EVe Vrtss. TUESDAY, DECEMBER ?A, 1861 igN'THAVT MUER THE LAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. DOUCIi..Ag.- 1 4 The conspiracy to breal, up the ration is a fact now known to all. Armies are being raised, and war levied i,ee.nanligh it. There can be but two sides to the controversy. Every man must be on the side of the United States or against it. There call be no neutrals in this war. There can be Lour 1.1 rasaa trzators.." FOR SALE—The thuddr-cylinder "T PRESS on w 1 rII IlliN Parer has been printed for the last thou 1110P111,. It IA ix, to order a yrar ago, and will be Fold toa bargain. For tents gi‘piy at this other, or RtItIrCSS JOHN W. FORNEY, 417 Chertuut etreet, Philadelphia. Tim LATEST WAR NEWS. The Washington correspondent of the Now York A-4 says that Mr. Adams, our minister to England, reports to the State Department that ho had an interview with Earl Russell, after the dicsuitsion of the Trent affair in the British Cabinet, but no definite conclurions were arrived at. Lord Lyons has opened a preliminary correspondence with &watery Seward: but ho has ne yet =do no demands upon the Government, and will await the arrival of further instructions before entering into ft regular exchange of diplomatic 111188iV138, There is considerable anxiety to know the nature of the demands which will be made by England, and the questions at issue arc warmly diaousied in all quarters The troops connected with General Burnside's expedition to same of the paints 911 th 4 *4lltherll coast aro making preparations for their departure, although it is nut likely that that event will take place till near the first of January. The forces to be engaged will consist of three brigades of infantry, fifteen regiments in all, or about fourteen 4,l,oliAttea %JAIL Rho claws brigades will be under the command of Generals Foster, Rhino, and some other otileer not yet named, the whole under the .00mioaild of Oenetql Iturrigide. The Fiftieth Penn sylvania, Colonel Ilartranft, is the only Pennsyl- vania regiment yet named to take part in the expedition, altisougb, before it Starts, two or three more regiments from the came State will, no doubt, be added to it The vessels that are also to take part are arriving tinily at Annapolis, Owing to the wisp foresight of Secretary Came ron, we will soon have in this country an abundant supply of good and serviceable arms, Mr. Tharlow Weed writes from Paris that Mr. Szlmyler, the Government agent for the purchase of arms in Europe, his completed his mission, by obtaining over one hundred thousand rifles in Austria and Saxony, equal to any in the world, and that he is snaking preparations to ship them as soon as pod. The war excitement in Canada continues una bated. The Quebec papers publish an official order which require the immediate formation of one company of seventy-five privates in each battalion of the regular and no man will be accepted "OW does not To) unteer £vr immediate service and on a day's notice. A large quantity of military stores : consisting of sixty- eight pounders, shot, lad ebell boa bean dalpatehed. for Toronto and Kingston, and more will soon follow. The Death of rrinee Albert_ The steamer Persia brings us the sad and unexpected intelligence that Prince ALBERT, consort of Queen VicmottA, died of gastric fever at noon on Sunday, the 15th instant. He was born at Rosenati, August 26, 1819, and was the second son of EARNEST, Duke of Saxe-GO - burg Gutha. On the ath or February, 1840, he was married to Queen IricroniA, since which event the British Parliament has given him -a pemmal alio - yr - at:co of $1.50,000 a year. He also held numerous lucrative and honorary appointments, and by his accom plishments, his devotion to art, science, agri. culture, and industrial interests, he gained the respect and kind regard of the people of England, and of nearly all other civilized coun tries. Although forbidden, by the peculiar nature of leis pcsition, to interfere in political affairs, the employments to which he devoted himself, and his high personal character, won for him a reputation which many monarchs who possessed far greater power never ob tained_ fir death will be universally mented. The Foster Home. tT he Managers of the Foster Home Associa tion, on Hamilton street, corner of Twentieth street, propose to give a good dinner to - the poor little darlings under their charge i and, on their behalf, we appeal once more to the kind-hearted and the charitable to send to-day their contributive, whether in money - or pro visions, or otherwise, to the matron at the Home. No more fitting season for such an appropriation at the hands of the Christian community could be found than the anniver sary of the birth of Him whose injunction still carries to the hearts of his followers the hea venly admonition, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not." Sucepastg.r. wArt is not mado with hinntad bayonets and blank cartridges. The immedi ate object of war is to destroy and disable. The more destructive it can justly be made, the more seldom will nations indulge in its horrors. Kid gloves arc an anomaly that would disfigure an earnest struggle for national existence. All have read FOLLOICS descrip tion of the hitter days, wherein men met each other in the streets, bowed politely, stabbed each other, and gracefully returned their reeking blades to their scabbards. This is very well as satire, but would prove fearful as fact. THE ENEMY has shown his disposition to make this fight without gloves. While we may not vinulatc his ferocity without Isavurring a ruinous loss of self-respect, we can evince an earnest purpose by using all legitimate weapons agninat him_ In his general order, Gen_ lat. LECK takes up a very effective weapon, and proposes to use it with vigor and despatch. The traitors should not only survey the ruin they have made, but be forced to repair it, in so much as their property can contribute to that end. If many censured before, they will applaud now, and when his policy becomes uniformly the policy of our chieftains, the first step toward enduring peace will have been taken. New Publications Vuttisvmxs BooKs.--Extremely appropriate to the season is the publication : in two volumea, of the whole of Dickens's Christmas Stories, with original illustrations by Darley. The previous issue con tained 44 The Old Curiosity shop," in three volumes, similarly illustrated. The publisher is James Mil ler, New York, (successor to W. A. Townsend,) whose agent here is John McFarlan, 33 South Sixth area, from whom we :deo hare recoiled Part X. of The Rebellion Record," with fine por traits, on steel, of Brigadier Generals Blanker and &swans. HARPERS MAC:AM:E.—We have received the January number, from J. B. Lippincott & Co. T. B. Puon.