vjp' " : .;J ; :‘
KOVMBIBiB, 1860.1
PBM «gMi Oiat V M 7 dll)! P»per
MsepOon, Sv
tkrftctoiyK** oi!;thl» ftctwiU be cheerfully
Bm katori 1 SalariM; TkaUnioa
BpWt lli Notai i jPsrKmU and Political;
John i)t*Vinlr«land; 0n« Beaion in our Pallia
fck»I«; Letter from Lancaster; Mn. Lincoln!
Ike Storm on 'tha Lake!; Legal Intelligence'
1 JVirritTßPaM—Got. Herachel V. Johnson on lh*
:! sc C|*ila.;. ! The Vote of Virginia; Marino Intelli
gence. ‘
‘■lbSl -I- < c u. "" ‘ ~
anetibi. „
awsa.i:'.' The New*.
Pnrthefnews from Europe hea been rewired by
"»Mhetteamahlp City of Baltimore, whloh arrived
i:! |t Ki>ir.lr«tk yMteiday. orWalethed
vft . not arrived at home, end hla royal mother, anrlont
. Uf hie Safety, had deepetehed the •teeimer Hima
v;: 'mya In eeereh of the royal fleet. Other Veaaela were
a preparing to' go on theanme errand. Tht Orange
;: r , dliturbaneeeon the oooaeibnof the Prlnoe’i Out*
\ dlenjoarney woskl bo brought before Parliament.
;. U. Xboo recal waa abost to reaign tbo Department
of Foreign Affair* inthe French Ministry. Eng-
J, '/laUdend ftenoewore endeavoring to nrgeKing
''.'V.Franala to abandon Gaeta. Ho had not, however,
ainnoeneed any snoh intention. Garibaldi bad
;;übeemappoSntod a generolin tbo army of King
' ■ : Vktor. Before retiring to, hla homo, In Caprora,
’’i'r- Irthad reoelved tho moat extraordinary manifoata
•£ of . roapoot and aympathy. Lamorlotoro had
VJ-dpatiad a biltory of tho Italian’ campaign, In da
fehce of hla own condnot as general of the Papal
.^rfote*. *
M. Curry, of Alabama, haa denied
"'j.tbe.okarre thuthe was outin oppotttion to the
■ more manta of the SeeeMioaiaU. -
A meeting of the conservative oltiiena 'of Lonia
rnie, Kentnoky, was held on Monday erenlng.
'!ljttfiy passed resolutions declaring the derotion of
Keatneky to the Union.
- ' , Tba latest advloos from Utah an to November
14. Than bad bean a considerable fall of now
.. throughout tba valley, fallowed bj 000 l .weather.
-.'HejhsiMa of eonieqoenoe bad bean dine by the
. > ;<naw, : al tba drop* bad all been harvested.. Brig
; ■ bsau'Yowng, eooonepanled by EldersKlmbtll and
l: Weliiiwlth a select company i bed ttarted on-a
, . toot to tba eoath. HU partfaalar deetlaatlonaad
bnslsaaa ware not generally .known, .bat’it was
. thought that be intended eititlag aoaae of tba new
Harmon battlements In that region. An essoota
ti'enikbownas tbs .“ Deseret School Teach ere’ As-
/Speiatiion,!'. kadbeenformed at Salt Lake City, the
avowed object of wbieb I» to promote theidvanee
- went of edaeation, do. Then bad been name
: : fotu eases of horso-steallsg la the Territory, some
' “ of which bad been tneed to Indians, who alleged
that they wen in collusion with white man. :
. Tba national ooaneil of the Choctaw Indians
■ < have passed an ordihanqe to pnnbase 65,000 bnsh
(ls of com for the . relief of snoh of their people
as are suffering by reason of the seven drought of
■„ . (eat summer.
r-r Banator Douglas, in a recent speech made by
him at Vicksburg, Hiss., declared that he was in
favor of the maintenance of tba Union under tba
. Const!totlon, and said the Administration cf Lin
coln was powerless, as both houses of Congress
: ‘ .won opposed to bis policy, and if tba Booth kept
' ■ bar member* in their Santa ha would bo unabla to
. dairy out a aiugle measure of Republicanism. Ha
"’-was repeatedly cheered by tba erowd, and tba
Sweater tamarind that he eeruddand it a good
•‘emealhat Union sentiments wen still appreciated
; , at the meet, important point in Mississippi.
ThoSauF ran cisco Herald, of tbo 25thuIt.,no-
’ tteeathe arrival there'of Lieut. Howry, United
’■Jvßtatat boundary eommlesionorto run and mark
between California and tho United States
.Territories along bar eaatem irohtlcr,. with'his
• ~ principal assistant, Lieut, J, C. Ives, United States
.'iitopogrppMeel engineers.
The. Hon. Harsebel V. Johnson, lata candidate
' •‘forYlooPrtsldcnt on the Douglas tloket, baa writ
ten; a letter to'the pcoploof Q sorgia taking the
grauad of Jlr. Stephens, deprecating secession
mcTSseenta in advance of aggressions undcr Mr.
* Lfaaoln'l Admlniitretion, and advocating the po-
Jhy_ of standing upon the Georgia platform of
Nimj.. .■
Tba overland mail, which arrived in Ban Fran
. ’ eieeo on the 33d nit., earrlod a report from Tneson
. that " Qovernor Pasquclra bad been deserted by
;bia Pooretaiy of State, Hansel Honte varda, and
.. otherleediug man, and that ha had auffeied ade
,.. feet in a pitched battle with the Gander! Itas, or
- triends of Hanuel Gandare,who, at thelsst'ad-.
Tiqss, wore in jwsseselon of the Pltaa of Hisrme
aiUo. It will .to remembered that, seconding to
fonaar advinu,- President Jnarcs bad conferred the
Government of Sonora upon General Lamb erg, a
-t/'Bwcde'bj birth, but a naturalised oitjsenefMixl
’pi,, end that Peeqnelxa bad refuaadl to recognise
fheanthority of Juarez.We quote from the San
> Pxtasdiob 'J ierM) WhiehAldi':, “Should :the
.-•--'Gajfiiarfijtai ultimately prevail, and thafce'ls little
dottbi ef thdr dofbg so, it wflt'hoobmo a question
..... whether,General Lemberg wUlJmeomsthe hm*
: ? of the; gubenatorial ohiir. or whether Gan
tWdanl will install Mmtclf in that office. General
Lambefrg is a mas of extensive travel and fine
"educational attainments.”. ..* J
AirHOcan Alabama seema to| have doter
f attacli heraelf to tho lightning train
i T ;'if:&b(ith Carolina, which proposes to no out
Dhlpn Over a very crocked tirade, with
-.fltnty af steam and ru> engineer, we arohijppy
' to tthrdnicle the fact that the Douglas anAßell
T'‘vottrt of that'State have iaaned an address in
whieh they declare that they are for co-ope
ratton with other Southern States, and not for
- aejwrato Stato action. This is signed by that
old Pennsylvania favorite, Joseph C.Bxad
let, and others., ,
The bexsfiz or Hi. William Wheatlit,
'■! at the Arch-etreet Theatre, on Monday - even*
; -4«*leat,waa oho of those significant manifes
' 'tjtipiui that ought’ to convince him that his
■ gsiiius and industry are not forgotten by his
frieods and fcllotr-citizcns. _ A good theatre,
carefully conducted, is in important
, i listitntion in * great city, and while we are
; cnot in the habit of cominentiDg upon such
editorially, we think Mr. VTheaiixv,
i-. all that the people
- of Philadelphia can bestow npbn him.
' Tra DtsuaiosiiTS bagin to snuff civil war in
= ; the' gale. Tliey light' their'bonfires, 1 sport
thrtr eoekAdes, =sing their songs, and write
v; tb*lr jwetry, bat ’now and then the idea sug
s igiwa itself whether there may not be a mas
;■ Ket or a cannon ball at the conclusionof the
. argunent. Gentlemen, yon ought to remem
: bcrthat no revolution ever stood the test of
1‘; that had hot a just cause at the basis.
; J Tasjntsotvxaa Hiaatlt will ba ssen, by an
advstUwwnfia asothar oolutn, that*. F.Sfail*
‘ MavXsf., of Boston, kmewn aa tha author of the
Sayings of Krt. Partington, and celtbritod the
,'j wortdoyar as one of th* Snt iuunorlitsof Amtrica,
wCI ,d«UTBr a leotara before thsHarrlwa Literary
Instituta to-morrow evening, at Consort Hall..
Mr. SMllaber has prepared an entirely new lec
;; tan for the Harrison, and we are.aamred that it
. wUI surpass Say of hi» previons attmptg at a
Jyeiwn tßUrlainment. Mr. SUUabsr is a stranger
taPhUadalpfcia, tad as the proeoeda of bis loti tore
'*'’_iifc : fo/‘hs>;, devoted to "a purely literary and
.'ifratwnorthji.’.tnTpoee, we ’ anticipate for him a
laiga and fuhlonable audienea. The Harrbon is
a awfal assoeiatloo, and should receive the
'• pStehageof Iheoommonfty.
Mir* or AK Aosd Citiibs.— The community
iriD he pained to hear of the deceaeo of Thomai
Stewart, E«j, of this oity, which took plaos st Us
. -ruMeaae, in Visa street, at u early hour yester
day morning. While on an errand at meiey, a
r ■ few days ago, he misted bis foothold on the ’em,
and foil to the ground. Being afflleted with' a se-
ver* eeht, his eystem did not react favorahiy from
the iajaiy. Be wie tn the eighty-first year of Us
: ag*, and en}C3red ths xeepect and confldeneo of a
; large eircie of friends. Mr. Stewart wee appolnt
/ ed Dulled State* Appraiser for this port In 1818,
and was eontinaed in office through ths various
AdmlnistraUOsitintlimo.
t . Idtnaa Bale or Bar Coens, .Ctorams, Fobs,
As.—She attention of purehaiom is requested to
-’i '.THio'large and vsleable assortment of
‘ff9Msh, Swiss, Herman, and American dry goods,
f ?, ,fos|nniiehre flits, As., embracing SCO packages
- aind lets sf dssirahle assestment of eiaple and
-fcneyartkle., in wSollen, worsted, eotten,
' ‘- 'BntUj’aiid dlke ; includmg a targe assortment of
rsndi-made elothing. Ao., tebe peremptorily sold
i Bgo«talogae, «n : six months’ eredit,.6y Mj.ra,
,'’ ; A Co.,aoetfoneeii, iUi taA tU Arab
s'.iSlSlitj Sommeneingthis morning, at 10oBleek ; to
hwshntfaued the greater porgea of thedey, wlth
: - ! TaW/aim Flaw it Public Saiai—We would
.. esß the attention of those seeking safe invest-
sele, by orderot the Orphims’ Court
M woueoeter oouuty, If. d., on to-morrow, Thurs-
K.fftsWvMmtut, 18, at 2 o’clock F. M., of a vaioa
>r - esmprislßg two husdred and
.'/-I 'frjjjff.-Wl-oleaaed anduadereultiva
jj* - _* l* *teit - WMahly located sUteen iallu
*W*»»o*A««gail»r tatnoiheroed. Band-.
