---- FRIDAY, 4R011:9, Foisz4Aavrllternture ; From. SVaehin ton; cmieeneral Newo;..olteetnut Rill; - 0 10, MM Pe' ntVtlattaL.,•FottayfiTeo3.—The Radom -Steotim• boat Calatnit3f;arrout Mayaguea,T. R;; Mattno 1.: IWe britiftiiiiit people faCe of the earth are so 431444 6, acience eeono- My, apd,sor ll informed in regard to all aim heisting-10 the% government, as the Mil t, c„-rseirs, °Fee ‘lfnited ',States. • In deeidihg the great , politieal 'issues which have' heretofore arr•liistrrieled" the ethintrY, they have the main rareiplitiCal sagacity; and although : 1 1 2 .1tfietr 3Udgetents'have icit been infallible, and I ., b .tenliO•avi e fiel4alorta have lod them into serious ivriots, their Ober .leconri ,thought has nearly VIA I ,4YR enabled them to arrive at wise and cor ect conclnsions. , Any one who studies the -arilittorf of our country with an impartial eye; , - 0-itrol' who: now looksback ever the pmt, can scarcely°fail`to be deeply %pressed with the , 1 ;41,et we Yiaro Just elated, as wallas with a r eerr7' atteiiil9llkitf,tfte inierleart, peel_ 'Wainetti`fi, to be: ackractezi, at ilie.Propev time, !,,,,to, taur,discuselon of , the great questions which, le turn, demand their attention, and that staid the -numerous changes ()tissues, and of 'sub leets' ef,paramoupt Interest 'and Intense egita-: tion'ildeli have *Coupled the - attention of iiiii'Citizens, it hiui 'generally, if not univer -:lially; OCcurred ,riet" only that questions I,ropoirdecided, but that the right questions pairmiip fordecision at the right time. . • mr;.‘;-iliftlie - prerent moment the paramount poll-, :4 2 stall tiiis`nountry are those which re. 4 ,llita tOs siittlerrierit of the' Territories be ilenging the, Republic ; 'and it Is pre-eml - that, until a frill, final, and'ust conclnelon Is reached on these subjects, they "Would riMelve the attention and, patriotic tonsidetation of. the - American people. The March' of American' civilization has been one -of tho most reariellcini events in the history tc'Jof the' huinart race, Mid our citizens, familiar the rapid stride of advancement which hoe swelled our population from three to thirty eipix!ded thirteenxeak colonies into thirty-three mighty States; peopled, organ- faced, and established settled Governments, in all^ the-Nast kegler' east of the Mississippi I. river; founded west of it the great States of Minnesota, lowa,, Missouri,' Arkausati, and .upon the ?nettle coast California` and:Oiego,n,,liiie now before them, as the practical problem, to be. erited ont liy tbe , present generation the settlement and con -1 version into ,organized States of the vast re.. ,glen iyieg between the Pacific Statess'and•the frontier States lying- Immediately west of the. ItiL9sissippi. ' This, district font& an empire in itself which ex - coeds in extent any of the En. .rOpesai Governments, except that of Russia, . ; todlsitearly as large as all of.hem combined, ."exclusive of that country. A single glance at she map will deeply impress any mind with its vastness and the important position which, in a.-,ibelliature of things, Ms' destined to occupy ‘Nin'the iht ire hittory of 'our Republic. Utah oritains'itn area of 187,928, New Mexico 210,774, Washington Territory 128,022, 8an ¶4115:114,798, and Nebraska-886,866 square Mille . ;When it is recollectedthatthe area of l'Ainnitylvaatia-kititio,f tie largest 'roasting old States-:-is but 47,000 sqiutre, miles, some `idea bf tiurextent of this immense region may be arrived at. Throughout it -ail such seeds of Ofrilization and fiettlement have already been Spiriting clearly indicate 'to" every eye fami ,,,liar with, , the rapidity of 'American advance "MCni. that the_ Period when It will be cut up Mitneronsliatei, rapidly approaching. „late , years the progress of • American Civilisation , was lint in: one: directiqn—west .','vrard,ifoin' the AilatitiC Statelf-barndur the ...region relax:ea• to hi being attacked in' front Z. and leer, 'kind the tide of settlement, is ad• tVarieing from thiVecifto gtates eastward is .•Triirairrrourettolcfratifitstratewirearitertt The-whole, tendency of our, gciverinnental individual action as a nation is to 'precipi tate the settlement of this country: - Our small ' - hilt' gallant army is' mainly employed 'in re• slncing. to _subjection the Savage tribes that inhabit its wild regions. Our mail coin nittnicatiops are penetrating, year by yeat, -deeper and deepeff Into this territorial district. rimhellormons, squatting aovin upon one of the ` , niost inattractlie portions of it, haie attracted olihither: emfgranta from &linnet every part of `civilized" world. In the rude mountain Alatileta,,which,ivear the, most rugged front .'indte;nost lippreposecasing appogance, rich -mineral treasures have been discovered, and ~have attracted to their rude bosoms thousands of cmigrdnts. , Thns, extraordinary and inn ', petted dircmnstences hive conspired with the natural tendency to expansion which, in the ordinary course of things, would have settled Atits.region, to seer:ler/At; that event; and the t.peO:ple of the existing States, who now con, :0,01 thO national Goiernment Of the country, _ire oiled upon to decide the-character of the ~ plijicy they will adopt in reference to this vast "area, now rapidly emerging from a rude and inhospitable wilderness into the'abode of large , l y; bodies of American citizens; and, eventually, " io one dike most inaportantiportions Of the "American ttnion:: , . , perfectly proper that Abe 'l - American people should be deeply, impressed ;,With the responsibility, resting upon !them to -deter Mine wisely and properly ail questions ‘'ealimlated to affect our Territories over which they have control, and this Is, the real reason ' why the - Territorial ,question, in its various :'phases, has, for some years past, been the pa :lamenut issue in the politics of our corm :try, and will, in all probability, continue to be; ruitil.ft is finally and definitely adjusted, Our own convictions in regard to the proper 'method of settling this have been re .„ 'pate* expressed;tind'need not be referred to here. 'ButtiiAlr people `ly and conclusively ' decide - Whether they will adopt thathiro4, of tlengresslonal inteiven. l tlon against slavery and prohibit its exist. oneo in all the Territories by Congressional enactment—the theory that slavery exists by virtue of the Constitution in all the Territo ries qr the Republic es a sacred institution be the reaeh,of the people, and that it runs, be,protectedby As judiciary, by the Ter- rit.orielLegislature, and other branches of the .Territorlal Government's, and In the event of their faildre tithrow around ft ari impiait'etra `,hie shield; bidirect Intervention of Congresi Ihr:its. protection and maintenance—pr, the :other, and in our opinion, more.correct theory,4ll,at, the people of the Territories, like those lef-the, States, shall have full power to deter: , mine_the,slavery question for themselves—it !cannot ho; expected that the , 164-continued agitation of this ImpOrtSnt subject will entirely r•Cerig. • " - - Oprottran STATE CiONVENT,ION Staticlonventtim of New jersey lrentin idetistday; and appointed the fol. , !lowlpi delegates to °Wage „ .71 . ' ',First Dfstria—ffenetoiial,'Thomas H. Dudley; 4 sjor,gteSidonal;Prosideneo Ludlam, Robe . rt K. Mat. Blviard Bettie; Jonathan D. Ingham.', Seoandf. DistAst—Ronatorial, James T. Cher man ; +Congrossienal, Arehlbaldß.Pharo, Stephen ;D.igalith„A. M. o.Molmen, Lewis Shinn. , Thtrd Distrso-:-Benritorial, John L ; Blair - Oengrossional. A. - P. Berthude, A. N. Voorhees, D: Waterman , Moses F. Webb. - ' 'f ,Fors,rth Discrice. , -,l3enstorial, Theodore ,Littlet: - 13Ongressional, _Bears , M. Lou,aust°, David ThomOon'' Williamti. Lathrop ; Thomas Cum: • Mateh ; Coagrnational, Hugh H. Brown, H. N. Conger, Marons L. Ward, Denning Dam., Deltaess-as.Larse,---Hon. William A. Newell,' 800. B. !. Rogers, and Hon. Theodore FreUng.; _4143" • • • • - . „ 31,041, Testeia, Brous,. 10., on Taos: - 407 - oeit: 'ttioooor & ' Bons' fouith, spring ialey t l3tlibifit;, - 4111 coparige auroral !Itatel by, order of eFelti,tare,' and otherl, inoladlag ;bandeame rc.4ldssi'34;Aratt Wiecirtdo,ptrint, gl4 etteat / :&1:, an d a lasi eafiii*evlf=morroy. Witittri•iiaißT , 'ltiimritda's;='they" dell 'on the - 0 .4 444 0 a, 1217. • '". " " drb6ti • Wa'iavite the ipeolidadtea-, Wi ierai"jOhio l it": of ~Itn9g-esmbrio 1111 0"" 3 ,4 1 ' 8 3hthltr4tii. ardiOldered and' lad's hiee - iiiitu, Odle ritiAgialiet T i t ca 4 .; t o . B. post r ;r, , titort6ig;tit, Roige, Ltd, *tiirifif3Witit l aittilip,o4o;'fria - a di ste dfd r CP1 i 4.44 P. 1 40' 1 : 1 410 1 : 1 14 - iiiiijkb144 , r 44410111ii400Mi ' , I • of, .-.):o.4rifkl);Mit): • Letter from As Occasional." 100vreesendenee of Th _fek , W . • arox, hitifeh 7, 1660. While considerable Charleston Convention • i 8 ' 4 4 rit it o t tli . 0 is to be held, great in • "+ it Inega thet which is to assemble; $ CM ago' on the' 16th of May. The oppoittionl4l,oooinosAkiipioty is as muoh divided in regard to a candidate as their adversaries. A very aotive movement is on foot in Washington, in favor of the Hon. Edward Bates, of St. Louis. His friends are energetic, enthusiastic, and pOwerful. - They olaiin that he ed' ear,ry Missourif aufi that he has every right to `exit the Republican VOteof the North, inasmuch elthenglt . living in a slave State; end a slave holder by inheritance, he has freed hie slaves, and has,thns practically realised hie attachment to what Is imdersbood to be the Republican theory. They also, allege that he le sound upon the tariff question, amind upon the Paoido railroad, and emi nently conservative in all, his views. Brit the friends of Mr. Seward are undaunted and untiring. They assert that he is entitled to the nomination to the first office in the gift of the American people, because he is the representative of, the Republican idea; and, Booth to say, greatly s landered as he .has, been, he is, in fact and in deed, among, the most liberal and enlightened men in the Congress of the United States. I had the pleasure, some evenings ago, in a mixed company, to meet .Mr. Seward, for the third time in my life, face to facia, and to hear hint describe his European tour. The readers of 'The Prove pill not soon forget the manner in which Judge Douglas de scribed to his 'friends his trip to the Old World ; his visit .to St. Petersburg; his overland journey from Odessa to the Russian. cannel his conversa tion with the Propel; Empress Eugenie, and the singular episode which occurred at. one of the Grecian ports when he heard of the rescue of Vesta by the celebrated Capetain Ingraham. Mr. • Seirard Is quite aa'original and interesting in his desoriptions of his experience in Europe as the distinguished Senator from Illinois. lie drew a contract between the leaders of the British Par liament and the leaders of the.Aszerloaa Penna. meat, and I was much struck with the manner in which he confronted Brougham, and Stanley, and Disraeli, and others, with those whom he had se ' leated as their counterparts in the United States. If be, would only, before an audience of his coun trymen, repeat what I heard him say the other evening, he would confer a great benefit upon oar people. • 'Mr. Seward has:tinily warm and attached friends, and I believe, if be were elected President, be would disappoint alike those who think he Is disposed to overthrow the institutions of the South end those who believe he is devoted to extreme Abolition doc trines, ... Then wehave General Cameron, of Penneylva. ala, who, let me do him the justice to say, is also strongly supported by a large number of leading men throughout the country. Ills history is one of energy, and enterprise, and pluck, and although he defeated you for the Senate, I do not think it would become you to deny the qualities that every body concedes to him. Hon. John M. Read, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, le also favorably regarded by many as a candidate who may come in as a compromise after the chief aspirants have been defeated. Mr. Read is a jurist of great in telleet, and of spotless personal character. Governor Chase, of Ohio, has many adherents; Governor Banks, of Massachusetts, has his friends; John Bell, of Tennessee, is presented as a sort of Union candidate; and even General Scott is being named in certain quarters as an availability at hand, if all things should fall. The Southern Opposition are looking to Bates and 8011, and you will perceive that the Constitu tional Union party have Axed upon the ninth of May, and Baltimore as the place for the holding of their Convention. This movement is intended to anticipate Chleagh, and take advantage of all the dissensions that may grow out of the Charles ton Convention. They expect to suggest a candi date for Chicago, and they will unquestionably have a large representation of national men pre sent.: All those who , are opposed to extreme see tionalitm, and at the same time opposed to the De mocratic, party, and to the t.dministration of Mr. Buchanan, will be present at this meeting, and it will, indeed, be an important gathering, in all re spects, If the Charleston Convention does not rally to its support the Southern Americans, they will be in force 0 Baltimore on the ninth of May, end it is now stated that they will nominate either Bell or Bates, and !cave Chicago to select between the two. I give you the items as I gather them In my 'walks around the Capitol. Italian Opera. Mai Patti takes ber farewell benefit this eve ritfig,fetsunerafffefina,iq ."