—ln our mention, yesterday, of the 01' Robia t. 6 the riddle—for what oldTrapbois used to nail "a con-si-de-ra-tion" —we omitted T. B. Pugh, corner of Sixth and Chestnut, who hex a variety of gift-beaks, in all varieties of binding, suited for all ages and for all seasons, at reduced prices, too, to suit the times. To such as keep up the old custom of having " a round gnme" oi, Christmas Eve, we commend his Patent Playing Cards, with Union desiens, in gold and colors, on the back. They are the finest we ever saw, even superior to those by Delarue, of London. GOMIS Tor Presents In addition to the iti_triblishmants enumerated in our "Boliday Direet.,ry" yesterday, we invite at tention to the beautiful ''Noiseless Sewing Ma chines" of Meiar.. & Baker, No. 730 Chest nut_ noir elegant ate& of thaea invaluable labor-saving ins', uments affords a tempting oppor tunity for persors so disposed to make an acceptable gift of lasting value. The first numbers of the " Sunday•fiehool World," and the " W.: hi" for 1862, have just been honed. The fernier has had one very successful year's experienev_ 117111 the latter is a. new addition to the publications of this beneficent and catholic institution, intrtoicd fur circulation among the thousands of children in its various missionary fields throughout the Union, They are both beau tifully illustrated, end ore models of the typographic art. The rending matter also is unexceptionably Bond_ The splendid stook of hooks of the A. S S. deserves special attention in selecting gifts. Mr. T. B. Puey Sixth and Chestnut streets, offers juvenile books at forty per cent. less than tLe Ile. 6. also a finastoek of Fancy Goods, of a good quality, at moderate prices. Thv WIN Plait fVvla Washington ? due at 12 o'clock last night, again failed to reach HS, owing, doubt:es:4, to the storm that prevailed during yesterday. Smith O'Brien's Letter Mr. Pot r„ 0 9 1-artmd, lettt.r to Mr. EIJI wA which we published yesterday, is extremely characteristic of the writer. Eminently im pulsive and entirely anti-English, Mr. O'BRIEN is so wholly Irish in heart and soul as to give very wild advice to Mr. SIMARD, ye+ with such thorough earnestness, that it is impossible to (tont his sincerity. sepa• rated into two distinct portions, of specula tion and of fact, this letter possesses no small -totems+, from the eireotostooces of the time and front the writer's influence on the Irish mind, at home, or abroad. H 6 bóke is that the United States will ac cept the challenge of England, and eagerly plunge into war. He does not conceal Iho difficulties ahead, alined insuperable, ho ad- Init.3, if our civil war continues. Ile recom mends that, by diplomatic delays, all answer to British demands be postponed as long as - possible, and this fora double purpose—fleet, to gain time for deliberation and for preparation, and next to employ that time in sending and gmluet to the Confederate headquarters as ambassadors from the lefty rid Government to treat for the immediate Blitipensiell of arms, and for the early adjuht ment of the questions at issue between the North and South. These recommendations arc so palpably im practicable, that we are surprised at their tieing offered by Mr. O'BRIEN. They are simply speculative, without any knowledge of the temper of 1111111'S minds here ; or, indeed, of the actual points at issue between the North aril "The so-called Southern Contederatiim." In the conducting portion of the lottor, WhOla Mr. Swill O'BnISN collies down to matters of fact, he is an authority_ With coma truth and face ; he proclaims the entire sympathy of Ireland with the 'United States. 4 c There is not," he says, le among the nations of the earth, a people who enter. lain towards the United States of America so much affection as is felt _by the Irish." Ho traces this back to the kind treatment of the Irish by the Americans, at all times, under all circumstances. He points to the fact that two Inmdrvd tlanhund Irishmen are now in arms for their adopted country, over whose dead bodies a British army must tread ere they subdue or degrade this Union: lie truly declare 3 lha4. fittAid Irish soldiera CC pant for the opportunity, of avenging the wrongs of their . : race," while Ireland herself, with five ra llfi o p* of ibhablisattt, will sympathize with America rather than with England, should war arise between the to. All this is true. It is impossible to exaggerate the anti• English feeling of the Irish race in this country. Driven hither by misrule, they have never fbrgotten the wrongs inflicted on their father land by that cruel and heartless step-mother, England, and they do pant for the opportunity of one day clearing off all scores 'of long cherished antipathy and revenge. Already public meetings have been held in Ireland, at which resolutions have been passed declaring the impossibility of Ireland, with her personal relations to the United States, re maining au indifferent spectator of the struggle And ArwekicA, a.t.a 0 upon all Irishmen to forgot their past dif ferences, and make an united rally for the old cause of their country. One united Irish action, which May be looked for, is the positive refusal to enter the British army. Ono-half of that forgo is GOlll7 posed of Irishmen, who are scarcely to be de pended on, if ever brought in contact with Americans. The temptation to enter the Bri, tish army is very small—the pay being only twenty,six cents a day, ($7.60 a month), out of which the soldier has to provide his own food, and all of hie wearing apparel except outer clothing. The British Government has directed that the vacancies in her sixtv,nine reigimenta of infantry shall be immediately filled up by : ecruiting in Ireland. We very much question whether Irishmen, strongly bouild to America by numerous personal ties and steong political sympathy, will enlist to fight against this country. We hold; with ShliTH O'BRIEN, that IriShmen; in their - own VAIIIIItry cc `roll beA-e, tunity of avenging the wrongs of their race." French Mediation Already we have communicated the im portant intelligence that General WINFIELD SCOTT, who so lately went to Europe to TN cruit his health, has returned by the .drago, on a mission of peace, bringing to our Govern ment at Washington the expression of the Emperor NAPOLEON'S &Sire to bring about, as a mediator, a pacific solution of the diffi culty between England and the United States. The sentiments expressed in GeIICTSI SCOTT'S letter, on American affairs, lately published in the French and English papers, have been accepted with favor all over Btu-ore—except in England, which seems to have gone off at half cock on the question of the mail steamer Trent, and is making as great proparations for battle as if the principle at stake were the very existence of the British Empire. On the contrary, the true issue is—the continuance of rALMERSTON, RUSSELL, & CO., in o f fice. The conduct of General SCOTT in returning to this country, despite his impaired health an d -e 4r - ai ly iv e<l. yews, 56 seen after he had gone to Europe, is of a piece, in its self-sacri ficing act of duty, with the whole conduct of his prolonged and illustri , :-us life. It is ano ther instance of patriotic