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U°NDAY, JANUARY 23, 1860.
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Om:, last :latices iliMtlie - Seat °IA:), Federal
ClOiornment lead us to hope fors. speedy 'or !
ganisatlon of the Flange. The: political con
411derations heretofore paramount in origina
ting and maintainini thii_eliiuneful scenes that
havedisgraced , the popular branch of Con
' grass since ttiiiiiret Monday in • December, are
rapidly giving Way before the quoting. prospect
of mapper Onancial collapse. The dementia of
the pulps creditors, and the situation - Of the
Federal Treasury, added to the extreme tight
sOf - money, begin seriously, to affect all
olissefief business men; and, the threats' of
Disuoion,ao frequently and flippantly made,
seriously operate against American securities
end American-credit in foreign countries. The
organization of the Douse would at Once set
the Government -in motion, relieve the public,
`oredjtorit, and put a large amount of money into
circulation: 'ln order to accomplish an object
110 dealrsble, personal feeling, and even party
pride; are wholly secondary. Sip organization
.is better thin the Conthinsinee oetiiiichaotie
cOnfasion,Whieh: was_lightly regarded by the
people; until It begawto affect their dearest
interests, and the Moil' sacred reputation of
the nation. LIT TIIE ADILIBE D 4 040ANIZED !
Northeri Cowardice.
` The Administration, having exhausted ar
gu,\vent, and been foiled at every point by
the . rind ,logic of such Representatives as
Thezi and Rasura, at last falls. back upon
r.
the latiil a ratio regum, 'and ,evinces,' it would
appear, a \ determination to bring all questions
to arbitram'\ent on the plan of the ancient and
alrbost forgllten Roman gladiatorial arena.
In this viewA, lato events and discussions
upon the floor o'llie House of Representa
' ties compel us to he reflection that one in
gredient of charaett is lacking in' those who
speak for the North iL that body. Heretofore,
the People of the free S. es, in their selection
i
of legislators, have cot dered it primarily
necessary that , their Rem sentatives should
be learned in the Corstitutice. and the lame--
that they should be . versen in the par
liamentary rules that control deliberative
bodies- r that they should know w. II tfie into
resta\
of the whole Union, and every cation of
it; and be ready to- do even and exec, justice
to theni all; and that, above all, they hould
be pure in personal character, high in ghtle
manlike Courtesy, end filled with profeundle
votion *to 'the Union ' of the States. lt .. 11
with reluctance we' admit that these charac
teristics of true statesmanship hive beCome
worthless and out of datb, and that we must
mend our ways, else our Representatives will
become mere; manikins and automata in the.
balls of the National Legislature. We 'must
begin to take lessons frem the brute creation,,
- and learn that mere muscle and pure physical
force, 'like those of the bull-dog, are far supe
rior qualifications in the statesmen of this day
to the mental acquirements we hire_ already
recited. ', We know that the student who has
lissinltanglit np with a distaste and horror of
liersonal combat, and who comes from a peo
ple where such things: are looked upon as
worthy of civil and criminal disabilities, -is no
match for him whose life has been spent amid
' bloody brawls and deadly personal rencontres.
The habit's/ :of the' pistol gallery froM early
youth is Aertainly, in such contests, tho sn 7
perior of the man who has been educated in
the :belief that personal combat *as only
wortity of the Dark Ages.
And mined the necessities of the time de
mand it, there eiscens to be but ono alternative
left for Northern consideration. We desire,
therefore; to propose an addition to the usual
qualifications for a Northern Representative.
We suggest that theNortheru States shall hero
- tiftei choose, from those bf their people 'irliose
habits and profession have placed; then' high
upon the roll of the ti fancy," and 'so make
them fit colieagues for those who are sent there.
for the-purpoie of civilized legislation. It shall
be the duty of :these new Repraientatives to
bold thernselves; 'wen occasions, in readiness
'Ai 'nernbat, whether upon-the floor of the
Vetere or upon the more elevated stage of the
"duelling ground. New York, for - want of a
better, might send " the Benicia Boy," now
absent on a congenial mission in England, and
Pennsylvanta,borrowing from the superfluity
New York, might send Ilonsisszy, or MCL.
MOAN, or any others of that gladiatorial corps,
at this time so efficient in' sustaining Mr. Be
ous.ssle's 4dministration. It shall be the
duty of these gentlemen to fight on the
slightest provocation, or, for want of any,
,to create it—to fight either with the 4g dad
dies," or the ic long bunch of fives,"
wherein the danger would not extend be
yond a bloody nose or a_black eye, or, if
a more sanguinary raft is demanded, with,
ttuisword, pistol; or double-barrelled gun, pf
sioririe : Including the riovel refinement of the
nail? iirolver. They shall bo willing.to "sink
point" on the "first blood drawn," or to carry
the 'matter a Poutrasse.' If it be objected that
thif,rgentionfen named have not the emigre
acute, or are not of the pure human porcelain,
theri,ffiere, are to be found in all our fashion
able'clubs a nuinber of young .patricians,"*bo
boast ettheir achievements in arms, and, dia.'
carding' all. kisowledge of American politics,
'..ar' otend of criticising thevaetions of our leg's-
Uteri.- . Pre }%. variegated list may "be
Selected'eantil ',
401 for Congress in the 'respec
tive district filho same platform.' And,
in additioilti` 2 4 r.aPpropriations from the
treasury vaults which this patriotic Administra
tion is asking, we suggest one for the coo:.
struction of an arena, to adjoin the Convex-
Atonal: buiying-groind, tt• eollieeini, upon the .
-Rennin infidel, Which Will afford ample accom
modation to the spectators who come to Wit
nese the doinga Of, our national rulers and
agents. Metnbeis of Congress should have
.
front ',Seats, and citizens, as in the galleries of
the Rouse of Representatives, other seats; but
not `Refer ?emend as to obstruct the view, nor
so nen'ait to interfere with thoie more nearly
interested than themselves: _ It` should be a
standing order of the Rolm that, a light once
agreed upon, the members should instanter
adjourn to. witness the exhibition.
Our glorious Republic bas been an example
for all the nittiCeit of the globe, and,
In this suggested reform, we Intl, of course,be
imltatedly England and by France. In these
countries,'(if not in the secession South, at the
" Instigation of the Administration, where the
privilege has_ Wien. into disuse ; ) freedom of
spoich is allowed: In the French Senate' and
:" the 'British'-Parliament, courtesy; and high
:.breeding, and intellectual stand first, but
*the innovation Indic - atoll, be made here - mith
- ' no doubt. Queen lirloroitxs. and Emperor
Niioniost 111 *ill decree its 'eatablishreent
for more vigorous and healthy legislation un
der their rule. It- is true that only lately.
France has terribly punished the unhappy lieu
' tenant who was so unlucky as to run Monsieur
Ds Faith through the body, because ho had of- .
- fended in the diseussion of a political question
• in his newspaper, and that England has ever
held the practice Mauch
,deep detestation, as
- to have met it with such vigorous retribution,
' • - as to have driven % disgraced, beyond the pale
of debent society f . But we mustrhope that our
. bright e.vaniple will persuade these semi-barba
rous nations to follow obediently in our wake.
Seriously, and , badinage apart, has it come
to this that the North is to be stigmatised by
- the South as wanting
,that element which so
commends the :soldier and the - gentlemen - 7
:Has there ever been a time 'in the history .of
' 'Able country when• the North showed, that it
lacked, that vulgar attribute of humanity; mere
• Ordeal courage ? "“, OS back to the first gun
" " - !.that flashed at Lexingb;in and Wincerd; and to
the last sword that gleamed at,Ohepultepec."
imid",anif ea:the North has Signalized
lief courage ift Aoriiimi of her, rights apd:these
;',of coantiq • - From the day' that ITSAISEPI
to the bcillthielt. tllf the
::-_ - ; 4ttdifitf4l4*stitteh the hospital
- ,..:-::Filiffiliishiphyteding from a rsortalweeed-attom
dt.
ittiitertbAt and Bitittierootteid- De
!jf,'. 4 *tiit hoisted' the American flag tßumphant
Wier" the 'trailing British ensign—from the
- LL1154:14' that ACM ?ode victorious over hosts of'
discomfited Mexicanm--from then, till now,
the North has never yet failed to :give proof
by her sailors and her soldiers of as,nafich des.'
perate valor as was lir'ete:ilisplayed' by the,
fiercest Southern Hotspur of them all.
We have no desk() to remind the South of
the devotion of Pennsilvania to theynion ;
we have no wish to recall to her the fact that
in this city the Declaration of Independence
was proclaimed, and the Constitution itself
constructed; nor yet to revive the recollec
dens' of the battles of the Revolution fought
in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. As Mr.
WEBSTER said of Lexington and of Bunker
Hill, in his defence of Massachusetts, against
Mr. lifimtn—ci the past, so far as these aro
concerned, is at least secure." But we do de
sire to speak of the living present. In the
Mexican war there were more regiments offered
to defend the South, and vindicate. the honor of
the country, in a battle fought for Southern'in
tormini—grouing out' of the annexation of
Texas to' this Union—more regiments of
fered.: ihy . Pinineylvania, and ;refused by the
Federal Government, -than were offered by
all the Sciuthern States put together. Not
this alone; but the glorious "Old Do
heifielf, 'through some of her bra
vest' BOW, was not ashamed to come to
Peunsylvntiii, and to eki out her feeble nuni
bers with volunteers froin the Keystone State.
110 names of PATTERBOIe, CAMTALADER,
Wyeaoor, Smilax of Luzern, Brack, Kim-
MOUT, ROBERTO, WONDER, %ORMAN, ROBERT
K. SCOTT, CHARLES J. BIDDLE, and thousands
of others, now sleeping under the sods of the
valley, are the assurances that Pennsylvania
needs no vindication, either in the patriotism
of her people or in her physiCal courage ; and
If we desire to cross the Delaware and to go
intoner sister State, New Jersey, we might
recall to recollection of the South ROBERT F.
STOCKTON, another Northern man, whose
courage has been signalized on both contie
nests, and who is, to-day, a strong sympa
thiser With the Northern sentiment against the
secessionists of the Smith. •
'Bat we forbear. God grant that the day may
never 0, eine when these memorable qualities
(nowelumbering and latent) preserved in histo
ry, and admitted by all candid men, must be
employed for thy purpose of-putting down
that foul spirit of disunion, which, for the first
time In our annals, is being deliberately en
couraged by a Federal Administration, and Is
running resistlessly pint In the councils of the
Federal Government?
European Mail Steamers.