*• *• FanoMst's, aootlqneer;
athmttauef Use trade fe
fri iMrm- to t* ot «« bualnd -lett averted
gSOfc ttbt eeld tUI "»»*»« Sl S. »JF»Beoart,
, ' auerteueer, d3l Cheefomt;. stteat. ImclaSed will he
smbrrtds>its,de«MiinMhTu!
• mhmoS
••rtstm risk valvat fiowers, Oscmaatswn hasp
halt geode, hastily, orioket jsektts, Ae.
A Kind Word for the Booth,
While the organ of President Buchanah.
(the Constitution) daUy stimolates and
plaads the and glories as lr.n i
labor of love, in ctyliinttgetlng the most exag
gerated mlsst atnmtlWi ot the purposes of Hr.
IdHOOis and'h!s irifedsjtiie Union'men in
the Southern States should not fail to hold up
before the people the unanswerable fact, that
if that section now occupies a false position, it
is mainly owing to the uqjust and tyrannical
course of the President and Jhiß advisers.
Wo are hot. disposed to open old irrita
tions, but when a newspaper, unquestionably
gpeafcing the sentiments of the Executive, re
fuses to aid in calming the political tempest,
it is well that the responsibility of much of
the present excitement should be located ex
actly 1 where it belongs. The New York
Htrald, a, few days ago, distinctly charged
that if Mr. Buohahah bad not persisted in his
despotie Lecompton policy, the American
people V/ould not now bo mourning in the
face of a gloomy future. Bankruptcy would
not brood over our great cities. Starvation
would not threaten our laboring population,
and political mal-contents would not riot in
tire prospect'd their country’s ruin.
The people of the South hesitated a long
time before they endorsed the President’s
course on the Lecompton question. Governor
Wise was one of the first to admonish them of
the danger of rushing their destinies npon
such an Issue. Senator Hahhokd, of South
Carolina, characterized it as an unworthy and
wretched trick. In Kentucky, Louisiana, Ten
nessee, and even in Mississippi and Alabama,
from which the first threats of the fire-eaters
came; there were patriotic newspapers aud
men who deplored or condemned it. And so
of the proscriptions of honest Democrats which
followed flat upon it. We happen to know
that, while finally the President’s great blunder
was forgotten in what he contrived to give the
appearance of devotion to the South, thero
remained, and remains among the hearts of
our countrymen in that quarter, with rare ex
ceptions, a firm belief tbat if be had acted
differently all would now be well. His name
was not mentioned in the regular Democratic
National Convention. No resolntion of ap
proval of his Administration or himsolf was.
offered at Charleston, or at the adjourned ses
sion at Baltimore. Even the friends of Mr.
BnxoxniniDaE refused in their sectional and
unauthorized meeting to pay him the poor
tribute of a cold and passing compliment,
i Thus it is clear that the beginning of onr
divisions cannot fairly be attribnted to the
masses of American citizens residing in the
Slave States. The sonree of these dissensions
is to, be found among the leaders who now
Clamor against the Union, and who presented
the test to Mr. Buchanah, which he accepted,
i and then attempted to force upon the conntry.
1 Let the patriotic mqn; North and Sonth, bear
this fact in mind. 'lt j? historic truth, and it
will only be forgotten, and the offence which
| it commemorates forgiven, when those who
are chiefly responsible shall prove their real
, repentance, by yielding to the majesty of the
, laws, and bowing befere. the verdict of the
i ballot-boxes.
Tins letter addressed by our esteemed fel
low-citizen, David Salomon, Esq., to the
people of Alabama, which we published from
the Mobile Register, on Monday last, bas been
read with much interest. Mr. Saiohoh has
resided in the Sonth for many years, and is
now actively engaged in heavy business in
Philadelphia. His appeal to his old friends is
thus welcomed by the Register of the 20th:
11 We publish ibis morning a letter from Mr.
David Salomon, of Philadelphia, well known bore
as a resident of .Mobile for many years. Bis ap
psai Is natural and jut from his present point of
viow, and, so far as it urges upon the South calm
ness and moderation (eotublned with unyielding
flrmnen) in the present crisis, it aoeards with the
prompting* of onr own judgment. Mr. Salomon,
pa well as the many frienda we are happy to hnow
that, we hare at the North, will hear in mind the
•idgeat eirenmetaaees by which the whole oonn
,try, and. especially the Sonth, is surrounded. An
effort was made in the late eanvass to save the
Union, hy an appeal to the people of both stations
to reitefa the only principle in reference te the
vexed question of slavery, on which it conid snb
•lit, to.wit: the principleof,non-interference with
that question by Congress la any manner or shape.
No man will doubt or deny that we have fought
for the astablishment of that vital principle of the
aovornment .with sit the vigor and constancy In
oat natnre. 1 ’ , ,
' Population of Philadelphia,
. The evident inaccuracy of the late United
States Gensns, so far as Philadelphia is con
cerned, renders It necessary, if onr actual popu.
lotion should be ascertained, to hare a new
local enumeration of the inhabitants. Hun.
dredsj.we.might say thousands, of-persons were
omitted. Within onr own personal knowledge
at least twenty houses were passed by, when
the census-takers were supposed to be doing
their duty. Thee numeration which the City
.Councils desire .to have made, will probably
show at about 660,000 actual
inhabitahtS~*ioi, as in New York, where a
fourth ot the business people live on Long
Island or Jersey.: To insure accuracy, the
City Census'Should betaken all upon one day.
A Privatc Letter from Tex as.
' We prlufc tt portion of a prifato letter from a.
febileoftn-sow in Texaf—born in Vir
finia, ud well £no«n in Pennsylyania. Tho wri
ter ku for tfce Jett two jeara been engaged in
btirincss'ln Tex&f. Ho fnjt: “ I despair of now
making a dollar th!a winter, and if 1 con find a pur
chaser will cell oat, cTcn at half prlco, as 1 assaro
job the ‘ signs of tho tines’ boto betoken trouble
)n the South and North. Since the news of the
cloctlon of Uncoln icaohed boro, in Hew Orleans
and Galveston evorjtbing has almost stood still, and
the people (I mean the masses, not the politicians
or traitors,.hot the mechanics and tho planters and
their families, one and all,) are deoplj and unmls
takablj alarmed; and it ta the honest beliof that
nothing but a 6oatbem Confederaoj can cave their
homes, their property, and even - themielves from
the fanaticism of Northern Abolitionists. While they
{rankly acknowledge many good and true conserva
tive friends at the North, the recent election shows
condisively to their minds that they are now over
whelmingly in the minority and becoming more
so Qpety .yeir. The South will now make a-de
cided stand of some, kind,as certain as tho world
goes round. Haring the past week I have
been at Galveeton, Houston, and meny other
points. 1 The star! and stripes are run down, and
the original Texas banner of the (( lone star” pat
ap fnstead.
, The people of Texas say that *if the Booth will
go together and act as a unit in treating with tho
North, then Texas will go with them, and U other
wise, Texas will sgaln auert her independence,
and keep the ( lone star’ up.” This U sot the cla
mor of mobs, bbt the result of cool deliberation,
and proceeds from eonnty mata meetings, conduct
ed In an orderly manner by ablo and intelligent,
worthy* looking oltisens as you can find in any
State of the Union. ‘ At a meeting held hero yes
terday, this county, which Is rioh and flourishing,
the. men, women, Children, and even the negroes,
tamed oat.
Volastcer companies aro forming everywhere.
Agents, or drummers of Northern houses, aro sot
allowed to travel in the interior of the State, unices
they aio etrongly hacked and vouohcd for hy pro
minent howes in Galveston or Houston. Those
who • voted for Bell and Houglffs now fall into llse
upon the ono great question, and I think them
right I If tho fools at the North derire to precipi
tate this Union into disunion,.thoy now have the
opportunity, and while many good men in the
Bouth i deprecate disunion until the last hope is
gene, I have etill'tq.meetoxo who will not instant
ly take np ami against tho Federal Government
attempting to keep any one State from going out.
This issue will be met, and 2 think, very properly,
too, before Mr. Buchan an goes out of power.
I voted, as yoa knew, for Mr. Bell, hut itill my
feelings are all With the South. On the whole, Ido
not regret that inch is the ease. We will never he
better prepared far It. It is high time that tho
everlasting negro question was lor once and for
ever settled. *****
Academy of Basic.
The opera of “Brnani” Is to be played this
evening. It is popular, but not hackneyed, and
Colson's tinging and acting, to say nothing of the
mde vocalists, will draw a good house.
It has often surprised u«, when operas are an
nounced with which the public are only too fami
liar, tfcat managers do not revive those, of un
doubted merit, whioh gave pleasure to connois
seurs in former yean, and would now delight a
new generation. For example “ Tanoredi I ', “ fie.
mframide,” “Medea” (in which Pasta was so
grand), “ MasanicUo,” “La Qenerentola,” “ Otel
lo,”,“La GamLadra,” “Fra Diavelo,” “Gus
tave' H 1.,” and half a score of etheis equally
good* Bat it* seems that thero is a fashion in mu
eld; Verdi and Donlietti and Helcry and Meyer*
becr'have poshed fiossini and Auber to the wall,
and the! Pols seinal to be—better indifferent new
worki tbsn the best by the composers who were
popular years ago.
Mrs. Joh& Brew’s Benefit*
This evening* at Arch-stmt Theatre, that ex
cellent actress and universal favorite, Mrs. John
Drew, takes her benefit. For particulars read the
advertisement. Better still, do nor , read it, but
go to the theatre, with a certainty of befog grati
fied - As Julia nye in the Hunohbaok, “ Ho it! ”
.. t J)nai(itib large and curiously se-
Jasked the private library now
being SOM by Memrt. Thomas, will come under the
hammer this evening.
THE PttESS*r—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1860.
WASHINGTON CORHESPONHENCEi
Letter from “Occasional.”
[Correspondence ot The Press.]
Washington, November 27, 1860.
On more then one occasion 1 have distinctly as
serted that Chief Justice Taney would be expeoted
to resign his position in order to give Mr. Bnohanan
an opportunity to reward Judge Blaok or Caleb
Cushing. My statement wad ad repeatedly denied •
and even yesterday, in the faoe of what is known
to be the ease, a oontradiotion was sent over the
telegraphio wires that the venerable head of that
high tribunal had oome to no such coholdsion. I
repeat that he will certainly retire at an early day.
His increasing years and infirmities may h*ave ren
dered this step necessary, but another reason Is
supplied by those who profess to know.