zeal manifested by him—it adds one more link to the chain of obligation which binds the heart of his native land to the venerable citizen-soldier. Most of, the English papers, we observe, in dicate that, if war should break out between Great Britain anti the United States, it was more than probable that France wotild side with England. It has always appeared obvi ous to us that the policy of liAnor..aom would be different from this, and all the Paris pa pers, with the exception of the Moniteur, (which, as the Government organ, will scarce. ly speak prematurely,) declare that, in the event of a war, France will be neutral. Her policy and her interest combine to keep her so. France, the earliest - European rower to help us, formerly, in our great contest for In dependence, has no cause for quarrel with us. P.kuee bill scare ly he so foolish .as to help England, by aiding her in a strife with us. Above all, the sympathies of France must be, And are, more decidedly with us than they ever can be with England. Lastly, by con. tinning neutral, France will secure the advan tage of our extensive carrying trade, should hostilities. commence. Until something is positively known regard ing the propositions from the Emperor NAPO• LEON, of winch General SCOTT is said tO be the bearer, we can only speculate, very generally, upon the subject of his mediation. If he has proffered it, his is the act - of a huniane and wise sovereign. In the United States we can may say that the threatened tempest of war will net be of their dottiri as of their malting_ The world has seen with what eager alacrity, with what precipitous impatience, England has seined upon a pretext for quarreling with uS, and this, too, at a crisis when a generous antagonist would have remembered that our bands were already pretty fully employed in putting down a great and most eauSeless re bellion. If the , worst must come—if England still should Cry havne, and let slip the dogs of war, w•e shall not shrink from the appeal to arms which may be forced upon us. If the media= Mori of Franco has been offered, and should be accepted, the United States can have no desire to throw dillieulties in the way, but will make cycry fair concision which justice and policy rosy demand—every reasonable concession, we mean, short of surrendering the national honor.. Tits: 01. n FRAIQKLIN ALUANAC for 1882 contains a chronicle of the great rebellion, embracing a di gested statement of events connected with the 00n. =piracy to overthrow the United States government, from the assemblage of the political Conventions, in May end June, 1860, to the Ist of NovemberlBlll, Embracing a record of important political move tnente, military operations, battles, sieges, skir mishes, ravel actions, and everything connected - with the campaign, the date of each event, the number of forces engaged and losses on each side ; so to furnish a compendious digest of information for reference in study, The almanac will also contain tables of the cen sus of 1860, and a great variety of other useful and interesting information. Price ten cents. A. Winch, itt.:o Chestnut street, yuldishei.. PoILTANT TO MEReIIANTS.-0 Ur postmaster adverWea thia morning that a supplementary mail for Europe will he despatched this day at ono o'clock. The regular mail closed last night, but liar extra mail will reach Boston in time to connect nigh the eleinner The pertmaster and hie aceirtants aro uoterealnect to give every facility in their power to the mercan ithe community. LETTER FROM " OCCASION AL:" WASHINGTON, Dee. 23, 1801. If the Government of the United States had been fl 9 precipitate roi that of Great Britain, nothing could have prevented such a conflict as would have deluged this continent in blued. When the whole patriotic press, of every class and condition, among the loyal people of tins country, were applauding and honoring Capt. Wilkes for arresting Mason and Slidell, the ricaldent maintained a toignilicant reticence, nail the Secretary of State patiently waited the course of events. How different the course a the British Government.! In:Tired only by hatred of the United States, and act ing upon the ex parte and angry statement of the prejudiced officers of the mail steamer Treat, the Minintry rushed to the extreme of madness, stimulating their organs to the bit terest language, and encouraging their people in the most inflammatory demi mstratio lig. For getting how much British emissaries had contri buted to the Abolition sentiment in this country, from the days f Trollops and if,asii 'trail and George Thompson from the explosions against slavery at Exeter Hall, the luxurious baniretc extended to Mrs_ Stowe, the autho ress of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the rhetorical outpourings against the South in both Ileu . ses of Parliament—.the British Government hils. Wiled to throw its entire weight against ,the, free States and in favor of the slave rebellion. They would not wait for the explanation of the; Administration of Mr. Lincoln. Indeed, (hey' had been admonished by the studied and placid and fraternal despatches of Mr. Seward, (run ning through the four previous months,) that nothing retaliatory or recriminatory might be looked for from our Chief Magistrate. But they only romemhered that they influlacd sin terely an antageni . !:71 to us which they had for A quarter of a century persistently denied, and else that our institutions were beset by an army of robbers and ingrates, and that now, if never before, the time had arrived - Own a fetal Me* might be struck - at our ex. istenee. Fired with this hatred and this am bition, they, forgot, in their insensate pride, that they had a eharastee fa lose among the nations of the earth, and many powerful ele ments of demoralization even in the British kingdom, which might at any moment be com bined and crystallized into a formidable revo lution. Long before this the British Cabinet and the British public have undoubtedly ben brought to their senses. Their drunken rage having passed away, they now realize, in sober reflection, the fearful Mistake they have made. Influenced alike by their own unreasoning mad ness and by the sublime dignityand calmness of the United States, by the daily evidences of OUr own power and the decreasing power of the rebellion, the judgment even of their sister monarchies is rapidly changing against Great _Britain, and in faVor of the American cause. France comes forward to proclaim her neutra lity, and the German Confederacies show fre quent indications of a disposition to pause be fore committing themselves to a complication which has neither justice, morality, fair pro. vocation, or international law to sustain it. , But if the unanimity of the British public, at first so fiery and exacting, is certain to change in a short time, what will the English rulers say to the exhibition of. Irish unanimity in favor of the cause of righteous and rational freedom in the new world, and against the