The last number of that excellent sporting
paper, Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, contains
the following, which we publish, because we
have reason to believe that it is based upon
truth, and not written in any captious spirit i
"A. Vuemo etrostrios.—The public are begin.
ning to note the fact,that since the withdrawal of the
Collins line of American mail steamers from the
route between this city and iiiierpool, the Cunard
line, which has now almost a monopoly of the mail
business, do not attempt to make their winter pas
sages iu lees than fourteen, fifteen, and even six
teen and seventeen days. They run slow with the
view or saving coal, and thus for the sum of a few
hundred dollars a trip they prolong the dangers of
the traveller and ittwip the business interests of
the mercanti le community. The mails which we
nasally receive through this very line by Theta.
day, or-at the furthest Friday, during the summer
(when Mr. Vanderbilt, is in opposition), seldom
reach us its the winter before Monday aud.'ssven
Tuesday of tke following week. For Instance; the
mails by the Europa, which has jest arrived, were
, &Wert days in finding *eh. way from Liverpool
h. this oily, a delay which harobliged us to post
\
pe..o our publication for a day, Vetter than be
WU:At:lnt oar special English news. 'this Is an
abasilCieh the press and the mercantile commu
nity si. ould tak e lu. and, or transfer their favor
and pat , nage to other lines."
Unforlanately, Com.ins' line of American
and Euroitean mail steamers having been with
drawn, we axe very Muth at the mercy of tho
English line\autof which Sir &nun CIINAIID
has made a fore and wen a baronetcy. Coin_
make
theirendedAho Cunardets take and make
their own time, Ve winter mouths, when
they have compa ively few passengers; and
the saving of such ,lapeosive articles as coal
and coke is an objeCt: \ In other seasons, when
passengers are tnanyird the dost of -their
food is more than tho \post of fuel, the Cu.
narders run as rapidlyas.they did when tbo,
Collins lino ran against thine. ,
Public Amuscalits.
ARCIFIITREET THEATRE.-461 figirt in the Arch-
Street Theatre, on Saturday, ot;n:riamd no of the
seam of the now dramatic enterprirri of Messrs.
Wheatley & Olarke, in giving Satriedat s aftOrnonn
performances. A more brunanvasoLtaier.anu s
assemblage we have not seen durlNt the latter
days of 'our theatrleal experience. The Arquot
and dress circle were densely ailed with '1.3,111ta and
children some score of gentlemen nerving ce *try
the gaiety of ; the scene. In the upper cirafar, the
attendance of men and boys was not ISO iark . V3'o,
customary during the evening entertainments. At
*ore Social, lively, and happy throng could scarcely
be imagined. Everybody was in the moat oral-,
lent temper, front the company on the stage, wh%
were U merry as they could poesibly be, to the
boys' in the celestial oiroles, who behaved with a
decorum 'Worthy of special mention. " Every
body's Friend," the running comedy, and the
melodrama of the "Brigands," which we could not
remain to see, were the attractions, and very at
tractive they were. ,
For lhia week, "Everybody's Friend" is ap.
nonnerd, in connection with a new drama, con
' athlete(' on high sensation principles, entitled
"The Wizard Skiff, or the Messmer° of Solo."
The s uccess of the comedy knows no abatement,
Oral it is evidently on the bills for another fort
night, with the gratifying accompaniment of
" large and increasing audienoes."
Wananverstnar Tunernn.--Matilda Heron
Otoepel conoluded her engagement at this theatre on
Saturday evening, by playing In ber very stm-,
oessful character of " Lesbia," to en extremely
large audience. She appeared before the curtain
at tbe'end of the play, end merely bowed farewell
to the assemblage, wisely declining a very silly end
extensive clamor for a speech. Mr. Wallank,
whose good acting we have so often commended,
and who never played better than in Orreolp,pukdo
•
a very neat address before the curtain in response
to a gerMral Miss Heron opens at the " Win
ter Garden" in Now York this evening, assisted
by Mr. Wallack. for engagement here has been
a wonderful and merited success, and she leaves
behind her in elphla a permanent popularity
as a talented lady and 'eXeai/Olg actress.
The Cooper Opera Ttoupo - 71sPloP,bills
kindly tali us, is , 4 universally pronounced'by tim
musical artiste of the Smith and West to be the
ilueeteembination lyrip arlfsts in the Union "
is engaged at this theatre, end will eopinepee thin
evening In an Anglieised edition of It Tegvettpeo.
Miss Annie Matey, rim prima donna awl ul a,
plays Leonora, and Miss Annie gimp the part of
Inez. Mr. Cook plays the Count .at Tema, Mr.
Bowler gm troubadour Manneo, and Mr. tin
dolphsen ,Zrerratute. Mr. IL O. Oooper will offici
ate as leader of this orchestra, We now give this
eompany the benefit of an excellent fgpgtation In
the, prorbmiel cities, but shall suspend one gun
judgment until we have an opportunity of witness
lug their capabilities. "
Anenustr op Num.—At the Academy this
evening, the French Opera OotalcAue, w,w afinag•
Their intention is le give us a very brief resits of
performances, and as they hare a good reputation
as Wore and vocalists, the opportuniy of seeing
them' ehouid be embraced. ,The opera of ~ ',Tpt
Ohatto Metamorplmie," with Mlle. Darcy in the
principal character, will bo given, This opera is said
to have run for over 200 nights in Faris, which con
sidering the estrous° fastidiousness of Parisians
in amusements, as in everything else, is an ex
cellent recommendation of its merit, The finale
of Giutota et Romeo, with Mad'iie Anna Wissier
as Romeo, and pretty Miss Wilke, of the Walnut,
as Gtuffea, will also be performed. An operatic,
In one act, entitled " Jean Le Sot," with Mad'lle
Daley as Marie, will 40nelude the evening's en
tertainment. Seats may be Obtained diwing the
day, at Beck d: Lawton's, Chlokerlng's, and the
Academy of littsio.
AT Dem Rion's 055 Ar Snow, to-night, the very
manful grand apeetacie of the "Magic Ring."
which drew tremens() audiences during the whole
of last week, will be played, in connection with
tight-rope dancing by Bar Cline, and varied port
fermium* in the circle,
tater from Venezuela,
(Correspondence of The Pron.]
PUSIMM OABBLI,O, Jan. 10, 1980.
On the ,30th ultimo, the gang of negroes headed
by the Meek general, Citterare, stationed in Moron,
a village about Ave leagues from this port, and who
has kept this 'population in continual alarm, was
attacked by the Constitutional troops by lead and
009. The black general, having had six months to
fortify himself in, erected strong barrioadus, and
the Government troope ware beaten off. On the
31st they again attacked him, with the same unfor•
tomato result. On the Ardor January, some fresh
forced having arrived from Valencia, they again
returned and took the village; but unluckily, Gen.
Guerara and his gang pli escaped without the loss
of a man, making towards Ague Negro. further
down the °oast. A more favorable result would
have been obtained if - Commandant,Tiaguirra,
who had orders from the Government to attack
Guarani in the rear, on the 30th ult., ball arrived
on that day instead of the 29th, when the enemy,
only having to attend to him, beat him back by
throwing out ambuscades for two leagues, by which
the advancing troops wore shot down from befo-o
anti behind without having even the satisfaction
of seeing one of their enemies. The Oominandant
Adolfo Idlivo, °harem's mortal enemy, (a youner
brether having been' murdered by that g ang, } is
purtitilig 'him and his followers. Thisa most
determined man, and will do, everything to lay
hands on Unman. Ile has taken from a random'
the' mountains,. Guerara's eorrespondenee, which
Mirdpfoinised 'several parties .here. It IS impossi.
We to L say when this country , *HI be at panne.
IQo sooner is one [motion put down than another
mime, burning, plundering, and murdering line
139476.
Lotter from " 0 oertaiOnal." in his own region, and one of the most Ineffient
Norrecoondence of The Prels.l . ' supporters of Irte election In 1886., Now, thiii is,
' ' WASAINGTON, January 20, MO. las you know, at the city of Lancaster, a gentian
The action of the Charleston Convention on the who has served Mr. Buchanan the best yiio of
his life. I allude to Col. George Sandersofthe
23d of April, before the Republioans assemble at
Chicago in June, concerns more then the Demo- Present editor of the old Democratic paper the
Lancaster iftrelligencer and Journ4l. Oolfan
°ratio party. Whatever it may do will shape and
shadow the movements of other organizations. derson has occupied various , public poettioz, is
Within the neat thirty days events will have boon endeared to the people of old Cumbeend
valley by his high character, and was cloo
so organized and crystalized that wo shall be
able to form some opinion of the final result. Cue mayor of the city of Lancaster is , the
thing is already apparent—several of the Southern lost election. As further proving his striding
States will secede from that Convention, should in the Democratic party, he Is now favorabv pre.,
Stephen A. Douglas be nominated, or should a seated for the nomination of Governor a the
proposition in favor of a slave code in the Territo-
, Reading Contention, having lately carried to own
county. To have conferred upon suoh ame the,
TiCl3 be rejected, Hon. William L. Yancey, by for
the most extremo of the seoceilon oracles, has : poet given to' Bowman would have been to Imo!
. an old and lolf-saoritioing friend, and wouldsays
lately achieved a double triumph in Alabama : first,
Ishown to the old - neighbors of the Presjdenlthit
bycarrying his delegates to the Charleston Con
-1 vontion, pledged to a slave code, and to their with- ho had not entirely forgotten their porsoierie do•
drawal in the event of the Convention refusing to votion to him. General Bowman had,hihreve,a2
qualifloatione, as I have stated, in utiditiof ;iv
recommend ono ; and,' second, in the postpent• the
merit of the Senatorial Wootton for two years, '-which it ought to be mentioned that ho itia
friend of Attorney General Blank, who iir tut •ki ~
which is a virtual defeat of Mr. Fitzpatrick, who
is thus punished for manifesting a disposition to out certain aspirations, and who earnostlyfprted
I his favorite upon the conaliloration of rtkii. P.
support Douglas, If nominated for President.
South Carolina, which has repeatedly refused to slant.
choose delegates to National Conventions, will now I The treatment of the lion. John ShAnagby
elect under similar instructjone. Mississippi will the secession leaders is a suggestive ethiltnenttion
do the same thing, and lam informed that Texas, ' tho so-nailed ends of honor, upon Ala ,he
Louisiana, Virginia, and Georgia aro expected to Southern chivalry are In the habit or plan.ug
fallow 'suit. thomeelvett, By this law they profess to be niz-
The friends of Douglas today, on the strength
of telegraphic despatthee received from Nashville,
assert that they defeated the Administration on
Wednesday, and, while yielding to instruotions in
favor of Senator Andrew Johnson for President,
have secured at least half of the Tennessee dele
gation to Charleston for Douglas after the second
or third ballot. The South will insist upon a slave
code. and will also insist that Charleston shall re
commend it. Judge Douglas and his adhrentS
will gallantly take the other side, and if they eon
secure enough Southern votes at Charleston, they
may put him on the track with a fair chance of
snecess. In this - connection, it may be mentioned
that the president of the Tennessee State Conven
tion was the lion. George W. Jones, for many
years a member of Congress from that State, who,
only within the last few months, wrote a powerful
letter in favor of the Douglas doctrine of popular
sovereignty. lam informed by a Tennessee De
mocrat nowhere that Senator Andrew Johnson, rp:
commended by that Convention for President, Is on
record in favor of the position assumed by George
W. ;OM, end, although extremely Southern at
the present sae/neat, hap not yet deemed it mos
wiry to recall his opinions. '
A rumor, which is supposed to be entitled to
credit, le now in circulation, to the effect that Mr.
