes 211
Necessary to a choice 106
Mr. Sherman 102
Mr. llama 56
Mr. Nelson 8
Mr. Davis, of Indiana 6
t Scattering 'lB
Mr. MILES, of South Camilla, bald It WAS per
reedy obvious to every gentleman in the Haase
that there is not the remotest ohnbility of or
ganizing for on indefinite time. [Voices from the
Republican side—" We doubt the ."j
Mr. MILES continued. Ile did not supposo there
were ten men In the country who believed they
were one jot nearer the solution of the question
to-day than when they first assembled. Now long
was this state of things to go on? Some gentle.
men, in perfect good faith, bud urged the adoption
of the plurality rule, while there are many—
whether right or wrong—who are as CODlSOi
tatious in their belief as the proposers of It,
that snob n rule is uneonstitutional in spirit,
and could not, therefore. consistently vote for
it, and would oppose it to the end of lime.
lie never, under any eiroumetauces, would
vote for the adoption of the plurality rule.
The Constitution sap the Ito tee shall, after as
sembling, proceed to the election of its officers, and
he understood the Ilouios to menu the majority.
There are three parties opposel to the Republi.
can party. The Demeeratic and Republican are
the two great parties. The Southern Opposition,
for the first time, are here in any considerable
body, numbering twenty-three. The anti.Lecomp
ton Democrats aro a mere handful in, number, but
no doubt include thoroughly oonaciontioue men.
lie differed from them, but was willing lo concede,
till the °twittery was shown, that every man acts
from his convictions of duty, and therefore be would
he the last to Impute unworthy motives. It ap
peared, however, that they were simply disorgan
tiers.
Mr. Annette, of New Jersey, replied that he was
nu antbLecompton Democrat, but did not believe
that those - *Rh whom ho eel had disorganized the
(louse. Ile did net cue how there could be an or
,runiration unless they voted far Mr. Sherman. If
they bad voted fur kr. Bocock, or Mr. Millson,
they could not have elected either of thew. There.
fore, he could not see how they were dlsorganizers.
Mr. CLARK, Of New York, wee undersw.l to say
that ho agreed with Mr. Miles that he and hto
friends were disorganirers. But until he could
show that, by a union with the American , and De-
MOUrtllle party proper an organir ttion woe prat).
ticable, and could be brought about, they aloud on
the satno b 1 ,19 al any of the other Deuto,rota.
Mr—Moats resumed • The Democrats number
enough with a union in their ranks, toguthor with
the Sou'hern Opposition, to &feat the dection of
ibe Republican candidate. The Southern Opposb
lion say to us, whenever you can show the possi
bility of electing a Democrat by our votes we will
give thorn. The , anti-Locomptonites say whenever
our votes added to all the others will elect a Demo
crat we will Five you thew.
A Voice. That P not exactly c,.
- . . .
Mr. MILF, 9. I untleratund that roma of the geu
Herrin have sni , l no.
Mr. Svevnss understood the gentleman from
South Carolina (Mr. Miles) to make the point that
the anti•Lecomptonites are diempuizers when
they do not go to the Democrats, when they cannot
elect the Democratic nominee. Why are they tort
disorganizera when they do not come to Ile.
publicans, whom candidate they can elect.
[Laughter.)
Mr. ADRAIX mid, so far as the action of the five
anti.Leoomptonites is concerned, they do not keep
the nonce from being organized ; hut he presumed
they have the PRIMO right to vote for such men na
represented their principles as Mr. Stevens hod to
foto for Mr. Sherman. They ought not, therelbre,
to be censured here. They were desirous that
there should bo a speedy organization, but had, not
aeon the man their votes would elect. When the
Southern Opposition end the Democrats unite, and
show a fornaidahle front 1.41 r. Sherman, then the
five anti•Lecompton Deumerrys will be called on to
act definitely. They will then veto na best accords
with their Judgments and , entiments
Mr. Dictate+, of Pennsylvania, said the gentle.
man apoke of the lice anttlecompton Democrats.
lie Wished to know who they wore, and that they
be named Ile whiled to know whether there wets
included In the ltst those who received the =Dv!
dud cote of •the Republicans, or those who ran
against both the Republican end Demooratic or
ganisations. Some refuse to affiliate with Mr. Sher•
man, and retreat front those who assisted to return
.
thorn to the Howie. They could receit e Republican
tram but could not vote fur the Republic w wemli•
date for Speaker. For himielf, he had to run against
both the Demairatia and Republican organirt
tions,andi against the friend or the Adminiatra-
lion, if such a one could with propriety he called a
Detnoerat. Aa the Ilett‘e could not ho organized by
a In+rity, ho gave noti,e that whenever a ntotion
WWI Made to proceed to a ballot, he Should off tr an
amendment in the shape OF a provis t for the adop
tion of the plurality rule. Then ho would discover
who were in f tvvr of an erg ltliZtaltla, and who
were against it.
Thiu Democratic party, as represented on this
floor, ought to be seen by the country. Uentlernen,
when they epenk, exprc.,4 an anxiety that their re
marks ,hould go to the country. lie wished that
the country coidtl look in here for five minutes and
see the condition of the so-called Democratic party,
representing the Administration. A more perfect
type of the Administration could not be presented.
It woe perfectly disorganized. without coherence
or unanimity at any limo, and while in this despi
cable condition, the !tomtits kept disorganised awl
the country tortured.
Mr. D.0:14, of Indiana, mid that for the five
weeks he hod be,n here, he had carefully ah
stained from opening hi, mouth (VA:es—Louder!!
Ile would say to the ontlemon : hid on and they
should hoar him. Qe would fain have contented
himself with titmice to the and of the contett but
for the remarks of Mr. Illektnan. Ile did not
understand tbo right of any man to catechize him
as to the vote ho should give. Ile /devil here as an in
dependent Representative,and ho Intended to repro•
sent freemen as became a freeman The gentleman
from Pennsylvania had referred to the manner to
which some of the anti-Lecomptonites were elected.
lie (Mr. Davis) never designed inquiring how that
gentleman trite elo,ltcti It woe none of his bad
ne,s. lie desired to tell the gentleman. the House,
and the country, that he was elected by a majority
of 4000, way elected as a Democrat, and it the
seventy speeches which he deli, ere(' he 11114 eye de
clared himself a Dem-crat. Ile did not desire to
t• cross a T or dot an I" as to bit xadttical faith
De challenged tiny 111 , 111 in his district to say whe
ther ho ever made a speech in which he did not utter
that declaration. Ile ran against the Administra
tion candidate as an anti•Loootupton Democrat, and
had not changed his opinion as to that policy Ile
hart steadily voted for an anti-Locotnitton Demo
crat for Speaker, nod not a Republioan. I will
not, he said, vote fur Mr. Sherman, much as I re
spect hint personally, if these walla tall down'
(Applause on the Democratic side I When
taught this battle, I never thought I was to be
thrown into the anus and embraces of the Repub•
lican party. Renewed applause ] I never in
tended to ho sold to the Republicans with their
present doctrines. [Applause.]