One of the main objections to Mr. Lincoln by
the middling Dlßunioniata is that which prediots
that he intends nominating, for any vaoanoies that
may ooour in the Supreme Court of the tJnited
State, none but ultra anti-slavery jurists, Uottbt*
less, Justice Taney, in his earnest desire to pre
serve the Union, thought that by withdrawing
from the bonoh, and thus enabling Mr. Bnohanan
to appoint a Demooratio suooossor, one of the ob
staoles to peace would be removed. In this sensei
let us oonstrue his forthcoming resignation.
Two new members of the Supreme Court will
take their seats in a short time, and one of these
will probably ho the Attorney General of the United
Btatesv His friends anticipate that the Sonata will
promptly confirm him, but on aooount of his aotlve
sympathy in all the late proscriptions upon good
Democrats, he may, and I think will, bo steadily
opposed, even by Southern men. Who will succeed
him in the Cabinet ? You have more' than one as
pirant in Philadelphia for the honor of holding
that place for two or three months.
The lalo Commissioner t o China, Hob. Wm. B.
Reed, ahd that eminent judiollil “ wonder” Hon.
Jobb Cadwdladcr, Judgo of tho Eastern Dlstriot
of Pennsylvania, would gladly accept tho position
If tendered to them. Tho latter will put forth tho
strongest claim. Ho will toll tho President that
Mr. Rood is anow-comcr in the Domooratio party,
end that ever elneo he eame ovor nothing but di
vision and dlsastor have been our lot. But how
oan tho Prcsidont resist the other reasons for
Judgo Cadwfllader’s appointment as Attorney
General —particularly tho brevity, tho dearness,
tho Johnsonian vigor of. his opinions, and tho des
patch and dignity of his judicial conduct ? Mr.
Buohonon is so well acquainted with tho human
obaiaotcr, however, and so successful in all that
ho does in the way of appointments, that I doubt
not ho will need no farther suggestions on this
head.
There is ahother Pennsylvanian, not of Philadel
phia, who would make a capital Attornoy General
under any Administration. - I allude to Edwin M.
Staunton, tho former law partner of Judge Shaler,
of Pittsburg, and now a sucoessfal praotltionor in
this city. Here is a man who, without having ever
filled a political office, is, by oommon consent,
esteemed to bocuo of the moat profound, intrepid,
and thorough lawyers in America. He has boon
employed to aid the Government in many of the
most intricate cases, and much of tho oredit, be
stowed upon Judgo Blaok for the manner in which
certain fraudulent California claims were probed
and exposed, is due to Mr. Staunton. His praotloo
has already grown to ha enormous, and 1 question
whether he would consent to loave it, even tem
porarily, to ocoopy a new station, however honora
ble or high.
The unkind comment of the Edinburgh Review
for Ootober, npon tho President’s splendid recep
tion of the Princo of Wales, at tho White House,
cxoitei gro&t indignation in official circles. The
0. P. P. has read tho aitiole, under tho hoad of
“Tho Prcaidenoyship of Mr. Buchanan,” and dees
not concoal his mortification and ohagrln. It is so
oareful, oaustio, and osndid a statement of his
manifold transgressions, that he believes it to be
tho production of his old iriend, Lord Palmerston.
Ton know that Palmerston always distrusted Bu
chanan, and that the latter heartily cohced the
feeling. What rendors this sharp review all tho
moxo galling in high quarters, is tho fact, notorious
horo, that tho President expected to propitiate tho
Queen and her Ministry to suoh an extent as to bo
able to mako a European reputation. In the
exUt'ng divided condition of the Presidential
family, Mr. Buchanan has concluded to refer the
article above alluded to to his ohosen friend, the
ex-Commissioner of China, lion. William fc. Reed,
who, having over-matohed her Majesty’s diplo
matists, is, therefore, qualified to undertake the
task of replying to this unexpected assault. A
friend, at my elbow, suggests that the authorship
of this unfriendly criticism may fairly be. attri
buted to the confidential friend of Mr. Buchanan,
Brands J. Grand— a the basest Hessian of them
all,” (to use the language of Jefferson Davis)—who
is now abroad receiving the pay of the Adminis
tration, and is undoubtedly looking forward to he
retained in some important position under Mr.
Lincoln. Occasional.
£• 11* Chapin at jDonbert Hall*
The second lecture of the People’s Literary-In
stitute course was delivered at Concert Bail, lasi
evening, by the Rev. E. H. Chapin, D. D., his sub’
jeot being
“ HAN AND BIS WORK ”
The audience was brilliant and large, the' hall
befog completely filled, and the orator of the even
ing quite sustained his wide reputation as an elo
quent lecturer.
On being introduced, Hr. Chapin said that the
best apology for the subjeot of tho present lecture
was the fact that it touched everybody. In the
theme proposed, he wished to epeak mainly of
man’s pursuits, and that under two heads:
First, of Laws; second, of Estimates.
The searching analysis of the age in which we
live, recognized and demanded law in everything.
No analogy, he said, held more perfectly oorreot
than that which exists between the human body
and sooiety. Thus, corporate humanity had its
eyes, brains ard tongue, however much the two
latter might at times be eoparated. The faot that
men become what they will, was only true in the
sense that what men are they had willed to be.
Seme men had a remarkable diversity of talent;
but unless these dlveraified.faculties were brought
to bear apon some oommon object, they seldom
amounted to anything more than retnar&a&le phe
nomena.
In the eourse of time the more productive ele
ments of society peeled off It would be found,
apon the oloseet scrutiny, he thought, that every
man had his plaoe; and as all unity Wqb founded
on diversity, so would it be found that the highest
diversity was based upon thegrandest unity. The
first thing to be observed in finding a man’s true
position In life was his personal aptitudes. It was
a sad thing to see men out of their goer, who kept
slipping and thumping through the entire revolu
tion of their life; men whose Ufa was a sort of
“ pot luok ” from first to last. Some held tbefr
places in sooiety xaoro by adroitness than gravita
tion. Yet, bo man should carry to excess the
notion that he is out of his plaoe. The elasticity
of hnman nature was marvellous in conforming it
self even to that (or whioh it Ib not beat fitted. In
his own place every man had his Inspirations. His
argument in this connection was mainly directed
against the falao idea of htgh work and low work.
Exoept in a moral aspect, suoh distinctions wore
absurd. "What, he would ask, were the high and
tho low when compared with the infinitude of God’s
work ? '
But, passing from those personal aptitudes, he
next took up the law of balance. Wo talked of the
liberalizing tendency of certain pursuits. He held
that this was a false position. Exoluding a man
from everything else than his own particular pur
suit, whatever it might be, would inevitably dis
tort his balance. The olergym&n who nevor stu
died anything hut wh&t applied to his profession
was sure to get a sort of idea of the
world, with, perhaps, a little sprinkling of dys
pepsia in it. It was a good rule of life not
to be too muoh addloted to one thing.
This law of balanco required a due proportion
between the thinking and executive faoultios.
Some men’s brains wero nothing but eaheme fac
tories, and it was a great misfortune to the world
thatthese soheme.shad sometimes succeeded. The
min who had an idea, a thing which not every
man could coast of, and worked faithfully to carry
that Idea out, would at least afford one success, to
about twenty fizzles. Some men had the repute,
tlon of being practical men, who wero in fact the
most impracticable imaginable. Of this class were
thoso ultra conservatives, who had suoh a doep
moral abhorrence of progress, that were it not for
the law of gravitation, the world in its revolutions
would undoubtedly bo twitohod from under their
feet, leaving them sticking in blank spaoo !
One other phase in whioh this law of bolasce
was considered was what the leoturer denominated
too much and too little. Under this head he drew
a masterly picture of the difference between those
who are doomed to endless, unremunerated toll on
the one band, and on tho other, those who, from
having nothing to do* are obliged to “ kill time.”
Of the latter, we had not a largo proportion in this
oouctry. He also portrayed the dißtinotion be-j
tween men who are working themselves to death,
from necessity, and those who are doing the same 1
thing without this compulsion. The law of balance
in work was a divine law, andeould not be in
fringed with impunity.
Another law involved in human pursuits was the
law of just measure. It was a prime condition of
all work that It Bhould be morally unimpeachable.
Man should not only consider the effect of his
work on the world at largo, but also its effect upon
himself. The work whioh made his purse swell
and his soul contract, until the latter become in
visible, was manifestly wrong. It was. the qua
lity, and not the quantity, that was to be consi
dered in the examination of this subject. What
he wished to say particularly about the law of just
measure did, however, not apply exclusively to a
strictly moral phase of the question. From the
experience of Galileo and Columbus, it oame to
pass that many a fuddle brain recognized
himself as too big for his age! Upon
the whole, the speakor was of the opinion
that geqius meets its due recognition. The
notion, he said, should be scouted, that genius
must necessarily he erratic. One had given us the
definition of genius, that it was the ability of
lighting one’s own fire; another, that it was pa
tience, and so on, and certainly the history cf the
most brilliant geniuses of.other days went far to
establish, the fact, that ibis gilt is not necessarily
divested of either cominob sense, or common plaoes
In life. As the converse of the position here taken,
he considered the practical effect of short me&-
I sure, in whloh'tbe tricks and shams of soolety wbre
I dlsacotod and # exposed wlthoUt stint, _
He next passed from , the consideration of laws
to that of ishmdtes. Two or three speoifie points
were presented. First, the mental quality, noble*
ness, and intolleotuallty requisite and manifested
in various pursuits. He said it is not everybody
“Jhatoan keep a hotel.” “tlash” saying as this
was, it was true that a oottaln> amount of brains
was necessary to dircot the service and oversee
tho feeding Of thousands in a proper way. The
romance 6! labor, In Us mUltlfofm application, af
forded a fine field for tho display of the leoturer’s
peouliar powers of description and philosophy. Ho
knew it was said that the mainspring of sucocss in
business was a hard heart and a good digestive
apparatus. This was a mistake. JSe next con
sidered the martyrdom of work. The steol-grind
ors of Sheffield, who had to stoop over revolving
stones day in and dqy out, and inhalo the parti*
olea of metal, rarely roaohed middlo age.
Ho then ran through tho catalogue of the various
oooup&tions, mainly in foreign oountrlcs, which
woro detrimental to human life, in which ho show*
; ed that we oojoy many articles of luxury and
comfort, tho history of which, if known, would be
1 6 sad tab of wretchedness and death. All this
\ subject might, however, bo suramod up in success
‘ and failure. It was not uncommon for the world
to applaud buoocbs, while it ignored the means by
„ which it was achieved. The world's estimate of.
i failure, too,'was equally fallacious. .We weto apt
to be selfish in our troubles. Practically, the effect
, of a; boy’s failing to got bis prize at sehool, and
1 Napoleon losing bis crown at Waterloo, was the
same. Nothing was more erroneous than the idea
that failure always presupposed carelessness. The
► great law of charity was hero magnified by
‘ the lecturer with signal power. All lies
( woro failures, whether mercantile, polltl
[. cal, clerical, or' diabolical, and so every im
postor, as ho was only lie personified, was neoossa*
[ xily a failure also.
r in conclusion, he said wo oould not be judged
. for what sooiety now possessed, as that was a. work
r of the past and of others; ours was ther work of
the fature. And with referoneo to our country, the
\ question of liberty now was: Shall the experiment
succeed, or shall the oruoibte he brokou fnthe'pro
[ cess of its development? Ho dosed with the
t thought that, oonsidbrdd in all its relations, the
■ grandest achievement and work of life Was life
, itself.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to the Press.