4ishop, present Commissioner of Patents, has re
signed, or g.)4) shortly resign, his position, and re
turn with hie 'family $4. gvgnootiout. It is also
stated that Gil) cause of his relignaVen y9hle sup
posed sympathy with Judge Douglas, and &the
will tahe strong grounds in order to secure a re
presentation fop} connectiont to Charleston, In
favor of the Senator from Eiji 0414 ,
Bestial life in Washington wag unusnally 7eo.
terday, at the various receptions. IvOrybody
seemed to be out pr walking. The foreign
ministers, with the different tneNheraa choir lega-
tions, called on the leading tamilles of the, ity am)
fashion displayed itself In all its elegant propor
tions.
And yet, while the streets wore brilliant with
beauty, tho galleries of the Senate and Rome were
packed with muds of both sexes, Where do all
these people come from? They tempt. pertainly,
be part of the local population of Washington, for
the Congressional theatre is an old show to them,
and if they come From a distance they do not Yens/
to be at the hotels, which are far from being filled.
They pit for hours and hours watching the con
tests, listening to limo dull debate, commenting
upon the different speakere, and applauding and
hissing precisely as other audiences 49. 1 1 , 44 to
obtain admission into the gallery of the Ifouto 1.9.-
day, but found it impossible—the mass wee no
dePge•
As a specimen of the &tamale in which the House
of Representatives duds Matti in its efforts to
choose a presiding officer, it tatty be remarked that
some of the most singular conteadietions have
presented in the votes of certain of the members.
Thus ire have Democrats voting for Know-No
things, and Knowdlothings voting for Demoorats ;
some Republicans voting for tin advooate of a slave
soda ;and while the Southern men doooonce Mr.
Sherman for recommending the Helper book, tlicy
nail upon the Republicans to put forward Mr.
Corwin or Mr. Pennington, both of whom have eta a •
dily voted for Sharman, grid therefore approved
his course on the Helper book.
The feet which Same out in the Smote, Ito Athe r
day, during the disoussion prior to the election for
publie printer of that body, that some forty thou
send dollars had been paid to certain pauperized
Administration newspapers, is, I am told, only
one item of the record. Moro money then this has
been expended to keep up newspapers comsat Md.
to the policy of the Administration. Nobody
believed_ that—a.- °emu -- rho
the pockets of the President and the Cabinet.
How, then, were they obtained? Of &49ree, out
of the proceeds of the public, printing. It is noto
rious that the moment bin Buchanan tame Into the
Presidency, he honed his eye to the public print
ing as a sort of corruption fund—that ho conferred
with Mr. Wendell In regard to its distribution—
and that himself and his Cabinet always looked
upon it as a means by which to promote the iota ,
testa of the Administration. When the Leoomp-
Me betrayal took piece, Mr. Buchanan seized ups
o
ltriefand, through his agents, and compelled them
matit as sustenance to keep up those newspaper.
that Abed ready to sanction his desertion of DOM°•
credo pNiciples.
Jog Prztions to the adjournment of the House ,
yestetzley, a development was made, through the
instruisoutaity of Mr. Colfax, of Indiana, that the
seeessionists of the Rouse had entered into a writ
ten agremmt,whereln they pledged themselves
to stand by spot, other, and resist, by all moans
within their power,the expression of the yoke of the
Rouse upon the plutelity rule. So unprecedented,
unneetli, and extraorkinary a combination in ono
of the brassily of the li'ational Legislature must
have the efeot of ',singing down upon these moos•
sionista the jest Indigeatim, not only of the North.
ens people, but of the peorto of the South whom
they cleim to represent. Tilers same men Allege that
they will resist the eleval'on of this or that man
to the Presidency without welting for any overt act
en his part in violation of the Constitution. But
in this which they have takers in the Mouse of
Representatives they telo the first stop towards
the dlssolution of the Union. la this Mouse, all
questisss of appropriation, of the large revenues or
the government, in reference to the dtdiciary,
end the creation 0! Territorial Clorerranerss, and
all otbor potions, are decided by u lorityvoto;
and now, whoa it iscontemplated, in do autt of any
other practicable mode for the selection of Speaker,
to eleotundor the plurality rule, we have it detbo.
mtely avowed that a small minority of members,.
a minority even of their own party—aro doter
mirtel to resist until the bitter end the expression
of the wYliiif tjie
Mow that the foot Is Patent tht f 7 gkiiirelity rule
will be allowed to Dome tors vole, and be (Weide,
by a pieiority of tho House, under the' Constitu-
tion, it ts evicient, that the members who have boon
standing out' for it, voting b 7 twos and threes,
should either take slaes with 'the two groat dirt
.
elms of tho House or remain iiiiity:so that there
may bo art oilanisation at once. The aoderate,
conserrattro feeling of Iho gouth, which bits been
so long quiescent, begins to 11,10 w 11 ;lead cyan in
South Carolina. One bravo,..6ola, 'honost spirit
speaks y4t in defence of the Union, and this koy
rloto, ohtoh has hems 3fruck, will reverberate alottg
the Mississippi and the . I,fimourl, through the
mountains of Georgia, and along the
lantio must, until, to one volume of oon
deronatton, it c,iil completely annihilate the Fe
cessiouiete, who have, to the Wpm of Representa
tives, takbn so strange and so unJuatiftabla p gland
In reform° to the organization. Thom moo, elect
ed to logialato for tbe poantry, and for the intereate
of all sections, will no longer Jo nllowed to give up
t,9 the were potty, mistable donnas of Party,
that which belongs to the Union and the yr olfare'of
ita peo
Tho lawyers ho congregate /A Washington from
all parts of the United Otatos to Argue cam; heforo
the Supreme pottrt, before the Court of Ciaitne, and
.
before the committees of Oonsrees, express tut•
bounded admiration of the manilao end beantifq
editions of Bisoketone's Commentaries, oomtnented
upon by Judge Shorewood, Bonyler's Law Diction
ary, and mhpr law books of general. reference pub
118 1011 bj ;kiesirrp. lib=lylB k Potorson, in your city
WASUIXQTON, January 22, 1?00
The management of tho pfiblio printing, and of
the Administration organ by Mr. Buchanan, he in
exact harmony with all pie salons in other respects.
After having tried Burke, of 1 ew Hampshire, Ap
pleton, of Maine, and Harris, of Missouri, and ,eaoh
falling in tarn, be turned big attention to his own
State. Hare, now, wee a Gold upon which ho might
have displayed his attachment to his old friende, in
each a way so forever to silence those who &liege
that ho is unfaithful to them. General Jackson, in
pis regulation of the itovernment organ, alTays
took cars of his immediate friends—of the m6 ll
who had stood by hint through fire and smoke,
through good report and through evil report, and
President Polk did procbioly;tho came thing.
There are a number of struggling, practical
printers In Ponnsylvanio, who have advoctael the
interests of Jams Buchanan since boyhood
Among these neon aro to be found sound Demo•
orate, nocompliehed politicians, end powerful wri-
tors. They are nearly all poor, having' saerificed
position and fortune in the service of the prosont
Chief Dingistrate. 1 . 0 looking oror the catalogue,
however, Mr. Buchanan was careful to select only
from those who bad been his moat persistent and
reckless calumniators. In this spirit, he conferred
the appointment of Superintendent of Publio
Printing, and prospective editor and proprietor of
the °Mold organ, upon Brigadier Hamel Hoorge
W. Bowman, of Bedford county—a person without
eduoation, without position in the Democratic par
ty, a laughingatock while Adjutant General a
the State, a vulgar and contracted village editor,
the bitterest enemy that Mr. linebelsan ever bad
THE PRIESS.-PHILADELPfDI, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1860
lated in all their dealings between man and inn.
It is, indeed, their higher law. To illustrate : A
gentleman is challenged to fight a duel WPM
certain explanations are made. He propose to
make explanations the moment the challene le
withdrawn—the toms of which have been totpe
remptory. This request is never refused, crept
.ing when it is dotes-Mined by the challenging prty
that the duel shall take place under any Ind
all eircumstances. At the beginning of the as
sent session, Mr. Clark, of Missouri, offered an
OtraIISIVB resolution to the Ofect that no man was
fit for Speaker who had 'endorsed the Rippe
book. This resolution is the hilt bpsiness ineder.
A number of Southern gentlemen have ealieshipon,
Mr. Clark to withdraw the resolution and tortlow
the House to proceed to the 'business ot the
country, and Mr. Sherman who, in his short epech
some weeks ago, referred in strong terms Mils
devotion to the rights of the States, and expresso his
kind feelings for the Southern people hasrepestaily
declared that if Mr. Clark will withdraw his
resolution, he, Mr. isherinitn, will make such; de.
olaration of his feelings on'thti general i t nustist as
cannot fail to be satisfactory to all national sets;
'North and South. He avows himself readyds an
rer all questions that maybe put to him by found
had cep, kit Flgt the spirit that characterises the
man, end that Wald •aulmero Ittlie other pale
man, he very properly disdains 'all eirgatuttiso ro
long as a mom° hangs over his head. But that
do the secessionists answer to this moderate re
vest? Although solicited by many who eoepe
`ate with thaw Li; Field to It, they etubboml3 re
fuse to withdraw Aid resolution, Wad 71 01 dlo a
frank and manly opponent the eourteslisestaide•
eenoles Which they exact and heist upon ion',
4tk2rs. Nov!, what Is the inference l Clearlyihat
till ere act yilIN to allow Mr. Sherman to pace
himself upon a national p; ; lstiOrm i knowing fight
Tr , oll that If he Shill do 'so their' Orli will he sK;eti
on•it their imcrnuniti4n thrown sway. •' •
Another spGe tt sp9n
• oFtheinconsisteooy of thefire•
. •
eaters of the ileum to the dilemne. which Ley
have placed themselves by calling upon
publicans to present either Mr. Corwin or Mr.
Pennington for Speaker, alleging that ono of these
gentlemen might be elected, They have both To
red for Or. Serif . lan, however, and if he is to be
censUred for flmne a letter in fa:qr of the Bele.
or book, they are TAY i±icnytOrapo In voting
for him. Indeed, 1 Orn tojd t4at '4lr. Ctkairt
laughs at the proposition, and says that ho is the
"second endorser" upon the Helper note. It is al.
leged that neither Mr. Corwin nor Mr. Pennington
IpkrOyed the sentiments contained in the ohnox
mre volume; but Lc.? not John Sherman dons the
same thing t ff the 'name of porvin or Penning.
Wu is promoted, not one of the 6 4'614Ril'Or Onin•
tatratied Mee_ would vote for him--and no olio
doubts that there are I t "tits ea many stubborn Be
publicans who will refuse to vote for' Mut.
The late rumor in reference to a Change in the
Cabinet memito have had about title foundation:
that there is a disposition on itiO pert of a portion
of the Administration to shoulder certain transfuL
Bons upon Mr. Floyd, the Secretary of War, which,
W lueetiormble, were approved by the President
and the Gating I;efora they were consummated.