Mr. Illtxthtst the gentleman Lot elated that
Lis cantos he represented himself as an anti.
Lecompton Democrat, cud made that an issue
alone. I should like to know whether ho did not
denounce the Administration of Mr. Buchanan es
a mass of living corruption and dishonesty I have
raised neeentroversy with thogentleman. I Lunde
a simple inquiry of the gentleman from New Jer
ser, (Mr. Admit)) ; but as the gentleman from In•
diana chooses to take up the glove, I will tom pare
records with him as to Demooraey.
Mr. Davis. Very good.
Mr. litchmax. The gentleman Las not said
whether he received the Republican vote.
Mr. D.kyle. I did not denounce the Athninis.
tration, except on the Lecompton question. Is
that sufficient , I got a majority of the Demo
crats, and, I believe, every American, with a large
majority of the Republicans; and if the election
had been two weeks off, I believe I'd have got
every vote in the district. (Laughter.
Mr. PURE/, of Indiana f ask, did you tad
poly denounce the Drod Scott decision before
2,900 people, at Indianapolis, and any that no man
could carry a tingle township who al net denounce
that decision
Mr. Davis. "I thank thee, Jew, fur giving
me that word." (Laughter.] I any I did no such
thing'
Mr PORTER. I have the Indiana State &Pu
ne!, of November 19, i&,9, the organ of the De
me:radio party, containing a report of your speech
on that occasion
Mr. Dolls. I haw no Woollen to the whole
speech being read here The Senttne!, he says, is
my organ.
Mr Pon runt. I nay the Sentinel is the ac
knowledged organ of the Democracy of Indiana.
I know the report is correct, because I bad the
honor of bootleg the eloquent gentleman, and I
saner knew any man to elicit such applause
!Laughter on the Republican side ]
Mr. Davis, at well PA Mr. Berme, spoke with
much earnestness and emphasis during the discus
sion.
Much coufu-lon prevailed, and the worde of the
epee kers often failed to reach the reporter's gal
lery.
Mr. lie tieee r. of Kentucky, ex . rased the hope
thee. order would be preserved. (length.= could
Lot hear, oniug to the loud talktug and welkin;
about.
Mr. goow. of Pennsylvania, trusted that the
frequent expressions of applause would be pre.
vented.
Cries from the Republican side. " Road the re
port."
Mr. PORTER tin a voice rising above the din.)
exulaitued, My eirllengue refuses to let the pee.
sego in hie Initianapelis speech be read."
llelo , Wedl Cried or •• Rend I read '."
Mr. Davie to Mr. loiter. Thet's my business—take
Jour vat.
Mr. ['oases. I ask— (Dertfenine cheers from the
Deumerc Ito s de and cries of " Order?' I
• r. ttsris. My col r o ue eons he liertid me ranks (hit
?Pee e_he i th, woe t•alvtitta-tn-stn-Waeo'oz•a-(Er4
Died 1-cott derision. l sly this is head). at !holly. and
innltmously IC se. let the clinree come trots a linteser
•ger it iris,. (ArnlMl-0 Irourt the Detnoctssoc side.)
Mr. lltr, of hem., alter oberacterizing Mr. De
vise. manner towards I.r. Porter as rude, laid tent he
emitted' heard the, speech, and it was gerrieralir tee
, marked among the Isspubli nos that they hod never
heard one so in accordance with their principles. You
did denounce the Died Heidi decision.
Mr. Devi.. I repeat, with a tell know'sdre of what I
did ear. that toe charge is a hiteelneel and a slender.
reeplaute.l I am reeponsible here or elsewhere tar
thoi declaration. Ilsensatioo.)
Mr. puss. No one uterine more than !do tains in
volved Ina 011elnlIsem 01 irracity with my collea..uo, and
lshould not now ma if 1 bad not telt it due to toy tot
enolo, who use hoes treated In it rude Rothe! the
oourao mmy conleasuel Mr. Lisa w. a Very Copy,
Meet any to a entllnte his bra‘ ere. if thn gentleman
thinks I d horse.] wrong he min take personal
comet omon wheels or It suits his convenience to do se.
Inueliterd
Mr. ()AVM Very well.
Mr brow. This Manua the time and place to come to
a settlement
Mr. Mmes. I here the floor.
Mr. Dugs I have the floor, sad will motet on it.
Mr. %Imre. I will net be within: toy lead the floor for
an endless controversy, which is out of Plane. i will
not )read again.
1 he Repuelicans again called for the reading of the
extract.
Mr. DAVIS. lam not to he Intimidated by these we.
wee never cooler in my tile. As tar as the Sentinel is
conetornad, the editor and I have not spoken for four
sears. lie opposed my elect on with n bitterness never
Wore known. I paver knew, till last week. th• t a
se nevem of me ereech was published in it. I then wrote
to a Wend towel too n cop) of the piper. Alteoueh it
is not a for •, oinsts. I not eat nshamed to have it read
here. I would not take lack a eine te principle for the
Presidentiel, tench lees for the Speaker's chair. The:
to nom. was used clandettnely and unearth against the
Detemorsts b 1 certain s•mlensee on the other side.
r. Puma interrupting. One word.
Sir. DAVIS. Not now. Wait till I ztt e you the oppor
tunity Various gentlemen on the Dea °critic side
Called 'Mr. Porter to order.
Mr. Dirt.. The fired Scott decision is right. I, t I do
not Klrtm the interpretation w hich Ito Pres...tent does in
his mashie. I emd, Imp °Pinion - 711er rune a 10, taken
the ground that the Constitution per se establishes sln•
very In the Territories, could not carry a binele town
ship 111 my State. There is not one word in that ro fl op.
ear which shows that I named the Tired Scott dee lion,
Lot only ollueed to the President s °Onion. Mr. Oasis
then refereed to the Conereesionel centetta in Ind ono,
sat ins that he appealed trots a pecked ooevention Co the melority pi the people end was tquinplianth suits nod.