conduct of her Majosty?s counsellors in the old!! Unappr fled by the war-like preparations of their old oppressors; unterrified by the threats of those who make hostility to America a test in the governing country, the Irish voice is raised in tierce, indignant, and thrill ing opposition to the British Crown,- and in eager, passionate, and unmistakable approval of the American Government. That brave people, remembering the Irish millions who sust3lh to -them the most sacred relatipria in this country, and recalling the unnumbered aggressions of their British tyrants, aro clearly resolved to take advantage of England's at. tempt to strike at us precisely as sho takes ad vantage of our own internal difficulties. Their example will run like wild-are into every class in the Emerald isle—witi extend to Australia —will neutralize British sympathy in Canada, and will do more to sally the Irish race in the United States around our imperilled flag than any event of this exciting crisis. Such is England's dilemma! We have only tranquilly to bide our time_ When Lord Lyoretshall send back to his masters the moderate and dignified answer of Mr. Seward, the discomfiture of the British aristoeraey will be complote, The civilized world will not hesitate, while applauding the magnanimous course of the United States, to affix the lasting seal of con demnation upon the arrogant and domineering proceedings of the British Government. "To lie Delivered lip." [For The Press.] " I.tierer eurrt-mAor I"—that was the story When Lawrence and Perry met the invader: Those were the old times when valor won glory And the sailor and soldier were strong as the trader: TreREOll swung With as the flag it profaned, Iligh-minded men and not money-bags reigned, Our scutchoon no enemy tarnished or stained, And in the State's vengeance no menaces stayed her Well, be It so! Muer our seamen; Let Mason still vaunt, and Slidell go on plotting ! What we arc, let the world say; we used to be freemen, And drowned British tea as we ought to drown eaten. tyul r ay old out I.: I - % Pe - et She pliantly yields them to Admirals foreign— While Faneuil Hall hears the cannon peels jarring, And Russell the details is pleasantly jotting. Ay give them up Wilkes, or Dupont, or McClellan What is the Right worth—have they not the Power? Make Fairfax a pirate, a fiend, and a felon, And hang Irtira-tn ottatna at the peak of /he Tower. If the lion should roar hold the throat of the eagle, Let our war-ships be hares at the teeth of the beagle, Nor hoist, as of yore, to the scream of the sea-gull, The stare that made tyranny tremble and cower How will they fete with M. P.'s and Lord :Mayors The patricide twins, who the ruin hare dealt, While Birmingham eneere, with the regal betrayer& At the wrath of the Yankee, the threat of the Celt. God I for our country, this shame resting on her— Better thine island, Emmett, O'Connor— /Mier the grace dined aboye our dishonor Than remembrance that Freedom to Tyranny knelt G. A. T Forrest at the Academy. The representations efllretamora and Jack Cade have drawn the usual brilliant audiences at the Academy. The former play abounds in intense peenea, and the language is, in places, highly poeti• cal. There is, however, little attempt to indivi dualize the characters, and the incidents are lamely connected, illetamora IS the prodnotion of John A. Stone, an actor of some note. Its history is an evidence of the capacity of genius to impress itself upon the age. A trifling play, wordy, loose, and dragging, kw boon made by Mr. Forrest ,one of the dramas of the time, and the name of the chief that he personates has become, in some sort, his torical. The play will be repeated to-morrow night. Satchel', the Bolden comedian, an artist of rare powers, will appear at the Academy this eve ning in connection with Cubes. Wnsnt - STA ENT TiT r: AT HU —A dramatisation of Dickens' (some say Wilkie Collins') novel of the 44 Message from the Sea " has been produced at the Walnut, with J. S. Clarke fl 3 &tad 'organ, Mr. Clarke would do well to confine himself to his an cient characters. The " Message" has some good scenes, but it is wretchedly constructed, and, to *bo has...semi the novel. irregular and unin teresting. The burning island is handsomely ren dered, and Messrs. Clarke and Adams do their best to puke the drama successful. The performance, last evening, reminded llb of a rehearsal. CONTINENTAL THEATRE.—The " Forty Thieves," a spectacular piece for the boys, will be produced 611 Wednesday et the Continental_ It hag bean prepared at considerable cost, and will draw good audiences during the week. HOLIDAY Pkasamtc.—J. E. GoaLai, Seventh and Chestnut streets, is selling his elegant Pianos and Melodeons at greatly reduced prices. Such induaeniehis were Yk43,61 , 154461% threi`ed te. pur chasers. LARGE POSITIVE SALE UP BOOTS, SHOES, BEG OAR P., TRAVELLING-11A Oa, ke__Thasarly attention of purchasers is requested to the large assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, travelling-bags, hats, caps, tte., embracing, first-class seasonable goods l of city and Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, for cash, commencing this morning, at 10 o'clock, by Myers, Claghorn, & Co., auctioneers, Nos_ 232 and 234 Market street. HOLIDAY PRESENTS.—Pianos and Melodeons ean b 9 inPgbt from am lip tsi 414'44444, at extraordi nary reductions on all former priori Call, and you will be satisfied. J. E. Goutou, Seventh and Chestnut streets. SALE TO•DAY — STOCKS AND REAL ESTATI — At the Exchange, at 12 o'clock, including handsome residence, Arch street, (estate of the late Dr. Junncy,) several other clesiralale Dwellings, Badness Stands, &c. See Thoma.! 4- Sons' pamphlet cella; /agues and advertisements. niisT - GlAg§ FARM.—They will sell, on Tuesday, lmt., one of the most valuable Farms in Mont. goinery county, by order of the heirs of Jzostere Longstreth, deceased. 1 I .; P 4 Y DECEMBER V-, 1561. LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. The President has approved and signed the hill " to further and promote the efficiency of the navy." It provides that, whenever the name of any naval officer, who is pew or may hereafter be in the Unite States sorvieo, — eltelt have bean bona on tho Naval Register forty-five years, he shall be retired from active service, and his memo entered on the retired HA of offutvre of the gentle to which hi", haion r a st the time of such retirement. The President is authorized to assign any suoh officer to shore duty, who shalt receive the shore r ,- of 1,1". g rade, and to det:di from the retired list of the navy. for the commands of squadrons and single ships, such officers as be may believe the good of the service requires to be thus placed in com mand ; and SUOO officers may, if, upon the recom• mendation of the President, they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services and gallantry ill notion against, an enemy, be restored to the active list, and not otherwise. The