_The_ Barber of 'Seville "—=Perri, Amodio, - and Ssie' `also being In „the cast. To-mot:row evening the SWUM closes, with "The Sicilian Vespers," in Which Madame, Colson, with 13tigelli, Junta, and Perri, mill alio perform. In addition to the lanai° in "The Barber," Patti will also sing the Bobo Song, composed far Madame Sontag by Mr. Eckert; the Scotch (not Engliah, ea the annoramements have It), ballad, "Coming through the Eve," which Caroline 'Whinge singe so admirably, and the Adelina Waits, composed for herself by Signor Altai°. We are interested in Adelina Patti, and desire to interest other peeple area, so that she may have snob a benefit this evening as she mey remember to the close—far distant may it be—of the career which she has commenced eo brilliantly. There. fore, we extract from Mr. Adam Badesu'a Vaga bond papers GI the New York Sunday Temeg the following bit of criticism upon her singing and acting : , " Pattl's great charm is her freahness of voice and manner. Of course. she dotal not yet sing dramatically ; we mustwalt until 'he has sulfured before the great sympathetic quality can be developed. If some of the ardent admirers • who throw her bouquets, with long white riblimis attached, and hand up those exquisite wreathe' from the parquet, would only break her heart. how muoh better she would ging! 'Tie very eslfish, to be tare; but all the world wiebee she would fall in love and getiiited. Then how ehe'd render the mad scene in' Imola ; ' theta how abed implore Brinell. Se the second lust of the' Somnambula ' As it se, she ham to imagine the feeling she never hes experienced; but there are momenta to her singing now. when It le easy to perceive that she will yet be passionate. Some, know. declare that she is sold, and can never sing with Mir feeling. Bull difikr from them. I think I detect "espablllites tuber voice that will one day be developed into yaw en, that will put her on level with Bost° es a dramatic singer. As far as execution Is concerned, of the most difficult and florid music, she is aboolutey per. feat now. Nothing more can be desired. "Her noting, ton, shows her youth ; yet that also im• proves very rapidly. There are touches of childish no. Ottani, of pretty pouting, and natured spite scattered all through her performances, which show she will surely be an actress. Her manner to Count itedolfo, in the Bomnambula,' tit very onginal ; impatient. restless, provoked rather than delighted at bin teasing atten tions, and very anxious to get to her lover again. The ides is entirely her own, and very pretty and natural. In ZeriJect she is extremely arch and interesting at times. and in the ' Barber' submits to a scolding from Cartoke with a canny and immix demeanor irresistibly amnia. The passionate parts of 'Lucas' end 'I Pe minim ' are not played as a great woman would play them, but they are better given than often on our stage, and ebow plainly enough to me that, wine of these days , little Patti will equal any repiesentative of the great so prano yoke. She has been away. In Philadelphia and Boston, too, she was quite es successful as here, and the People of those planes are very anxious to pronounce for themselves; they never accept what New York de clares good simply beoause of the declaration. They would have been very glad to will Patti second-rate, bat they couldn't find it in their hearte; and, beside., they have sense, and taste, and Judgment, and ears." We protest, however, against the accusation in the closing sentences—therigh there le a oompli. Men!, at the end. Philadelphia is not unjust to performers, whether they come from New York or New Zeslind., But they olaiM the ability and the privilege of forming opinione of their own, without being compelled to accept them, cut and dried, .from New York journalists, For instance, the Herald puffed Madame Preszelini, one of the has. beene, to the seventh heaven, She sang in Phila. dtlpbia, and showing only the remains of a voice, failed to make a favorable improwdon, and sank to hei prom level. Philadelphia would not "have :been very glad to call Patti second-rate," and was charmed with hex from the first. All that Phila. dolphin asserts is, that New York shall not be co ridiculous and pretentious ae to think that its opi nion upon music and the drama, art and literature, ss the Most correct In the world, and is to be adopted at all other places under the penalty of being abased by the slang.whangere, as Irving used to call them. A publio meeting of the New York Geo graphi oal Society will be held in a few days, to take de finite action in regard to Dr. Noyes' projected Arctic Expedition. Nearly one half of the funds required have already been subsorlbed. The Doc tor hen received about fifty applications front per sons ambitious of visiting the Arctic regions with him ; tit be will have to disappoint most of them, as hie sae-bpitdred-ton schooner can only worn modate one astronomer, one surgeon, two mates, one steward, one cook, and six sailors. The Bricklayers' Union, of New York oity, give notice to the boss builders, that on and after April 2d, they will require an increase of wages, from one dollar and seventy-fire oenta to two dollar, per day, the old standard, ' ' The friends and congregation of the Rev. N. if. Chapin are about to present him with a dwelling house in the upper pert of the city of New York. • f' A man was taken to the New Orleans charity hospital recently with a fractured thigh. It wai neoessary to perform some painful opera• tion %lop, It, and chloroform was administered. The patient, sleeted violently, but suddenly his strnigles ceased,, file head fell back, and he be came still and motionless. Ile.rras dead! 3IR-141111V8'LHOITTRE 02( ?fl ORIATION —We 1111:Y0 in types very good , report of the Afth of the court* of Mate highly interesting lectures, and will publish it into-rnorroW'S Press. The next lecture Will be"'delivered this evening, at Handel and Haydn Hail-, • • : ittiorarr l'unitirtran; do o.—Dirob flea, No, 914 °heath% amid, sell by , al:Won, ibla morning, At 10 oseleat , a largo aspOrtment of new and seoond liiiid liOrisehdid farnitme,,and at 12 o'clock, stereo ficipro eguro of Pyloiss, Letter front New York. TOG CITY OHARTGG : A "BIG THING" IN TON WAY OF CHANGE—BDWARD'S , BIRTHDAY AND TON on wenn oorivitnelcittrelinADe IIiaDDY—.IIIDGN 111(ADLey—wrAxpteilleoi, TAIIDGDADSTUFW 01 **L i fitai lr „ , • TilioAneepon '' Taieene.l V4l. • -Thlw Vontatferah 8,1860. The Reputillanntnitineere, at Albenti ere bent upon ,disfranohieing our °insane from 111 eat* power in the adnalisteitiela of munlel4l goattore;' 4 ',4 weaning amendment hes been intro:armed in the Legislature, by which nearly all the great interests of the city are placed in tho hands of the Comptroller. The following is a synopsis of the bin t " The Comptroller is to superintend all the finanolal and real estate affairs of the city--sunoteding b all the Powers at prevent vested in any parties over the public parks. markets. &e. There is to be a deputy, who, in case the office becomes vacant. becomes Comptroller. Aesessment °enaction,. 118 well as Mee, are to be tinder the Comptroller, as also all wastages. There is to be a bureau of supplies under the Comptroller, to supply everything needed anywhere or by anybody, for which the ',corporation must par. The streets, wharves. MI repairs, lamps and gee. lends anti Places, reads, street Improvmpenta, etc.. etc. , are all put under the Comp troller. The Comptroller is to appoint the Croton Aqueduct Board, to run for five years each, and who are to clean the streets, among other thine& All docks, ferry leases, &0., ore to be sold by the Comptroller, in his discretion, to the lowest kidde r, to be revoked by the comptroller. Finally., the Common Council Are virtually legislated out of. existence. for they are en tirely ignored by the provisions of this not, except the last, whioh gives them "IMO salary each, with nothing to do." It Is understood that the author of thin disinterested tinkering of our fundamental law, is Mr. A. Oakey and it Would orente scarcely any surprise if the effort to secure its swage should be glicoessful. It is a curious ooinoidenee that the day seleeted by the National Republican Coinmittee for the meeting of the Chicago Convention—the 16th of Alas—.de the birth ,day of Senator Seward. Mr. Brady. the photographer. has just leased. ror a term of years. the most desirable corner on Broad way. between the Batteryand Union Plaoe. It it at Tenth street. just where Bros Away makes an angle. Brady proposes to transform the front buildings into the most spacious and elegant photographic, gallery in tire coun try. The rear past will be built up and fitted for ape. rating rooms. Judge Smalley of Vermont, is to be the succeesor of the late Jedge Ingersoll. se the assisting Judge in the United States Courts of this district. The fact was offi- Malty announced from' the bench. vesterdaY morning, hr Judge Betts. This position is not a'tosether an un desirable one. While officiating here the hotel expenses or the Judge are borne by the Government , and as the bite Judea was a comfortable liver and pot averse to a glass of wine, it is to he presumed that Judge %medley will follow an example go eminently correct and Inds maileali The provision dealers have made a stampede from the Corn broil/wee. in noise !B ence of the Inadequate ac commodation afforded to bl e at lively °Mane of operators. They are to' meet herear at the Merehants' Ex change between Eleventh and Twelfth. To enooprarre this secession movement. the direotom or the latter building bare coented to allow the seceders to have use of their buildi ns ng at the annual rate of $l5 for each subscriber; the Brit eubserip tion to cover all (Merges from the presentdate to the mint day of May.lBsl. The resignation of General Pillshery, Surinten dent of Police, wee accepted yesterday by the pe com missioner& No other mtion was anticdpaled. The force is now entirely in the hands of Politicians, who as a matter of ooursp will, go far it , they can do it without positively outraging public opinion. rvert it to the uses of party. It is not improbable that t h e p whole department may be reorganized by the present Legisla ture. A project is now pending for that object. If carried Into effect, the Board of Commissioners will probably be reduced from seven to three. and Messrs. Eitmnahan and Gowen, of the present Bound, and A. Oakey Han, 'frill COIN itute the new Board. It is also supposed that they would appoint John A. If ennedy, (a member of the Board of Elupervisort. and Immigrant Bupenntendent at Castle Garden). General Bupenntendent, it is under as Mr. Pillsbury will resume his former position as Warden of Wood's Island. A LED KILLED wnim PLAYING.—The Hudson (Mich.) Gazette of the 241 says that, on Sunday af ternoon last, three boys were engaged in playing upon a pile of logs on the road-side, in front of Oeobook 8, Foster'a spoke factory, in that town, when one of them, a son of George Bate, aged about twelve yam% lost his knife between the logs. In order to get the knife the attempt was made to pry the logs apart. Two of the boys pryod from the top of the pile, while young Bate stood at the bottom, or on the side of the pile, assisting, when the log which they were prying suddenly gave way and was precipitated down the pile with groat velocity, knocking the unfortunate lad down and rolling over his entire body, resting upon his head. ills skull was crushed, and he died almost Instant ly. TRH UanzTAxa•Snaw BREACH OF PROEMS Casa.—This important snit, which has engaged the attention of the whole country in consequence of the enormous damages allowed the plaintiff on the previous trial, came up for a new trial in tho Court of Common Pleas of Bt. Louis on Tuesday last. The testimony embraces depositions from Brooklyn, New York, Charleston, South Carolina, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and other places, besides a large amount of oral evidence from resident wit rinses. The me is likely to occupy the whole week. The eminent counsel engaged, the social position of tho defendant, and the attempt to break down the reputation of the plaintiff, render the ease one of unusual interest. • Fanny Fern takes a sharp stick to male writers of "books of advice to women." She says, "It Is as if some storekeeper should out out and make a quantity of silk dresses with hooks and eyes all ready to snap round customers. One won't meet at the belt ; another is short In the skirt; another drags on the ground ; another compresses the obest to sullboatlon ; till my men of speoulationlinally makes up his mind that it would have been best to let every woman take. her own measure, instead of wriggling through life in habits of his choosing , ...tuaut .. f ic.ed _to_ the was the Almighttßet her together." OCCASIONAL SINGULAR. TIRE rota A MARRIAGE:7A loving couple in Memphis, Termeasee, were last week mar ried under the following singular clreumatances : They were taking a carriage ride in ono of the principal etrceta in that city, when they chanced to meet a Judge Hill, who was riding leisurely along upon a favorite donkey. They at once accosted him, and requested him to unite them in the holy bends of wedlock. He acceded to the proposition, and, without dismounting, performed the ceremo ny, making the occupants of tho vehicle ono, and having for witnesses the mule and two or three persons who were passing at the time. MELANCHOLY SINCIDS.—On. Tuesday afternoon Deacon William Carruthers, trader at Salisbury Mills, 'Abuts., committed suicide by hanging him self in the collar of his store. Ile was discovered and the body out down in a short time, bat all at tempts to restore him to life failed. Mr. Car ruthers by birth was a Scotobman, brother of Rev. Dr. Oarrathers, of Portland, Me., and about fifty- Ave years old. Ile was a deacon of the Baptist Climb, and one of the beet oitizens in theitounty. lie loaves a widow, who is insane, and two sons, sixteen and twenty-ono years old. 8/LE OP a d Vors.