Repented cries trots the Itepublicene—" Let the ex
(root be road "
Mr. Pointe hoped that Mr. Mt cc. who Wes still iii
rogue sion el the floor, would allow the extraet to is
rend.
Mr, elites wanted some distinct understa. Arne, Lot
the purPert ot it WAS lost toe cenercl contusion.
Mr. feint
to
ron. understood tent the gentlemen from
North Cando.) isided the floor that thevaonct no s ht
ti read, end in order that I might reply to the assault of
isf colleeene.
ear. Mites it would not be fair to do by indirection
what could not be dune directly.
Mr. PORTER. .1 wish to ISAY—tcries or •• go on, go on,
?Mien."
Mr M ) ieee. If the gentleman from Indiana desires
the floor. he will undertake to read whet his colleague
I Mr. Davis) °teems to.
Mr. Davis. I don't object to his reading It.
Mr. I:tuner...l,ot Norm Caro:inn. I object to the ten
timer' from North Curettes yielding the flour for that
pewee.
Cries frenn the Reputiliesne—" Too late."
Mr. cents tend It le not too Me.
Mingled cries of "go on" to Mr. Miles, end teeth front
the Republienne for the reading of the extract
Mr. roßTlrts Pirate' rose.
Mr. Allis CoCllß.agg interpeeed n point of order, that
ho had been room:weed by the clerk, hut eielded tile
floor to Mr. Slime. If so he hoped the latter would he
permitted to go on.
AIr.RVFFIN. I think such proceedings disreputehle.
Let us adjourn till to-morrow. [Cries of "no, no." from
the Reputilicen side ) The rentleinen inn talk over
their persona/ quarrels auother t line.
Mr. Pollee!' geld be would read the extract himself.
Mr. Mcßae. Let the paper tie read by the clerk, so
that all one hear.
Mr. Port ! The Route will recollect—
Mr. Mcßae began to speak. and was loudly called to
order. Went confusion ensued, and but little that he
said could be heard.
Mr. Penmen, alter order had been whittle restored,
said—Did not rue cells/time on the stump, and in a pub
he tnertur g m Indiana, state that he did not endorse the
Deed Scott decision T It. slid he did not maks the re
mark. I then asked that the pastime from the Senti.l.
the organ of the Deiroo.sot• and of Judge Douglas 1 , 0
rend.
Finally the extract from theg of Mr. Davi s '
speech nit read Hee remarks were to the effect test
It was given out in high interims that the Coast (atom
hikes 'lvory Imo the Territories. in violation of the
Meal low ; loathe Presidential cnrolitlnte whoa, a ain
eould net carry a einele township in Indiana in
1260. If such doctrines were true then the Reretmeee
are correct '('he doctrine was edvuoated by Calhoun
end took him down the stresm, etc
Mr. PORTEN remarked th ho was weenie the ques
tion between him and hie celengue should ecrtor he coun•
try. (Derisive laughter on the Demoore tie nide.)
There was scarcely a mem on the floor but would say
that this is a declaration against the fired Feint dem..
Mee Ile vi Moroi Many that mans of his colleague's
friends in Indiana—includine the enti•Lecomernn
moL—
will be eurprieed to hirer the deeleriat on that lie did not
denounce the Dred Scott (Whiten. lie was sor t used
Mist Inn eolletßue, v. hoot he had try ted ccurteonslm
should attempt to divert the minds of Denieui tits by at
temetine a pertenat
lin( °Millen. tell! mated that he Mr Porter) hod exhibited this taper clandestine!, to operate, utmost the
Vemoorms. One or two el ton nonen t ities. knots ins that
he hod it in his pesseasmit. ealled on Imo to see It. but
lie reeves exhibited it to a mmHg man withoet home
asked to do so. Not more than lour Or fire teen here
had towin it front him fie stases understood that when
a public man makes a public declaration he was wiltin
it emeld send, ego that no man with sentiiimit's of
honor wit shrink Irmo an exposition 01 his pee lion.
11r. Davis. Se to the dere nail regronwitillit) M rue
district, I well take carol it, if Ills collea-ma will (Ito
care or his own district. am responsihle to ems con
stituents. nod to them alone Si) ',Olen me said I de
nounced tee Drell scot decision, end this fact could ire
eeteltliebed hi the .. , totto lug. I said it ass tale,, for the
avoids Dred Scott are not ineidioned hr it I Inahliter
font! the Republican sdo I I ever denounced that
dec.s.on. When I was eo aecubed i a ild the elosr. e wee
lithe end put the lirand on it. I respect all the iloci
inns oi the Supra me Court, and will o , ey them all ; lea
I have the tt.t lit to pot sin own construction e n them,
and differ from i he President.
Al r. Du 55. I won't ashy co to yield.
ho confusion at this point wits worse than ever.
The Clerk endeavoree to euppress th disorder.
Mr. !there. The debate hen taken a trench:ell turn.
I bite to see this discuscon. [lmu„lder.l I like to see
intitroluals tidcance their opinions and define their tea
anions end state what thee intend a , it du not intend to
do. and not, 111:0 the gentleman from fmteWkhir.
M
Claret show how we id not 01,1111113. I I.ZILI4fit
:Or. DI :se nholo-ised to ;allies for but 'leper nt
rudenens in laSilollll4 on mmeo woe the t.entleinnn's
time. Ile ellopomed he lad tube floor Ity leave of his c 0110...1 10...
lo...
Mr. Mir Ys said no opelmo one veceeeery, seeing the
gentlemen did nut intend tin) nor es.
Mr. Duna thought from Mr. Miles's coot levy end
knowletLe of the nig, the t Ile would rhoorr..ll+ gt,!
loin In oPeortuniti to, spit to et het Mr Deus hind s tad
Was (also. He had not hen
/e11e...). De hog,e s t to I.) to Mr. basis that he I Alr.