But in the present ease If additionally appears
that Mr. Molt, the Postmaster Generalm-te wheat,
Corry, of Cincinnati, in his late " Memoir," allu•
dud as one of the fraternity of Young America—
has pctely become a good deal of a " rebel." The
pUtinNitos VnlagO, Mr. Isaac Cook—whose In
etfieleney, not to sak toulprwllim i in Orme is note:
rious—bee at last grown so odious to tho Pottinita•
ter General as to render his removal Imperative,
This the President resisted, bosons° Cook is ono of
oprfe -e Tlouglit.,
sawsc liras 080 CO4 geok is bound I.) gn_ Tbs
President had to yield Gook; or to pert with Bolt ;
and tho latter romaine at the head of the Post Of,
flee Department. How to provide for Cook, and pro.
rent him from turning State's evidence, lathe next
question, This fit to be done, I understand, by
giving him a share of tim ;AIM printing food
under General Bowman. A good many of the same
strips will no doubt bo oomponisted ont
of limn same fund. In this connection, It is
stated in the ftroots today, that Mr. Wendell,
Who hat heretofore been the Paymaster General
of the Administration, has bewails very indignant
at the treatment be has lately received from the
President and the organ, and may bo induced, in
.104-slafenoo, to make certain interesting disolo
sures.
Secretary Cobb, end collector Austin, of
Beaton, have had a high quarrel, and it Is confi
dently Resorted that Austin will be removed to
morrow. Ills real offence consists in the factthat
ho was badly beaten by the Douglas mon in the
contest for delegates to Charleston from Massachu•
Setts, and in order to operate upon them dele•
gates, it is now proposed to take Dr. Loring, who
is ono of them, and matte him Collector; and this
felling, to appoint .fohn Appleton, present Asaistant
Secretary of State, who has lately 'broken up house
keeping here, and is known lobe hungry fora more
lucrative plaoo than the opo he now oecuplea By
!his means the Administration expect to control
the Boston Custom Mouse, and to influence enough
of the Massaohusetts and New Ragland dellintet
to oppose the Little Giant. A despatch received
hero yesterday, however, from Portland, Nettle,
may put Mr. Appleton out of this category, him.
muoh as it appears that it the contest fur (Negate
from the 1 , ortlan4 distript, a Douglas Inas was
elected, Ala 4elin Applptop 4eoateg. These are
some stirring time ahead, anti as my agents are
oath.° and numerous to cli tiMdepar'iments, I hope
do to able to make my letters even more rentable
and racy than they lam ever bt;en.
°CPAS! Or M..
SALE OF rtqls Tuts MORIING.-11. Scott, Jr.,
asetfoneer, 431 Chestnut street, will sell this morn.
lug, commencing at 1O o'clock, an eisortmnat of
fashltuablo furs, in sots, Ana mink sable caps and
mail, (arc fur cep tif man's wear, fancy sleigh
robes, IlLoa butilo Moo, ási, •
LT' The liflotal report In the Globe, if Mr.
Fryer's rernaera In the Item of Bepresentitivta,
on Friday, In regard to Bennett and the Nov York
ifiraN, is as fenders :
" Mr. PRYOR. Mt. Clerk. I am reluohnt to
solicit the attention'of the Bootie even fora. ma
mma, cp a matter of personal privilege ; bit the
disegree . ableduly is impostal upon me by to aril
do in the latest issue of the efew 1,:orl: ;Amid. I
wish to protest at once, howtver; that 1 tarn net
obligation to respond to anything that issuer from
the pen or the inspiration of Jamie Gordop Ben
nett. t should disparage the dignity of myposi
tion, and apont thefecliugS of honorable umnbers,
if I Were to admit the propriety or the nactleity of
recognising any utterance from that noterhils had':
vidual—a man who is conspicuous by Uht per-
Medea cod flagrant violation of all the .riglits and
it/aeons inetinots of humanity; who has ptigilled
himself with Money and the means of a perniciona
influence; by extorting contributions fran the
fears of innocence and levying subsidiet upon
the gratitude of sympathetic and confeilento vil
lainy; a wretch who hears upon his back tie scars
of many a merited chastliement, and Plon his
soul the taint of every conoeivablo abouiftation ;
p miscreant who, in oOnsenting to the distraint of
hit' own family and the profanation of the nost sa+
cred relation of ICe, bee committed alinnie for
which'no language futylekl FOOtmenSoYSO terra
cf Motn'itt?dultitestation; a oul andAlthypreatßrn,
whose name tb4 walla dn' of Iletticiatip,mis o
and from whom tainted truth and virtue elthih ee
from the touch of leprosy; a fiend who dialed the
privileges of human fellowship, and exile' from
the courtesies and charities of the social etude, is
condemned to wear out the small remnsit of a
guilty and miserable existenco in a solitttle for
Web thil wages of a prostitute press ceu put.
Chaim nia rell f«and' lie PePsolation, I;ripent to
the House, that I would not olargde that
presence Bit, Image of an individual whom mutt.
Wattle and unapproachable infamy distinguishea
and stigmatizes him as the shame and thi °pro
rif humanity.
it lint in Itatioler,X,;. Q lerk, I will not 'dm.) , that
be has some pretext of apology for his stook on
me, sines, in the discharge of my duty at a jou.
nalist, I had freqUent occasion to lash 11.113 until
even his rhinoceros hide quiverod with tic pangs
of exonrlated sensibility. Lot him cent nue his
assaults. gontlmnan can desire a more eignifi.
Cant and satistaotory oomplifnont than the abuse'
of James Gordon Bennett. lies upplento to on
argument of suspicion ; his inveolivo is a till. of
Won"
OCCASIOIIAL
curynyint 14crw.iws AT THIS Sorry.—Tiao
Charleston Conner of Jan. 12th days •
" A letter was received yesterday by ons of ea
enterprising mechanics front a Is'ortheru corres
pondent. Tito writer has desired'and inttruled to
visit the South on it luta:nols tour, but, fruit recebt
developments, ho does not feel sato In ping io
Wilbout some information. As severni letters of
eidtlixr intport haie reached this city, it may be
stated again that any gentleman and honest tritde.n
man, dealer or merchant, openly and fably pur
suing a legitimate business, will be et any hum safe
In Ails State, and, we believe, throughlut the
South. *hat. amount of success may 'Mond the
Sour is of oo,urso a different re_stion."
PETIT PIECE OF VANDALI9ES-80TOe
time during Saturday night, tho house of Mr.
Ralston, Mo. 1110 North Fifteenth street, vas co
vered with coal tar. No ?votive for ;he ant is np
parent. Tho author of Ws' outrage should be
measured for a suit of tar and feathers, and limn
a tight Qt.
Annie Trevor's Thoughts--No. 4
[For The Press.)
" WANTED—A WIFE,-1 want a wife. I am a
Bonthorner, n good-lonking fellow, twenty-eight years
old. tired of tavins ainglo, and compelled, for wind
of tiles, to advertise. Any pretty girl with_plenty of
money. not over twenty, can have a cha nce getting a
good husband, by addressing, &e. " —Daisy Paper.
That's a cool piece WI business, upon my word ;
just a little beyond apithing of its kind that ever
I saw / Avery modest'young gentleman—too mod
est to\look around him, I guess—wants a wife;
and he'll got ono, of aourso. It is only necessary
to put site)i an advettisement its that in the paper
and there are,hosts of pretty girls, with. plenty of
money, who era ready to lay their hands and' for
tunes at the young gentleman's feet -immediately !
0, to be sure there are. The young gentleman
probably knows that pretty girls with plenty of
money don't have any prelim:la ; ho knows
they can't got husbands, particularly good ones,
wilco those follows who will make good husbands
advertise for wives ; so, with the most generous
spirit in the world, he gives you it a chance."
What a good fellow he is, to be sure ! Do you ap.
predate his kindness, girls? Ugly girls, with no
money, are not interested, consequently there is no
necessity for a reply from theet. You, whom it
may concern, have too much good sense, I am
sure, to lot this opportunity slip, and run the risk
of never having another "chance."
lie is a good-looking fellow, twenty-eight years
old, tired of living single." One might suppose
so. A man who has arrived at such en age ought
to ho tired, and he has only to say so, this " good
looking fellow," end in a very short time he wil
be living double, having selected from the number
of ambition. young ladies, who are anxious to
share his bed and board," the prettiest and the
richest, leaving innumerable others dying of envy.
That's what he thinks; this generous South
crner—(l wonder if he's w medical student ?)
just as if pretty girls, with plenty of money, can't
'set husbands any time they choose to say yes;"
just as if pretty girls, wlthoyt money, don't have
au many proposals as they can attend to; and just
ttalf girls, with slather beauty nor money, can't
get husbands 7 -whenaver they want to be troubled
stillt them—good husbands, too ; good-looking fel•
lore," who, having had plenty of time to look for
wires, aro not obliged to Ot forth their merits in
the novrapalier.
The lady who aepirce to be the wife of Ibis
dainty gentleman must have plenty of money; that
is absolutely necessary. I suppose he could dis
pense with the beauty, if there wore enough money
to supply the defielenoy. Or, perhaps he could dis
pense with the money, If there were enough beauty '
to ,ippply 'hat deficiency. Will be let tie know?
Ile tells ie he is" gpod-W t flpg fellow." lam
seemly surprised at that. Vitrilty`ls the distin
guishing characteristio of the sex. There lan't a
single man alive, who has any pretensions to
, -end looks, who doesn't walk through the Bloats
ea though his rev can "take down" any other
male face on the pith: If is - woman rhoqld dp
that; if a woman should say, "I am pretty," no
matter how often her glass told her so, there isn't
a man alive who wouldn't call her "a conceited
Etinr. ? " or Nome ether name equally expressive.
' I laver Saw a - n14 1 44'419 PP tu, m a y life who
wasn't conceited ; Indook
l noel sow 4ny man In
my Life who hadn't rather a higher opinion of his
appearance and capabilities than the law allows,
and under these ciremustanoes, I moot wonder
that cle alvertiser is "a good-looking fellow."
wtiulkeuggest an Impmvemtpa in the manage
ment of thOgefilfaira, liowbfer: 'Let the "wife.hun.
'tfir npjloint a Meeting 'with All the Indite 'at the
same time amf pieta!' Us will then nayo'a fine op
portunity to examine their "points," and be better
able to choose by comparison.
What say you, good-looking fellows In search of
wivea?
Isn't my , plan a good ono? ANNIE Tnitvon.
Impartritit•ltruresuenl.
Reg NEOOR9 LTbYiva vow ORT,iANFS FOR HAYTI.
(Prom the New Orleans Pioayune Jan. 15.'l
The bark Laurel, Capt. Pierce, cleared yester
day, and will leave to-day for Port-au-Prince,
Hayti, having on board, as passengers, eighty•one
free persons of oolor, who are emigrating from this
State to try their chances In llayti. These people
are all from the Opelousas parishee, and all culti-
Vatore- , weU'reratai b farming, and in all the me
chanloal arta eennetad wlth' aferro , Among them
aro brlokinakera, bliteiths, wheelwrights, car
penters, ,to. liotuo 01 them are proflolent weavers,
.ho hoe long Noon employed making the stuff
Balled Attakapas cottonado, so favorably , known IR
thp market. They take along with them the ne
cessary meertinery for that trade, and all sorts of
agricultural atarneettanisal implement[.