—A novel case of bribery has recently been decided by the Supreme Court of Vermont. The facts are as follows: A man went to one of his neighbors belonging to the opposition party in polities, who was owing him, end offered to discharge a debt of $165 if he would we his in fluence to have him elected town representative, and he should be so elected. The bargain was carried out, the vote was thrown, and decided the election. The court held that the contract was illegal, and the agreement to discharge the debt invalid. LATEST NEWS By Telegraph to The Press, FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE THE NOVA SCOTIAN AT ST. JOHNS Success of a Government Measure in the Holm WRECK OP TILE SHIP .LVVV.I OWE HUNDRED AND PM LIVES LOST The American Canton Claims in Liquidation. COTTON QUIN T-BREADSTUFFS FIRM, Br. Jonxs, N. F., Maroh It steamship Nova SCO. tian, from Liverpool on th, 22d ultimo, put in this port this afternoon, short of ooaln. She has twenty ;meson sere, The Nova 800tisn's adviciee are four days later than previously received. The sterintor North American arrived at QucenetoWn on tho 20th ult. The Ministers had a Majority of 63 in the .Nonee of COMMONS' on Mr. Dintninen Mal= to consider the Fpnich treaty before the budget. The Chip Lune. from Havre for New Orleans, wee wreaked on the French coast, and 106 Byes were boat. The La na had eighty . ..eight passengers. She wee wreaks near Cherbourg, end proved a total lone. Two men only were saved and their names are not given. OR HAT BRITAIN. Mr. Disraeli's motion for tha consideration of the Preach treaty. in tulynnos of the dwell/mon of the budget, created e warm debate in the HMO of Com mons. Tho vote for the motion wa5..._....... 110 Against. ....... ..... ..... 813 The Gov,srnment'smajority 03 This vote is a considerable guarantee of the ratifies of the treaty. r. Lucien's motion against reducing the tariff, and in or of creating an income taxItANCE: was under discussion. It was reported that the French' Government would consent to agree to a modification ie the coal stipula tions contained in the new treaty with England. Toe Frenoh muustenal Outliers demand an obedl enoe to the laws from the clergy, on tho Rumen ques tion. The Faris Do RUSSIA wse had advanced. RUBRIA Rentals elated MOH. ? AND It Was reported that Primo and Russia had joined In the proposal for a Conference the five Greal °were for the arranging of the It N alian difficulties. AOER. Hanover had conteritt to submit the Found dues to a general conference of t e rawer'. O INA. A letter from Hottl(Kung esys that the chains of Ame rican citizens for their loamy *offered at canto, in 1850, are in a fair way of liquidation. A dividend te to be paid forthwith, and the remainder is guarantied. Commercial Intelligence. ((By the t amVin.ta 4 4th 1 LIVEMPOoL Catilif ARIC I PT, sn. 21.—The marker]." etoW.of sale, ut th una to urines. The 1 inferior qualities have a indener to eoline„.and were offered at lower rates. The sales o the three days amount r 22 000 bailie, inOluding 4,000 bates to apeoula tors 80 for export. STATE OP TRODE.— , The Pdanehester &doilies con - tinue favorable. The markets were quiet but Mesh, oloalnk firm. ' LIVERPOOL BREADBTII.I I PB MARKET.--The Breadstuff* market mas firm, end Wheat had an od ium. lohnrdson, Hpanoe, k Co. Va lle l' nar l in tYg en3 , and764l.WrtanaM at 14 reVteei for 1 eirfitn*:; re ,an 108 6delts for white, Corn quiet{ yellow also Ms ild. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET.—The Pro. vision Market has been quiet. Mears. James feallenry,Bigland, Ana's k Company, Richardson it Spence, and other guthori tied report Beef quiet i h o ld! °far freely, but show no disposition to BTsales. or steady. Ilnoon firm. Lard quiet at 11700* LIVE RPOOL. is slow_of sale, hut unaltered in price. o I'RODUCti MARIUM.—Roxin steady at 4a for common. Ashes—Pots tote at 31s. Pearls quiet at SU 0410445, Surer c4lBl Coffee_ dull. Rice, quiS. Linmed Ott 28art28a CI, do Tito of Turpentine 6 1,0lritig i rl\RKETS.—Barinits report Breadstuff* firm but quiet. near firm. Cone AM , aloe quiet. kon stow of sale, but unaltered in prloe ; sales at col luged MU , 64, hit Ma (on Clyde) steady. Lard n. LONDON MON 4 MARKE'ritss. el.—console are quoted at 911 res or money, an 24124294 for Account, The Morley rke s slightly e er. knierWak nowt cinntlinto wlttßat nhingn, , 4 THE PRESS.---PHILADELPHIA, 14111 DAY, MARCH 9, 1860. of Commons CONSOLS 90(096 XXXVITII CO,NGRESS.--FIRSTASION. 1,1• WAs 'AO Won, Mareb 8. e. , SENATE; e . • The denote met tit eif Ci'eloeklP: M. Mr. OA Rlturc, pf ennylvarde, presented the Peti tion of the ()Mans of ohuylkill coutayelentilyivania, fc amendment to the present tariff :2 , r. G RIME S , of lowis, gave notice of is intention to ntrodnee a hill for the retrooession o the mallet of Columbia to Maryland, and the ram of the leapt talof the United States. On motion. theloiTesolution relative to the enlarge ment of the Lou evil e and Portland Cana was made the special order for wieder next. On mono., the homestead bet wee made the special order for Tuesday, at De o'clock P. M. Mr. Brown's (of Idieseselliet) resolutions were taken u Ur,COLLAMER Vermont, said that the Mee of the (Menders of the was to , do away with pri vileged °Mame so t at every man should own his own land, ane cultivate himself what) eeds he oweed. ,Thus was,nenorally aking. the condition of moiety in the free Mates. in the Southern Suttee a totally ilillerent condition of Alfa re existed. and he quoted from Mr. Cal houn to show that the Southern Stet,* was ae aggrega tion of communities, not of individnals. The master or owner of slaves is at the 'head of them communi ties, and represents. in himself, bath (Melba and labor. It was obvious that this wee an aristocracy over the great mass of the community he spoke of. The mere white men. not slave owners. were virtually irnored, and the masters, aN the liteidsof nommunitios , regulate d and guided the policy of the Mates The question was. whetwas the duty of Centrism as ,the representative of both seotions, to each thought Congress should endeavor to promote the in terest/of both. This might be sometimes a difficult task. as sometimes their interests would conflict. but still he thought it could be done. It would be impos sible to Induce either section to adopt the social system of the other, but he believed they could co-exist to gether. The Chien was a conglomeration w e re arat Confederaeles, the institutions of whinh pro tected by their local laws. A State could nut be torah free and eleiveholdine at ethe name time, neither could a Territory. The question was, hew Um could arrange their diffioulties in illation to the Teryitoriee Under a provision of the constitution. Eying Cenerees the power to make ell needful rules and regulations in re gard to the territory, theeierly Congresses out off the slave trade as One of the meane to prevent Cie open sloe of slevery into the Territories, and believed that it would die out allietle, Without tine tot of ntiolition. The Republicans only promised to carry out this idea, and be said that wahine Ina should excite alarm. The rule of Action of early leeleletont was, where slavery exists, let it be; whore it did not, prohibit it. He quoted at length from the Louisiana act . the cession of tts,western Territory by Georgia, etc., to show the prohibitory power oonecded to Con roes and exercised ny it. In the net for the orenni :tenon of Lonimana it was provided that nn Olives imported efter 1790 could be, introduced. Tbis wag 11 partial prohibition and con ceded the power of Congress., lie thoueht the North and South should do sit no d Abraham did, one go right and the other ;eft. Thee wee precisely the notion in IMO, when the el ierou ri lino wan moulted; and the g v AvAtam e. .,ri e r:‘,7,f, ' :„ t z ' a e nWA t t h gii i rh e ivery PeOPeeltien of the lienth lees Mr. COLLAM CD continued. and argued to show that the COMOTOIIIIBO Me aStWi of iwt paseed as the Compro mime of 1820, and !het. lemon together, they ware a final settlement of the enemy di Moulty. The agitation was renewed by the repeal of that Compromise. The South had no Tula to claim Slat the line shoull extend over ell the territory enquired afterward. when it was 'amyl meant to cover the territory then owned. The {Mews' a Jest and proper settlement of the difficult.. Must that there was no special dancer to be feared by the South in the eleotion of a Republican Pre sident. Re reviewed the provisions of the fugitive-slave ant. and contended that it was not the same as the pct of HO. The law of 1860 clothes the commissioner with final powers. Mr. MASON. of Virginia. The Constitution regulate that the fugitive from services shall be delivered UP. Hoes the Constitution submit any other question than owes held to tabor and did escape "—not whether r v i . rtfulle or not. Ir. COLLAMFR. That does not touch the point , When a men was brought before,the 'commissioner ibe question was. Is the man a fugitive slave ? If he was, take him beak, Not for trial : no, this was the trial. Mr. MASON claimed that there was no slave State in the Union that would repina to allow the negro a full and ample trial if the claim was made that he was not a fugitive. tdr. CULLA MFR. sahibs would not make an mime on this point. He claimed that the decision was final for all erectioal purposes. We might say that an eating house is free top men who wants his diaper; but what Hedoes that do if he has no money ? He referred to the speech of the Senator from Genrgia ( Mr. Toombs He denied that there was any law in Vermont to eon. diet in any way with the Constitution; even If such a law happened to be on the statute-book it weuld hardly justify the charge of Minion and ',minty. Do States. as snob, could not adopt a Constitution. The People had to meet to adopt it. This is s National Govern ment and if the States pans an unconstitutional law, still there was no cause for a digs lution of the Union. There was certamiy no conneetion between such laws and the election of a fteoublican President. The Judg ment of the court is binding on the parties in the suit. The United Suites was never a party to the Dred Scott cape, and the decision is pot binding, on the pet' le. Judging from the Demooratio platform in regard to the United Staten Bank, the decisions of the Supreme Court wore not infallible. It wee clammed that by the Comet. baton Congress had the right to regulate and scr.yern the Terntoriee. end nowhere was there a provision that Congress shall not prohibit slavery. The leouth claim the right to take slaves there be eline.% they are their property, bet the courts bad deci ded that slaves areproperty by the Mord law, and when taken out from the jurisdiction of the local law they are notprnperty. A slave cannot be taken toe free State— kept there and geld there ; for the fluent is not primer's there. And neither is he property in the Territories where there is no local law of that land. Slaves 'menet be held by common law. They were never held Iswfally in England. Slave ry was forded on the Colonies by spe cial statute against the common law. He quoted the decisions of English courts to show that slaves were not considered legal property. but if slaves were property. the South had no lila to take them to the Territonee ; for the Territories o not belong to the several States, but to the people the United States. 1r the Territo ries belong to the States. each State would have the Tight to a certain portion of the lend, and if sold, to re portion oP the money. This is not the case. Mr. BENJAMIN desired to reply. He thought the , Senator from Vermont had made a mistake in history, I wished to oorreqt him. Tbe territory of Louisiana was acquired from France, and was exclusively slave eemtory. When Missouri applied for edmiesion, the North objected, end asked for a dingion. though all was slave territory. The South, weak and foolish, yielded half, when she might have claimed the whole. The next thing wee the acquisition of territory where there was no slavery . And the North o looted to the South hewer any share. because It was net slave territory. The South mid, Continue the line or divlition. The North objected. Hence the North broke the co tract. Again. in tree, the North refused to abide Ire the gen- Tatiied 1051, iire'VellatiitehLigewaitrrne. them woe. have been no clam er to-day. The Bouth hell been right and generous, the North exacting, aggres sive tyrannieal. and despotic. He wanted en know if the restoration of thie line was all the Republicans wanted. That party, if heOnderstood it. Was based on Midday in OMIT. And would never consent to the ad mission of another e`rive State. Who was the exponent of that party f He had thought that the Senator would Admit that these personal liberty bills were wrong. but be undertook to defend them ea Jr they were passed to protect free citizens. They were mused for no such etreOlnritriniArded to keep the South from re efs contended that a neeroeif free. mac s over a fair trial at the South. He chained that the Government was s oonfederation of the Mapes. ante not, its the Senator from Vermont heal claimed, or the People. he Senator from Vermont had repeated the leg al heresy that eleven were not property. He (Mr ateßen a in in) lammed that from the time negroes first Mln Europe, up to the time of the Somerset case, they were always considered slaves. it waeten Cons t itu t ion know that slavery is recognised by the of the United States. If that Constitution is chanced, then I the Union is spbverted . and the South would rather gine up the therm than the Constantine. Mr, leESSENDEN, of Maine. tend it was too late ow.but on some other day he should notice what might be called the legal argument of the Sepator. On motion of Mr. OWIN, of California, the West Point Academy bill was takes SY. Mr. WiGPA LL, of Texas. withdrew his amendment ,in relation to the regiment of volunteers in Teens, and substituted one speed y ing the items. Mr. FESSENDEN said he was glad the Senate had before it the documents ealled for. bat he was notitt all satisfied that the appropriation should be made. There was no recommendation from the Seeretary of War. He does nut intimate that troops ere needed for Texas. The man who was making this difficulty on the borders was. alter all. a Texan, who had been convicted for murder, and allowed to go at large, because of _political Influence. and then went to Mexico, gathered & band, and committed these outramis.The o ff icer of that sta tion got all the troops he asked for; end yet. not the President, not the Secretary of War, but the Senators ere ca lled ma li to make an npropriation. Mr. W IG F ALL yeplie Ile censured General Twiggs removal of the troops, and claimed (bet there was a recommendation from the ammeter, of Mr. HEMPHILL, of Texas, advocated theamend ment._ Mr: HALE, of New Hampshire, moved to amend that the money appropriated shall not be drawn from the Treasury unless the President is of the opinion that the exiseneies of the vublia service may restore it. Carried. Mr. HALE mm r , l :timber amendment that when this regiment loth:Yeti t he rektlNT army be reduoed by aneauivalent, and me Proaanit rvlutted to disband alike number. 