President hes also authority to select any officer from the grades of captain or commander in the novir.eo him t 9 tbv cvmmend of a squadron, with tbo rank and title of a flag officer,—any officer thus assigned to have the Raft authority, and receive the same obo. dience, from the commanders of ships in his squadron holding commissions of an older date Olen his, that he would be entitled to receive, were his commission the oldest, and to receives whoa so employed, the pay to which he would have been entitled if he continued on the active list. Alj offi7:l3 retired under this act are to rocelyg 16 ret i red pay of their gralie l a@ i w Ma 6v th The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to cause ed medals of honor to be prepared, with 6 t u lV i o tn h b t::ul o r rublornalin &Mins, which shall be be stowed upon such petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and marines as shall most distinguish tZ,', , n 9 e l7 " by their gallantrg in eatiee T and btti4 ' am nlike. qualities during the present war, and the sum 01 $l,OOO is appropriated for the purpose of carrying this section into effect. The Tea, sugar, and Coffee Tax Bill (AS PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES OP CONGRESS.) The following is the tax bill passed by bath Douses of Congress to-day Be it enacted by the Senate and Hewett' . Re presentatives of the United States of America, to Congress asseanhled— Thob frau' and otter the date of the passage of this act, in lieu of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the goods, wares, and marehandisa herein enemoratsd and provided for, imported from Foreign countries, the following duties and rates of duty, that is to say : First On all teas, twenty (20) cents per pound. Coffee, of all kinds, five (5) cents per pound. Second. On raw auger. commonly Balled Musco vado or brown sugar ' and on sugars not advanced above No. 12. Dutch standard, by cloying, boiling, clarifying. or other precess ; and on syrup of sugar or sugar cane and concentrated molasses, or concen trated Made, two cents and a half (21) per pound. On sugars after being refined, when they are tinctured, colored, or in any way adulterated, and on augur candy, eight (8) cents per pound. On molasses, 111 X (6) cents per gallon. Provided. that all so,rups of sugar or of sugar cane, concentrated molasses or concentrated meta do, entered under the name of molasses, or any tho.n or concentrated molasses or concentrated meludo, shall be liable to forfeiture to the United States, and the same shall be forfeited. Official documents show that the Coolie trade still continues in the face of all remonstrance and propriety, mild, among other thiPgs stabled tO tin Government, our consul at - Batavia writes that Spanish vessels load at the celebrated pirate haunt, and it is more than suspected that they trade with pirates for their victims_ The British Government admits that Coolies are kidnapped, and are subject to great oppression and misery, but proposes a general scheme of ameliora tion, In order that the African slave-traile may be suppressed by the substitution of Coolies, arguing that a supply of such Asiatics would fully meet the demand for laborers in countries vitqc ncgrm uct now profitably employed. t In this connection, it may be stated that Repro_ sentativo ELIOT, of Massachusetts, has been the means of eliciting important facts on the subjcot Of the Coolie trade—the efficlid documents having been transmitted to the House. ; in compliance with his resolution, and the bill beretofore reported by him to suppress it, so fur as Amerieart vessels ere concerned, will bo pressed on its passage by Con gress. Economy of the Soldiers Encouraged, According to a general army order just issued, the Subeistence Department will purchase at cost prices all sound articles of subsistence saved by the troops or employees by an swonomiettl use as management of their rations. All other sales of provisions issued by the Government to any person whomsoever are strictly forbidden. This regu lation is intended to embrace the listings from bakeries and in hospitals, as well as all other savings from the army ration. The Cage of Colonel Kerrigan. Colonel li&nnrUAN was released to-day on his parole till next Monday, for the purpose of pro ceeding to New York to visit his family and attend the funeral of his brother. OCCASIONAL Philadelphia Aridly Clothiers to be Paid. A delegation of Philadelphia clothiers visited G morel Einion to-day, to limning as to the pron. peots of reeeiving pay for the clothing they had furnished to the army. They were informed that a million dollars were sent thither to-day, and Mid that million would be trenamitted in the eourse of the week. The Steamer Pensacola Ready for Service. Capt. MORRIS has officially reported that, the steamer fensacol'a is toady for sorricco Tho steam-steering apparatus is successful. WARRENTOWN, Mo., Dee. 23.—The destruction of the North Missouri Railroad is complete, as was at first stated. AL short distances, all the way from here to Hudson, the track is tom up, the ties burned, and the rails broken or bent so as to be R.4001/2. Wellsburg Station was burnt, with all ita con tents. The large bridge over Davis' fork, on Salt river, west of the town of Mexico, and the bridge crowing Quiver ricer, were inirrit, and all the culverts either burnt or torn down, and ears of all kinds destroyed. Who the parties are that engaged in this work of wholesale destruction is not known but it la stated that the inhabitants along the line say no repairs can be made except where the road is guarded by Federal troupe. An extra from the Army Argus office has been in circulation for two days, which says The day of retribution is at hand," and that 0,000 men who have been under Priorre command are now north of the Missouri river, and more are coming. From Cairo—General Grant an Command. CA/RO, Dec. 23.-Bpecial order No. 78 places General Grant in command of the military district of Cairo, which comprises southern Illinois, that par tha et Rcutivesy west of the CamberlAnd ri T yr. and the counties in Missouri south of Cape Girar: dean. ci t prg will be trerisferrett fgent, redgeah to Cairo. FREDEMWK, Peg, 23,—Lnnnhnn In hang at tin o'clock this afternoon. He died without a strug gle. The body was taken possession of by his friends. Many citizens were presont as spectators. .'lie -voi‘thaF 1& gbekil7. Arrival of the .North Star from Aspinwall. $822 ) 000 TREANOR& - WRECK OF A FRENCH NEW - roux, Dec. 23. Tho steamship North. Star, from Aspinwall on the 14th inst., arrived at this port this evening. She brings $.822,1300 in treasure, And the California motto of the Ist inst. The i'renehtranspor Resource, bound to Callao, was wrecked when forty miles south of 'Valparaiso. She bad over 600 troops aboard, only five or six of whom were saved. . . . General San Ramon has been elected President of Peru. He was at Arequipa, and had been joined by 3.000 additional troops. The coffee crop of Costa Rica is short. blookado of lloonavontnia had tavoilasied by the loss of one of the vessels, and surrender of the other to General Mosquera's forces. Interesting frem Orogen, —Destriacihre SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 19.