Motto spoke to the people of Indiana. who koew both
or then. been 10 oar emmtletim 01 to 0 Withe,See
rho truth 1005 MO Potmilmli milled, nod thole wan nn wide
tionill ono In tbei piper v. hichlind boon relit
Imlld that he Sid i not in the carouse
denounce the bred Scott deeteumq hat there were
thousands of Reim; witireeses who will reed ill s debate
With surprise, end in &minim will tel I the envictry a hat
ho said. Ile(11r. Dunn ( hen rd Mr. Davis' spore lite In•
dtenarolie, on the imeicoon when the Mends of tom.,
hits Were there Meettele, to theme leafing
with regent to hum end the •throntetretion. Ihe hail
was aro% dot to De tltemOst P meZsemt). On the pfitleotta
Were men Who had arovre gra) in the Deiceeratir ranee
and the) used trio loui.o t-o so Lawler to the Reptile.,
can mire. The lierret,t Abolitionist laid rep, Of,
nouneoml the 'J red lu 11 deetti,on with more bitterness
and bores than did tun ocllen!ne. As to the cheree of
feleahood, Mr. Dunn would loot. the , to (be people of
Indlann.
'rho Rouse than Adjourned.
104
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE
iRRIVIL OF TOE BOHEMIAN.
COLD WEATLI UR IN GIINAT BRITAIN
DEATII 01 Loll) 110 L I.A‘ll AND
HON. n. ril•zitoY.
E SPANISII-MOROCCO WAR
THE SIEAMER VIGO FOR PHILADELPILIA ON
DECEMB.!.I:I`2D.
COTTON DIILL-BREADSTUFFB STEADY
coNsor,s c 5 1-'2a
PottiL I.ND. Jan .s—V,Onizht —The eteerrithip
has arrived with Liverpool tithe, to Wrojaee Lev,
the net ultimo. four dare liter Ulla received by the
Csanda.
I he steamship Africa ern ve,l ant on the 19th
The mretin. of the Potopenn Coo t rese had been axed
to like 04'a oil the 11.11 1 14. j .1 toasty.
.11fistre ,n Hee !An still vrosent a threetontny motet.
he represent mere of net MI the foren at the
Con me wire tntea announced. inciudini Count Ca•
your. for toodinta.
The (And en Titer,• in en article on the swot on cf
John brown. ridicule, the my nipailly crewed by tile
thorn States when toe mate. nd predict that the
mitter WO tend t.. r eon .then the dotal..
womb, u F mnre Fuld fr-,lntid land bee, elec.-
et‘ ely severe. bat bee a.nce to derated•
Toe health of !?tote Jerome hadoleon was im-
pravint.
The reverted radnetlon In toe Frond' trod '6%11 aptly
" Th c n P A l l l / 1 /13o e ut 4, ! n Cloutd on Tumidly, the 3th u!t., at
TOL Mo.
• ihairpnislatt fortes sere concentrated at Cents. but
the Moors were snit the asarolante. Another unzs.e
tto,nr is reported witt.,ll proved dte•stro .• to the Moors
tt nor roue poi tics! arrests are reported at Naples.
The repotted intended aboication of the Emperor of
Awn t proves t, he on h.onded.
Austria is mskint rednottoes in her army.
Itrl pot Mitt •uhrnlarnone h it • bean made to ituaeist. ier
C reams.
A tfat rt. in Honors taratleeeevue dear suers and rake
ihrestentnr.
THE LATEST BY TELFGRAPB TO QUEE.NS•
'I OWN.
- •
LIVER root. Lac. 2 —The ship William Stetson, fmm
klobile, boiled to itserponil, bns Won buratat se The
crew ware saved.
A Inr_is tie-tot . et on 'lists arrived to den.
The eteenithip Vito a to sail to-sloy, the W. for
The rant Pays publithes the to:totems casual bit oy
the elenipotentisries to tn. C m ice* aPo inira •
AtlEVlß—Reiuhherg and Metternich.
ii root tiritlin—Cowle, end W WOU.die•
Kneeil—Sehleinitz end Vnertalee
Rusin—liortnchnkotrinil Kumla.
raret.—Welewsta end De Auverhue.
StAin—De In Roan and Mona
1 ortu„al—Lnynr,tho n d De PALM
T.. 8 rederni Cn vat nt ew.tznrlnn.l intends to ask
Con: rem this the n•litmlav of 0,,0y may be sham•
teed lit the [Winn Cont.tiitiint.on its it is alrends 1 7
Piedmont, in airtun ot the tr ai t, of Li m
r BRITAIN
The weeiher tins been errs s -veto, in I,)ite places
the thermometer What witats threat.? time detieet 8t
ZOfo,
Cann! nevsgniion hail been aunperitt•d 1,7 the ice. and
ritilfmd train I Impeded by the iwotir. A thaw hes, how
eVer, IPt le.
The Cunard Company has purchased the shrew steam
er AUM‘III.
A small tin carnets, has been picked up et the math
n( the Mersey with the announcement that tie Dreamer
Great Br nun had foundered off theW extern ;gland It
cgs soppogod to be a villainous hoax. na the Oraat Bri•
fain only lent I iverpool on the Ilth for hlelrourne, and
the caw star il , ll picked on five de , s afterward..
lion. If. Fite Roy, brat Comm mover of the futbc
Works la drill.
An 01fiC1111 inquiry into the lots of the stemothrP
line been ordered It will take plate at Liverpool.
Lord Holland died at Nerd. on tae Litti ult.
FRANCE
The river Sone. n. Parrs, is full of ire.
hallway Dale is impeded by the Arrow.
It line been officially Announced that on theist of Jan
uar, the Emp, for • mild receive the corps diplomatic
and tne legislative bodies.
The tendency to Improvement in the commercial af
fairs of Franco continued.
Pones Napoleon Ilea so improved in health that en
further bulletin. will be maned.
he eenelon of tho I.e.:Cativo Assembly of France, it
I. expected Wllle9tiunenrA un the kith of January.
Cou• t Porsigny re m Ferriand.
• SPAIN.
The Moore are very enthusiastic about the war.
Large rerntorcemonts were arriving from the rive
t.,
The Moorish ettecke on the Epanish farces eon tawsii
woo the acme impetuous bravery and in treat number
It is stated that the Alen of the cparitrirds is to attack
I etuan from the two sides siniult
To , u3n ,m defended by earthworks and retinue.
Gen. O'Donnell wail continually naktmc for relnfo-ce
metal. lila posktion wan coua.dered to be a diff.cult
one.
Foreign Commercial Intelligence.
By the eteemer Bohemian.]
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Dec. 91—The
Cotton market has been dull, with . declionf tend...tr.
The prices MT ewer kr tn?re a Et) quotable chan
The son. of three amount to io.ooo halm in•
eltpline :Ott, holes to spent' trots and foe effort.