1-Ist. Ailjourrt.:!. HOUSE OF AI PIII7BI.:NTATIVES. Mr. BURCH, a (Nita nantrolneed s NI!, which *la referred to tOcr,n m I t 10, o. Mil.r.iry tfors. pro viding for the pm inert of ten rgpt , mos of t he suppres. don ot Indian Calif . ..nut. Mr. BRANCH, of ^J,, , qh Co rellne. Introduced a reso lution, whioh was referred, inetivaing the Committee op the Juolloiarl to inquire and report whether any le gislation Is nem,s r ,-, and oan be adopted eoneistentir withthe Constitution, to (militate the organization of the House, to priaorin, order and regulate Its pro ceedings cevinny to inn oleotion of a Speaker. Mr. RE LOUG, of Phnom introduced a bill granting nubile lan *to hot aril ' , Attars in the Territonee. and Providing that the whit ttante eleot all Territorial offi cer' Referred to rho Committee on Territories. Mr. JOHN COCII RA NH , of New York, introdured a bill to amend the net limiting the liability °fillip-owners and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Mr. OUNLEy, of Ohio. made a unanimous report from the Committee nn Printing , in the form of a hill, providing for the !Mho printing. binding, engraving, and litho g raphing. He said it proposed a Wield re form. He would not now enter into a statement re epecting the multitude of the evils of the present tem. which was condemned by both the House and the public at Wee. Recent develomr eats et the other end of the Capital have shown the uses made of the profits,. and served to deepen the impression in the minds or honest men of all parties that some plan should be. adopted whereby the Oovernment may hays it e work faithfully and expeditiously executed, free from specu lation, fraud, or corruption. The giving out of work to the lowest bidder had been frilly and fairly tested, and failed to meet the expectation of Congress. while the Government hes been thorouthle fleeced by the con tract system. Why abatednot the Oovernincnt have the work done by its own authorized agent? The 'la yout system is immoral, and ban disgusted the entire country. The remedy is to establish a Governmerit printing-office, which would spent a saving of from EA NO to am OM a year. Mr. HOUSTON, of Alabama, desired to know whet time the bill would go into epemtion. Mr. GURLEY replied, Immediately, so far m the printing of the Executive Departments is conijsrned. Mr. 1101.19 VON wanted to know how the bill would a t. t bill i t Alft i aniVe e d n tliVa would explain. The bi I wee then referred to the Committee of the W h l l l i o . le if n atik at OrN t e h yi 'j ig; offered a resolution authorising tie ammmittee on ebbe /expenditures to employe elm. and stenographer. Mr. BURN 'TT of Kentucky. wished to kocrie Hi? resew for this. He maid the eommittee had seldrell We • {ttr.BASKlNrepliedlthattheooAtmitteewereegod with an investigation into the publio printing, to maul re into its abuses and Prooollo a reform. A stenographer had already been employed, and the committee hope to complete thCir Imeinese this wek. Mr 131IRNP.TT d sired to o iler an amendment. that the committee be also instructed to Investieete the manner of giving rut the;Dublin binding. If the yen- Heinen wonted to ferret out ail the corrunbons, le him a lto investigate that subject, and not shritik Hein it. Mr. HASKIN replied that he did not shriek. but he did not want a mere motion of formality to give rise to a pew subject. lie insisted on the previous question. under the operation of which Ins moo ution was adopted by a large majority. Mr. COLFAX, of Indiana, from the Committee Ort the Post Office, reported a bill reducing the expenses of the Post Offige Dertment Referred to the Committee of the Whole tin pe the state of the Union. Also, a bill inviting proposals for carrying the entire mails between the Atlantic and ravine /Mates on trio line, by which tte Government reeervee the right to re Jeot any or all t bids, if deemed expedient. Uhl Sim ply to aspect • in for what sums the enter o mails between these points can be carried. t A synopsis or Ws bill was published on Monday Met.] My, ld rou of Oregon,ineui red whether this juror motion wan to he received during the present mission. Mr. COrAYS rp a p r heil tk l at the li tar rs e would all 13:tgobirtZ, ?he u ail; of l 3l t ay e , and three days thereafter laid v before Congress for con sideration. If it was deemed expedient, the contracts can b• authorieed on the beive of the proposals. Mr. STOU r thought this ble ought to beparolee Im mediately, in order to enable persons in the raolfto !Metes to bid. Mr. HOUSTON asked whether it Proposed the abro gation of the present contraets. Mr, COLFAX stated that It did not, but left that for Congress to determine. Further promiedings were Interrupted by the expire. Hon of the morfing beer. Oa motion of tr. tIRNETT, of Kentucky, the Com mittee on Pub' Expendituree wail instructed to in quire how the publics binding had been let out, the num ber of bidders, the prices proposed. and whether the centre:4s had been elven to the lowest bolder, In accor dance with the existing law, and that the Committee have power to send for persons end Papers. Mr. HERMAN, of Ohio, from the Committee of Ways and Means, !sported the army appropriation bill. Mr. STANTON, of Ohio argued that the bill should be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, In order that that committee might be enabled the more thoroughly to examine and report the necessary re fIT!.CURTIS, orf lowa. seconded Mr. Slanton's views, contending that the general appropriation bills should be sent to the different committees and not entreated alone to th i s Committee of Wept. and Means. Messrs. Blierman, Phelps, and Washburn of Maine, opposed this, maintaining that such an atraneement would cause confusion and delay. There lOW be one committee entrusted with the general estimable. By pursuing the ordinary me th od reepeottng the appro triton hide , the military sod other committees would enabled, saving previously examined their pro v alone, to propose amendment& The bill was referred to the Commit se of the Whole on the crate of the Union by two majority. The Mouse then took up the hill regaes the execu tive noop month to he printed prevents to t e commence ment of the miesion, so as then to be l aid before the members; and also fixing the compensation for printing them. The bill was debated at length, one side regarding it as Interfering wlth the oonstitutional rights of the prem. ant, and the other showing the importance ol having t • doeuments at the earliest period before COligreu• 1 nee ordered this sateen have not yet been printed. be bill was amended so as to authorise the President to rinse his annul message, and the iteisempanying deanments. or, if he thinks proper, meeting ts alone, tO be printesl In advance of the of leowlege. together with the Secretary of the Treasur, 'a financial re ge t ie blll* ea ordered to beeeroried for s Hid read- The liouee then egiSourned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGE3LATEBE. 11Sitarshoso, March 8,1800. SENATR. The Speaker laid before the Senate the resolutions of the Select end Cpmmon Council, of the oity of Phila delphia i n mem tion to, the supplement to the dinner of the Hestonville, Mantua. and Fairmount Pessenser Railway Company, which is now in the hands of the Governor. On motion of Mr. Bstivit, the resolutions were rend. The following bills were reported favorably from the c° { P o m r i e t tll73a. certain enrolment tax paid by the Na tional Art Association' to incorporate the 1 Minh Boom Company a supplement to the not inoorrortting the Red Rank .Navigation Company ; a enrolment to the act incor9reting the Andalusia end Holmesville Turnpike no. Company: supplement to the ant au thorzip the eying out of the Pottstown and West chester State voad Mr. SMITH readi n place a bill confirmatory of the sot relative to the Mercantile Library Company and the Frankford Lyceum, of Philadelphia. The eupplement to the not relative to the Washington County and Heavy Land Line Railroad Company gassed finally. The Governor has piffled the bill to vacate Wallace street. in the city of Philadelphia, and also the bill to amend the charter of the Trustees of the Fire Allaoolo.- lion of Philedelphia. The bill relative iri the appo_mtment of tax coliemors in the couch t o of Fayette. Westmoreland York. and Adams, was taken up and debated at considerable length. b y ,Messrs. Turney, Welsh, McClure, Smith, Bell, and others. Mr Witan moved to mend so as to make the law general. but it was not agreed to. The bill then panned—yeas Lf, nays 13. • Me. Water( read in tibiae relative in country rate,, levies, An, which was referred to the Committee on Finance Ames/nice was yeceived from the Governor. Demi ea ting Thomas H. !Amon% of Lanowiteroupe•intendent of common swhools for three years from the firat Mon day i n June next. Also, a mimesis nominating Albert D. Waterman, of Philadelphia Philip Dougherty and John U. m H arrisburg ,i directors of the Pennsyl vania Insane Asylum. The bill to amend the penal code of the Elate came up in oreer on second reading, hot was laid aside. The follovinc bills passed: A bill relative to roads in certain townships in Chester county; to incorporate the Lehigh Room Company ; a supplement to the act In corporating the Butchers' and Drover.' Aseomation of Philadelphia. Several other private bills passed. The Senate then adjourned till 3 O'clock. AYTERNOoN fitss!Olf. The bill to give initiate of the peace power to try eases end oilmen of a certain character, by a fury of six persons. Imaged Bret reading. and was then laid over. Nationall to refned °want., enrollment tax paid by the Art Asawiation parsed finally. as did also the bill to inoorporate the Somerset Coal and Iron Company of ennsylvania, nneyeridethey private biPe named. The bill to incorporate the oily of Harrisburg was taken up, and, talk' . poems first reading, was laid aside. Adjourned. NOM. The bill from thellenate supplementer. to the ant n outwitting the Williamsport end Elmira Railroad Company, wee tither( up, and, after a long discussion, postponed until Monday. The Howse then resumed, on second reading. the bine en the private calendar, and the following bills piqued finally e A bill to valeta Old Harrison street, Philadel phia; a supplement to the ant incorporating the Dela ware Avenue Market Compeny ; a bill relative to the grading and paving ot streets In the borough of Man ohester, Allegheny county. Mr. O'NEILL celled ue the bill from the Senate, grant ing the trustees of the Blind Asylum an allowanne from the State of SIM for every indicant pupil at the ineti tut ion. ',resided the sum appropriated does not exceed A A spirited discussion ensued between Messrs. FtrOng. O'Neill, Lawrence of Washington. Kinney, Jackson, Shepard, Frazier. Keineasy, Barlow, end Pinkerton. and the bill was finally committed to the Committee on Ways and Mean,. A very large number of petitions were presented. Messrs. O'Neill. Wildey and &agar presented re monstranees Ketone a railroad on Seventh street. in the city . of Philadelphia ; r. Sheppard two audits! the 1411 with reference to farmers selling mate in the mar kets of_Philadelphial Messrs. Seltzer. Ridgway Pen coast, Wilder, and Preston, remonstrances against a railway on Twelfth street: Messrs. Seltzer and Pan coast, petitions rom manufacturers. dealers. and con sumers of domestic distilled !pints. for a repea of the inspection laws ; Mr. Seltzer. petitions for a law defin ing the right" of farmers in the Philadelphia markets. The committees reported a large number of bills mostly of a local character. Adjourned. ===lll . The House met at 3 o'clock. and resumed the consi deration. on second reading, of the special order—the bill to establish a system of free banking in Penneyl yenta. The bill gave rise to considerable debate. and the first sixteen sections havlnt been ;passed. the House ad journed. From idaohlngton. Wasitiacox, March B.