Those eighty-one persons—twonty-four adults and
Ety•seven obildren and youths—compose fourteen
(*melee, ar rather iseneehelds, for they aro all re
lated, and the eighty-one may no called one family.
Tbpy are all in easy oircumstanees, some even rich,
oPe fn wily being , Barth es putah SeCI,CM. They
were all land-loners in this fitatelan4 have iald
oat their property with the intention of Wresting
their capita/ In llsytl,
01 the various expedalens thot have left New
Orleene for Hayti, this la certainly the meat im
portant, from the peculiar clams of emigrants, and
feet of their taking array with then, a conside
iubik amount, ofort pi t al. Preeldent &lira rtPa effort/
to introduoe civilization and re-establlsh order in
the Queen of the Antilles" have proved thus far
s lisdso from the tone of the
those who lave lately nailed the iirailr i finTMlll4
emlllll 1;0 more favorable to the ultimate result
lea Plans then the valuable acquisition of
such immigrants as those who leave on the
Laurel. Ile has found out that the real baste of
nay well-organized souiety is labor, and that labor
is the great vital condition of prosperity for his
people, by reason of the very aversion they haye
tar 't. The Ilaytien Government Las passed
stringent laws to prevent Idleness, and hna even
adopted coercive measures for the proteotion of in
dustry ; but the best argument they could use is
certainly the example eel by men of their own
raoe, who, under the bonetiolal Influences of the
whites, have grown up in industrious habits and
comet-W.lv° pnnolples. If anything can ever he
done for Hayti, these ate certainly the peeplo to
do it.
The Alabama Platt orm.
Tho platform adopted by the late Democratic
State Convention In Alabama rtlates exoluaely
to tto slavery quettlon. Tee following proposi
tions are affirmed in it
1. All other Issues aro Inferior In dignity and
importance to slavery.
2. The right of ilaveholders to he protested In
their ploperty In the Territories.
3. That it is the duty of the General Govern
ment, by all proper legislation, to (mere en entry
into those Territories to all citizens of the United
Stater, together with property of every desorip
lion, and that the same shall be protected by tho
United States while the Territories aro under its
authority.
4. The States are equal in sovereignty,
5. Congress cannot abolish slavery in the Terri
tories.
G. The Territorial Legislature cannot abolish
slavery or impair its tenure by unfriendly legisla•
lion. The people living in the Territories cannot
prohibit 41nvery until they become a State.
7, Judge Toney. in the Dred Scott derision, de
rided nil there points to be law; and it in the duty
of the Federal Government, an all it, devartntevts,
to protect Play? property in the Territories.
The remaining resolutions are an follows :
0. Resolved farther, That we hold all ihe fore
going to contain cardinal principles—true in them
naives, andjunt, and proper, and neeeseary for the
safety of alt that In dear to un ; and we del hereby
instruct our dilegaten to present them for the calm
consideration end approval of that body, from when°
Justicto end patriotism we antleipate their adoption
10. Resolved further, That our delegates to
the Charleston Convention are hereby expressly
instruoted to inniat that the said Convention shall
adopt a platform of principles recognising die.
tinotly the rights of the South, as asserted to the
foregoing rendutione, and if the naid National Con
vention should refuse to adopt in substance the
pspoetion, embraced in the prat:fading. resolutions,
prior to tiorninatlnit candidates, our 'delegates to
the said 'Convention 441 hereby iloaitively
struoted to withdraw therefrom.
'l2. Resulted further, That our delegates to
the Charleston Convention shall east the vote of
Alabama as a unit, and the majority shall deter-
mine how the vote of this State shall be given.
12. Resolved further, That an Executive Corn•
mutes, to emp.ist of one from each Congressional
district, bo appointed, whoso' duty it shall be, in
the pm; Vol. oar dolaTation withdraw from the
Charleston ConvehtiOn iii onedienee le' the tenth
resolution, to call a Convention of the Democracy of
Alabama to meet at an early day to consider what
Is best to be adopted.
r , a late debate in the Senate the other
day, Senator firesn seemed surprised at the idea
that a Territorial Legirlature could do whet Con•
grata could nbt. Tito former have, at he holds, only
delegated pOwer lie seemed puzzled to meet the
contrary doctrine; it was so absurd. Senator
Green lea man of talent, and a good Democrat
generally ; but does ho really bold that a Terri
' torinl Legislature can do nothing except what Con•
greeshas poised' to do ? Can Congress charter a town
or oily, cr n railroad company, or a hank? Cap
Cong rest regulate marriage or (Hydrae, the relations
ofparet.t 'end child, guirdinu and ward, master
and apprentlie f Has that body potter to make
any municipal laws, 011011, as are indispensable for
the dornertfo anise of any community ? A Terri
torial Legislature does all those things, and no ono
(potions the validity 'e( such at f ts. grant of
' , e wer in the CopAtittill4nitiarailta stole exile , :
of power by Congress, nor is i necessary and'pre V
to accomplish any object' w WI falls within ho
granted powers of Congress. In old Federal timer
a bill was pawed the Senate to charter a mining
company in New Jersey. Jeffersue made out
the power thus : Congress is charged with the
defence of the country ; ships era daeessal
fur defence ; bra , ' is versa/try for ships • $4751
are neets.nry for brass, and" companies ttF6
neoc9sary to work mines. Thia Is quite as good
logic es that by . which Congress is enabled to do,
what, ail Torritortnt Logibistures must do, if they
aro of any use, and what they all do by consent of
all parties. We don't see how a pemoornt can
hole the ihoory that a Territorial Legislature
derives its to plelfo lIIVS horn tiopgrexi.
That suchLegbdathro can't make laws 'fkat
are wonted without the oolisent, of Congrebs may
be true. A new State, made out of any tent'•
tnry of the United States, cannot net without
the ardent of Congress admitting her into the
'union, hilt tilt? now State doesn't get its power tO
make laws tried Ounkreis. This flower to make'
in dutolpril laws resides In the people; It fa ono cf
the rights reserved to the States an "the pooplo rh
in the Federal Constitution. and there is no reason
why, by the assert of Congress, the people of a
Territerry meg rid il'ereise the rower as well as
the peoploof a State. Ali can i,eo ow a nor State
oho make its own lows over Ito own domestic affair::
and that Congress can't make such laws for them.
Tits prmter of the new State to do so does not Come
from Congisto, tili.h.oul lr h the assent of Congress
may be necessary.
The true doctrine is, that this power is in the
people ; it is not derived from Congress. Tim Cob•
siltation may impose some restraints, and the or
ganic law, nbich is a Territorial Constitution,
when adopted or aeriulessed In lay On people; but
the powhr to make laws comae Irene themsehr4,
not froin Congress; it is no delegated power, for
Congress has net the power to idelegate. Our poli
ticians had just es well familiarize thompelvoe
with this Idea, and not reel astonished at ft. E try
the doctrine of the people orthis country. let
will not understand any ether ; nor will they ep.
prove any other.—Loutst•ills Democrat,
li.teresting Letter from a Friend on
hoard the United States Frigate Con
gress.
(Correspondence of The Preis.]
Rio JANEIRO. December o, USN.
I had intended, dear Forney, to have written before
this. ray was my wont. in days of " auld tang sync.," to
write 1 01 upon my arrival at a new station,/ but Inter
positions of wind, weather, and circumstances have
it nut,' flits day. It would be prosy to detail
to you the incidents of our cruise from Cape Ilenlopen,
the point of our departure, (when, by the pilot, I sent
you my last letter,) to our a rrivril at Bahia and oar sub
hequent departure from there to our arrival here.
Bat as the noble frigate on will rh I have to serve for the
next two years nailed from your good city of Philadel
phia. and as a very large proportion of her officers and
crew are from your city, having lathers, mothers, sis
ters, brothers, children, and, to tyhap, wives and sweet
hearts, it may be of intereat to them, and I know it will
be a pleasure to you, to digest a paragraph from my
erode relatings that may be gratifying to those inte
rested. It may be: indeed, to those not immediately in
terested. Our people aro a queer people, and don't mind
hearing about matters In which the) are not personally
oonoerned. Briefly I give you, therefore, as though I
were Sitting in your sanctum, fan item among your py
ramid of exchanges,) IV statement of the cruise of the
United States frigate Congress up to this writing.
She went into commission on the Id of July. On the
of August she weighed anchor and proceeded to
Fort Alifilin to fill her magazinee On the 11th of Au
gust, in tow of a 'team tug, she anchored at-New Cas
tle. Tide detained her until the next day, when agelo
in tow of the tog she proceeded farther down and again
came to anchor. The next day, August 13, after heav
ing up anchor. agaip in Low, on reaching Cape Honk.
pen, we cast off the tug and took our departure. You
Perceive that it consumed nine days to leave the Navy
Yard before we could proceed on our cruise. Ergo, In
Philadelphia, with all its advantages and its attractions,
a fit and proper station to send from thence snob large
vessels? To get to sea involved detention, expense,
and danger to the safety of the ship. Ask my friend
Florence to give me a satisfactory answer, If I were
Secretary of the Navy, I would fit oat no ship of more
than lON tens from your Navy Yard.
We had a rapid rim across the Gulf stream, with fa
vorable but strong winds, and the usual ugly sea of the
stream. This was a test of the admirable sailing quali
ties of the old frigate, and besides, a proof positive of
the wretched condition in which that ship was sent to
sea from your yard. No attention had been paid to
the fitting of the gun-deck port, ip the guns, and m the
heavy wo sther crossing the Gulf etream, the gun-deck
was the recipient of all the waterthat viumurris between
the dintnetone, if gun and port would admit. As the
ship relies; torrente rushed through these apertures from
port to steirboard, and vice versa, filling ward room,
steerage, gun-fleck, with all meaner of discomforts.
This is but ope of the omission's of your navy yard, and
I shall say nothing more shout other,. save that since
our departure from Philadelphia every mechanic on
board ship has been employed in completing that
which should have been completed before we ware ra
tioned ready for sea. The Congress, at this writing, is
in the finest condition, and I would be doing a wrong .
were I not to give to the First La, the executive offi
cer. Mr, Doty, the fullest mead of praise, for the frigate
as the now lays at anchor in this harbor looks a fit re
presentative of the Confederacy.
Afttir the pray eight days from our departure, during
which we had run from Gape Renlopen, which is in fat
33 deg, 45 min. N., lons. Ps deg. 4 min. W., to lat. 33 deg;
59 min. N., long. 52 dog. 4 min.W., we had a change of
wind, and tasked ship for the first time. She was tacked
with much ease, and yolked to a charm. Lieut. Smith,
eon of tOo POitfooilonit,WholliTOU know, and I sell Joe'
was at the time Wilber of the deck. The ship obeying so
so well filled him with ecstasies, and if she had been an
heiress, and would have aocepted him, the marital oars
loony would have been Immediately coneuminated. But
won't quote Byron) the change came. Not hurricanes
and cyclones, but stupid calms, provoking Pub from
Nurth arid South and East and Wegt, arid all the inter
mediate 1101014 of ilia can - Mass. iftni must remember
II do) those visitants to your chamber editorial—at
times when our old friend Ritchie would make a" Cri
sis," and conclude his leaders with Ins significant " n our
verrons"—looking wise, important—yon hopeful of a
fact, an idea, or an item from them, and away," and
away and away, they go," like all provokers of hope
"way doWn the river—the Obi o l" Tile worst cif " pro
%%voters." as good old Bliakepeate calls thorn, ere those
who provoke and'unirev4e ; who create the desire,
and lail the power to execute. (See Macbeth, act 2d,
scene 3d.)