ItTATI OF TtIADE —lb. adrscea from Itnaohee.
ter continue to Int of an tuft. orab e character. The
markets are doll. and in some cues a s luta decline
in price", has teen sulinuttedto
LI"L.P.t , I. 1111 EA Ds , PI .
EFS MAIiKtT
Brendatuffn market in steed.. Wheat has an •dvanctnz
renden•t Messrs. It ichnolson Spence repot the
Dread.ttulia market gloat but steady. Wheat hrm with
in ontrovrd tone. had a partial advance of Id. Corn
quid Int irm.
ivrtt DOI. PROVISION MARKET.—The various
oircitlarn retort the I 9
rind market Lenerally
•ut read, aeef qmet and steady Pork wet. Bacon
stead,. I rod qaort
LIVER PO , it. PRODUCE MA RKET.—Bazar steady.
Rice quiet. sit. hurl, at d holders were dernandl
An ad, ones. and asloor as 3d far common. 'turpen
tine Swots steads At MI
I.oa DON MARK LTS —Rice firm And slightly ad
var. ed
LON DON atnfiri MARKET. Dec.ll —Conwle are
quoted at 9.51:a951i for account and dundend. The
memo market in urchin ed.
Antettean tentlriti•o unehansed
1 HE LA l'Ett P.
try Tele, mph to queenstown.l
Ltosnroot. Dee 22. he I otron ales nt yesterday
-nil to da. et, .1 eottioted at Illanal bales. nearly all • f
which were to ti o under.
The market Is dull and Id I lower than Pridat's quo-
Moons.
The at 4a
market to dull hitt stesdy. eam is
boot ant. at 414 I tor ennUllon. (Atter etttelta sic un
clinn•ed.
1.0 soon, Thttrsday afternoon.—Corm:4 ars quoted at
9.sSetl/N ex dlr.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
J.u. 5, ISCO
SENATE.
The E p eakor leid brf,,re tha Senate the annual
report of the State Librarian.
he Governor transmitted to the Senate the re
turns of the late election for Auditor General and
3urveyor General, which were opened and the re
sult declared.
'Several messages were Plot) received from the
Governor, returning, with hie objmtient, bills
ptaied at the oloso of the last sesaim. The Lar
.vtges were aererally read, and the eubfeeti Feat•
Atnonx these letord bills wet a bill to iteurpo
roto the Padicr Iron C. tnpeny ; n bill to incorf 0
rate the New York and Carlooidale Coal Company;
to ;no...ti-unto the Western Coal Compan y; to in
corporate the Exat Scranton Improvement Coni•
pony, a eappleuteat to the not leeorporatiug the
iliebuiood tint Sobuylkill Pastener Railway Com
pany; a supplement to the chiller of the Woe.
Motor Railroad Company ; and a ball anthoriring
the sale of the Northwestern Railroad.
Mr. BELL read in place a bill relatlog to
dance.
Mr. PALunn, In place, a bill relative to making
and repairing roads iu Schuylkill county; also, a
bill fnr the relief of (leorge 1). Boyer, late treasurer
of Schuylkill county; al,o, a supplement to the act
incorporating the borough ef Ashland, and a bill to
ine9rporate the Dune Sayings Fund of the borouzh
of Pottavillo.
A bill supplementary to the act Incorporating
the Wilkerbarre Water Company wee introduced
and pieced. and alro a resolution relative to the
pay of the routing officers of the Senate.
A j , int resolution authorizing the purehare
pardon's Itigert, end felgler's and Sutherland's
Legklatice Macuals, for the use of members, was
adopted.
Tie :zonate then adjourned until Monday after
noon, at 3 Lo,oleck. _
Mr. Tar Loa, from the special committee ap
pointed to revise the standing committees of the
Mow, submitted to report recommending an io•
ercauo in thu number of members of the Commit.
tees on Way, aid Means, Judiciary, Dineen
Corporation., Counties, Banns. Compote snd
Pouting. Alto, the eer,olidation of the Clturett
lees on Agriculture and Mtnuteetures, and Itos,k
Bridget, and Canals; abolishing the Committees
on Divorces, Lands, and Local Appropriations;
and providing for a new Committee on Passenger
Railways
Mr. O'Nutt..i. offered an amendment to the effect
that all applications for charters for the incorpora
tion of peseenger railway companies, shall be re
ferred to the members trom the locality in wbirh
the road may be located.
The :pettier ruled the amendment out of order
at the present time.
Mr. STRONG favored the appointment of a com
mittee on the subject, end spoke highly of the atilt.
ty and importance of these roads.
Mr. AIIBUTT moved to amend by striking from
the report the pros l4ien for the appointment of a
standing Committee on Patscoger hallways.
The subject gave rise to tone a protracted diu
eueeiou,
Me.Rirs. Abbott, Barlow, O'Neill, and
Lawrence, of Washlniten, favoring the amend
recut, and Messrs. IJjlor, btrong, Thompson,
Ridgway. and Gordon opposing it.
The question on the amendment still pending,
the hence proceeded, at I? o'clock, agreeably to
the resolution of Tuesday last, to felect a c.m.-
mince to try the contested election in the Sixteenth
Representative District of Philadelphia.
The proccedlng4 were in the form pre,zribed by
the net of .I. , renNy. Mr Wallace appeared as
counsel far the conteetant (Mr. Wiley), and JacAt
Turney of the Sepato and Jacob Zeigler, for Mr
Duffield, the sitting member.
The committee bVdated it es follows :
Henry H. Rouse (Opp.) of Crawford.
Thomos lkyes (Opp ) of Union.
David E Bayard tUpp ) of Allegheny.
Lewis Mat a (Opp ) of Potter.
JaIIICS D. 11r)son (Opp) of Lawrence.
Simnel Durborow (Opp of Adm.+.
Ocorge Lawrence (Opp )of IVashington
L P. W illiston (Opp ) of Ttoga
Ileory E. Strong (Opp ) of Philadelphia
The committee announced tit* they would tweet
at titre,. o'clock !bit afterno,n
The !tense then resumed the consideration of the
report on the .tranding committees, ether the mo
tion of Mr Abbott to .9 tilko uut the Committee on
Passenger Railways was agreed tn. the retort.
to emended, was then p•ed
Tho Ifodso then nojnurned
Mar)liiiid Legislature.