—This afternoon, Senor Jose Bergen. minister plenipotentiary from the Republic of ParmaltY, and Senor Bernardo Ostellatti, secretory of legation• were presented to the President by the Some tare of State. They were accompanied br Commission er Ftrivelin. and Mr. Ward. who accompanied the expe dition to Paraguay as interpreter. The adding. of the minister, which wee delivered in the Spanish 'matinee, evpreued the sentiments of friendly mud for the Government and American peo ple, and personal respect for the President. usual upon such occasion.. The President replied with great cor diality and in hqi usual felicitoti. mariner. The minister and his secretary were in full diplomatic uniform. It Is ascertained from idilable Bootees that it is the intention id Minister McLane to return to Vera Cruz in the course of a few dai s, in the United F tates steamer Brooklyn. Some of the newspapers have erroneously stated that the home squad ion s movements will be go verned in a great degree by his direotiorut. The truth is, the flag captain receives his orders from the Navy Department, but may be requested to avail himself sit frequent nonsultations with our minister. which, it is eilvtiesed In prominent quarters. he will cheerfully do. Mr. Mobane's return is with reference to the protection of American persons and property. Cqrwin will soon. by direction of the Comeittee on Foreign affairs, report to the House the French spoliation, bill. The military of the District are elated with the pro. mien and prospect of an early promulgation of a pro are mime from the War Department, which will enable them to reorganise an efficient regiment. New Jersey Opposition Convention. TUC DELECATZB TO CHICAGO NOT INSTRUCTED-THE XASBAOHUSIIITTS TWo•TaAR AHENDMINT NOT FAVORED. Taramt, N. .1., Match i.—The Opposition Slate Convention, which met here to day. was well attended. Judge Porter. of Camden. was elected president. The reaolations adopted were strongly . .Repub li can' in dootneo. They are against the Administration of Mr. Beehansa ; against a slave-nude ; in favor of a pro tective tariff. and in favor or the homestead 1011. Twenty-eight delegate■ to the Chicano Convention wale appointed, but not Instructed. To a communication from the Germans of Newark, a oommlttea answered that the flopoblio‘n party °I New Salver wpg not in favor of the Maasachusetts two-year amendment. i re Senatorial l delegates are Jamas T. Sherman. tn J. Blair. Theeilorei Llitle. Ephraim Marsh, S. T. relinghysen, and L. Y. Rogers. Murder and finicalle at Syracuse, N. Y. A FATHER POISONS HIS CHILDREN AND HIMSELF " rREE•LOYEII PRINCIPLF.B THE CAVES OF THE TRAGEDY-GREAT EXCITEMENT• ElTHAthet. N. Y.. March 8 —This morning, a man named Sinker di h i mselfhe abate of poison. whinh be administered to He first poieoned hi. two oluldren. aged about eight and rx years. and having laid them out and folded their hands upon their breasts, he left them in an unoccupied room, where some of his furniture wan stored, and went to big hotel and took the poison hintialf. On Tueaday he poisoned a borne be 1090111( in Dr. Beerier , . of this cite. and it is supposed he intended to shoot Dr. 8., as a Matted pistol Tut found on him. The Haase wan the eetrangementot his wife. and her alleged intinry with Dr. Beerier, under the influence of " free• love principle.. Great excitement extsts in the community In conga nuance of the sad affair. and Dr. Searles has been looked up in the penitentiary, to protect him from the indignation of our wham. The Ilungarian. ALVOIIIISII EDDY AND YORE RELICS FOUND. Maroh 6—The wreaked steamer Hunts Han a advertised to be sold at Barrington, for salvage, on the 33d ult Z,lr. John Hunts , . the agent of the MVO ited press of this oily, would be ham to attend to manillas friends, .espeotint the wreak. The body of another man. gummed to have been a jammer. has been found. He fins two tee' h 6lied ; one with silver. and the other with gold. The body has been buried. Hooke and letters of Clement B. Barrett. of Ne York, a portrait of his daughter Ada. and letters of 0 Ransoms. of tlrlghton, Ensland, and Master Downs, o Dublin, have been found. The Missouri Legislature. THE EEC LEMON 01 , FREE NEGROES TROY TEE ETATS Sr.LOUls, hferoh &—The bill excluding free neuron from the Mate, under the penalty of becoming slaves WU passed br the Senate yesterday. It had previously beenpaned by the House. The same hill *es paned by both 'louses at the last session, but failed to receive the signature of the Governor. The Free Banking Bill. Frans IRISURO, March 8 —The bill to establish a.ystem of tree banking in rennsvlvania, and to secure the pun 1,0 against 'ems from in.olvent banks was under consi deration in the noose, yesterday afternoon, and passed to a seoond reading. The CalloAvhill-Street Railroad Bill Signed. Rsnarantrea, March B.—The Governor has to-dal signed the supplement to the charter of the Heaton wile, Mantua. and Fairmount Passenger Railway, MI thorisins the construction of a double track on Cal lowaill street. Farther from the Easton Calamity DEATH OF OMB OF VIZ WOUNDED-lIISBINO BODIES Barron. Pn., March ll—Mr. Valentine Bohm,ley, one of the eufferere by the steamboat. ex ploeion. neer here died th le morning. He we. a resident of Easton The wreck wee not an cleared wail last nieht. The bodies of young 'Mere Mr. Kessler, and Mr. }featly, have not been recovered. Later from Havana. STEAMER DE SOTO AT NEW ORLEANS New ORLECIS. Mayon 7.—The steamship De Soto. (rum Havens on the 3d Instant. hse arrived at this port. Humese wee dull. The stock of outer amounted to 160,000 boxes. Dram Ms were improving. ziotinnee no London i7tlierl.3% per gent. premium New York. fel per cent. premium. Accident ontho New York Central Rail.. road. BATAV /1. N.Y., hl arch B,—Last night's express train, on the New York Central Railroad, atruok three boys. who wore welkin/ on the track , killing one and badly injuring another. The accident occurred Lear Buffalo. Fire and Robbery at Waverly, Mo. Gr. Louts. Much B—Thu storelinnse of H. J. Gal braith. and Macon and Alterbury, at Waverly. Sto.. wee destroyed by fire on the lit inst. The amount of the Ines is not stated. 1 here wee en insurance of 010.000 on the property. florins' the are, Mr. GsWraith's safe was robbed of 'Fbo Hoboken and Newark Railroad. Tarnow. Idareh B.—The Governor this morning signed the Hoboken and Newark Railroad bill, and it is now a law Delegates to the Chicago Convention BOSTON, March B.—Messrs. M. Lay and Jonathan Bourne have bean eleoted delegates to the Chicago Con. vention, from the First Congressional distriot of Idassa ohusetts. Non-Arrival of the Steamship America. HALIYA, March 8, eleven o'olock A.l.—Th ere are as yet no sung of the steamship America, now due with !overcool minces to the 2.6 th ult. Conviction in the Ottawa Rescue Case emcee°. Maroh 11.—John Hunch, one of the Ottawa rescuers , , hoe been found guilty, but recommended to the mercy of the court. Markets by Telegraph. BALTIMORA, hillrett B.—Flour very turn hut 1180- live ; Howard and Ohio held at .1:01 Wheat fi rm, SAO bushels gold; red. SI 4001.47 ; white, 1a601.68 Porn active; white, 70673 ;yellow.7setYga. Pork firm ; Mese, 816: Prime, $lB.. Whiskey drooping; sales at MN we. Bills on New York unchanged. MOBILE. MIL/Oh 7.—Hettori—an improved demand sprung up this morning for the finer qualitiee, but the inferior goal:Bee were neglected; 7.000 Wes worn 'old l'ATarket closed very dull but steady at IOC: for =d eltic:sr:art, March 8 —Flour in firm, but baldness is limited at the orevions rates. Whiskey heavy. Pork firm at51T.23017.130. Balk meats and Bacon firm. The Money market in slightly more stringent. Es. changes unaltered. A llottet.—The City of Norfolk left this port yesterday for New York, it being her last appear. anoe In these waters, as she has been sold to par• ties In that city. Silence as to her next duties has created euspicion as to what into be done with her. ft in given out that she Is to be overhauled, and her power inoreasod no as to inoreaso her speed, but what this great expense is to be undertaken for, is a question which no one seems disposed, or authorized to answer. The rumor on the street 14 that she Is to go to the west coast of Africa for a cargo of " Ebony," Savannah Republican, March 6 ARREST OP AUSTRALIAN EU. taco arrested the well-known prise-fighter, James Kelly, alias Australian Kelly, on Wednesday eve ning. Kelly wen indicted by the Erie (*rand Ju ry, in company with Edward Price, with whom he fought a prise fight, and Morrissey, O'Donnel, and some others, who were present as spectators. Boma of the party were tined $5OO, but tho pried pal parties escaped until now. The friends of Kelly were much exalted when the other arrested him, but offered no resistance. Re was brought to the pollee headquarters, and held in ;1,000 to ap peat Ptiffelo.—N. Y. EsPrmt, THE CITY. AMIMEMENTB THIS EVENING AMSRICATI AckDRMY or hluste, Broad and Locust streeta.—" The Barber of at ville." Wkr.IIIIT-ISTRIrwr TwmATlts. earner wahttat•cad Ninth.—" The Hidden -" Varieties." igArAL Tmwrits...Welnut street. between Psho ab fath,—Dert Lee's Great Show.—" The Item Ring. • lintivrtrf & OtAllues Alien-STREET TIIIIATityr Arch street, above Sixth.—" Ootoroon." CONCERT FULL, Chestnut street, above Twelfth.— Buokley's Burlesque Opera Troupe. mcDonotron's tiaratize, Rao° street. below Thme..- g. , tertamments SANDERSON'S EXHIBITION Room, Tayne's Common wealth Building, Chestnut street, above Bixtb.—Ttuo don's Museum of Art. Tweets on WONBIRB, northeast oorner Tenth ant Chestnut etreets.—Signor Blitz. OLCADENT Or PINS ANTI!. 11U8Chestnutstreet.— oh's Painting. " The Heart of the Andes." CITY Counctr.s.—Both branches of Councils held stated meows yesterday afternoon. NELFCT COITNCIL.— . he following commumeations were received and appropriately referred: A communi cation from the Milted States Engine Company, asking to be located as a Steam Pun -Engine Company t one for the intnuinctinn of water into certainproperty in the Thirteenth dstrict; n petition frets the Cohockaink Hem asking to ho located as a Steam Fire-Enema Company' a petition asking for a culvert on Mont gomery street, in the Terentieth ward: one front the Nineteenth ward. asking for gas tamps on Norris street ; also. one askint for the widening o street; one ask ing for the ereotinn of a culvert on Callowhill street, between Broad end Fulteenth .A oommueleation was received frnm the president and trustees of the gas works. in answer to a resolu tion: of Councils. The communieation sets forth the conditions upon which then effected certain loans The halacce of loan No.lo. of March Se. 11830. will all be Fold in the course of the present year. so that the amount of of the city. created for the use of the gas works, will stand as follows . . . ..„ . once, 1 to 10. inclusive. • • ••••-• $0, 31 0. 0 0: 1 00 City department—reprementi-g the Sprint Garden. Frankton], Moyameneing, and West Shiledelphialaa work, 450,000 00 Purehese money of the !Southwark and Movemensine. Richmond Germantown, and Moyarnensing gee work; 300,740 00 83 123,740 00 The annual interest payable on this sum by ordinance is six percent. on $2906,740, end five percent. on.. ... 411 as Kt 40 The annual appropriation, to the sinking fund are es follows 3 tip gee Maud, 1 to 10, inclusive ....s6f WO 00 City deht Stock of gas companies .......... ...... 5. 6393 878 312 93 Returnins note to the rtotual condition or the aneounts of the trustoee on the first of January. 1860. we and tho it!ttnlttieft of loans, GU) , debt, and stook of 31101 90 2143- n toe es follows: an. bonne nagotieed ettss Roo . T c. tr debt, payable by trustees ...... . cruet... . Stook of gag companies, payable by them. 83 003 MO 00 An ordinance to lay water-pipes on Cherry and other street' was agreed tn. A report was received from the Committee on Water in relation to the necessity of extending mains and im proving the works. with a resoluttrn annexed autho 14E. 1 , 1;7;; 5 4,7. trai r go t rl l 4PorPrind moved that the resolution be laid ' CM the table c * n account of the minority committee not being able to WWI with the majority. This plan is extensive. and will retinue seve ral veers fat its acormidiehment. The department would prefer finishing those works already commenced before beginning any others. The extensive improve ment:a proposed have not received that consideration whinh their importance deserves from Councils. On motion of Mr. Wetnerill, it was agreed that the consideration of the majority and minority reports in this race be postponed for the present, and that they be printed for the use of the members. A resolution from the clmnmittos on Oirard O'statee, to employ Wm. M. Meredith and Edward Olmosek. as onunsel for the cite in the ease of J. Augustus Oirard t and ethers , &taint the city. in the Common Pleas of hchuylkrtl county, was agreed to. An ordinance nuthoriring the widening of Delaware avenue between the south line of Walnut and south line of Spruce grist was agreed to. Mr. Nerd wanted to know what has been done br the Committee of Highways In reference to the cleansing of the streets. Mr. Ford replied that lie had seen the city COMMIE!. ' , loner. who was unable towel the lowest bidder to come forward. The streets. however, were now being cleansed gradual!., hut the operation was somewhat in. tertered with by the unf.vorable state of the weather. Mr. Veal offered a resolution that the Chief Commis stoner be instructed to authorize the supervisors to the different wards to select men and carts, at their dtsere. tion. to remove the ashes twice a Week, and clean the streets twice a week for one month. the expellee of the work for that time to be referred to Commas, and also the tome obtained for the dirt which shell be removed, and the number of men and carts required en amend• moot was added that the ashes shall be place , ' upon such mw streets as the city may desire to have filled up, and that the supervisors shall state the number of loads thus used. The resolution wee agreed to. A resolution directing the sueerintendent of Jefferson Spume to take charge of the trees on the market p'aatis in that locality, end Moo directing the City Commission er to place the boulevard on south Broad street in TO pair forthwith. wan agreed to. An ordinance authorizing the sum of e 87.240 fee the support of the Girard College for °rehear for the year 180 J, out of the residuary portion of the Girard cot. te, was annEdered. Mr. Betdeman moved that the item ePPropriati es /Lilo° per ;maim for subsidence he re dared to 829.000. The institution is now in debt, and it will take three years to bring the income to Its uxual amount The expense of the educational departn ant alone of the college is $4B per annum, per piled. without including gas, furniture. end repairs, while In the Bleb P, hoot the cost per annum. including gas, repairs, An.. is hut $3l. The whole cost for educating, clothing. and Providing for a piled In the deaf and dumb asylum is $l6O, while in the Girard Cohere it is $2.50 per annum. A core lengthy debate ensued on the item. Mr. Neal would vote for the amendment. Fe looked upon this matter as a veil' named trust. end was glad that the sublect had been 'brought op for considerntion. lie wee a manager of the met% ution for the deaf and dumb. and km w that all the wrote of the enpils were supplied for $l6O per annum. The amendment w,.