FURTHER FROM EUROPE.
THE CITY OE BALTIMORE AT NEW YORE,
A Steomor Sent in 'Search of the Prince
of Woles’ Fleet.
Garibaldi Appointed General in
tbe Italian. Army*
New York, Nov. 27. —The steamship City of
Baltimore , from Liverpool on the 14th initrot, ar
rived at this port this afternbbn.
The steamship Canadian arrived at London
derry on Wednesday.
There will be no departureof steamers from Gal
way until the Bailing of the steamer Prince
on December 18, the steamer Leinster not being
ready for service.
Up to tho time of departure, no news had been'
rcoeived of tho whereabouts of the Princo of
Wales’ fleet.
The steamer Himalaya had been sent out in
search of the fleet, and other vessels wore prepa
ring for tho same errand.
A seaman on board tho ship Jeremiah Thomp
son, at Liverpool, had boon brutally beaten by the
boatswain, and died from tho ofleots of the injuries
he received. Tbo boatswain, John Keggan, jump
ed overboard, and was drownod.
A subscription had been started in England with
the view of presenting Captain Wilson, of the brig
Minnie Schidfer, with a propet testimonial for his
rescue of the passengers and crew ol the steamer
Connaught,
It icr stated that the oiroumstanocs attending the
Orange.demonstrations in Canada will be brought
before Parliament early in tho session.
Tho report Jfi revived that M- ThOuvenel will
soon quit the Frenoh Foreign Office
The formation of a French squadron in reservo,
to be reedy in spring, Is positively nnnounoed.
The Paris Bourse had been buoyant and higher
but relapsed and closed dull. ,
. It is said that the representatives of Franoe and
England have recommended the Bing of Naples to
abandon the contest.
Farini has been appointed Vioeroy of Kapler.
A new council has neon formed, including Peorio
and other Liberals. ,
Garibaldi has boon appointed a general in-the
Italian army.
AUSTRALIA.
. Melboarae dates to the 25th of September have,
been received. Commercial affairs vrere rather'
more favorable. *
The shipments-of sold to England daring the
month amounted to 130,000 ounces. -
THE BANKB OP FRANCS AND ENGLAND.
Latest —London.—The drain upon the Bank of
France continues to become more active, and'
should tbe demand for gold continue, a rise in the
rate of discount by the Bank of England to 5} per
ent. will he decided upon by Thursday.
AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
The London 'Times has no doubt that tho Allies
have taken possession of and ©coupled Pekin, and
will oontinuo to hold powoesion of it during the
entire winter.
GREAT BRITAIN.
A eubEoripUon bad boon cot on foot in EogUpd
with a view of prerentlne Captain Wilson, of the
Minnie Shtffer } with a pioturo of tho rescue of tho
passengers and orew from the burning steamer Con
naught. Tho painting of the pioturo had boon
entrusted to Mr. Qriorlj, the eminent marine
artist, who bad boon furnished by Captain Lcitch:
with full particulars of the event.
Several destructive fires bad occurred in Dublin.
Ih cue of them the Kildare Si. Club-boirb was
totally burned, and three domestios perished In the
flames. The loss was heavy.
The London Press states that the circumstances
attending the Orange demonstration in Canada,
on the oooaslon of the visit of the Prinoe of Wales,
will be brought before Parliament early In tho
session. The Pr&s eulogises tbe loyalty of the
Drangomcn, and attributes ell the unpleasantness to
the insulting and overbearing conduct of the Duke
of Newcastle. x
A long-pending law case of " Shedden versus
Tho Attorney General and Patrioi,” In which
some Amerioan interests are Involved, was pro*
grossing in the London Divorce Court. A Miss
Shedden advooated her own cause, and addressed
the court In speeches oooupying several hours in
their delivery,
FRANCE.
Detachments of troops wero being despatched
every day by the Lyons Railway to Marseilles.
These troops are to proceed to Rome te complete
the war battalions of tne regiments stationed there.
It was stated authoritatively in Paris that all
men on unlimited leave of absenoe had received
orders to remain In the localities where they are
registered, so that if wrnted, they may be called
upon at the earliest moment.
Accounts from the French manufacturing dis
tricts ore satisfactory.
Wheat continued firm in Paris.
The Bourse had been buoyant, and rentes had
touched 70.45, bat on tho 13th it was depressed,
And the olosing quotation was 70.10.
The Mlnistor of tho Interior had addressed a
circular to all the prefects, which, after stating
that the Government did not prohibit the Pontifi*
oal nor the collection of Peter’s pence, saya that
notwithstanding it cannot admit the unauthorized
establishment of permanent committees for collect
ing subscriptions for a foreign Government; and
those whioh have already been formed are to be
dissolved, or they will be subjected to equal penal
ties. The offerings of individuals can bo froely
givon as heretofore
Despatches from Naples state that the Piedmon
tese were vigorously pushing on the siege of Gaota.
Troops and & siege train bad been landed at the
small town.of Molaoh Gaota, and th© Piedmontese
headquarters bad been advanced to Llssl. On the
sth instant, a Sardinian frigate stood Into the bay
of Gaeta to reconnoitre. It ascertained that the
defenoes were in good condition, and that nume
rous redoubts and othor field works had boon
thrown up, so as to command the road from Mola.
The London Post's Paris correspondent telegraphs
that the KiDg of Naples had not yet mado known
his intention of quitting Gaeta.
It is said that the representatives of Fr&noo and
England, at the Courtof Gaeta, have Recommended
Francis 11. to abandon the contest. .
A Naples despatch announces that Mnsanettl
Farina had been appointed Viceroy. Vintimiglia,
Solaloja. Poerio, ana D’Aiflotohave been appointed
Councillors of the Viooroyalty.
Till tho convocation of tho great Italian Parlia
ment, whioh is expcctod to take placo in January,
tho Viceroy ef Naples and tho viceroy of Sicily
will exercise full dictatorial powers, doing as they
please, both as to laws, institutions, and persons.
On Garibaldi taking bisdeparture for tbe island
of Oaprera, ho was overwhelmed with the most
striking demonstrations of sympathy from the
King, the staff, the officers, and the army in gene
ral.
His Majesty was to leave Naples on the 11th
Instant for Sicily, and would return on the 17th.
Great festivities were to take place on the 18th
instant.
General Lamarmora had been entrusted with tho
military reorganisation.
Garibaldi had been appointed a general in the
army.
It is stated that the Neapolitan troops whioh
lately Invaded the Papal territory did eo through
treaohery on the part of their generals. The
Pope haa sent for their relief 50,000 Roman soudi,
ana General Goyon 80,000 rations. The troops
will be sent by the Papal Government to their own
country.
General Goyon, it is said, considers his position
untenable. The Papal Government hns every
where denied the reports that tho Popo will leave
Romo. General Lamoriciere had quitted Rome
on ten months’ leave of absence.
Gen. Fanti had arrived at Turin.
A new Counoil bad been formed at Naples. It
includes Poerio in the Department of Public In
struction, and Vintimiglia in the Interior Depart
ment.
The electoral law of Sardinia had been promul
gated for Naples.
The latest Advioes from Gaeta say Francis 11,
had rejeoted the proposal for the evaouatlon of the
town.
The siege works before the town were actively
continued It was still hoped to recur© the sub
mission of Gaeta without serious fighting, but. in
oace tho garrison did not capitolato tho bombard'
ment would oommenco in a few days.
Tho departure of Victor Emmanuel for Palermo
had been postponed.
A voluminous report, by Lamorioiere, of his
proceedings in Italy is published.
The Daily News authoritatively contradicts a
rumor started by tho Times, .that Sir James Had*
son was to be superseded in the British mission to
Sardinia. _ ,
.AOaxiirA.
Aii imperial decree definitively appoints Getr.
Dshgeiifield Field Marshal,and Minister of War.
- Another decree cancels fill -written warnings re
mitted to the jouifcals up to the present time
A rumor bad been current that Austria intend
ed to grant a libersl Constitution to Venetia, but
it was denied.
CHINA.
Bong Kong letters to September 28th had reach
ed England.
The Chinese. Commissioners at lion-tain having
no power to sign the treaty of peace, all communi
cations were stopped, and the aliiod army was put
In motion for Pekin. She advanced portion of the
army reaohed a plaoo called Yang-tsunyoh on the
10th of September. Lord Elgin left Tien-tsin oil
tho Bth for Pekin.
Two thousand troops remained In garrison at
Tien-tsin*
Various rumors wero current as to the cause of
the stoppage of negotiations, but they had no foun"
dation.
The Times' correspondent says that the Ohlneso
have been playing their old game of duplicity,
and much valuable time has consequently been lost
at a critical eoason of the year.
Tnere was difficulty in conveying baggage to
Pekin, as the coolies engaged for the purpose wero
deserting. -
Prince Ban Kolin-sin was repotted to bo at the
head of a largo force at Pekin.
The London Morning Post had given ourrenoy
to a ropoit that feir Hope Grant bad seat a telegram
to the Government announcing that be was ship
ping the troops home again; and the iuferonco
was that peaco had been scoured,• and that a tole
gram announcing this important fact had gone
astray.' This delusion was subsequently ex
plained' by the discovery tbat a telographio error
had been committed in Sir Hope Grant's despatch.
The rebels were inactive, hut were Impeding
business at Canton, having seised a quantity of tea
intended for that market. There wao.au improved
feeling, however, in the Canton market. Freights
to New York $l2. Exohange at Hong Kong 4s Bjd
&4s9d. Trade at Bhacghaa continued very dull.
Exchange declined to 6s sida6s 6Jd. Teas at Foo-
Chow had beon pretty aotive at well-supported
prices.
The American frigate John Adams was at Foo-
Chow, and, the etoix&sTXßartford was at Shanghae,
HA doßpatoh from the Earl of Elgin, dated Tien
tßng, September 8, states that the Chinese Com
missioners mado little objection to the convention,
except the olaoee providing that, of the totAl in
det&hUy of eight million taels, one million should
be paid before Tion-tsin was evacuated by the
British troops, at which, after considerable eva
sion, they declared that the oonvention must be
first submitted to the Emperor. As thlß was mani
festly a devioo to gain. time, and* throw the Allies
into tho winter, Lord Elgin, with the concurrence
of Baron Gros, resolved at once to proceed to
Tangchow, nndgave orders to tho forces accord
iDS'T' INbIA.