—The ship Forest Queen. arrived to-day from Velpiirtilso. The 8t. , . MCI . .Po-c-:!o brow Oregon date to the 12th, and advices from 'Victoria to the 7th instant. Also $780,000 in gold. The recent , tre:thets were terribly destructive to property in the Yeni; , y4 borsieriPg On 114() rivers of Oregon. Nearly all the 'louring mills or the State, end large quantities of grain, were destroyed. Most of the frame warehouses in Oregon City were washed away, and the town flooded—the wetter hello; four feet d=ap lint two houses wore left standing at Linn City. TILE STEAMERS PRIMA AND AUSTRALASIAN PASS CAVE RACE, Dec. 23.—The English steamers 1- 1 .”--L. Atka .A.,,),,i141.44.re5) pegged here at 5 &Meek this evening with troops for Quebec. The Austra lasian was 20 milts astern of the Persia. They were to sail on the 15th instant, with 1,100 soldiers, 5,000 stand of arms, 390 tons of storm and two batteries of artillery. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Aa arrival at this port furniFhca St. Johns, Forte Rice, adviees to Decem ber 9tb. A Spanish steamer, loaded with troops, bad arrived and loft for Mexico. Several compa nies, garrigoned at Porto Rico, had volunteered their PARIAAAR fer the expedition. and tailed in the same Btettmer. Gen. Prim was daily expooted on route to take command of the 'Spanish forces. BY TELEGRAPH. Special Despatches to "• The Press." WASHINGTON, DOOOEHbOT 23, 1801 The Retirement of Naval Officers. The Coolie Trade THE WAR IN MISSOURI. Execution of Lanahan. TBA:forcavr-000 I•ObT Freshets Troops for Canada IMIEMEI The Spanish Expedition to Mexico LATER FROM EUROPE. The Steamer Persia off' Cape Race. DEATH OF PRINCE ALBERT Earl Derby Approves the Policy of the Govern- twit relative to the, Treat Affair T. JOHNS, N. F.. Dec. 23.—The steamship rer ej2 passed here this evening, with 1,100 troops, bound for the River Du Loup or bite, She loft Liverpool on the Milt inst., to which date she brings papers. Prince Albert expired, of gastric fever, at noon on Sunday. The Livorpoid Itferrrrry, of tt. 14. h, states that reports prevailed in London that . the Earl of Derby had been consulted by the Government, and ap proved of its policy in reference to the American difficulty. . . It is suggested to ship-owners to instruot the onp ta ins of outward-bound ships to signalize any Eng lish vessels that war with Amnion is probable. This suggestion is strongly approved of by under writers. The Avtarala6 lan. sailed from Liverpool on the 13th with troops for Canada. The first division of the Tenth brioluie, garrison nrlillery ; embarked per Niagara foralifax, It is understood that ten companies of onglnooro are to be sent to British America. Vienna adyices to the 10th state that during the Emperor's stay in Venice he liberated all the po- NAPLES, Din. 13.—Borges, the brigand chief, has been executed. LoNnom, Friday afternoon, Dee. 13.—conFois armito yeateptlay'a prim., hut toA,1„1,1. 001., and then reached to the opening Fi e° , poi, way shares have been on :n the absonuo of busi ness, but closedshade better. Bank shares steady. tt geellatteetta shaves dull at previous ratok The arrivals of American wheat and flour are heavy, and a small business is doing, with prices in favor of buyere. PARIS, Poo. 13.—The Bourse is heavy, and menthe cloud at 67f. 60a. [The Persia brought no despatches for the Am ended Press, and the above items are gleaned from th 9 rgper.v.l Additional Foreign News per Edinburgh. Sr. Joni, N. F., Dec. 23.—The following is the l o t va t tetelll 6 ence furnished by the steamer burgh, which passed Cape Race on Saturday night : LONDON I Deo, 12,The Journal de Ifavre, the Semimhoi-01. of Mimillan. and tho Gltattele, of flordLux, advroo the wench floveritiiient, to pre serve a atrict neutrality in ease of war between England and Amoriaa. The Paris Temp approves of the proposal of the London Daily News to appeal to the mediation of friendly Powers, in accordance with the agreement made at the Paris Conference, in 1856, and says that no other Power than Prance can be the ;Ra diator. The Paris Presse advocates the energetic inter vention of France between England and America. The Opiniana. Araii451.4.4 the attla of tho Premix Liberal party, mays that Prance should not follow the example of England should the latter recognize the South. Tice Mina°, of Tarin, warns England against beginning a war with America, as trance would take advantage of it to interfere in the East. The Austrian papers state that a war between England and America would remove the only oh- Doyle in Bureps efinhot French ambition s and that France would begin a war against Qermany. Rumors Regarding the Trent Affair. 25Aw loan, Dee. lro,—The Pear, of Mit evening, says: "Private letters from well•advised sources in Washington represent that certain interviews were had between Lard Lyons and Mr. Seward im mediattly after the Trent affairs and their re• spective letters to London, based on the disavowal of all knowledge of our Government that such cap ture was to take place, and of all purpose to insult the British flag, have delayed the presentation of the per,lnptury demand of. BraLlt Government, which come out in the Europa. Further advices from London will, probably. be awaited." A special despatch from Washington to the Post girea MIMIC to a rumor that the Cabinet had re. solved to Meese, Mason and Slidell, Mid onion had gone on to ship them at ones to Halifax. The Post regards this ad improbable, naval intelligence NEW Yona, Deo. 23.—St. Thomas advices to De cember 7 have been received by an arrival at this Port.. Thu U. S. steamer Iroquois wall At St. Witcl inas, to San on the StIE on a cruise. The IT, S. ship Shepperd Knapp was also in port. The Madison Barracks Sierwry HinDon, 2.1-0.116 aereprtnl of Seventh Regiment of United States Regulars, from New Mexico, under Lieutenant Ryan, arrived here on Saturday, for garrison duty at Madison Bar na& New York Bank Statement. NEw Yonx, Dec 23.—The bank statement for the week ending on Saturday shows— An of loaki4 4:i 7 862,174 An increase of specie 2.622,107 An increase in circulation 21,143 An increase in deposits 4,482,011. lusitrance of Gout 11110. Borth 011 ti NEW Yoni, Deo. 23.