• agreed to. A motion woo made to reduce the item for clothing from seventeen to fifteen thousand dollars. Agreed to. • The item apernpriai leg fifteen hundred dollars was reduced to PIX hundred dollars. Not ns reed to. The item appropriating eight thoussno five hundred dollars for wagen was deliatAd for s-me time. but pending its on oldest ton a motion to recommit to the appropri ate committee ITS carried. Mr. Curler said he had risen for the Mime, of offers: ins a resolution_fouribios the decease of our late friend and associate, Wm. B. Peeler. Jr Suddenly and wi th • out warning. he has been called away (mom our millet, and we shalt meet him again in the busy hen's of men no more forever. At the time of his deceere lie woe the president of an institution in which the city of Philadelphia is very largely Interested, and until raven ly he bee representsd the Ninth ward in the Select branch of the City Councils. It seemed to .me fitting, under such circumstances, that we should express in suitable words our appreciation of his worth. snit our sorrow for hie loss. It cannot be i.naatary 0,11 should speak or his virtues here. where ntimate association has imprewred upon ice all an -bi ding recollection of the remarkable integrity and intel ligence with which ho discharged his various timid im portant duties. Called sometimes by lie popular voice, and by the photos of private intermit and judgment. to places of lush trust. he worthily filled the measure of hie duty, and leaves behind him an unspotted reputation no one who was Misers fault ful and always true. But Mr. Foster had qualities of sibich. at snots a lime the recollection comes unbidden, and will not be banished from the mind, . . Ne had a kind end genial heart, expressing ways in gentle manners, inspiring attachment and win ning the abiding friendship of all who knew him. No word of unkindness reward others ever escaped hie lips. and no feeling of unkindeess toward him. ever dwelt In the heart of soother. It is thus that he will he remembered. and long remembered. The news of his death fell heavily and 'sedly on the hearts of all who knew him. for each nne felt that he had lost a friend. Mr. Cup ler than offered the following: Revareit, Ry Palatal Council of the city of Philadel phia. That they have heard with profoundreoret of the sudden death of the Into Non. William R Patter. Jr., at one time a eanal commiseinrier of the State. and mo , e recently no native and efficient member of this hods, and at the time of hue death vice president of the Penn sr !Yank Railrnnd Company, an institution fn which the eit• is hugely interested. Rgyelre . That as well by the ability. integrity, and intelligenee with which be discharged the various du ties which devolved upon him. as by hie remarkable fidelity in important items's, Mr. Roster commanded t e confiden•e mid respect of the public • while by the genial kindness of his heart and the amiability of his ma wnners k new hhe a im ttracted the affecition and attachment of all ho . • • • Resalred, That the respectful sr mantis of the Cham ber of Conceits is tendered to the family and relatives of our deemed friend and former associate. and that a coa e o u f p = ziopLoni f i a b r e sn e t s top e h . ] s . m Y. id t I O l imns see which. within a year. the deceased 8904 filled- amen e fitting for toe to second the resolutions just offered. By the death of Mr. b alter." redden, so unexpected, Phi ladelphia has lost one of her most useful at tiv.eue onti mills from Pittsburg. having filled many positions of honor and of trust. He came to Ph iladelph and during his residence here his name was identified with the pro es., co al pittiOn. and urtnn Men tof the Pennell TAM to Railroad. or ninny years. as n a vice president. he. be hie kind and gentle deportment, endeared himself tool] with whom he was associated. Bringing with him a I ite x trrp i l e i re'd d eile'd n rir n a j e`u la c'c r e:a n t`fia'7 line htm attended the management of the nest antennae. By his death the directors of that company , not only. bet Chit cornmeal. • have met with a loss d ffieult to re • another void difficul hoot fill. By his dente cur oily has leas added e many she has recently sus tinned. 'For I knew him well, sir, and in all the anon.. tlons of life as a representative. ever watchful over the interests of the city, ever anxious for her proem!, city. ever proud of her success. ha always performed the duties devolving upon ban with great fidelity. Re spected and beloved by yall who knew him his memory ill be ever cherished. Let us hiok for a le• Imo in this sad bereavement, en that it may tench un to imitate the amend° and emulate the virtues of so distinguished a citizen. Mr. dentnn followed in a eulogy equally corolla and crnpino, upon the (Marston, of this lamented nent'eMan• Wherever he went. offices or honor end elnolunn , t awnitod him Ile wee born 'o ho trusted. Though not oriefir to the msnnr horn. he wee one of ne. and it is dotranting from the merit of no one to ear that the treat onneeway of the Stele was largely inaehted to horn for Ite PIIaITatTAY. end along a thousand miles of that great marl Nees were entitlenei at the diepeneetion which removed him. Mr. Coriungn eight it was customary, in such oases for the presidinF &hoer to any few words. For twelve Years 116 had wen a nil lin legislator. and tsithin eta ears nose ,oven chairs had been vacant. The lanicnted s r. Fruiter we. a Christian, and therefore win a gentle man. ciao ; and wherever his record is traced it is clear and unsullied. His life•purpose was a noble one, and he worked t out faithfully to th• end. The resolution. were adopted unammouslY. end the clerk communiCated them forthwith to the other Chum bnr.• Nothing further of importance we e transacted, and the Chamber adlnureed eta late hour. COMMON COO WM—COMM] Council aneembled et three o'clock. el - tortes B t race. Esq. in the chair. A number of commenientionn were presented and apero nriately referred. Arson , them were: A petition asking br the irndint and water pine in Oak street- in the Twenty third ward; a petition for the paving et Twelfth street, in the First ward; one from the residents of the Lis hi lt ward. Juicing that esteem fire engine tie located In that warn; ono from the Guar inns of the Poor. risk ing for a transfer of an item in their aperopris.tron : petition from citizens. Bro a d; onelvert in Callowhill street. from Fifteenth tafront the Cr hook sink Hose Company, asking that their house be desig nated as•ii location for a merit fire enema; one from citizen,, anions for water pine to be laid in Columbia avenue, from Third etreet to Germantown road; one asking for ...ter pipe to be laid in Twelfth street, from Federal to Mifflin streets; one from the Hand-in-wand Fire Company. rudder' to have their house loomed for a seem fire engine; one for a culvert on Montgomery street i ono for the Moose of the Third precinct house in the I wenty firstward, end one for the grading cf a portion of Chetton avenue. A preamble and resolution were presented he Mr. Miller, tendering the lisspitelilies of the city of Phila delphia to the members of the Councils of Pittsburg. on their visit to the oity.oti the Zth inst. Agreed to. Mr. Potter offered a resolution directing the Commit • teenn &mock to report an ordinance nnthorsainp the erection of a grammar school in the Fifteenth ward. Agreed to. Mr. Harker moved to reconsider the vote on the rasa lution tanned:is the hospitalities of the city to the nu. thorities of ?webers. tie voted aro without under. standing the ohiect of their rnsit. no thought, from su.seeeent i n fonot te'', that the peerage of the resolu tion would fin exceerlinsly The motion to reennsider wee debotedat some lenrth• Mr Justice viewed the resolution ne a me.e net of courtesy. It would lead to nn expense. Mr. Miter thought an explanation of the objects of the visit of the Councils wee unnecrienry. It wee only a mat ter of couresy thst they should receive our hospitnti tree. Mr. Quinn said it wss likely that these hospitnli- , ties would not be conduit. as there was an eitirome probability that the whole MtJ, of the Pittsburg Crum oils would be sent to the penitentiary. They were to come here ns criminals—ne persona guilty of a contempt of the ?uprorne Court, and should be treated es synth Mr. Wistar concurred in the remarks of Mr. Quinn. end would vote to reconsider. They come in the elle t,,dy of an °direr, under a summons to appear before the Supremo Conn to answer for contempt in recover to levy a tax and pay their honest debts. Much of the debt thus due was owned in Philsdelphin. Philndel pplua had no sympathy with repudiators. and ho hoped thstnot a single vote would be recorded in favor of the resolution. Mr. It again sthocated his resolution, and said that we should send these men bourn In such enod humo• that they wonld et noon lot 3' a tax to pay for their bonds. The whole matter was indefinitely postponed-3 ens 31, ants 21. • Mr. Pomeroy. from tho committee nnpointed t 1 rife ranee to the removal rf the seat of Government fridn Harrisburg to Phrlndrephia. reported in favor of the re moral. A resolution wanattacheal. instructing the erne mitten to report an ordinance authorizing a Man to cnn atruot a building suite Me for the a ceommedatten of the Legislature. On motion of Mr. Ureter, the subloyt postponed for the present. An ordinary(' from the Committee on Finance won submitted, nuthorisms Ivan toy ly road dRIIII.O/1. and to repoonstruot the Midge at tho Palle of the Neliu,ll.lll. The clerk was directed to give the heed publicity to the matter. . An ordinance-apploprialing 1.23,050 to the Dierks or Councils for the roar wro eon tt. the following are among the Items: Materiel:et c'erts nod messengers, 86400 • binding. 81 61.0 c nos Viking. $7 600 ; atction• e a rk, 4 el . do "l , l e c , n p r e r r i an d h e i incidental in e i xp o a n n s, sc ,, s ; made In strike out the item for Cartl3;l , hire, wit oh wan debated fur an hour, and final', not agreed to, The or dinrince finally imaged. Mr. O'Neill suhmttied a reseltit on, instructing the Committee on Oirtird Tracts to Inquire whether a com promise (lewd not be matte euth the heirs of the luta Otonhen Ottani, with a glow of tooling a en stem of ex pensive litigation. ^en Dyer, hmn the Committee on Highways. submit ted a series of resolutions, nOtbarie lag the talViell of certain streets in the Fifteenth, Nineteent , and Twan• Iy-lourth wards. After transacting some other business of en unim portant character, the Chamber adjourned. TIM STEMS AT BALDWIN'S YOU/MST-L. MALTING ex grup,ToggSAos gni egargiL—A meeting of the tilaokstidthntAni.lWharnma at Baldwin's retie dry. who have twin on Urn *the for the past few dare* was held gesterd4g btornins tit Spring Garden Nall. - > Levi tlaienderson took tki4 chair, John J. O'Connor acting as eeoretary. Thechairman br the eeirmmittee on Printing re porte' having pablUduld advertisements in venous city ~hefollowing to m ; I a ead It had been 17 4 .- sented to Meit n er,. B al dw in , . n. and they refused to secede to its request. An it containg a very fair r tatement Of the tn•rits of the strike, we print it The undersigned men in your employ . would most re lpectfulty request you to alter the nil, of your WO.. ishrnent. requiring us to work overtime at the rate of time and quarter time,to the rate of time and half time. or entitely abolish overwork altozether. On preferring this request. we would respectfully sub mit for your oonsideration the - following reasons, which move us to our present petition: let. Previous to the forming of the present rule, we were always paid for all overwork at the rate of time and half time; rind we cannot cheerfelly agree to a Yule whiuli is virtually a reduction of vases and a re quest to make so enwpachment ourselves upon tue ten hour system. for which we and others battled for so long. and which we respectfully submit is a blessing we should highly value and should preserve ea long as pos sible for ourselves and our fellow-workmen in genera l. Id. It is generally admitted by both foremen and men, that no one is Famous to work overtime; Met it le - not asked for ne n favor by the men, tut is looked on as an evil, and as an uelescant duty. which we are by cir cumstances compelled to comply with. 3d. It is universally admitted by all workmen, that after the performance of a fair ten hours' wore. we have claims upon us to diachave which require the le terVal from six o'clock at nicht until seven o'clock in the morning; these claims come in different guises. such as etude, family ohlieations- rational plettaure necessary relaxations to fit us far the fair discharge of our duties on the coming mum, and in a hundred other different shapes which readily present themselves to the men, who work hard all the daybeht hours and bays only the darker hour, of nl. ht to meet the many calls which men men of wealth find the combined hoots of day and night too brief to property fulfi.. 