B amen!, Jan. 5 —The Leglilatnre wes organ•
;zed to-day at Annapolis, by the eleotion of E.
liEbonine,Spesher t.f the House an I Jno V Brcsok,
Speakor of the Senate. In the Iloue, a reNdurpn
VIR9 offered granting rota on the boor to the Cult
deleotion front Baltimore, who were on the
Reform 'Etat, and oonteat tha ea ts of the An,eri
can delegates. After considerable I 11 4 C11,1011, the
re , olution we passed—yeas 55, nay 3 the Balti
loon, dolegati . fu but voting.
The tio% ernor's message boa not been seat in.
Fire nt Norfolk.
..tionrot K. Jan. s.—The re.idenee of Mr. Hall,
the extemire book and piano dealer, the property
of ex Mayor L•anh, and tour other hui:ding., were
destroyed by fin this morning. The fire is attri
hated to ineendiariqm. The property ertt.a partly
in=ured.
Later Iron► flatatta.
Nr.w ORI.O Q;s, Jan 4.—The Fteewship De 5...0
arri“ ;1 With liasana clatca to the Ist inst
The nen a to Lot impttnat. The su4ar market
woo .11111, owing to the holiday= The f. toe kin port.
10,000 boxr-,; lincliang..l. Exchange on
Lon.L.n. Villa on New York. 311
Front Pike's
%, Rx aOR r 11, KRIM,. Tto. s. — The Dent er
ex pre•te, with date. to the 2sth ult., has armed here,
brin-ing $l5 trio in told Mum
'I
hare is much .I,Asltisfaction reVtrdint the Prot*
ert.mer t intently orviniZe4l, And it irns
cennrn II) re.htrited tot n(allure. TO, 'Viet/Intl. to tot
lo.•t the taxi. (cited b, the I egri‘ln' fe In the muting
dtttriots lilt a been untic, et.st,.l. Thera is a general
want of confidence in Its luting e.delnate to Arend the
tower And vrotertion of Government. anj the pecpla
loot, tt the speed) ovo.nization of the Territory by
Con4res.3 as indist ensnble.
. _
.Bain,; wee continued on t limited eeale in the inter
vn'e of warm weather.
Building will rreen*eing rirdly in Denver City, but
diets is sorest 'Micas of the locomen untonoli.
VHE CITY.
AMUSP.SIII.III THIV. F.vENING
Aft . cr. •I. Fr sn N.L. Ld•ente Erne , . :terlre F.i :nth .
Coneett for the benefit ortite lie.neoek Orlentne.r St boot.
Vene..n e• A C. •IKVC
r ,h street. nhove Peer Waktna"— • Leech
When You Can."
. • Stern T edreer Ws,wr a+o
virdh.—" Fait and Mar ‘ uente "—" E".l Rasea-
Gnu."
214.7tnviL THE/TIZ. WlLlin•atrtet. betwesa Easittk
and Nlnth.—Thin Mee,' rhea{
&11 CrtetTter RlVEZT.—Psze's VEERS.
Act,Dzu• 01 Piss Ants, Chestnut street.
trtnn"— •The Msrti 'nom of J, hn Haw. kc:'
ri LLPIRIES. 9.16 Chestnut street.—k zlubitiox
of tcast work. of 3112*. It ors Bonhear
SA,DE E ll
.01 ROo• J. 3115 2 .6 Cr6l/1,
bultd nt. Che.tnut street, shore Sisth.—Tido
don s Museum of Art.
Mc Ihrnonen I hisizstiv, Rahn street, bightsr
Valte•taitine/LII subtly.
Tateeta or iiiO3DESS. eerr-hea•S horses Terth wat
Chestnut atteets.—gtonor
THE AcCtrinar TO COLO3EL Ras's.Es.—WO
are rtabla.l to lay that the w...tilent
ti dl,tm B llaLkeu. L„,tteed by t.r yriterdiie, is
PerliVlr di in wta IC first .41.11itiated. re,.
llarrithurg , Ra , i.€ of yesterday m,reit g saes:
• The ear , uirleinet.t in th e J'atnrc: a r L'a7,7 of
yesterday in.:rnicg, that C.,:enei Willi= is Ran.
o f 1 , 1... it • had met wan au e.ci , ltht at
Lebanon- has beer, .r.itihroatili. It/1;42311. home:-
or, that the irjuries u, the genflem at: Ire hot fest.
Mr Banker!, ',Lila attempting t., get ra ti.e, train
just as it war ..tartia . ; fr,,m the Lebst,...h derv',
dill - Ted and fell 3La wheel of the ear grsztu his
howl, ioj•rins the walp. -kr:Akita larel ear..tica
the Lent boot, and the rough jar
several wounds on different portions of his to.dy.
Three 1,1,3 immediately attended Mr. E ,
an.l thr .ugh ....rot sad he wee (n as
comfortable a porit len at gas , ' dile. We ra,lerstaari
iron Mr I; entirely el. - menet-a the of,.f.era If the
train from all blame The ca;-steps were trirrery,
bring ci ee red with the snow of a rwer...t st.rm
Iho Resting Dolly .11wri,, t.f patada r r,
mcirnti - 4, • ••t)o 'lucid ay et ettres (ral, (1.1
pa..enger 'ruin left ibis ci:j Liarriat::::„
at RtoP. M was leaving Le'.:.arqr. Mr.
Rat La, who b... 04 left th'z train to
get - 'rnutbirg to est. to trying t. get upon IL.
traits white in satins. tint his !.5.4=1, and fell aloe
the train. two oars r..t.,airg us et cattitg .E
one of Lis heels, sLi part of use el Lit ran Re
was innett braised about the 1. , ,,e4 fate. Three
phialciala immediately attet.eki him. arlio
rider his wounds tot danger:cr. No blame is 'a
be etta.thed to arty of the eter.loyee, co the train."
Scslota Fier Yrstszpir AFrEaVa.iN.—
Yesterday aftero-wn, tow - aril ae co o'clicit, there
was an alarm of tire, oei•esietted by the hurling
of the thair manufsenry tf Jairos a. No.
112 North Front street. Tie building was three
stcri , s bight, with an Attie In this attic there
:ass heap of rube', in which the Err origirmted.