But in trying to adhere. dear Forner. to the axiom of
Aaron Burr—" beware of the stntione ry"-1 one econo
mic of payer and reputation,) I fear that what I in
tended to say tersely in this personal talk will overrun
my immure of foeleerce, and of toe time you would lode
if you reedit: as ray vanity might correct you should, to
ite bitter end. Bo I will proceed, coleus volrej, end
send you to where I now am. We arrived in Bahia on
the Tlth of Ootaber, after a passage of ti dap!. More
than thirty of lhese [AY'S Were cif palms and of winds
provocative, All the theories of our friend Maury were
a great impracticability, because neither wind nor wea
ther answered to his fiesta. I repudiate all fixed theo
ries, such as Mr. Maury has tmpr eased. Neither Maury
nor Humboldt, nor Mr. Merryrnan, can regulate, by
eneenlations, the partlonlar °Qum a ship shou ld
. pr
ime to mire at her part ol' destination. It aMentile
more upon the aominon-sense judgment of the naviga
tor of the vessel. Avoiding all Tooke and shoals, and
long/ established and known anteloaist tads- Iteet . ,l
114 070 to his Dort. wit !advantage of every imme
diate changed wind. and point his ship to gain overt'
tech of distance towarde it. Vile it Me secret of quick
piesagee. I liars been Ships commanded by practical
sailors, anon who Melte quicker passagne than better
ships, though loaded with edema and speculative the
ories. I. am getting again from my original good Intent
of a brief narrative, but there is a place meads/nixed
all over with thole thinge, upon which I never want to
set my Foot 00, dear Forney, I will proceed.
Pllrlfig this protracted voyage theship's mammy
were in most excellent health, and es erinteitted as men
could be, frttlgued of palm, melee tier hurrlagiats and
es clones, and With another complaint against the fit
ting out et your yard. 'I here were found 10,000 gallons
less Weyer on board t e en was reported by the officials
there. A quart of water in place of a gallon is a Crest
discomfort for several weeks at sea, under an almost
vertical sun. I will proceed as I said before. Nothing
of interest occurred ilea ereuld interest you, save the
first death on board. He cva sailmaker's mate, of
TririreWee't—ift-
Deems, ties compelled him to ship in
ee
honest, sterling man. He was attacked with a dyseee
tery, attributed to the use of your river avatar, and,
thopgh at cite time corivales.ent, regardless a the ad
vice of the surgeon, gratified his *nettle, provoked a
relapse, and died on haturday, 25th September. On the
next day (Sunday), the hoarse, yet /solemn, announce
ment of the boatswain, ringing and penetrating every
apartment, fore end aft, of "All—hands—bun—the
deed." brought everybody on the spar deck. the flags
at half-mast, and the ship laid-to. After the funeral
service had been read by the chaplain, the splash of
the outvoted corm abodden with a forty -two-pounder,
was the lan of poor Downie. " Re there sleeps his
met sleep." "Away." I say," with melapeholy." Hie
death—the death of this poor stranger—awakened the
nice and unappreciated densibliitiee of his mesemates.
They learned he had a wife end child, and the vessel
that bears you this will probably bring to the widow of
she dead sailor a remittance that may save her from
misery, subscribed by the men and officiate of the slop.
We aro in Bahia now. I have been on this station
twice, but never before in this " Bahia de Sodas as San
tos "or this " Bay of all the Saints." I cement, nor
would I attempt to, fqr I have never ferreted out old ey
eloped/as and travel:, give rouge elaborate andjeam
ed description of a country that "1, nor you, nor nobody
knows, where peas, beans, greens, and barley grows."
I found from our deck in the early morn, after her an
chorage, our ship in a hay of cresoent form, guarded
hp a ridge of glorious highlands from end to end. Un
der the base of Leese highlands, I saw along its whet°
half circle, the narrow edge of earth between hill
and water, filled with buildings, indicative of vitali
ty, commercial nod manufacturing. Above this mart
of onmineree and labor, the highlands of Bahia, with
the light architecture of tropic climes. presented to the
vieinn pulacee, cathedral., nubile buildings, theatres,
hotels!, and private residences. The view from my
point of eight is strangely pleasant. The next dny duty
called me on shore. I saw the business streets of the
city, tliewhorf arid bushes" streets of Bettie; I saw
no horses, nor carts, nor trucks, in their narrow lanes.
I saw the heavy goods of commerce, packages of fifty
potinds to a top, of every kind of merchandise, and of
et ery kind of proditet, borne upon shoulder, 0111ANt0011,
keeping time under their heavy burdens with the
harsh chaunt of their native tribes with wonderful
efficiency, and ia seeming cement with the labor
they perform. A day familiarised me to this
strange anPlication of black labor to the purposes
of civilization. I did feel that, alter all, our
three millions of blacks, the heritage of our British
ancestors, are the best fed, the heat-clothed, the best
educated, the most happy sons, of Africa, upon where
woolly haute the sun shines. ihe " institution" in the
South la One of humanity, end the people of that too
lion of our country are, at great pecuniary sacrifice,
doing more eesent tat good to that race of Cain than all
the effected humanity of the Duchess of Sutherlancl i
end the representatives of the great Abolitioo interest
of the North. They eve doing it, tqo, at vent peronal
saerieeee, ?or eome of the more Northern of the
Southern hates, slat o labor does not 511. Y, and tamer
again in those latitudes will pay. They should do es
the New England States did, first find their sieves un
profitable, then sell them at good prices to men in lati
tudes where they can produce wealth, and then pro
claim the flaunt of the Hutchinson', n We are all
brothers."
Read me carefully, deer Jack, for there lea deal more
in what I mean than in what I say. I have not ypt left
pulite. I mud before the; I d/s1 not pretend any know
ledge of the putee. Lrel,ke tourists who publish their
Journals from Wall street to Cu/din/ere. bearing in their
pockets "travellers' guides," and chaplains who al
ways have on hand an antique sermon for nay and all
purposes 1 say nothing to you but what I hear and see,
and for which I must be held only measurably responsi
ble. Too Benzes ere week. What I say is original, vizi
thet I never sew or hperd before, j made a tour for see
mountain part of the oily of Bahia. The made, or ra
ther streets, to it are well paved. and are rig zagged at
angles of about ie deg. It is on uphill walk. I, who
am of olasem stator/a, some 5 foot, lele inches in heiiht,
and of weight of but 160 pounds, can not only walk it
it op. but for eight" dumps," the euphonious name for
about a pound of copper, equal to three of our three
cent pieces, be carried in in meat they eall a' cabero."
Lot nie deserioe it in midwn sailor sly le. Jost imagine
a sugar lox, a little longer. and wider, hut of the same
shape as the pine coffin of a Potter's field. Cut in each
side of this box en opening to get in and out, and then '
stand it on end. Put in it a chair. end around it a cur
tain to rebuke the gaze of vulgar eyes, and keep out the
Ramping through the centre of the top Is a'pele,
one end prceeptieg forkinid, find the other aft. You get
in. Two deride , / ;eke seeh n leile-end on his shoulder,
and with a grunt, will take you 1 1 P, up, 11P to the para
des() of Bahia. Tho rule is cheap, and pleasant of a hot
But I have a ship-mate who will doubtless describe
Bahia, and I could not rely inuoll upon his description
of Ir. He is more than six feCt of heiglii 1,0 hoe im
mense tresdih of poem, add of Who; build; his pedals
iVre of imulense ballast, and on a smooth sea, or a level
road, he does very well. He can't get up the bill; no
nogrooe are strong enough to carry, and no caboro of
nintfloient size and strength to hold. him. His wistful
lank out of the bridal port, upon the high surrounding
mountain guards that are beyond his reach, gives me
grant pals, and I wish hint a man more like Cassius'
kia much for Bahia,
We hail helm game twenty clays 1p Ashin.
lerlt old frigate watered end provisioned, the rust of se
venty date et sett rubbed off friction and punt brush,
and looking oc Pre ll s its a grandma at the wedding of
her great-grand-ehild, "up'il" her anchors, and alter
depositing their huge cables tutu her bowels, they
were fitted and secured. Thte was the 9th of Nnvem
bor, and we were pointed t,,artlq Rio de Janiero. But,
before j lea; the beautiful tip of aft Vol saints, I must
inform you that the Uonno 01 the t7nrtgd 4tateg, at this
place.lr.Giltner, Is a model representative of out Go
vernment. Ile is a gentlemen of the highest intelli
gence, no unallected lover of our institutions, and holds
the first place in the confidence of the District of Rehm.
I have seen taw co n sular representatives abroad equal
to him, and Ids influence here In unbounded.
On our first day out from Bahia we were Mulled again
with the boatewein'e hoarse and toleinn death-call:
hand.' bury the dead !" The game° read by rho
chaplain. and the iicpan received anothar c t4 ro a. Bo
fore night the death-call woe repented, and another ser
vice, and the ocean received still another corpse. It
coon became known that Robert Berry and John /Norris
had died of yellow Ferri—unmistakable fever. It was
certainly alarming to thrnover n perilNiee in the midst
of five hundred inert at sec It did not extend.
'fleece ease' of fever were provoked by the impruden t
conduct of the men themselves. On their liberty they.
became brutally intoxleiteti, ley in the filthy etteete of
Brehm, exposed ton tropic eon, were Arrested by the
pollee, and taken to a 'gill more filthy prison, The Oa;
before we nailed we discovered their wherenboutn, ob
tained their release, and had them borne on board in a
revolting and disgusting condition, and within twenty
four hours both paid the penalty c f their misdeed.. I
am proud Many that the men of the Congress are among
the best behaved seaman that I have ever ended with
and the two cases I mention are merely exceptions.
The non-oxtention of the fever is regarded by our
surgeons. Drs. Hunter and bhippen, no another evidence
against the doctrine of contagio 1. No fever appeared
after the demise of the two. It is well to remark that
the frigate is always sweet and wholesome, and every
Precaution was taken to keep her thoroughly ventilated.
studding and other entio were applied an ventilators, and
it was uncomfortably cool in the very depths of the ship.
Pestilence even cal be resisted by cleanliness and order.