The lottors froth Oaloutta are to the Bth of Octo
ber.
The news is Unimportant. The Produce markets
wero quiet, but holders were very firm. The Im
port market was without material ohaege. Priooa
were generally firm. Exohange 2s a2t 9-16 d.
In Freights, the business was moderate, while
the arrivals were large.
Latest Per City of Baltimore, via
Liverpool.
London, November 14, 1860.
The British Embassy at Turin.—The Daily
News is authorized to state that there is no foun
dation for the report published by tbe Times, that
it is Intendod to remove Sir James Bronson from
Turin.
Fnijsfl Advance in tub Rats op Discount.—
Abotit fivo o’clock, yesterday .afternoon, it was an
nounced from the bank of England, in the sub
joined notification, that the minimum rate of dis
count had been raised from 41 per cent., at whioh
it was fixed on Thursday last, to 5 per cent.
(( The minimum rate of discount for bills not
having more than ninety days to run Is raised to
five per cent.
“51, MarsilAll, Chief Cashier.”
This alteration in the Bank of Eogland’s rate of
discount was not known at all on the Stock Ex
change, nor in financial circles, until some tune
after the close of business hours
The Times says that this step was adopted in
conseqnenot'Of a withdrawal, during the aftor
noon, of £300,000 in gold, on account of the Bank
of France, and whien, it is understood, will be
forthwith followed by a farther sum of £200,000.
Tho Daily News says that the drain upon the
Bank of Franoe continues, and private letters state
that It has become more active during the last
week Tho directors of that establishment accord
ingly offered a premium for gold, whioh attracts
it from here, and tbe Bank or England on their
part have no choioo but to persevere in protective
messaros.
Should the effiax of gold continue, it Is probable
that ft rise of 61 percent, in the rate of discount
will be decided Upon as oarly as nett Thursday.
London, Novombcr 15, 1860.
The following is tho farewoll address of Gari
baldi :
, , . “ NAPb)?B, November 8,1800.
“To mv CoHlAniONs-iN-ABitß i wo mutt now
consider, the period which is just finishing as the
last stage but ono in ournatiomil resurrection, and
prepare oureclvos to finish, worthily, tho marvel
ous design of tho elect of twenty generations, the
completion of whioh Providenoe has reeorved for
this fortunate ago of yours.
“ Yes, young meo, Italy owes to you an under
taking whioh has been marked by the applause of
tho Unlvefse. To this wonderful account in your
country’s history another more- glorious still will
be added, and tho slave shall show at last to his
free brothron a sharpened sword forged from the
links of his fetters. To arms, then, all of you, and
the oppressors and the mighty will disappear like
the dost. , ,
“ You, too, women, cast away all cowards from
your arms, that will only give' you eowards for
children, and you who are the. daughters of the
land of duty must have children that are noble
and brave. Let timid doctrines be cast out
from amongst us. ' Providence has presented
Italy with Victor Emmanuel, and by the side of
Victor Emmanuel every quarrel should be for
gotten.
“ Once more I repeat my battle cry, * To arms,
all of you. 7 If Maroh, 1861, does not find a mil
lion of Italians in arms, then ala* for Liberty!
alas for Italy 1 Lot the March of 1861, or, If ne
cessary, tho February, find us all at our posts.
Italians of Cal&tafernt, Palermo, Volturno, An
cons, Oaslilfidardo, and Iserni, every man or this
lend who is not a coward, or a slave, is on our
side. All of us, all of us, I say, standing round
the glorious hero of Palestro, will strike the last
blow at the orumbling edifice of tyranny.
“.Receive, volunteers, the honored conquerors of
battles, ono word of farewell from mo to-day. I
am obliged to retire, bat it is for a four days only.
The hour of battle will find me with you again.
Let those only return to their homes who are oelied
by the imperative duties of their families, and
those who, by their wounds, have deserved the
f gratitude of their country. Those will serve Italy
n their homes, by their counsels, and the very
Aspect of tnbir nbble wounds. Apart from these,
let all others remain to guard our glorious ban
ners,.
(< We shall moot ere long again, ttf march toge
ther for the redemption of our brethren who are
stUl the slaves of tbe Stranger.
“We shall meet again ere long, and march to
gether to new triumphs,”
LATEST MARKETS.
fßj Telegraph to Queenstown.]
Liverpool, Wav, 15 —The sales of Cotton, yesterday,
reached only 8,000 boles, nearly all to the trade. The
market closed verr dal), and price* were easier, but
quotations unchanged
The Breadatutfii market was dull.
The Provision market dosed doll.,
Loudon, Wednesday Wight.—Consols closed to-day at
,93X093 for money, and 93&93X for aooount.
America* Securities.—'The latest sales wore—Erie
Railroad, 83034: Wew York Central Railroad,77oBo;
illinois Central Railroad. 27037 X disoount.
Steamship Canadian, from Quebec, arrived at Lon
donderry to-day. .
Three Days Later from Enropi
THE ARABIA AT HALIFAX.
Halifax, Nov. 27.— The royal mall steamship
from Liverpool on the 17th instant, via
Queenstown on the 18th, arrived at this port at 4
o’olook this afternoon.
Her advioes are three days Inter than those fur*
nisbed by the steamer City of Baltimore.
The steamship City of Washington arrived at
Queenstown on the 17th instant.
Commercial Intelligence,
tfir the steamof Arabia,]
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Friday, Nov. 18.
—The sales oftho week amount to 44 000 bales, including
12,000 bales to speoulatbr©and 3,000 bales to exporters.
The market opened firm, but olosed very doll and ir
regular. Aii qualities n*vo declined somewhat, the
lower qualities falling in price, and the middling
qualities Xd- Bunmras has been ahriost suspended by
tbe advance in bank rates.
The sales to-day f Friday) aro estimated at C,ooobales,
including 1,000 bales to speculators and for export. The
market otaes dull at tho following quotations:
, Fair.. Middlings,
New Orleans.-.-.. —7« 7
Mobiles __.... „.7>J $u
Uplands ,7,V 6)2
The stnor in port is estimated at 608,600 bales, inclu
ding 4(8 000 bales of American.
STATE OF '• RADK.—The advioes from Manchester
are unfavorable, prioes bavin* ai declining tendenoy,
though nominally unchanged. The sates have been un
important. ■|
„ HAVRE COTTON MARKET, Wbdnbsdat,—new
Orleans tres ordinaire is quoted iOOf; ditto bag ats3f.
The market is very dull, 7,000 bales being the amount of
the week's sales. Stock injnrt 107,000 bales.
LIVERPOOL BREADBTUFFS MARKET,—Bread
stuff* have a declining tendenoy. Messrs. Richardson
A Spence report Flour dull end offered at a reduction :
sales at 235®3186d. Wheat dull and 2d®3d lower; sales
at 11s sd©l2*9d for red and 1256d014s for white. Corn
firm; mixed and yellow JWscSSs 3d ; white 4350455.
From Pike’s Peak.
Fort Kearney, Nov. 27.— Tho Pike’s Peak ex
press, which left. Denver City on the morning of
the 24th, passed here about noon to-day, with
$4,000 In freight.
Denver, Nov. 24, 8 A. M. —Parties are still
leaving lor tho San Juan mines
A letter received yesterday brings very encou
raging reports from that region.
A eovero snow-storm continued throughout the
22d and 23d. Many oattlo are dyiag.
The incoming freight trains aro all lying by fbr
beftor weather.
The drivorintbo central overland express eoaoh,
wbilo coming in, night beforo last, had both his
hands frozen.
A duel is to be fought at 10} b’olook to-day be
tween a Mr. Riley and Charles Harrison. The
former is tho challenging party. He is a young
lawyer, formerly from Virginia, and nag been act
ing as deputy sheriff at Mountain City tor some
time past. Charley Harrison kcops the Criterion.
saloon in this city, The weapons appointed are
navy pistols, distance fifteen foot, arms to be drawn
after the word fire is given.
The Provisional Legislature adjourned on Mon
day to Golden City.
From Havana.
New York, Nov. 27,—The Bteamer Matanzas,
from Matanzas on tho 22d, arrived here to-day.
Freights are unchanged.
Tbe stook of sugar at Havana aud Matanzas
amounted to 168.000 boxes.
The orops were very promising.
Position of Congressman Curry, of
Alabama*
Washington, Nov. 27.—Hon J. L. M. Curry,
momhor of Congress from Alabama, in a private
lottor, gives a flat contradiction to the import that
ho is against the Recession movement.
Legislature of Mississippi*
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 20.— Tho Legislature or
ganized to-day, and the message of the Governor
was read. Its tone Is uncompromising for seces
sion, and the members appear to bo unanimous on
tho flame side.
Front Kansan.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MONTGOMERY
We.have intelligence from Lawrence that Aot-1
ing Governor Beebe arrivod there on Saturday
evening, having had an interview with Montgo
mery, who, with forty-three men, was engaged in
the trial of a man charged with kidnapping a free
negro. The man, whose name was not. given, was
found guilty, and hung in the presenoe of Beebe. I
Fort Scott has not been harmed or Paris saoked,
as has been reported.
The arrivals oy the stage at Kansas City on Sa
turday evening report all quiet.
Leavenworth, Nov. 26.—8 y a private letter
from Lawrence we* have another account of the
interview of Secretary Beebe with Montgomery.
This account says tbut Bebee found Montgomery
engaged In fciylng a man named MoDonatd, whoso
alleged offenoe was that of being in lavor of tbe
execution of the fugitive riave law, and that at
the soltoitation of Mr. Beebe, he'was set free
On being expostulated with, Montgomery Is re
ported as having defied tho power of tbe Territo
rial and Federal Government?.
Leavenworth, Nov. 26. —Gen. Harney afid.Gov.
Medary arrived at tbe fort this morning, and leave
for Southern Kansas to-morrow morning, with 100
dragoons, and two pieces of Capt. Bain
in oommand.
Troopß have st&rtod from Fort Riley to tbe same
leatination.
The two divisions will rendezvous at Mound City,
ilxtecu miles from the Missouri State line.
Scorcoy is preserved by the officials regarding
tbo plan of operations.
Montgomery acknowledges the commission of
the late murders bis band is charged with. Ho
stated that no fugitive could be token-baok to
Missouri, and said ho would continue his opera
tions ogain6t that State, and Arkansas find Texas.
If the troops oame against him in large bodios, be
would dodge them, but would whip any small par
ties.