—The Board of Fire In ourance Companies of this city have resolved to charge a special rate of three per cent. on all coal, rock.) and earth Oa. ••••• The Gunboat Keystone State. NEW YORK, Deo. 23 —The gunboat Keystone Rhiho. was at MAPlfilida ea 15th biatant Comments of the Canadian Press [From the Montreal Herald.] RAT 15 Tlai GOTracilitt MIT Dona I — The people are moving with a will. There never was a greater (perhaps never so great.) unanimity of sentiment among the people of Canada than now. Each man is ready to do his utmost to repel any invader from the soil. Meantime the Government is silent. The people wait and wait on—patiently, so far—yet the Government makes no sign. The militia officers receive no instructions—no authority to move. We hear of the General's going to Quebec to con sult with the Government, mats "ItfalbrOOk sic truant pas." We get no news of what is to be done, No one knows where they are to find arms to fight with. Montreal is most exposed—the most tempting bait for the attack of our dear neighbors ; but no step is being taken to secure it by fortifications of any sort. This will not do. It may suit ministers to rest se= curely beneath the guns of the citadel of Quebec, but the country requires more than this at their hands. Men ask angrily if we are to be 5.1.01 i. Seed. This is the result, doubtless, of sheer im patience. Governmont cannot act till it re• ceivea the despatches by the Europa. Yet what can be expected but impatience of the slight est delay at such a time as this ? Mon are ready to Wert, They Illtrftl forward to the ranks, and would move on to battle as gaily as a bride groom to the church, but they ask for arms and leaders, and they are not yet forthcoming. They are waiting with every nerve strained to hear the word spuken t and watching for a movement which will set them in motion. The word and sign have not yet been given. Just now oath day—nay, each hour—of delay, is in the highest degree dangerous. Preptratione whlch sense too late furnish more cause for regret than those that are made too soon. No one will blame the Government for the most prompt and vigorous action now. All will blame them if, throe' their Isebee, any important position is loft unprotected. Gan any one tell us about the condi- tion of the batteries on St. Helen's island? Can any one inform us when it is proposed to protect the Victoria bridge by a tete the pout? Bow many swne ere rnotottea, or ready for mountin g s, 4e pro tect this great city from a coup de main ? These are the questions men ask each other in the street, and no one can answer. Let us hope answers will be forthcoming ere the week is out, Foreign Items. At a dinner in Berlin, a short time since, at• tended by seventy or eighty Amerioais, Mr. Judd, our Illimster to Breast*, expressed the opinion that the recent affair respecting the English mail boat would not oblige England to take warlike measures. A Paris letter says : " Mrs. Eustis, the wife of Mr, Slid ell's secretary . , Las arrived is Paris ;wawa panied- by Colonel Lemat, of Louisiana, who was a passetiger on board the Trent. Mrs. Slidell and her daughters remain for some days longer in London," A Turin correspondent of the In deptottlan ee states that Mazzini is dangerously ill, in England, and that several of his friends at Genoa and Milan have been summoned to his bedside. The Deputy Sala ? who was his colleague at home during 00 trium virate of 1849, is said to be among the number. The Ilreenorzal ele Lille says : "Two days ago a young girl, named Maria H—, who was shut up in the convent of the Bon Pasteur, resolved to make her escape from the place, but which she Could only do by scaling a wall. On reaching the top of it, she was preparing herself to drop on the other side, a depth of eighteen feet ? and was already iangine• by her hands, when a man, who was passing, ruled forward and attempted to catch her in his arms. The shock to him was, however, so great that he was knocked down and rather severely shaken, and before be bad raoavaiad bithsalf the ;yossise i gint had fled. She has, it is thought, taken refuge with her family." According to the Trieste Gazette M. Kossuth is seriously ill; it is said that he exhibits alarming consumptive symptoms. The Temps p_ublishes the following extraordinary statement: " Mach has been said for the last two days of a drama, of which an aristooratio religious boarding-ecbool in the rsubours- it, Gerussui was the theatre. Two you g lad es were playing during the hours of recreation, when one struck the other in the face and knocked out one of her eyes. Her family were immediately apprised of the accident. The father name to the school, and after seeing his daughter, he asked to see the young lady who had struck her. She came, when he drew a pistol from under hig c 194 mid fired into her face. The un fortunausgirl is so dreadfully wounded that if she recover she will be disfigured for lite." The remains of the author of The Marseillaise" have recently been removed to the cemetery of Cholsrlo-P.Ol. The follosyhig lagailption is en graved on the tomb ; "Li repose Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, tie a Lone-le-Saulnier en 1709, snort a Oboisy-le-Roi en 1830. Q. and la Revolu tion Francais, en 1792, out a combattre les Rois, it lui donna pour valuer° In chant do la rdersoillaisu," Fno3i NEW Onr.noNs.The Frankfort corres pondent of the Cincinnati Gazette gives that paper —l 7 tok s r.ph—the following item of infoo=aiation! "An important letter has been received by a Sa unter here, from a bitter rebel relative is New Or. leans. Having been sent by private hands. the letter underwent no censorship thorn, It piclreres the valor and determination on their side, but he says : ' Candor compels me to add, that moraeltan a majority of ovr people,. awl those, too, of the lest classes, are Tinton mea t and will ai.l the LinCo(7l iTitiaoAM 1 , 107,(1 , 1 , 17, - ontorfitalry " The writer occupies a high social . wsition in New Orleans. and has every opportunity of know ing the popular sentiment.' A CIIARGE FOIL TRH OLD SHIPS OF TIM STONE SQVAPRON.—From Whaling up the Northern Seta to Sealing up the Southern ports. CDIARGERS FOR THE Allan.—The Sutlers. ri==l IRO3I OUR Sunny BLADE.—It is a 110tirstablO fact that. Ililt on Head is held ,by our troop , word in Baud. Tuts. Wenn KIND OF TENT FOR A. AtiLDIEII ma Dwtmt. IN.—Discontent. A Svatvion OF PLATE.—The Naval S , .!rvice, Mitt that shire Go About in plate armor.. XXXVIITH CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION, WASIIINGTON, Dec. 2:;, IS6I MEM3I! Mr. CRIMES, OI IJM9a, git.vo that lln to trothico a 101 l h, have one of the hostpital4 inWaßhitat ton Ono,' under the care or a hornocupathic phy-tdcinn, Mr LANE. of Indiana, presented the crellentiala of the lion. Garrett Davis, Senator tihmt from Ketitticky, is Akira of Itvorkitiriftgo, Mr. PA 4, IS ;top owl, 1111 d tobk hie Pat. Mr. tO; MN PA:, of filansac 'inset ts, presented the me fluvial from eitizona of Boston, stating that too freedom of the preen had teen abridged, :Hid asking for relief. Nr. FIGMENDEN, or hlititti., from I.lw Cummitteo nn Fibabe°. I( tiliVted Hieing appropriationg for gun bourg MI thy W.htyri, rivers 1 hr hill, whirl, appropriates 51,500,000. was passed. Mr. !UNIT, of Now York, offered a re:mintier) that the Preiddiait he r414 , 114MA 1., 110.6E0.43 01.1.11.!Kidillif.1 itl (11(1 courts of law itgairmi persona who may have been ar rested by the. Execuliye a ithority, and who are