We arrived at this port on the lath of November. The
Congress is looked upon na a model man-of-war, and
although I gay it myself, I think no ship of equal power
could whip her with her present crew and officers—
(barring myself whom) position in battle is down about
the cock-pit, out of harm's way!) The sloop-of•war Aim
Adame, lute been re-surveyed by order of flag officer
Sands, and not condemed. She is being hove dow - m
and will, in a fortnight or more, proceed on her cruise
to the Hut Indies. The Wyoming Mesmer, built at
poor yard, has also been detained here for repairs
and additions. Her officers and men were sent
on board when the chip wan unelearied of the dust,
dirt, and chips of her building, and the decompo
sition of this stuff has made the beautiful ship
a nuinance—the white paint is black, and every
piece of lace and tinsel and button of the officers have
lost its brilliancy, and will require replacing at their
own expense. Can you not make it a claim against wag
friend the Colonel's ooristituents for relief? The
Offlooll of the Nlryoming *wear tastily. The Dolphin,
brig, to ordered to leave the river and come up. I think
the war ships here will he kept mrcel Wing. as they
should be, if I understand the character of the flag
officer. The Congress will probably leave here by New
Year's. There I, no fever, that I know of, In Rio at this
writing. Toe climate is delicious. If you can pick any
thing cut of this scrawl to make an item for The Preys
(la it. Pea. R. Kidder Heade, your old friend, has
been rejuvenated unler the influence of the beauty
rind quietude of Sotto Foga. The United Slates steamer
Wyoming in just passing the Sager Loaf on her way to
the Paeifie.
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TEL GRAPH.
Mexican Affairs.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-01Aola1 deepatebel re
ceived from Vera Om confirm the newspaper ac
counts of the victories obtained by the Liberal'.
The advioes received at Vera Cruz from England
are favorable to the recognition of the Juarez Go
vernment, which is expected soon to take place,
and those, in connection with the recommendations
of President Buchanan in relation to Mexican af
fairs, has heightened the Liberals' hopes of com
plete success, and produced a corresponding de
pression among the Renationists. The Mexican
cabinet, however, do ;Kit thlnk it gill beemie ne
cessary to call for the aid of American troops In
the contingenclesi atiggestoid by Mr. Buchanan.
A number of military men have written to
Washington as to the truth of the report that the
Juarez Government has invited volunteers . from
the "Jolted ; but th ere is no official or any
other mithbrity td sirtain it, nor would they be ac
cepted without the concurrence of our govern
ment. The armed men who have gone ,
and others
who are preparing to go South, mey have other
schemes in view, or he q oiteetationoC a call for
their services in ..ifier.too.
As the pso,test of hXr. McLane against the Tam
bays Maaracre met with no response from Mira
mon, en the protest of the latter against 'the recog
nition of the Juarez Government will receive no
official notice from our own
The official advices from Vera erns mention no
thing about the coming of French and Spanish
Beets. LOokillg to the prevoctconditionof Earcp, Antetfirrence froin'thlt tintirter is ap
pviliensled.' As the report emanated from the
French Legation, as did the former one, it is looked
upon here us part of the policy of M. Gabrias, the
French minister, to encourage the Reactionists at
the expense of the Liberals.
A curious state of striae in the city gf :Nexico is
' , Mind. Formerly, only the .promibent Liberate
were in rs' Ai lf„,u there, bu t t now the ultra Reaction
lets aie Similarly punished, owing to their respect
ive political opinions.
So!ttl!evii ftictl Ilesns.
MOVEMENT Or CORTINI9.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-1 he Southern mall, ar
rived to-day, brings New Orleans papers of Tues
day last, the 17th.
The Picayune contains Makes from itelyeston.
The Galveston News loam . 4at Ciortinas had re
crossed the Itto Galindo, thitiy miles above Browns
villa will MO men.
Thei British' brig Haim MU wreaked off Tenets,
Mexico, on al; 2111 1 0 .1, and became a total loss.
The crer
was saved.
The English brigs Mina and Elisabeth, and the
American brig I,inda, iniffere4 severely, bat were
repaired at Alinatitlau.
Accident' Train.
to the env Uttven
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OP I ' WO artiniten AND PIPIT
New Yoax, Jan. 22.—The train for New Haven
was partially thrown from the track yesterday af
ternoon, near Milford, by the breaking of the
driving-wheel of the leoometlye. The tender was
orualted, anti the express oar turned across the
track, bottom np. The first car was thrown down
the embankment, 25 feet high, and the second oar
left the track. No one woe aerial/sly hurt, It was
a most miraculous escape, as there Tare 2511 pas•
aengere on the train.
The California Overland Maile.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The Postmaster General
has issued an order to the postmasters of California
to transmit overland all /otters net worded " by
steamer," to or from St. Louis and Memphis by
bysami-Trpcbly line_,a and to or from ft gLW Orleans,
way CU San - Alftwolsi - iTtactrls a weekly line.
The postage IS lEl[OO OtHIS Olt a aingle letter, the
distaLce between those points being less than three
thousand miles.
Strike of the,German Printers.
New rum, Jan. 22.—1 t is understood that the
German printers of this city, having joined the
Printers' Union, and failing to obtain the regular
rates for composition, have left off work at all the
German job, book, anti newspaper Maces, except
the Daily Democrat.
Later from Havana.
New °scissile, Jan. 22.—The steamship Ca
bawba has uriyed with Ilayana dates of the 19th
The political news is unimportant. The su
gar market is unchanged. Sterling Exchange is
Weedy at former rates.
Vtrainta State Armory.
RICIIXOND, Va., Jan. 22.—A bill appropriating
half a million dollars for the Mate armory passed
tho Legislature yesterday.
Markets by Telegraph.
NEW 011LNANS. Jan.2l.—Cotton firm; 6.0.00 hales sold
II nlll.l for nuddlints.
SAVANNAH. Jan. 21.—Cotton firm 1900 bales sold ;
the total exports from this port for theyear have Least
. 418.1:07,6N , sod the imports tor the year . 733 921.
CIIARLLITON, Jan. 21 —Cotton has an adaneing tee
droop ; sales to-day /NO bales.
filo BILE. Jan.M.—uotton unchanged: 2,800 bales sold
at 10,.: for molfillugs.
THE CITY.
re Fr.tt Page.
MEETING or TUE FRIENDS or COL. Di E
VLF:ED.—The friends of COI. Thos. W. Duffield, in
pursuance of a notice to that effect, met in the Odd
Fellows' Hell , Frankford, on Saturday evening
the meeting was very large; a fine band of music
17D1 in attendance; the room, holding some eight
hundred persons, being densely packed with both
tiepublicans anti Democrats, including a consid
erable number of ladies. At 8 o'clock the audi
ence was called to order by Henry W. Ditman,
Esq., who, in a few pertlent remarks, explained the
object of the meeting, and nominated the lion.
John Foulkrod for chairman, and a large number
of gentleman as vice presidents and secretaries.
The nominations were unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Duffield was then introduced, and received
with loud and continued cheering. After express
ing hie gratif i cation at meeting so many of his old
friends, he proceeded, In a clear and able manner,
to detail the oironmstanees under which he had
been ejected from hie seat. He did not propose to
enter into an argument; he wished merely to state
facts, and to thank his fellow-eitisens and the
ladies for the attention they had given hint. After
reiterating his expressions of gratitude', tho Colonel
concluded his succinct address staid loud and en.
thustastio cheering'.
The eheinXlCdt then Introduced the lion. Rich
ardson L. Wright, who said : I am gratified to be
here, to meet with nay fellow-citizens to express
our opinion of the manner in which this election
case has been conducted. He abhorred any kind
of fraud at the bellot•box. [Laud eheers.] Eter
nal vigilance iv the prise at liberty", and it be
hooved all of us to be watchful that the deed
which hail Leen perpetrated should not be repeated.
[Loud cheery.] lie referred to the case of Mr.
Donnelly. An attempt was being made then, he
said, to oust that gentleman, who ems an honest
man and fairly entitled to his seat. Mr. Wright
dwelt at sumo length on the testimony, and finished
his eicquent effort by appealing to those present,
without regard to party, to unite In rebuking such
conduct.
Henry L. McConnell was then introduced. Ho
sold he woe happy to address one who was descend
ed from Revolutionary patriots—one who had sa
long and ably represented Philadelphia in the
councils of the State, a position which ho had ao
nuked not by unfair naeana, hut by his own merit =
as the president of a meeting which bad assembled
to afE,rin nttuchment to, that principle of self-go
vernmont for which, Mr. Chairman, your ancestors
fought. [Cheers J lie did not regard it as a mere
Welcome to a man, but as a demonstration of loy
alty to the principle of popular sovereignty ; to
the right of the people of each looality, without
interference, to select their representatives. After
dwelling for some time GB the subject of popular
sovereignty, awl quoting from Baal's, that in
urder fur a people to be prosperoua their rulers
must have very little power, and not be allowed to
frustrate the wishes of those for whose benefit alone
they occupied their pcotts,lns concluded by saying
that in all countriee the will of the people, at some
time or other, hod been set at defiance ; but it al
ways happened, as it will in this oase.lf wrong has
been done, (and of that you are to judge,) that the
usurpers were overthrown, and the will of the
neot‘lo triumphed. [Loud and condoned cheer
i°g•l
nuitabla resolutic to were then offered and read
by Georgo - F. Boric, Esq , which were unanimously
adopted; and, after speeches front Messrs. Burn
and Ed. G. Lee, the large assemblage dispersed
with loud cheers for Duffield.
STABBING CAsn.—A Frenchman named
Charles Loquatior was taken to the hospital on
Saturday aufferipe from o earth received at the
hands et Oberlei Buford, at Bedford and Seventh
streets, on Saturday. The wound ie serious, and
Buford is in custody. It is said the affray arose
out of a mutual attempt to rob, but as the matter
la in mystery, an investigation only will develop
tho filets.
Tue cellar attached to the store of T. H.
Peters & Co, on Chestnut street, was enterod dur
ing Saturday evening by &IMO ramale, who rolled
out a barrel of wax end a barrel of shaving cream,
end were about departing with their booty, when
they were espied Ity the police, and with diffoulty
Incceeded in egcaping.
r'4.lsic Arian.—There was a false alarm of
fire lut evening, about nine o'cicck, oteasioned
by the freaks of sow intoxicated in lividual, who
witnessed the smoke coming from the chimney of
tho Circus, and raised an alarm of fire, whioh was
entertained by a policeman, who rarg the box,
roused the whole department, and dliturbed the
quiet of a very beautiful and very peaceful Sub•
bath o►eaing.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCLAL.
The Money Markets
PRILADELPEOLS, Jan. 21,1884.
The money market continues to work easy, and
a comparison of its condition at the clece of this
week with the state of things last Saturday stores
quite a change for the better. One element, how
ever, still continues to show itself, which is the dis
trust exhibited by holders of money, of securities
ordinarily accepted without hesitation. Pissen
ger railway shares, however well known to be en
joying most profitable trade, are in disfavor, an 1
holders are almost entirely unable to borrow money
to any extent upon them. A large lender of money
explains this to be in a great measure based - ispou
fears that the dividends made by some of these com
panies, upon stock as fully paid, while bat a portion
of the nominal par value has been really paid in,
are not properly made, and that soma contingen
cies may poesibly arias which would make the re
ceivere liable for the return of *part of such di
vidends. Little questions of this kind exercise an
inordinate influence at the present time, and help
to make the money market appear much tighter
than it really is. -
The better kind of securities at the stock board
maintain prices which show that the stringency in
the money market has not been so extensive as
many suppose. At the same time the elect - upon
fancy stocks of all kinds has been just what might
have been expected from a money market strong
bat excited by distrust. Holders of such stocks,
who bays large means, keep them for better times,
while every forced sale einke their prices lower and
lower.