4th. This rule can be abused In the fanning manner: If a foreman takes a dislike to a man under him. beano die-harts him for refusing to work under this rule. (when he can find no other reasnnable excuse for oe sl.ct of dote, ho,); and wishing for equality and [me nsal...a ram that we are in duty bound to teldst a rule thee offers an opportunity for a foreman to wreak his dislike upon a man who is a good and steady w'rrlunan, hut unfortunntel• is not a favoeite with hi s foreman, while with friends he evades this rule, by giving them work by, the job, instead of at the rule of time end oil at ter ume, but which is virtual 3 , an evasion of the rule. la conclusion. we would respectfully solicit from you an early and impartial consteeratlon of our titmice. and if ion er,II accede to our wishes we Intl be thank' n 1 for your wenerntle support. and assure you that content ment being again restored to the men, they snit moon Ve.se that SOUS inst. s are etlsantagrong yogyeeiree. tip the ready wlllngneu with which they will work. and the rare the• will else to the interest, of SOOT arm which are confided to their hand... nod thus ever preserve the supremacy which your good work is generally con ceded to have fal tletrOver yn it TI vale. r. Fleming made an address. 'biting the return or the strike and the object to he gained by persisting in it. tie moved that a vote of thanks be trodered to the Com. missioner • ( City Property. and to the city press for Impartial manner in which they eon the atnke. lifter the transaction of some other business, Ile meet ing adjourned. PROCEEDI:COS IN TUX COURTS YESTERDAY.— In the Court of Nisi Prins, Justine Strong presiding, ate cue of the Phamokin Bank, vs Boyd & Bites. was ra mmed. We have before reported this case. and the de tails are not now a subject for repetition. 'The defence alleged that, in consequencs of loans to the agent of the bank, the bank became indebted to them. Yesterday morning, one of the jurors being unwell, the case was discontinued Rob-it Kirkpatrick and Sarah Kirkpatrick. his wife. rs bdwtn Kirkpatrick. Mahlon P. II nlohinson. and Charles C. Colin. This is a new phase of a case which attracted the attention of the pui.lio so long during It is an action brought in the name of Mr. Kirkpatrick to recover damage,, for mabei. , us prosecution. The . . . . . circumstances attendiror the pry...cotton were set out at length h. Mr. F. C. Brewster for the pivotal': end it a allege t that the plaintiffs were entirebr innocent of the charge preferred of sending the poisoned Pier and were so known to be st the time of the arrest at t-e . . . . . . . . . • stance of defendants. The ease will occupy several dart. it. P. jOrown and F C. Brewster. Fees.. appeared for the plaintiffs, and Oen. M. Wharton ant Oen. Coffey, for defendants. QUARTER Sl9lllo:Vl—Judge Ludlow.—Cm Wennerdny, towards the close of the session. upon the trial of An drew and William Curtain on the charge of burglary. there wasqlDte a scene, amine out of the reluctance of Dstestive Officer Miekle to testify to a conversation had between him and one of the defendants. the officer seemed to be MIA with the idea that a communication made to him by a felon was a privileged communicv• tom. and he theueht it unfair to use it against the part,. Juage Ludlow differed from tao officer, and threatened to commit him for contempt unless ho obeyed the oath he had taken total' the truth, the whole troth, and no thine but the truth. After this the °Moor gave a portion of the conversation. hut not sufficient to identify clear., the defendants with the burglary with which thee were charted. The result was that leer were acquitted. Judie Ludlow, in his charge to the Jury. was very se vere upon the .'nicer for his conduct on the witness stand. He stated that ho would report him to the Mayor. Yesterday morning the court commenced nein with the liquor dealers. Mlchtel Shields. Fdward Coyle ° Jaceb Howl. and John Mc 'Mean plead trudtv to selling without li cense, and were each sentenced to pay a of 865 and ousts Charles Short. who was convicted on Tuesday of sell ing liquor without a license. was galled tinned sentenced to pay a fine of sl e° end costs. Th o same defendant had plead xinlty to se•llins without a license at another tavertl t and was fined 565 and costs. Henri Feonnan plead guilty to two bills, charging him with Yalta pretences. John It. Finley was charged with false pretences. it being alleged that he bought a bill of goods upon repre sentations which were COM 110•1 Pure s—Judnea Thompson and Alliron.—Mo tions for now trials FUNERAL or Wa. B. FOSTER, JR.—The re mains of the late Wm. B. Foster, Jr., were taken to East Liberty Ration. near Pittsburg, and arrwed there on Wednesday, at I% P. 31., in a special funeral car, vaitahly arranged for the purpose. Tat eng ne and cars were draped in mourning, and the offioes at the stations along the road were hung with the same emblems of death The remains left Philadelphia in charge of a commit tee. consisting of Edmund Bmith,secretary or the Penn at Jeanie Railroad Company ; Thomas A. flontt. general superintendent; Den. A. L. Roumfort. 0. C. Freemen*. assistant superintendent,: IL J. lombaart. controller and auditor; W. F. Leech. W. H. Wilson. chief engi neer ;. end Daniel 0. Thorns!. member uf Council. At East Liberty. the remains were mot hr a large con coureal'of citizens of Pittsburg end vicinity, and were elven in charge by the committee from Philadelphia to a committee from Pittsburg. and were CMITe7.I3 , to the grave in the Allegheny Cemetery by Gen. Henry D. Foster, of area- alums, Governor Samuel W Riser. of Nehraaka ; R. Biddle Roberts. United States District Attorney; and Dr. Jonas R. MoClintock. A QUESTION op FINANCE. -- The heavy amounts exacted from publicans, within a few dare. for selling liquor without a license, hse caused consider able inquire of what beoomes of the money realised in this w. r. The act of April, 1866, settles the eneetion in the following Faction : Ritcyros 31. It shall be the duty of the court. Mayor, alderman tie Justice of the peace, before whom any fine or penalty shall he recovered... 3 award the inform er or prosecutor, or both, a reasonable there thereof: for time and trouble. but not in eine case exceeding one third ; end the ?meowe as well es all the proceeds of an forfeited bonds as aforesaid. shall be paid to the direct ors of public 'cheats of the proper distnet. except In the city of Philadelphia, tethers it shall to paid to the City Tros•nrrr, tots opp/ra.for school purposes, and nothing herein contaused earill prevent any such informer or proseentor from becoming a witness in any such cue ? DOCLOS OE THE SCHUTI.EILL RAEGER3.—Yes terdav morning. about three o'clock. a party of Rohntl kill Rangers made an Stack. at Twentieth antl etreets, non several brick makers who were some to work. The object of the attack was the seheuring of The tin kettles and diwn•re in the hands of the workmen. Two of the police of the First district hearing the hulw hub ran ro the allot. and succeeded in securing three of the offenders!, who gave the names of Owen McCartney. Thomas Doanetty. and Patrick Marobv. They were committed to answer. 't seems, that the rang have been in the habit of levying contributions on the work men elm peas through the locality mimed. and to rive them the a , ternative of a beating or tit- loss of their Mum,. The erred was timely, and the officers deserve great credit for their promptitude in consummating rt. DEATH TROM EXPOSURV.—Yesterday after- coon a woman named eatharine Simpson, aced thwor, was picked Ue by the officers es a vair ant In the vicinity of Seventh and Bedford streets. and tat en to the The rd ward station.houee. She appeared to be laboring an der the elects of exoess,Pe drinking at the time. r bott le afte r being placed in the cell. she was vired with a fit. edical aid was summoned. and her cue was not considered &toreros's. The moral remedies were ap plied. but without succeve. The coroner held an in quest. end rendered a verdict of death from expowire and intemperance. Roanzay.—Yeaterday morning at an early hour the counting-room or the eatery of Mr. Thorns, lingua, Second street, opposite Beaver. was entered ht forcing open a hack door on Cohockaink creek. The robtiora went to work at the iron oafs. and br mesas of ebbed* they tore the door liter:Op to wooer.. Oil the booty the , obtained to pay for their risk and trouble was Melva dollop. DISCOVeRY or BANN. NOTTS.—A. building In walnut street below Fourth. formerly neee Pied M a blot-note engraving nod printing establishment. in DM int torn down. On Vireitoomdto a paver hog was fornd in the loft. winch contained a number of tinwgned Ira and two dollar notes of the al hid crown Bank. Some. f the notes wore scattered RITIOIIe the crowd before they were placed in the havds of the authorities. IN our obituary notice. in yesterday's paper, of thin depth of Mr. Edwin rmethurs•. we made several errors. Rim father's Caine wan Mr. Richard Sznethnrst. and not etnohers. as was erroneonsiv stated; and, instead of the demi/teed arriving home late et meht. as we said, he had been in the house all evenng, and re tired to rent about 10 o'clock in perfqot health. COMMITMENTS.—The number of prisoners committed to the rowdy prison Inc the month of Febru ary was 1,383 Of there 479 were sent there t r breaches of the venue : vapranry. 290; intex;cetion, nessuli and batten, W ; ntealine. 80; and for makinti counter feit nom. 3, During the month, the number discharged van 1 178. STABLI ED.—About nine o'clock last evening, a hoe named George W. Roan watt cut under the ear while walking the neighborhood of hleventh and Fil bert edreets. Tie wound is, dangerous one. Roan was talon to hdt home. at 1319 Ransom street. The perpe trator of the 'meek. another boy, unknown to Roan, made his escape. AN ATTEMPT AT BUSCILART.—SOTMO time during yesterday morning an attempt was made to ef fect an entrance tr to the tailoring store at the corner of sixth nod cherry streets by forotng the back wind.”. shutters. 1t is supposed the burglars were frightened od as they took nothing 'MY with them. ACClDEPT.—Cadwallader Evans, aged sev enty t nsrs. employed at the maehina ahoy or the pimp sYlranin Railroad Company. had the fore firmer of hie right hand cut olf. yesterday afternoon. hr seo , dentAni coming in contact Irlth a rircalar saw. Re was taken s, the Pennsylvszia Hospital. ADJOURNED.—Tho coroner, yesterday, ad- J oorn.a the inquest in tho case or the colored tr crane ho,ans killed at Middle alley a less dai siaoe. until thts" moral lig on aociouat ut the abet ace et the h) !st elae. Three Boys Run Over by the CleveA land Express. . ONE KILLED-TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED. Last evening, as the Cleveland expre.s train from Buffalo was approaching the Forks, three boys walking on the track were run over by the train. It was dark, and the furnace doors of the engine were open tiring un. which prevented the en gineer from seeing them. Two were brother; named MINIM and James Clements, from .Boston, and a boy living near Albany, whose name we did not learn James Clements was killed instantly. Wil liam Clements had his arm broken and torn to piece* —the bov from Albany was not hurt very seri ously. They were from twelve to sixteen years of age. William Clements stated that they raw the train coming, but supposed it was on the other truck. The engineer felt a shock, and supposing the train had struck something, stopped and ran back. The sight was a painful 0130—the younger brother examining, " Oh, my dear brother! my dear brother !" They were taken to Batavia—the injured left in charge of physicians, with instruc tions that everything should be done for them that could be done. This is another sad warning to all persons, old and young, not to walk on the track." Many of the passengers thought Wil liam Clements would nct live.—N. Y. Pon of Fact evening. - TOR 1111:4 FOR Bnottent He lEl'9 —A correspond ent writing from Natick. tlnss , mentions two suite for brearh of promise pending In the court there. Ono of the plaintiffs in the eldest daughter of the Methodist clergyman. and sues a wealthy grain and flour dealer, of Denton, for 010,000 damages. The prosecutor ID the other case is a citizen of the Granite State, and bringn his action against a lady, now the wife of a prominent citizen of Natick. He as ., estes his deritvec at $5 000. This pair of breaches to creating quite no interest in the town. New York Markets Veste clay. Arlie, are rani et $525 for Pots. and t5.62', for Pearls, with mvire of 7S bh!3. Fi.oLi.—The 'woke( for State and Western Floor is shade firmer. with reeelpix of 1,610 hlO3. Mid sales of 7 001 ibis at 575 for superfine State. 4005 CO for ex tra Mete, $5.00530 for suretfine Western. :35.00545 for extra do. and 1'606 15 for extra round-hoop Nouthern Flour is honer, with sale, of at x 590 ad 15 for mixed to hood. and as 'CI a 7 2 ,0 for extra. Ca nadian Flour Is buoy at,t, with Was of 150 bbls extra at as 5507.10. lio SlV.—Wli`at is one cent batter* sale, of 10 IXS) bits at $1 Wig' 25 for Chicago boring, SIM foy elute fad, non. and 81.55 for white Canada Core is tirM, with gales of 12 COO hue at 79.rfilc for new white sodyellow. Oral are doll at 39;rt2c for Farnham, Peonsylrania., sod Jersey, and rt 3 45c for State, Canada. and Western. Paonsto,..