The fire broke out shortly after the haat w: throats
had left It burned 'tory stntit.irtly fc.r soma two
hour, but was finally extinsuiidied The meek of
Mr I.l:ggs .33 aalord at $3 Ott, on which there
was Ix, ttAuran,z. The damage is emir:raged et
I about $l.OOO. NJ 114. melt dowr, was oeraPitd
by Mr. Flannery es a gr,ggery and psoper-iinakieg
e•dattishment, and fi-or trt'h tenants to the upper
stories. This building was slightly damaged by
fire. No. 110. on the other side of Mr. It)ggs, was
occupied by iharlee Ilallbauer a. 3 a gr eery st,re,
on the lower duor. In tha upper Vuries there
were three tenants whoer property was it}ared by
water, but was eiiiered by insurance. '!be Ere
titer,bal examined int) tae elm:a:tit/M-4U con=
neute.l with the case, anl came to the coxclation
that the fire was the result of eareleasatess
part of the operatives.
FIRE LN TUE FIR,T Waal , IFa - 2EIMAX
\loom•;—lestenlay noon:ling, abrnt half past
one ..elook, a fire broke out in a etable in the rear
of Leneaster street, bel sw Reed, in the First lewd.
It was !mostly destroyed. There were eight Cones
in the builling. whtcb belonged to Atrws Carron
and John Alexander. One of the animals which
belonged to Mr. Carbon was traced to death. It
woo ladled at :224. Two others were badly
burned, but it is rho:lett they will recover. Two
horses belonging to Mr Alexander were sllghtly
burned. The naildit4 beltr.ged Mr. I.:Lulea
Moore.
The fire communicated to e frame :I - welling ad.
j ,inlng, which Rai by a colored man.
named John Yrenz Ice enrie upon the r,ets of
a row .f dwellings uar the totreir.g heilliacs pre
rtetid them from Igniting. The entire locs will
rot ez:eed part of which is cowered by in
coraLce. The engin of the dames is not known.
]he Fire Marche' is of Beason that it was r..Yt
the worlc of design The weather was lgttelty col i,
!.01 the firemen coffered greatly from its severity.
Ora Bat lOC, WATCH IN 1660.—Chid .
En
gineer Ilitint.bine, of the IVater Departtneet, 're
tied ,y presented the mimeo of the ZIWNILI3I.2IIt
will „a t..rez,ary t,) meet. the kxpnie4 of los de
portment f r the year The ectimate ii
1.1{101,1.'
Sat ariei and cEna expenzel
For Ft agel
Suppit,
Itevairl
Estor.don Ole
AN ED:i4R ARRESTED FOR Ltau..—E. W.
C. Greene, the editor of the Saadaylescri,wr,
was *Treated ln %Vette:day aftertoen.ll.l.l taken
hefure Alderinan Bei•Jer. charged with libeldtg
the character of pr t. }Z. ticui , b. Mr. Jaektca, the
proprietor of the piper, wa• tvociecti .n
d ay. Mr. ()teen.: wet • ritrLeSd iu the ea-ft, and,
uuder cuinpalsion cf the court. tta:illed that be
was the writer of the offeneire article. !ie•ts the
mit. The ae , !u;l4 war hell in $3OO bail to
answer at court.
ALMOsT dY ACClPENT.—Teiterday morning,
two wen, named Wat. 0. Castdi and. James Der,
clothe %narrow evonpa from drownin f l. They were
croasieg the DOUTAre f?ar, keen haigbe's Paint,
and, when opposite the navy yard, Mr
broke throng b the ice int, the river. n!E &AG.
panion threw hie mail to him, and, le ttit way,
Mr C. wu teeeued. Mr. Dee then broke thmegh,
and Mr. had to drag him oat in tarn. Their
e,eepe front death was providential.
FATAL RLirLT.—On Wednesday afternoon,
a man named rrederiek Steinlaack.ex died from
the effete of an acoi lent received on the day pre
ceding Ile woi in the employ of kleArs. BAelft.
Lei anty, k Adammn. sad at the time attendant a
fell into a rat ef hnling water, at their fattoty, oa
Fifth street, below the tiermaniownread. The
deceased leares a wife and L.nr children.
TUE weather has b...^como colder. It was
eixtewn de. rtes older yutcrtliy scorning than the
day precedlag.
MIKETING or CR.') t ILS.—Both brat:to:he3 Of Coast
ho'Al a cumber 'amenity •fteranos at the tonal
h oar. The :inert branch sng.m. , :d at three trenv.t.
Oliver P. 'woman. asp. rho conic. 'lce Litt- t s
were crowded 1 , 7 an alai, lat Elmner of spectt cot
among whom were several otcersoipestrenger raffle if
come rhea.
A message wee preeented ffem the Mayer in reply to
reaolutoin troin the CIF/nth-et. haunt last tie torn
bet of estfand animals taiien up on Lae highs ate
d ir.ng the tut )ear. was: Gave 1.4 tom he Cam.
Jan Francis. the chief of dog detectives. ramie the cop
t tree connect) with Sergeant ThaLiera f the
%layer a police These axim•ls. when sold at atienote.
brodailit tha sum tai dal'i Si. The coronae of esp .- urn.
;neat were 73 The Ineriane woe referrg;l to a
rot I•alcoi arnittee.
the Chief Lotnmassv . cer of highways sut - wi..tted a
comae uniettion. lam mg that ha me! unable WI etre a
lint of the Ct.' , err. LOW being [nit IVA el eady Con
structed, because the greater tort of the dewed In or
nation belongs to matters in the DeparthLet of one
"ins. extensively wiped remoras:ranee was pretested
a.telnit the passage 01 anon! nance ao-a pomlag.whica
forhola the tuella. ere c ity wasign leo.nimes 1.61,
Ludt- up ntrtions of the e city.
A pot boa wee presnted by Mr. Benton for the
location of attain tare-ennui in the lower portocu et
toe ea t).
A report was presented by the Committee on Water,
winc e . that n rtatlit in tee second more of the Paula. e
thin Bang to taken, at a rent of two Inolsmsd
lor the AcConilleditlen at the Water DeperUnent. The
matter Was '.3.4.1 on the title.
Mr. Cu) ler present:to a resolution to enforce swum
fact are rs . 0 prevent tee waste water of II111:r ezatimh
talents from tunnleg into the streets Pet-reed.
Mr. Drayton refaced a resolution comnell at the Chief
CantnntS.unet of Pilate's; a to exact :row all railsay
companies the penalty of lilt Coders per ear if :hey do
pt) by the ht of C ehrusr. c i te tax of thirty do lard
per annum. required (coin toe several curio awes. iota
each Car run by them. A Pera loni debate the matter
was referred 43 the Come - :teeon Itselroads.