Reading Railroad shares are dell at a decline of
since yesterday.
We notice the decision of a novel law ease in
England, which is perhaps of importance to some
of our readers. It was upon a claim for the in
come-tax, when one partner resided in England
and sent goods abroad. The defendant, who lired
in England, was in partnership with six others
who resided In America. Goods were bought in
England by the defendant; and sold by the tithe
partners out of England. The firm name was orer the
door of the ecuntiag.house in England, and clerks
and servants were employed, and a banking ac
count kept there, bat no money was received
there except from the partners in America. 1161 J,
thst the firm here were liable for the inorme-lax on
the whole amount of the pro..fits earned by the ex
portation of goods front Rngland on the sale of
them In the Valte3 Stete4 or elsewhere, u heing
"annual profits seeming from a teed, exercised
within the United gingam," ender 13t. IA and 17
e. 34, § 2,14,454 hie
In the Court ef queen's Benele, in the ease of
Lonna vs. 3nnson, we have a decision of a marina
insurance C 412 07 under an abandonment for total
loss arising from seizure GA suspicion of slave trad
ing. The owner of Venal and goods on a voyago
to the welt coast of Africa, insured the goods; both
vessel and cargo were seized on suspicion of bein g
employed In the dare trade ; the owner abandoned
the goods to the underwriters. A decree of con
demnation was entered in the Vice Admiralty
Court of St. Efelens, and the assured appealed to
the Privy Council, who reversed the decree some
yeers after It had been rendered. and ordered thu
goods to be rgatoced. Among the perils insured
against, were takings at ees, arrests, restraints,
and detainer of all goods of whatsoever kind-
Held, that the arrest must be omsolusirely doomed
unlawful, and the abanclonuient therefore proper;
and that the deqrso of reatitution, after euah a
lapse of ttq,e, would not redact) the 1053 to a par
tial one.
Rueinera of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road Company, for the mcmtli of Deem : bar :
tom.
917•.7329? 124 49100
43,122 11 31= 34
.551 f,l 2.1434 0.
Reeelyeo from Coal
Travel, ......
Trsturportation, ikadwaiipuin: 50_976 tlirg
sage
Renewal Fund, and all 3,g 114,3 a;
Net pad for the month...-.. 5308,315 U 8116,604 .
Earnings of the Calawirea, William.sport, and El
mira Railroad Company :
For December, I=
I . o Bas nor of =Mooting roads 61 = 41
For DOoscobor. 1843.. e 15 ,e13 13
Leta tent of eomulectininteds - . 2 . . 1,01 it
$53,911 CO
36,5 1 .30 49
4 4.% to
For December.
Lass rem or cot nissaints roads
PIiILADELPILL& STOOK EXCILA.NUE 11,4116
hlittlari 11. MO.
I.IPOITED at S. K. Ezsrmu.r.re. MN; ,Wataut Rivet
FIRST BOARD
INXIIi 9 Tread p o N't5.16641 Id Penns R,tots - 37
21id Pardus 6......53iwn IN 156 14 Ingh Nsv. 10t... 46.3 i
21.1 U City As. New 10 OM Readmg R....s3irn 14 4 '
zill do —.giro .102 !Rd do ... . 'Sir 015
dud City 65... - ...casli.94X . 2(42 do 4.5 , 4 - 15 /a
401.1959 Na 964, 'M. ... 66X 1 I. do costa 1.4
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9919 do ....s6irn 89 *WO do cash Isli
IWO Pa R Ist mtg Ge.... 10) I I Ches.& %Val at E... 11
WA do 6.5 100 1 IWt It Phtls E. 6.t.
7 Bea Med R. lota, o 65K' 31 C un it .6 as It. lots 13)
11 Noristowa R....ch 49 1 6 Huts & Trod R.. ild
19 SI inedill Scrip- ... 133 i, 6 Mum:cull ft— .. - ... WS.
10 l'enas tt,10ta..... YIN i
BETWEEN BOAEBEL
NW City 64, New ssw4 Rfitiffetitin it.....'.... ... ST
SECOND BOARD
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80000 City tria, Nalr.-...1(d 1 1 Mine ku 114,411 i DJ 133 i
CLOBUIO YRIOE.B-DULL.
Bid. A OM. Bid. Askid.
1 &bl Nay, yrer-.. 11 3.54
R.— 93 I Wp't et Elm—
New.... 101.34 107 7it Ist alert 13 ti
92 93 tetart.lo34 1134
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do lit oda
prefalo}: 111.haraat t death
Bobun. Nam Ss 'BL.66tfilSeo'dThird-st itAin 40
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Philadelphia Markets.
JaSTART 21—Eveni ur.
In Flour there islittle or no export demaad to rote,
and the martet is dull, the retailers and trtkera Laing
about the only buyers, at prices ranging from Raz) to
84.623 i for superfine. Es.toe6 fon extras, eemand..so for
extra f 4nily. and E 679-57 Vlibl for fancy brands. as to
quality. Standard superfine is offered at our lowest fig
ures, without finding buyers. Rye Flour and Corn Meal
are but little immured for, and nominally held atel,
farina former and 133.75 bbl for the latter. Wheat—
There is very little doing owing' to the difference in ths
views of buyers and se tars; and about 2.003 bushels
only have Leen sold at 13501364 for prime l'enna red;
white Wheat is quoted at litla 130 c, es to quality.
Rye is in trendy demand and Pennsylvania is wanted at
93'. Corn continues dull, with small sales of 5e11.," to
note at ids in the cars; about 2.100 bushels also sold
afloat on terms we eou'd not learn. tats are rather
lower, and SAO bushels recusslran.a soil at it, in
store. 01 Bonny Malt sales 01 3MO bushels are resort •
ed at 9Uarlooo per ho. Bark--There is no quercitron
offering, and les no to scarce and wanted at lir, car
ton. Cotton—The market is firm, and a moderate tm-
Sinesa doing to supply the manufacturers-who bay cau
tiously at former rates, including nvddlln4 1,1 up
lands at 12Sic cash, Groceries and provisions-1 here is
little alteration in the markets for either, wid bat, hale
cluing trvdar ; a sale of heavy mess port was node st
.113 bbl. Buyers of clos °reused are Loldoz c. 9", and
toe market us unsettled end lower. lc th teslea .55 .1,1
MOO bushels to note to lots, mostly at 3555 4n' bushel
for good and prime seed. Nothing doing in t.mothy or
dilated to alter quotations. Whiskey is rather to-are
active. and gales of 90d barrels Ohio are reported at 550.
elloine packages IVie. some Ponogyis 2.2 as barrels et 21
hogsheads Vic, and r.nadte at 2.2.32
gallon.
Few York Stock Exchange.—Jan. 21
OSCOND BOARD.
$101:0 'Missouri Ga.—. 790 It idas Chia St R IB. . GM.;
WV Ten 60 19 U','llo do ... ...Sid SMi
22212 tint lz Chin mb. 00 ;1W dotau 83.4
AUDI bds ... .
!In° Rending slo 2rd4
&GO do KO PG • .9i) do ..-.. Led 37
29 Ida Bk of born 96. 1 4i100 Panama .. 72 0 4
IPD Pan M SS C0....b30 T 8 1100 .... uo'N.
R,ltltNYCan R.. 71%. 0 do .....
WI do ...- 73 , i000 do rsd •
100 do ...b4O 22 , 05, Gel 8: Chia .. 130
e 0 Chid Sr. do 03,
THE MARKETS.
Fgorn.—Holden ate eager tont!. and pticas are de
*reamed ; tales bare been reported of 3,6t0 bola Ststo
and Western. 2 OW bbls. Southern and IV 111.1 s. Cimada,
at v l , Da 1
ee.t ti T a . l du= o i
to t if ue sa a i r cto ar t u bL2roc bo e ,..•
lions have been checked. ;rice' exhibit ti r o s ;eir,arkn:
bit chanaes, though buyers 110
ook forcover rates.
Coc o 11 heavy and dna:smug. ate bare teen con
fined t 11 001 bushels. 'chiefly at 704 %a for Jersey, ;ad
Southern white and yellow.
Rte and barley are held fired), but .r. 3 inactive.
Oats are in mmUnate rearms,. at 'Serum-11g prices.
Ashes are Piling siowly at old figarea.
Corte:v.—She market yr se fisns at yesterdso ad
vance. with sale. of 3EOI bales 301) sn
derrflorte.ist° X s.—rork ss firmer, whsle sales * ere mc,-
,
hare been made of avian lots at
yesterday's prices.
The Ropes of England on the Dissolute
tinn of the American Union.
(From the London Poet (Government ocean) Jan. 3.1
Within the last month the Victoria Bride, the
greatest triumph of engineering science, has tern
opened, and the wealth of the Western States and
of Canada will be carried along the Grand Truck
Railway to the Atlantic terminus at Portland. Ca.
nada—thanks to British and provincial capital and
enterprise.—thesesses the longest separate line of
railway in the world. It is, however, greatly to
be regretted that this line was not continued ex
clusively through British territory to Retitle; bet
this object, we have a otingaine hope, will be cc
oomplished whenever that general confederation of
the States of British North America comes t. take
plaoti—a matter which has long engaged the :wen
thin of the people of Canada, and must at no dis
tant day engage the attention of the British Par
liament. If a war shroud unfortunately occur be
tween England and the United States, the Eimer
would be excluded (luring half of the year from all d i
wit aocess Canada, ..Igairt,ifehe Nitreit-n Stairs
should separate from the Southern on the . 9nesu on
of slarery—one which now so fiercely agitates the
public mind in America—that portion of the Grand
Trunk Railway which traverses Maine, might at
any day be closed against England, unless, ndeed,
the people of that State, taith ,so eye to eon:mei riot
profit, should ofrr to .773101 Mein:etre: to Cana
da. On military, as welt as commercial grounds,
kt le obviously necessary that British North Ameri
on should possess on the Atlantis a port open at ell
throes of the year—a port which, whilst rho termi
nus of that railway euximritioation which is des
tined to do so much far the development and con
, silidatit nof the wealth and prosperity of British
North America, will make England equally in
reams and war independent of the United States.
We trust that the question of oaufederatioa will be
speedily forced upon the attention of her Majesty's
Ministers. The present time is the most pro.
pitions far its discussion. Whilst the mesh
distinguished men in the United States,
such as the President and General Winfield
Scott, view with natural distrust and ap
prehension the agitation which is gratin.ia. Pi , in
America in favor of a dissolution of 1. , ,e
the people of Candela are quiet ant contented
under British rule, thinking more of economy and
trade than of any oonstitutional changes, which
they know could not confer upon them a single iota
of real liberty and happiness more than they now
enjoy. But if slavery is to be the Nemesis of Re
publican America—if separation is to take place—
the confederated States of British North America,
then a strong and compact nation, would virtually
bold the balance of power on the continent, and
lead to the restoration of that influf nes tchicA
more than eighty years ago England sou sup
posed to hare lost. This object, with the uncertain
future of Republican ineututions in the United
States before us, is a subject worthy of tle early
and earnest consideration of the Parliament and
people of the mother country.
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