— end: is doll ;ash.% of fa bbls at $17'31 17 31 for nl.l Mesa ; $l3 250 )5 57.1{ for new do ; 5125 1 for old Prime $lll5 for new do. „Beef is firm; sales of list hill. at 114 12%04 50 for country Prime: $0.7165.50 for country Mess ; 1901088 for repacked Chime*. sod Sit 25rr12 00 for extra Mess Cut Meets are deU at 7,4 , ‘ aiTho for Shoulder.. sod 909.5t0 for Hams.jaant. ,a Arm and quiet. Lard is dellW , e nd less,: en lad able at tidt 0/10. Batter and Cheese are ultohlult. • PINAI9I4III, 4.11 D. '1": 1 Vrittnilen Starch MI thi ihnsiiisroff Meng the lanai epecabstive MOTO (Vent' among heyeggsanethilgstherewal &comparative ly firmer feeling at the stock Kg yestardag morn ing. There mul latelabireenlattot to Reading, the stock being vent - active. and *dreaming „tg higher. Camden and Amboy are 3/ Mibm. I.lk Epsom InkiMA Railroad so wed mortgage bonds there saes -large transactions at SO, which is *further advance. Nona Penserlvania Rail roads share. are firm at eV. and the sig.ger-cent txpds at 6d. City loans are offered 'amines, sad have ac up ward tendency, Gleams at Ithole.W. and Mg In Sate loans no change. and bank sloths and paesenger rail way shares but little doing. Tee same quiet stein! again noticeable got some time pot mu moilieterf eireit4 still primula. The mar ket is likely to bq eas y for week, to Wale. Finn-elan short bills ate 'ought after es the etreet at Mier .p cent., and those of, longer date* from 7% to Br eget' Second-class and renewed obligations range from f zfo cent- upwards. We notice by the Pittsburg joareile that the people or Allegheny county are indignant at the treaLnent of their ocminieeloners by the Enemas , Court. and they held a meetin; on the subiect on Tuesday afterrtoon, at which it was resolved that an astf-esx. ticket for town ship officers should be voted for at the sorts; elections• Remidiition seems to be tits general sentiment In Alle gheny county. We have New Orleans Papers of last Sunday. by the Adams' Express, two days in advance of the mail. Ito sat statement of the New Orleans teaks is as follows: Pah, 23_ Morph 3 - specie ............512 smelt 812 en OA :Ivo .433 811:t DePO.ll3 20.830 813 Si eat 708 .Inc. Age eoroulartorr.._ 136)0119 11330-398.. .2311 383 Short Leans..._... Pt Ski ra 21.20.2 , 0 . see 261 F get. ant e.. . 8083 129 LltilL999 1e0.213 070 One distant banks. 1 63.3 267 1.52176 .Dee...act 701 Long 141011 -51,1,3%9._ e,Qf 711- ine..14.9.433 It will be seen, by a notice published elsewhere in oar °Minims. that the chatter bondholders Qf the Catswissa, Williamsport. and Erie Railroad are rennestad. in order to protect their interest, to present-their bones. and ma the power-of-attorney, which will be found et the office of the company, fro. Xd Walnut street. lake following are the cement %notation, for gyve. dome.tic exchange, fre., as fornia/ ed by Cronies & Co., banker', No. 40 South Third street: Oldpeer. I 02W Menem do2Wts...- .146 80tHush S. Amer. Fire f1ume'..... _... German crpyar..,...1.08 Freud' --LW Old Atom - lam gokt,. Bove rid ga5.4.11344.85 E polormxx — frazes.l6l ltxt Utalers _... 2 ._..7.65 `• 800 " Pilldeng . .. ,rauloc asnykah doatpjOns,..l6.4o y.Pach'ge.p!r to Pittrlnrt-•- •3i to g die Boston to Is " Cuseisnata-.. to Baltimore..... Ir. h " L01)1'11116.. ... to " Mot:none.. h" to h "Bt Loci" 2 to 2114 Charleston.... 4to h " Chlearo - tosh Savannsh...•. h to" Clerelsod... to) " %taste . hto h " .Naabrille. 1)4 " New Orleans.. .); to h " alemphts..- ' PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE BALPA March 8, HOD. • ....x Weyeetreet. BOARD. 8 'rorritt R igl W R. O Read lava 8 ram & dm it....... 1721 7 dd.. ~._ 2, ...az 26 de a d sc. Beim ad . 2.2 2 1 Co.s ,. 58 14 N Piq .i uet It 103 1. Itrd R M D. 9N2rk Ky a...-. .125 RXPOILTSD IT B. E. ELA FIRST MOO City s Noted 6.• u rim b )03 291 do K 0.....102 an do IC 8 0.....112 moo Pa. R 61 21 rats 71.0. do 21 mt. tt 95 mu) Del D:V SI% boo. N Pa R 6. east,. 48 Li hime.wil pref...Do 39 Leh Nis 4.5 12 6 8 .3 co to al • do s 5 U IRTWEE9 2000 Cam k Am 6o 'io.. MK! to Leh Val R 95..... 43 54 Baas ?dead R &NI BTSCOPID BOARDS. ti BUY gad R.-- 5636 Wu Bp & Pine ate IL ... to 35399'1 thw Fret 25.. Y. 1 da ~ .. ~ .56.. 17 41 129 o $ P35)19'5 11 . 38 8 d ...SAN 3 d 0.... ..... ... Ism 47 do ........ 13.. " 3 do 38 71d 1 Sd its R. 39, 90 Hand a 95tint._.. a% b) do 13.3. int ... 21% la) &111 & Pine-re R... 10 130 L 111'd IL .6 11% I Lehigh Eerip—. 33 fOO Catr da 103 .... ..... -102 310 2t21 do do 102 Mty R eet 102 IMO Cam & Arab di 'it &NI It° '7O. MU 1 , 411 Penn's n es 24 eOl2 91 1000 Del Dor C - 1 68 9114 1020 EI R 75 Ist mfr..- 65 as kliaea Scrip a Oa) s Mflowstoirn R....„ I do ....diS SMari tours 11 — Mei A do . 57%, 10 Solt'l liar sref t 2.. 1150 -AFTER 300 nit! Rfa &Ise ....UM I CLOSINO out. daJoil Pkila 6. C:111: irs ' 24 1 8°"&v p;r k . 414 111,7 ofr MPG; IOC& Wmip't a Elm.. Ix ix Pinta U.- rut or 1 3 7 i i Told mort46 37 Reading d 1% 4 - 7 " mut 73 1 - 5 7 Law Ward 2_ 1. " mort de ; ad li7X daMlatualiCailktiavil U do 'U.7I3a 72 .N ?llama . 2 eanp R.• —.sec stoc I -.t4 4 ad in So-- S. 2031 , " Wit • • W Mor Cal Coo di 0fr..51, 51 iCalasisaa 1 " !red! Mr. 110 I to lat raa bas.XX Sohn rj flay 4'1 , 2.71 MU! Prap k & South lomat- . SO 'Bea dkraird-st BOARD. DO XI Cam & Ames '133 15 um tota—FIRM. Philadelphia Markets. • Magma IP-Evening. The markets have been daft to day, on account of the wet weather, and the imam ions in Breadstuff.* 'me been quite limited. Solders of Floor Ara firm ra their demands. but the inquiry is limited. Wet tomPrien About me W1.11110%811 Ban for superfine, ISOM for extra, the latter for soon teamster comity, and a smelt hit of W. B. Thomas' super at 86 glr bbl. The lowest figures are now generally refuted for superfine. Sales to the trade are within the same nese of prices for superfine and extra. sad fanner? 33 for exba. And fancy. Rye Flour and C Meat are quiet: tie hornier is held at Sege. sad the latter at 83SO w WII all it Ilearee and Iterated at a further advance. We punts good to prime at $1.4042 as. sad white at Sl genteel,. and very little offering' or senior. Rye is scarce a.d"rwanted ; Yeansylvaam is worth 93•934.. tln s 7C la not much 'Deland for. and *boat 3 MO bushele sold at 730 in More, end 720740 afloat, the latter for prima quality - Os Ts are ttookinged ; 1 GOO buckets were sold at 440 in store. 11e1LitertriD Mete ere in steads destertd. Bain cononuea dull at !IM for ist No- 2 Qttercirron. Cov2os.—The marks; is inactive, and a few mall lots hare been taken at shoat previous rates- Gems; Iss continua dull; soma further sales of Putty are reported at lot Cuba and New Or leans. Cores is scarce! and conarrand.4idi Pnovisiosa..-Tbare is a moderate bagmen dome ; a sal. of rum. Beer cram matte at 011 per Immo • lea Mare or middles sokf at 91(e. 110 emits enten bleats Nkt Thr roc Illturaiders, is wilt, Ike for ham. lee 0r do in pichle , all on canal credit. Laid and BaUer aro quiet. are 6 Tin sod prices of Ifaxicrrelioeki.p pp. - beam—There isnot mach_ demand. and prices are droomnt ; bushels sold at 04150156 and -130 Nyebeic at To $' tb. 'timothy is gaoled at es.szormi. Flaxseed at 11101/40 bushel. - _ IV elates is aochenred ; Mai rlllnz .1111 c ; Drudre _me ; Pennsylvania ads 230. and yaw do at tie 45" CITY ITEMS, • . Convention of the Friends of Union Prayer Meetings. The Convention met yeaterdee morning at tea &eta*. and counnued in simian until after two P. M , the Noon day Prayer Meeting. from twelve to one, having been fairly incorporated into the proceedings of that bode. 'The greater portion of the time. daring the seon.e: session. was ocentied in sreech-makine tenon the earl one subjects before the Convention. There was a very lam attendance. notwithstmding the inehrmeney tithe weather; but at the suggestion of aaveraldeiegates. the afternoon session was omitted, aod 7X o'clock in the evening designated as the time fur the final meeting. It was also agreed upon for the delegates from abroad to meet at the Hall of the Diligent Engine Company for social prayer at five o'clock in the alternoor. At the Romance t hoar the hall was fired. the chair being occupied by the Her. Wm. J. Ir. Taylor. The re cent sadden death of a member of this fire company wee made a Medal theme. and 31r. Taylor's opening re marks with reference to it. after reading the Ninetieth Psalm, were at once touching and aperosriate. The meeting was one of the most solemn we pare ever at tended. and the exercises Ouninthout were chamorer ized with a marked depth of feeling and earnestness of purpose. The prayers and exhortations. with bat one or two exceptions. were by delegates at•ending the Contention, several of whom related incidents in their Christian experience flicutratave of the great import tanee of preparing for death. After ocatteniag an hoer nod a guar er, the meeting united la singing the heaeti- Ll - " Rock of Ages cleft for me. Let me hide myself 111 thee." itc., And was dismissed with a benediction by the Bev. Mr. Taylor. The evening station of the Convention was continued until a bite hour. and was mainly occupied rn COW pleti ng unfinished bissinms. the adoption of a series of resolationa embracing the spirit and substance of the Convention's actions, and such devotional existent*: se the separation of a hand of Christina brethren after three dare of constant and delightful intercourse might b 3 naturally supposed to prompt. WoLoweitt'a New 31111110 D Or TEACHING' Mrs:c.—Wotowskre new method of teaching mono. chiefly by lectures or original expositions. without the aid of books. is making Muth talk is mnstsal circles. his. W., we are pleased to tears. has °stained a mill cient nuraNtr of posits to induce hunt, remain in r dolphin long slough to gnu a titmouse °nurse of in struction to those who may choose to avail themselves of his services. and has already demonstrated that ha is hini , elf an artist of great talons and rare Slush, and that he pinnacles a mathod of instruction wh'eh readers him capable of Imparting this artist-power in a surprisingly brief yet , cal of time. In Mr. Wolowskes card. in our ad vertising columns, will be found a very smphie descrip tion of his new method of teaching, by a correapondent of the North American. I. M. SINGER & CO.'s Raw Sexist! MACHINA Wartinooms.—Passing 810 Chestnut street, hest SW' Lung, our attention was arrested by what. to our mind. t 1 one of the most attractive bounces edifices on that splendid thoroughfare, and. on entering'. we were ate tented with such a trend Sewtris Machine speesksole an is certainly cot equalled In this city. A spacious stores maga , fieenily fitted up with a very appendage of taste ano facility for business, at once met mix eve, and the treble column of the world-renowned "Sinter" Machines. which flank both Rules of this room, from front to TOM. gave us an idea of the extent of the sewine-machine trade le this city for which we were wholly unprepared. Mr. O. P. Davis, the gentlemanly agent for the sae of these machines in this city. end proprietor of this superb new establahment. has evinced superior taste fn the fitting up of it, and it is paying him no unmented compliment to say that his tact and enterertse have given a marked impetus to the more general adoption of these life and labor saving instraments m Philatlel p,iia. We take Pleasure in referring to their present re m met into more spacious and, we thick, more eligibte quarters, and the more so from the fact that the enter prise has been rendered necessary-by the =mai vette of their constantly-increases trade. GOOD Ns:Ws FOR !Du LOVERS or Goon CIGARS. —We are free to confess that a really scol Cigar is • luxury, an optni,.n to which we will be atconded by nundreds; but tehere to obtain them. with any de -1 tree of certainty. has always been, with many, a die - cult matter. We have at length made the discovery. Try our protramme, and you will have the secret. Pa tronice Richardson, No. lulu Cheknut street, above Tenth. We bare not been heat, in expressing this opinion. but harm: tested the quality of his tigers for several insultss past, and finding' hie stock alma sr RD plied with the choicest brands. of his own importation. we ore prepared to speak confidently. Quite a number of our meet noted connoisseurs have made Ibis same ditrovery, and it will not be Ling. we apprehend. before the demand fcr his cigars wit es reed his ability to supply them. We were yesterday shown the contents of two cases be has lust received from Havana, eontroning the following celebrated brands: La Man es. Itondrea and conchitas.) let, td. and Sd ; Arroyo Hondo, ilondres lil t Jenny Lind Casa dores Bayarlara Crinadores ; Plot Marinate Reg. Rey na. Also, a supertitot of fresh " eigarritos.. A finer lot of cigars we have never examined, and we advise a ll w h o reve l in the delights of "goat smoke" to call early anti make their selections. Time In rosrnaaallt , E Oorzays yste PONDIRAMLE. —Whenever and wherever it is necessary to soptko nervosa ,r,tation, equalize the eirealation. to reatere healthy balance to disordered fiusetiose and impart • viiorous tone to the body, the Eleetropathie Regiment is the most safe, effectual. prompt, sad unohje ct i mi bu t one known to the scientific world. Masai& Chamberlin A Baca are now curing the moat obstinate enrolee diseases by the app.ication of electrie.ty, at No. 1V... Walnut street.' 31IRCHA:111 wbo are be* wrt purchssing DrY ('.sods and ruler wares. hare cagy mast of 'mom vita whom the , Mir be de ekes. " Where le the bas Sae* to boy Wttdow Shsdes or Corrtme Goods r 1 1 / 1 11 the ea over Will bil. - az w. Heap Patten's, 00 Chestnut atripeb. *low Serviti. • roli-it,"
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