Mr. Neal presented a renstnbonpreventang the cart
ing of lee °Ye: tile ulna avenue co Fairmogmt Pack by
those la Lo are enes-ed In cutting ice on tae dna
raver. It was contended by liessra.L.e.tly. Mclntyre,
and others that came, tort the road mitt teoet carte
would help 0. Thai wet domed by Megan- Neal. Dray -
ton. end others, and a very eatermanorg debate on
turnpikes, macadamized roads. and cant eniumering
was termithrt a d in the adoption of tat ressitiLeat
toe following rote: Yeas IS. ma' s T.
Mr. lh'ethertll offered a c. so ut.on direct:az the Con
mmaioner of liighwayti to report t t onuumla the names
of all pasiehaer railway comagaes that have ant paid
trio annual toll of dation each c tr. AnOnted•
Mr. ileloty re pesented a tesolunon d.rectint the
Chief Pa- sneer of the Water Department to Intl , tre Of
tha Germantown Water Company as to the coot o
furmshing plug s in the Twenty -sa.ond ward inth water.
.Sdocted.
Mr Neel presented a petition from this aketinc. &woe
of Philadelphia. strata; them estestssiee to eiect a
house to halrtuonai Perk Refaced to tile Cm:amine*
on City RroPerty•
An
ordinanoe raisin( the 115i5 ry of the rumen:tar of
the Water Department was lost by Cm essiing vote of
the preadent
An ord.,nce Wilt Called np (kin.: the richt tea Hull
delphot ess..wistlou to erect a r..l.3saLlent Lt 3 tieJtife
11 eatoneton in Fenno:int Part.
Mr. Mel o) re noyeel an amendment, ZITIMI the egeo-
Mance three years to mace a re:emir - cement:on th•
work. If, tat tl.e end of Sue "etre. cocaros do not Lie
the progress made. they shailorder lig remove'.
A tullner AriteLt:a , ent.u.akia , t , rttla.bent on the as
rock alien to hate deo 0)0 subsebbed t , e.::ore coma:enema'
tile won,. was lost—yet 5 5; Pats if.
An amendment requiring them to cave 525,0.0 sad
win ned Sag lost—yeas Ili says 11.
Mr. Mointy re's amendment was talon:ClL and the re -
gointion flamed
Mr. NS etnenll moved 5 new rule, preventang the re.
ear,,,,n of an" tied nen a Increasing ealtres or granting
sreluit.ea t y tdicets of the city, unless by 031542.005
oon-enr. .tined to.
Mr. dentin cal Out up an ordinance providarz for the
re nOl4 id biome street, :n the klrst. Wild ire bias ass
p
Altar transacting some othas business of en unim
portant character. the Chamber ail,fur'etl.
Commoit COVNCIL.—A petition from inn "Skate's'
Club " %skint rename on to erect a bu bt.n; on Fair
mount Part, area referred to the C.e.couittee an City
kiopettr.
Mr. lifilind.e ant matted a commonmation from sonde?
onizerl. etwrlp'atn.n.e that ch.. - Leo, d and . herd streets
Passenger Railway L'oturnits cad yt andoned their rald
aol Second cocci from Moine to- Jenerwirt STY ets sod
fan 'I bard street, between (15,,,,t end ere., Re
!erred to tt special coitannitee, coma start of Varsrs.
Neat'. f Idridee, end Yana - -
Mr. O'Neill, in bcnalt of a special con,rott.e..ob
mitred 5 report., sr, ant- that the raece3-ar . Jr:ulnae-la had
recanted from the Streets Old Out wenn of co Lee Were.
, ind worth of cubical bucks. A resolht,on osa
nduVed nuthonateg leant wAsauces to recover the
I mule.
01r Dotter, of the committee appointed to re; ant 'a
the Delta - are terminus 0t 1110 Petnismvania d.
str , nnateat a report s , atint that tee C re tact t I the
C•nl.tl ) had settled toot matter. and Sbaell
b. 1,e3 it! -
eLt..t d from et Pinner conaol.rat. Q1:1 at lt`9t
At r. IN'arnir moved tea p , fatre L t iceei.
suL tics. air ~t
t: to submit n 1211r.ority report. A-reed to.
air. tin rd, of the 'I Toad nee on Finance subtnitted
thy Re: cu er of 'faits to
no
itlnts,acantatter..atnes..r)ofSti-3 per elarinam. to
nieertnn Cll,t Xll,oUnt of tut 1111 been rece.ved ly the
CoheCtuis, end not timid Into the city tressor7:
After some dente. Mr. Miller tuntet: La red:l,e the
number to tour. which was street" to, and tug d.hanee
namewb
M . . Waster. of the Committee on Gas. gut:ma:fed aq
ordinance applatVlatln; data PM for the saramt of
inns Ilepartment iri lag). Reterred to the Con:mitre°
Mr. at lck. or the Connnitee on Ifiglialyt. ,il'rrnt
ted an ordinance anthertain‘ the evening of 3kAore
west crow Setenth to Nitth streets. A g reed to.
AL.,. a retolutran apprnprittnk. hr_
erl St.
John O'Neill for extra compensation in elearanc tare
, LtreetA.
This enthect wee dnieuesedeteWelt leneth Oy Meters.
Ehlrid.e,triNetll. tettept. Ilaitael. Hazel. t/ninnisnd
other. Ina reweintand wag S sear toted Goan It) 14
to 17.
resolutlon from Select Count.' fortiddine the Irscl
ine 01 ice ti.er the eirutinunt !'us 014 not co:b.-am:l
Yr. Cruls, of tne Comnaatee ou Trusts and Fire COL`
wei. submitted a relsolut•on re:mar:et tt•.e c•
suspension front the t outhwara Engine C.~n~
A prend to
The quartelly revort of the Chief Engineer of t net
Fire Department was submated, from which we sleart
the tollowl rl :
Total number of tire,. • . • • ...• .•• .• • Id
deperment 0•tt........ n
service... .
ou of ntl kthols. - • - •- • LP.y o=
cot ared hi ...... :4 .:7S
" over theurnece
The rezolution nuthoritt:oo the b:perviners to coll"
paving over the gee pi te. n'es referred to the Com
:louse on Una
The onttuhenee tneye-1 bo the Se:oot Coantt. eled.Nt•
tins tkport.on er F31111 , 1 . 2t I ‘rer ,!".• r-eoben or
tont behteee, Nir Litre .lt L'4
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