At a meeting called by prominent Republicans,
neld in this city, on Saturday evening, at the Dis
trict Court room, Mayor McDowell presiding, a
committee on resolutions reported the following
series: ,
Whereas , Intelligence has been reoeived from
southeastern Kansas whioh leaves little room to
doubt* that olvil war has been added to the ourse
of famine, which already oppresses that seotion
of Kansas: therefore,
Resolved , That without expressing any*opinion
as to the enusos whioh may have led Montgomery,
Jennison, and their followers, or any other bands
of men aoting with or in opposition to them, to the
renewal of violence and disorder Sn that seotion of
Kansas, we regard it to be our duty, as citizens of I
the Territory, to deuounoe their unlawful and in
surrectionary acts, and to support the'Executive
Authorities of tbe Territory in restoring and pre
serving the publio peace. j
Resolved, That the recent expulsion by the
General Government of settlors in the county of |
Oherokeo from their homos on the neutral lands at
the beginning of winter, and in a season of utter
destitution and famine, was an not of oruelty and
oppression unparalleled in the history of a freefpoo
ple; but that such expulsion cannot afford them a
plausible pretext for adding to the misories of the
people by the renewal of civil war.
Resolved, That, having settled beyond doubt,
the question of slavery in Kansas, we condemn all
attempts to embroil us in controversies and colli
sions, arißingout of that question, with the people
of our neighboring State—whether made by Dis
unioniats without or by nullifiers within lour bor- I
ders.
The resolutions were supported by Messrs. I
Ewing, Johnson, Delaney, ami others, and opposed
by Messrs. Anthony and McOabon, on the ground
that no Information hod beon received to justify
tho belief' that civil war existed in the Territory.
Amid muoh excitement and confusion, the re
port of the committee was declared adopted, and I
the meeting adjournod. 1
Immediately aftor tho adjournment, those op- 1
posed to the notion of the meeting at Stockton Hall
reassembled, Judge James McCahon in the obair.
Tho following preamble and resolutions were
Adopted:
Whereas , It ib reported that difficulties of a
serious nature exist in Southeastern Kansas—
Aiul whereas, We have no reliable information
on the subjeot: thorofore,
Resolved, That we withhold ell action in tbe
matter until the facts connected with the oaie can
be satisfactorily ascertained.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appoint
ed by tho chair for the purpose of ascertaining tho
facts with regard to the nature and origin of the
difficulties, and their extent.
Resolved, That tho action of the Administration,
its offioers and agents, with, reference to the New
York Indian lands and the neutral lands, consti
tute a series of outrages unparalleled in the history
of any government.
Resolved , That we condemn any violation of
the laws of our country,land that any and every
one who, after a fair and Impartial trial, is or are
found guilty of suoh violations, should suffer the
penalty of the laws.
Messrs. E. C. Bancroft, A. G. Wilder, and A.
G. Sol ay wero appointed aeommitteo to obtain the
information required by tbe resolutions. The
meeting then adjourned. *
FROM FORT SCOTT.
Kansas Oxty,‘*Nov. 27.— The ma>l-ooaoh from
Fort Scott, arrived horo this eveoinz, bringing
lease Merrln and tWo Registers of the Land Office
at Fort Scott. These gentlemen famish the fol
lowing despatch touching the late disturbances :
Fort Scott, Nov. 25.—Much of- the excitement
here during the last week has been without
re&sonablo cause.
The business of the land office has not been in
terrupted, and no fears exist tbat it will be
It is the prevailing opinion here that tbe flight
of Judge Williams and his court was not war
ranted by oiroumstanoos.
The South Carolina Legislature.
UESaASK OF GOVERNOR GIST.
Columbia, S. 0., Nov. 27.—The message of Gov.
Gist was presented to the Legislature at 1 o’olook
this aftornoon.
The Governor devotes many pages .to the con
sideration of local State affairs.
He says that,tin view of secession, it
becomos doubly important upon us to have a direct
trade with Europe, and advises the State to foster
enterprises for soon purposes by guarantees of say
five per cent.
Reforrlng to postal matters, he says he has been
authorized by tho postmaster of Charleston to
state that, as soon as South Carolina secedes, he
will sever his connection with tho Federal Go
vernment, and obey the oall of the State, to whom
he makes an.offer of his services. Thisactipn,
together with the resignations of.the postmasters
generally, enable the State to be unembarrassed
in establishing postal arrangements for herself.
The Governor also suggests, as a temporary expe
dient, the use of Adams’ Express to convey mail
matter. He farther suggests that arrangements
might probably be made between South Carolina
and the Federal authorities for a given time, until
the other States secede, and the Southern Con
federacy is formed. If the Federal Government
insists on considering South Carolina in tho Union
after tho ordinance |providing for secession is
adopted, the present postal arrangement must
cease, and, another, under State authority, be
substituted.
The Governor advises tho prohibition of tho in
troduction of slaves into South Carolina from States
whioh are hotmembers of the Southern Confedera
cy, and paitioularly from tho border States. He
says: Lot thou keep their slavo property in their
owh borders, ohd tbe only alternative loit them is
emancipation by their own act, or the aotion' of
their confederates. He entertains the hope, how
ever, that all the slave Stotts will unito in a South
ern Confederacy.
He advises the passago of tho most ample and
stringent laws against Abolition incondisrios to su
persede the present systom of lynobing To deter
violations of these laws, their enforcement should
bo mado reliable and icvere.
Reforrlng to the notion of South Carolina in
sending Mr. Meromingar as. commissioner to Vir
ginia, and the failure to obtain co-operation for a
Southern Conference, exoept from the States of
Mississippi ana Alabama, the Governor is of the
opinion that all hope of the concerted aotion of the
South is lost. Hut one course is left to South Caro
lina, consistent with her honor, her interest, and
her safety, and that is, to look neither to the right
nor the leu, but to go straight forward to the eon-
Bummatlon of her purpose. It fs too late now to
reoeivo pronositionß of conference, and South Caro
lina would be wanting in self-respeot if she should
entertain a proposition looking to her continuance
in the preflent Union.
The Governor entertains no reasonable doubt
that Georgia, Alabama, MiflOßiippi, Florida,
Texas, and Arkansas, will immediately follow the
aotion of South Carolina, and the other Southern
States will eventually complete tbe galaxy. It is
gratifying to know, he says, that if a resort to
arms is necessary we have the tender of volun
teers from' all the Southern and some of the
Northern States to repair promptly to our
standard and share onr fortunes
The message conoludes in the following lan
guage : “ I cannot permit myself to believe that, in
the madness of passion, an attempt will be made
by the next Administration to. coerce South Caro
lina after her socesston, by refusing to surrender
the harbor defeDoes, or interfering with her im
ports and exports. Bat if mistaken, wo must ac
cept the issue, and meet it as becomes men and
freemen, who infinitely prefer annihilation to dis
grace.”
Columbia, Nov. 27.-— ln consequenoe of the num
ber of oases of sm&ibpoxToported in this city, the
Legislature will probably adjourn to Charleston.
A resolution was offered to-day appointing a
committee to Inquire into the expedienoy of pro
viding a coast police for South Carolina.
The committee on raising supplies made a re
port recommending the negotiation of a loan and
not taxation, and proposing the issue of bonds in
small amounts. The committee rely upon the pa
triotism of the oitizens oi the State to take np
some of the bonds.
The Comptroller General’s report contains some
Interesting details regarding the system of land
tax. It says thftt over ten million of acres have
been returned valued at twenty oents per acre.
Agreeably to the law of 1815, when several of these
millions were worth immensely more, the revenue
is small. He advises the alteration of that law
so as to increase the revenue. He objects to the
system of banking in the State, but considers that
the institutions are as solvent os tbe Northern
banks. He advises, Incidentally, that the granite
oapitol building In Colombia bo the Capitol of the
Southern Confederacy. .......
The pubiie debt in stocks and bonds Is $4,406,-
000 ; aggregate receipts from taxes nearly $600,-
000 ; an average tax on lands of a fraouon less
than five cents per aore.
The Military Committee made a report recom
mending that In case of coercion, or an aot indi
cating a preparation to ooercOj the Governor shall
oall out the forces of the State to resist such aot,
and invite the aid, if necessary, of dther States.
They advise the establishment of & Board of Ord
nance and the adoption of a means necessary for
defenoe. ,
Attempt to Bum the Capitol of Alabama*
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 27.—An attempt
was made this morning to burn down the State
Capitol building, by firing the doors in the third,
story. A negro servant mado the discovery, and
the flames were extinguished before much damage
jfas done.
Conservative Meeting at Louisville, Ky.
Louisville. Nov. 27i—A meeting of citizens
composed of all parties was held last night, and
passed a series of resolutions reported by a minori
ty Of the committee appointed to frame them.
The resolutions adopted deplore the election of
a President on sectional issues: deolare that Ken
tucky has a common interest with all other slave
holding States, and that she does not “despair of
obtftimog'Jaßtioe within the-Union, as both homes
of Congress will be opposed to the Executive;
that Rentuoky will insist upon the repeal of the
Northern statutes nullifying the fugitive-slave law;
they appeal to tbe Southern States not to desert
the common cause of the South within the Union,
assuring them that Kentucky will stand by the
Union till the aggressions on her constitutional
rights beoome more intolerable than the oonee
quesoes of a revolution.
T H JE C IT Y.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
Aoaot.mt o? Music, Broad and Locust
street#,—" Ernam.”
(l m^ T,^ T * B THKKT Thbatbb. Walnut and Ninth its.—
-- Dr ** mS of BelDJ,ion
Claire’s Abch-strbbt Thbat**,
li^th“HVA v icar-" A,,OU . L, “ It ”-“ **'■
Gaieties), Raoe street,
JnSiifni? i??»a P e .?fe7« or, The Last Appeal
Black-Eyed Susan “ The Omnibus.”
Ch " t ° nt
JAYNB’S COMMOSWJSALtH BuiLpllffi. fThMtnntatrftflt.
above Sixth,—Birch and Shaiplej’s mmstreiin
Banfobd’s Of bra Boobs, ElevA&ih street, ahove
Chestnut.—Concert nightly. l| a ” ov ®
Headquarters, FranklinFipee.—Concert nightly.'
Adjourned Meeting oi the Jloard of
Controllers.
CHANGE Or STUDIES IK THE PUBLIC SCHOOL*.
Yesterday afternoon an adjourned meeting of
the Beard of Control was held in their rooms,
Sixth and Adelphi stroets. There was a foil
attendance.
The rales of order governing the Board of Uofl
trot were revised, Printed copies of the revised
code were distributed among members. The rules
R ro interesting only to Controllers.
A sharp pafls.abuTma enrued during the tarly
meeting, between Messrs. Rfobe and Leeob. The
latter was very noUy ; he stated loudly at one
time that Mr. Riche bad spoken what was not
tins. Thin diffionlty originated i n t h# consider*-
tjon of the resolutions authorizing a committee on
text books, to be aided In the selection of suoh by
the advioe of aoy of the professors or teaohers en
gaged in the publio soheols, who are not interested,
, ua authors or otherwise, in any of the publications
I used, or proposed to be used, in the schools
j Tho mention of Girls* High Sohool called up Mr.
! Chambers, who moved tbo insertion of Normal, so
I as to real “ Girls’ High and Normal Sohool.”
I Carried.
The following rale, among others, was passed :
Sectional Bodrds shall not make any* contract
beyond the sum of one hundred dollars, without
first obtaining permission from this Board.
The report of the special oommittde to consider
the utility of oertaln ehnogee in grammar-sohool
studies; and, also, the matter of tesohers devoting
tho afternoon sessions solely to explaining 'studies
of tho morning, was submitted. The report hears,
In its theoretical paragraphs at least, If not In the
entire matter, evidences of the pen and head of the
principal of tbo Central High School. • -
One o! the opening paragraphs is ns follows:
" Tne amount of study at present demanded for
admission into the high schools has no parallel in
the annals of education, If we confine our attention
to the requirements upon pupils of the same age, j
and during the same period of attendance. The !
scholars of the Boston grammar sohools pursue bat
nine stadtes for a similar promotion to that for
which oar pupils are compelled to pursue thirteen.
In New York, admission to the Free Academy is
attained after pa&iftg a ffl'isfactory examination
upon a comparatively small number of studios.
Owing to our better edaoatlonal provirion for
subordinate sohools, furnishing thirteen tesohers
for the instruction of eaoh pupil who passes from
the alphabetical class of the primary schools to the
lowest division of the High School, wo are enabled
to inouloate thoroughly a J&rger number of branches
In our grammar sohools, than can <be successfully
taught in the same grade of sohools in either of the
oities mentioned. But, in theoplnion of yoarcom
mittee, the number at present cultivated is beyond |
the bounds of propriety, and thoroughness in all is 1
unattainable We believe that the present state of:
sobolastio oppression oalls for immediate action
and relief.
“ Your oommittee deem that the practicable
means of immediately relieving the pupils of our
grammar schools are six in number—namely :
‘‘l. By transferring some branobea from the
grammar Bohools to tho high sohools.
“ 2. By transferring one or morebranobeß to the
secondary schools.
“3 By discarding comparatively unserviceable
studies or parts of studies.
"4. By introducing moio compendious teat*
books upon some branches, or bv limiting thff use
of tbo mostdiffute to the high sohools.
| “5. By discontinuing one or more studies-ln the
! lower divisions of (be grammar schools. ‘
“ 6. By requiring some studies, now almost ex
i slusively learned at home, to be oxolusively learn
ed at eohool.”
Mensuration and algebra were recommended to
be discontinued in the grammar schools, and the
use of Greenleafs National Ar.tbmetio limited to
the High School. Mere roles of arithmetic were
to constitute a branch of the High Sohool exami
nation ne longer.
The following very remarkable seotlon then oc
curs: •
“ The proper History of the United States com
mences with the immediate causes of the Revolu
tion, or at the Declaration oi Independence. Be
foro that time, as our country was under the domi*
nion of Great Britain, its history is that of British
oolonies, and not of the United States. The events
antecedent to the Revolutionary struggle are com
paratively of little importance, though they may,
in many reepcots, be interesting. For these rea
sons, we recommend that the colonial period of our
history be read by or to the pupils of every division
of our grammar schools, end that the memorizing
of this branch begin at the immediate causes of
the war of the Revolution. We further suggest
that history should be dropped as a studj at the
end of the Mexican war, in 1849, as events since
that time are not sufficiently removed from us to be
fitly discriminated and valued as historical foots.”
It is recommended that tbe study of geography
be completed In the third divisions of grammar
sohools; end that thestudyof grammar be more
extensively pursued in the first and second divi
sions of tne same. The committee propose that
candidates for admission into the High Schools
shell not be questioned upon geography; and that
the study of the Constitution of the United States
be abolished. »
Tho changes of studies can be observed by com
paring a list of the studies now pursued ana a list
ofjtboso recommended,' asbelow presented. -The
studies marked by an asterisk are recommended
to be vory materially diminished in extent_■
Studies now Pursued.— Reading, orthography,
penmanship, definitions, grammar (principles,)
parsing, geography, rules and principles of arith
motio, praoliosl arithmetic, history of the United
States, Constitution of the United States, mensura
tion, algebra-
Studies Rxcoumjbkdk!>. — Reading, orthogra
phy, penmanship, grammar, parsing.
*gec*rapby. of arithmetic, practical
arithmetic, of the United States.
The oommittee ask the Board to approve the fol
lowing resolutions:
11 Resolved, That tbe study of mensuration, al
gebra, and of the Constitution of tbe United States,
shall be discontinued in the grammer schools’ of
this district.
“ Resolved , That the use of Greenleafs Na
tional Arithmetic shall be limited to the High
Sohools.
“ Resolved , That the mere rules of arithmetic
shall no longer constitute a braneh of examination
for admission into the High Sohools; hot that defi
nitions of arithmetical terms and reasons of arith
metical operations shall still be examined upon,
under the name of principles of arithmetic. .
“Resolved, That history of .-the United States
shall be restricted to the reading of the colonial
period, end tq the memorizing, from the text-books
authorized by this-Board,'that portion commencing
with the immediate causes of the RoroloUon, ana
ending with the Mexican war.
“ Resolved, That no lesson in geography shall be
given to pupils of the first and second divisions of
grammar schools to.bn prepared at home; and
that candidates for admission into the High Sohools
shall not be aueetioned upon that subjeot; bu)
that geographical lessons shall be given st least
three times weekly, in the.third, fourth, and fifth
divisions. 1 ;
“ Resolved, That spelling, punctuation,parsing,
principles of arithmetic, and practical arftiunctTo
shall bo taught exclusively during school hours.
“Resolved, That no more than two iossons, st
any time, shall bo given to pupils of grammar,
secondary, or primary sohools/u> be studded' at
home, end that no greater amount ofmattor shall
bo dally assigned to pupils of grammar schools than
can bo committed to memory,or performed, by
soholars of average ability, in an hour and a halt;
and that, from secondary and primary, pupils,
no morn than one hour of homo study shall, ever be
required.
*• Resolved, That the Board require the teaohers
of every grade of school which has two daily ses
sions to employ tbe hours of tbe afternoon, as far
as is practicable, in explaining the lessons to be
rcoited on the following day.
“Resolved, That the regulations of this Board,
relating to the extent and limitations of homo and
school studies, shall bo kept prominently posted in
alt tho publio schools of this district.
“Resolved, That the teaohers of grammar, se
condary, and primary sohools be furnished with a
blank book, in which they will be required to
keep, foT the inspection of controllers and direc
tors, a correct record of the daily tasks they assign i
to be studied at home ” s . *
A number of gentlemen stated that the subject
matter of tbe report was of a very'important
character, and Inasmuch as many of the ohanges
referred to were objectionable, motion was made to
postpone tho matter until the regular meeting of
| the Board. Carried
It was resolved to olose the public schools on
Thonksgiving Day. Si
A flippant resolution was then offered by Mr.
Fitzgerald relative to alleged irregularities in one
of the High Sohool departments. It appears that
a professor, whose duly it is to teach an exceedingly
tedious branch Of mathematies, occasionally en
livens the dry details of his legitimate lessons by
useful lectures upon kindred studies. These Mr.
Fitzgerald, probably at the suggestion of some less
ingenious professor, thought fit to indiot. The
matter was unworthy of notice. It is usual, with
tutors in the High Sohool to do nothing during
the latter half ot recitation hours. Professor
MoOlune, alluded to, engrosses his entire hour, and
is, therefore, deserving of applause rather than
censure. I
Meeting of. she Protestant Episcopal
Southern Convocation —Last November, an as
sociation of Episcopal obarobes was formed, for
tho purposes of better uniting and evangelising
the congregations of that portion of the city. Every
two months efnoe that time, a Convocation of a
week’s duration has been held. The sixth of
these oommettced at tho Chnroh of the Evangelist,
Catherine street, above Seventh, on Monday even
ing last. Last evening the services consisted of a
sermon by Bor. Thomas M. Martin, who delivered
an impressive discourse from John, 18th ohaptor,
14th verse: “Not this man, but, Barabaa; now
Barabas was a robber.” The world was eompared
to Barabas, whom its people chose in preference to
Christ, tho just.’ The Scriptural history of the
circumstances anterior to the oruolfixlon, wherever
the text formed a notable interrogatory, woro de
tailed with a graphic truthfulness, and an appeal
made to the audience to &ooept Christ, and give up
the world. Addresses were znado by Rev. Dr. J.
Clay, of Swedes Churoh; Rev. Henry Stuart, of
All Saints ; and Rev. Mr. Durborow, of Evange
list. A pleasant debate ensued among these gen
tlemon upon the “ Church’s work among the
young.” ‘ '
This evening Bishop Potter will be present, and
will probably preaoh. The subject of “ religious
work among the neglected” will be adverted to.
The speakers will probably be Rev. Meesre. Jones,
Quick, and Corbin. Tho effect of these Convoca
tions has been moat salutary. On Friday evening
there will be a general communion.
Death bt Apoplexy.— Mr. John Pfeifer,
loeidisg at No. 707 North Front Street; fell dead
at his ®ea table yesterday. It was at the time
supposed that the deceased had been choked to
death. Subsequent evidenoe before the coroner
demonstrated the fact that his death was caused by
apoplexy. .
Thh next ABJDTANT-QffNEßii.—Xhe re
porter of an afteracdh j>. E.
Biroey, of the First City Troop, will probably be
eleoted to this post, he having oeen recommended
by Generals Patterson, Cadwalader, and others.
AFrkK-THINKKE’S OPINION OP SfiCfiMlO*'
by Thermae C?*r<w.—lt is of Interest
*“® Present pol'Mcat briefs to asoertaln the views of
ail olasws of citizens relative to Seeamfoa. II wa»
tne opinion of Mr. Georgs Thompson, as promo!-
gatsa in his recent Earopeau-lectures. that the
mass of Abolitionists in America, ws?s likewise
infidels. Whether we are warranted u deducing
the statement that the mow of infidlls sre neeet
9,7Abolitionists,’ remains to be sees.' -T!ha aoe*
®?*J &** witnessed, however, of s aflsM*
pbia liberahtt favoring Secession. - We-wß*de to
Mr. Thomas Curtis. the well-known inf del orator,
whose news upon the crisis oftfce times were veo*
tUatsd last ofob lag in Frankliu Mat],heftre a
quiet and attentive audience. - Mottef fthwfcearers
were of Mr. Cartis’ Echpol of theology, buUiot all
of them recognised hfflpolitical idea as valid, as
was demonstrated by'an - animated bat respectful
discussion which followed his address, .wherein a
?’[ie&t variety of sentiments were The
oilswing is. an abstract of Mr. Cartis’ remarks.
It will be seen that his argument is practically as
follows; *.* the right of a State to recede is eqaal to
the right of a cit«zefi to volantarify separate bin
self from a State.” r * 3
" The importASOo of returning to first principles in
all times of peculiar- peril, was demonstrated at "
certain eras in the history of nations and ifidi
vidnsls. The present time was marked as aatepoeh
in the life of the United States as a satiok, and in
teresting to those without as well as thoTuttvo*
torn . ttn order of nature jecogniscs no
suoh thing as a finality. Tho inevitable law of
progress rales and shapes the dynasties of kings
00ur T 3 ’ and dejay is swallowed up in newness
of lifo. liOye of country was & noble sentiment,
but tho sacrifice -of pstriotisnHo the rents of justice
was mere heroic. The great fset was everywhere
evident that what we would’have ksd keep we
must purchase and guard, whether applicable to
both the health of the body and of the State. The
great and fundamental diffoionce between the idea
of this Government and of all others was, that
here the people are hot only the aouroo o? power,
but the continuance of power, while otheremlised
nations aie baaed uponpowcrderivederghro&te the
people. This Government reversed that order, and
the people giro power to their servants. In Eu
rope the development of liberty was from the lofty
jo the lowly, from riob to poor, from greater to
less ; here it was the people first and the' rulers
afterwards; man, and not money, ruled the ballot
box, depth of thought Instead of depth of pookef.
A change of government offioers was & necessity
of thia sjßtom. The first principle annoMM* k»
the people was that freemen were eaoh eomß to
r and united in object and method for a oo»*
mon end. Snoh freemen were not only pongfinfed
; at the fiTRt of certain rights, but always retaining
possession of them, being inalienable. These m
always active both in the individual and comma*
nity or State, and when tbus united they employ
servants to do their work. These servants are
called by them the Government. No man change*
bis principles or is liberated from responsibility to
them after j lining the State. Their activity was
necessary to enable citizens to justly oriticlse
the public servants sad the consistency of
their fellow-citizens; and when failure takes
place on the part of cither, the duty falls
back to the individual, to unite for fresh efforts
and if that fails, voluntary separation was his only
remedy, and that not to mack to cure the «vil as 8
relief to conscience, such separation taking place
on the principles of common honesty by taking out
of the State no moro than he brought in.- what
, oitlsess gave to the State was not quality but qun
tlty—the Union being for common profit; and as
the basis of union in the States is by uniting free*
moo who continue to be free, actively eyondring
tbo powers claimed by them; and as State* are
united together hy the same principles for the
same objects, the right of a State to secede is equal
to the right of a citizen to voluntarily separate
himself from any State, or country , and assume
new or independent relations. ■.
The right to form one opinion involves the light
to form qlc of twoopin'ons; otherwise right be
comes necessity, ana judgment ioroe The Wtie
of unfoo admitted; by the Mates was threefold*
viz: common principles, common defence, and com*
mon profit. Principles were tbtf cans# of aitn>,
and tborofore antecedent to it, and not affected hy
secession. Common defence finds Its argument Is
economy by a geometrical ratio. Oommofi profit
finds illustration everywhere. The true earnest of
the Union were common principles. l Withadt &esf,
all alliance was uncertain and fitful; as infra taunt;
the relations of England and France for centuries.
What considerations were involved lo secession ?
merelycommon defence and profit—principles
being anterior to union.
What would the Sooth gain or lose by secession ?
Sha must sell her eelton at tba hJgbaat
governed thus by the laws of supply and desuml,
and not by act of Legislature. Carolina, after ie
oeieloo, will sell to Massachusetts if ihe eta get
a hfttf otfflt s pound more thanat other places* and
Massachusetts will bay of Carolina if soecMfbuy
oheapef, secession or no secession. The Bouts
would lose most by disunion ; having more to lose
of movable property, she would reqotar snore to
look after it—horses require to be stolen very care
fully, while negroes steal themselves and steal
horses too.
The Homicide Case in the SeVenybbhtb
Wabd—OoßONiß’S Ibqubbt.—ln yesterday's issue
wo published a statement of a homicide the
Seventeenth ward It appeared, froth uth* evi
dence given before the alderman, that- Jamea An
dorson, a weaver, of dissipated character,'had
beaten his wife in the most brutal manner, from
the effeots of whieh sbe died soon after. Both hus
band and wife were in the habit of drinking; tad
it Tiai during a drunken brawl that the affair oc
curred.
The coroner's bequest had been adjourned until
yesterday afternoon, to allow Dr. Updegrovtaa
opportunity to make a post-mortem examination
of the body of the deo eased
The inquest was held by Coroner Conrad at a
quarter past four yesterday, afternoon, at the
Seventeenth-ward police station, when the follow
ing testimony was adduced:
Mrs. Susan Bowers, residing In Dewitt’s avenue,
next door to the house of Anderson, testified that
Anderson, for the last four weeks, had beaten hie
Wife repeatedly. On the day of the election be
bad beaten her, and ceiled for an axe/wfth which
to kill her. Some men, attemptingtointarfCi* oa
behalf bf his wife, were chased some distance by
him, knife in htnd.
..The face of the deceased was itccliog lybr*3»ed
and scratched. She had seen Anderson beat his
wife on probably fifty different occasions. De
ceased had been confined tor some few days.
On election day cho stated to witness that her
Husband had kfoked her three times in the sto
maob. Since that time Hn. Anderson had bees
very siok. On Saturday and Sunday nights ac
cused cursed his wife, and threatened to murder
her. Deceased drank a little. Witness could not
say that she ever saw her intoxiosted.
Dr. 8. Vp dogrove testffled.~Had tttde a post
mortem oxammatfon of .Mrs. Andersen, and had
found no indicadfns whatever of violence exter
nally. Bad examined the brain and found no 41a*
ease or injury cn the brain; .no evidence of vio
lence. Had then opened tho chest, and examined
the lungs; found pneumonia of the left lung; ex
tensive inflammation of tho lower lobe of leu lung,
whioh was the cause of death; proceeded no
farther in his examination, as there was sufficient
cause of death evinced In the-long—that was
the positive cause of death-
This disease might he produced by exposure and
cold. Beoeased had evidently been suffering for
several days The inflammation appeared to nave
commenced at the stomaoh, .and spread, faming
matter in the lung. On the slightest decline, her
intemperate habits, combined with the disease,
would cause her to sink rapidly. • v t
Barab Miller, being sworn, testified toliving at
No. 13 Dewitt’s avenue, near the hwsa of Ander
fod On tbe day of tbo election had teen a3Cufod
boat his wifo on the front pavement.
Other immaterial evidenoe was hearfl. Tbe
jury rendered a verdict of death from exjtemv,
and not from violence.
A Steam Canal Barge.— A novelty in
the order of steam navigation now lies at vine
street wharf, on the Delaware. We allude- to a
Steam-tug, or propeller barge; intended to Super
sede mate or horse draught,upon canals. The boat
in question is essentially a canal boat, or barge,
furnished with a screw propeller and steam-engine
oi twenty-horse power, it is the first that has yet
made the circuit of the Susquehanna and Tide*
water Canal, and is owned by Wm. McConkey, Bra.,
of Wrightsville, opposite Colombia.. Mr.-HoCon
key, in oonjnnetion with Captain ThottpK% left
Wrightsville a few days ago, steamed-downiha Sus
quehanna, through the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal, and thence to this city, making the excursion
in less than forty-eight hours, or attharate of six
miles per hour. This handsome travel was made
with .0 500 bushels of corn, with which the two
barges were freighted, the propeller aotisg both
as tug and barge. Yesterday afternoon a number
of reporters and parsons interested in navigation
assembled in the cabin of the vessel to indulge in
some seasonable refreshments. Some remarks of a
complimentary oharaoter were made,-and the suc
cess of the enterprise toasted. The steam-barge
was built at Baltimore, we understand It is
believed that such improved vessels will take pre
cedence of the old-fashioned mule upon our into,
rlor canals.
Meeting of Politicians at the Girard
House.— A curious meeting of politicians was
held in the ladles’ parlor of the Girard Home, lost
night. '
[raivATE ]
_ _ mi Philadelphia, Nov. 2«, 1860.
..Dbau Sir: The imminent peril of the existenocof
tho Government. end tho probability tbatve may voon
beplungedin aoivil war, calls for immediate action in
the State of Pennsylvania A raeetimt of gentlemen
will be held on Tuesday afternoon, a?£h instant, at ,5
o olock, at the Girard House, to consult upon the exi
gencies of the crisis, and to agree npon some plan of ac
tion, Your attendance i* moat earnestly reenacted.
Judge Grier presided, and Charles Gibbons acted
as secretary, the latter Tery reluctantly. The po
litical'complexion of the meeting preponderated
largely with Breckinridge Demoerati. The fol
lowing aro tho names:
Judge Grier, Charles Gibbons, Morton.,Mo-
Michael, Judge King, Mr. Merrick, (Merrick &
Sons,) Frederick Grayson, David Salomon, Charles
Brown, George H. Martin, Charles MoAlister,
John 0. Bullet, Judge Knox, Judge Lewis, J. A.
Clay, J. A. Brown, Dr. Duoaobet, James Pago,
David 8. Brown. - - .
Outsiders were excluded from the room, and our
reperter was refused admittance.
It was stated that there were certain laws npon
our statute-books interfering with tbe constitu
tional* rights of thB South. Mesars-Gibhose and
MeMichael denied that suoh laws existed. Judge
Ellis Lewis asserted that there were snob or simi
lar enactments. Upon the question to
the Governor to oonveke the Legislature far the
purposes of reoindingeuoh, thematter warptompt*
ly voted down. The meeting adjourned sine ate.
Conning and Gamb.—The present se»-
son has demonstrated a now utility for. the Camden
and Atlantic b ailroad. >Vo allude to the flwilitiee
for fowling, docking, do , afforded by the lines on
this road by whion a few hours* ride will bring
the ambitions sportsman into juxtaposition with
the marshes ana swamps of the salt sea, where
marine and migratory birds congregate in the
winter. Some gentlemen stopped at - Th# Press
office on Thursday last, bearing a lot of partridges,
and we have heard of similar parties returning
with several hundred pheasants, rabbits.* ate.
Weymouth Station is said to be the finest neigh
borhood'for such rare sport. The trams carry
numbers of sportsmen down daily.' ~‘
Larcbny of Bagatelle Balls .— Yester-
day morning James Palmer had a hearing before
Alderman Beitler, at .the Central Police Station,
cm the charge of the larceny of a set of 1 bagatelle
ball*from the premises of John Ward, Does etreet.
It appears that Palmer, associated with *%eooom
pllce, John Davies, pilfered the balls, aai%arted
them in the baok yard of the prosecutor’s estab
lishment. He was committed by the alderman,
in default of $7OO bail, to answer at court.
A Crash —A party-wall in a row °f un
finished brick dwellings, on Twenty-second afreet,
below Wallace, fell with ■« heavy crash about
seven o’olook yesterday morning, t The well was
weakened bythe the
sight, the bufldingbelrg wHhbwtloMr. Tfb per
•on was hurt, and the damage to the property was
confined to the dectmetlon of the wan, asd the
breaking dm of a dm or two of joists.