now re maining in custody, so that a judicial examination may Ire had in each case, to ascertain who are allowed to tan tha bath +A alledianea and who detaititel. Ltid over. Mr. SIMMONS. of Rhode 'Bland, offered a resolution that a t elect committee of three be ammilded to consider the ox pedieacy of conneetiog NOM° of the military - an-I natal statinnt on the Cttilat by tlll l / 1 11illine hat.graph, Adopted. A communication wan received from t h u Qaarterma +ter General, in reply to a resolution, an to what articles should bo add by the sutlers. Referral to tho Cominittro on Military AlTuirn, mr. WILSOII, ur lignmaclititintbn introilucctl the ful• lowing bill: Whereas, officers in the military service of lho United States have, without the authority of law, and against the plainest (Homes or inctice and humanity, canted persons rlaimeti as ingitirce frtnii service or l&lormu Do sb trim), held, anti delivered nu; A tal, ich,r,„o, ‘ such sachet had !nought dishonor noon cm Arms, awl reproach epos; our Getorntoent; There fore, be It licsahed, fir ., That any officer in the military or naval vei vice of the United States who shall cams any person, claimed to be h dm) to service or labor by reason of African descent, to be seized, lield, detained, or de livered un. or for o,y Dermot chaining - moth orvieo or labor, olmil he deemed tuilty of it tuiddetnnattor, shall be dishonorably discharged, and forever ineligible to any appointment in the military or natal service of the United States. Mr. It A 11121 g, of New York, introdured ft bill to Dm. vide for the appointment of an additional jild&O lit die Southern district of Netv York. Also, a bill to regulete and chatme the circuit of the United States Court for the Northern diqrict of Now 'Work_ The Renate then went Into exeentive ee.elnn• (In the reope n ing of the dyers, the bill to inerenze the number of cadets in the West Point Academy was taken up. The bill increases the number from 170 to 30. Mr. WADE, of Ohio, Gauged the hill, Ilg !Odium gretilly to the mipense of the Governtnent. Dir. WILSON, of Memel:heel:Up, Held that ell over the country call was made for ofEicers from Weer Point to lead the troupe. giI.V.ItMAY, 12,1-, relsleA tiff:l3m Ile said that during the venation of oppgreeg ho had lidunteers in Ohiq, and came to • oeloses to act es eotoneig. But when Wunhine.toti to pc,— -- lit got heie In the fey . of iLe enemy, Adjol.a=,i •-efene Thomas wanted to take two officers—the only officers that home how to give the word of command—and send them to a regiment in Oregon. If this is the way the regular army is to be used, he would oppose any increase of cutlets at West Point, The discussion was continued at some length by Messrs. Wilson, Grimes, and Wade. Mr CHANDLER, of Michigan, said he was ready to ahrlfsh the West Poit.t academy entirely. He believed that West Point was the touts of the rebellion_ A Southern affiene had related at Montreal lately that there were enough ol•l army officers in favor of the South, now in the United Stales army, to prevent the Federal troops front acquiring a victory. We cannot rely on the regular artily. lie believed West Point had produced morn traitors than any other place since the days of Judas Itcuriot. Mi. FESSENDEN, of Maine, said if the war was con. tinned for four or five years, in the present extravagant manner, we would not hare money fineugh to pay any body. He did hot agree with his felend4 who opposed the Weet Point seaderoy, bet could say that tho war would come to an end disastrous to the country, and that very soon ' if wo did not begin to economize the expeusel. Ho was reedy to begin 0001101111.2illff at the first 011116M tilty that minted At present there seems to he a race between Congress rind the EXPelltiTO as to which could spend the most money. Ile gave, as an instance, the experience of the Government on the 'motion of cavalry no an arm of tile service. At first the flo ferment thought It dill not Is ant cavalry, and then it thought it did, and allowed men to raise them everywhere. He had beau told that the Geveronient aid not waot and could not uso more than 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry; yet sixty regiments had ices roiretli and there woo no nor for Mom nib to steps had been taken to disband the extra number, or atop the enlisting of more regiments. lle could give ninny tiler instances of an equal want of judgment ethich Lad been shown in Cho conduct of the war. furiLur oor,”1,101-atIon iho weku then paolpenc.3 until to-morrow. The bill from the }louse to inert Coo the duties on tea, coffee, and sugar, was taken tie and pat,,rl. 3'13 , rffolutio fr(tin tiuy i-ivgn to tqw.gt! On 44c. 2a of January was r Tat rod. On the question to concur in the resolution there was found to he no quorum present. Bo the Senate stiounted. ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. PERRY, of New derroy, imrodneed a bill pro viding for the better organization of the military mlablimlunent. WI-erred. Mr. ginITT, of Pennsylvania, a bill for the pre servation and improvement of the harbor of Erie, Penn sylvania. Ertel.led. Mr. VALLANDIGLIAM, of Ohio, introduced a bill to @atom the writ of habeas corium and secure the liberty of citimene. The bill provitle4 that, etcent when Congress shall have suspended the writ, in obedience to necessity for the public safety, any person confined or detained in any jail, dungeon, fortress, or other place of gr in any giber Will whatiomr depfiYed of Lis liberty; by any Tlnitol notes intim; chili Mitary, or naval, or by any pi r4on under any claim of authority from the United States, shall have the privilege of the writ forthwith, before any eourt or judge of the United States. P rize rerosol or stostea +, Ale iaa.ra or OAKT the writ is punished with a penalty of *l,OOO to the party aggrieved, and a fine or imprie , nrnent, Or both, at the diecretiuu of the court. It forbids, order the same penal ties, the recommitment for the otme offeace of mu ene once Osectmrgull vu a writ of itatante GOlllll5l and prohi• bite also the removal of prisoner* from one State or district to another. Tbo eighth section of the bill provides that no offi cer of the United States, civil, military, or naval, shall, .index I.v pretence or anthorlip whatever, e..C.:14 of Congress, attempt to auspend the privilege of the writ, under penalty of a fine not exceeding 55,000, and impri sonment not exceeding two years, and gives also a right of action for damages to the party aggrieved. Mellon inch p~ :, ~idea the if afore., civil, military, or naval, shall, except when Congroa shall have suspended the writ of habeas corpus, issue any warrant or order of arrest fur any person as a prisoner of Nate or political offender and not forthwith deliver snots t.erboiv to the ladielel autho,lh.. for *riot, aooh of fender shall be fined in any sum from $l,OOO to $5,000, or imprisoned from six months to one year, or both, at the discretion of the court, and mot eover gives a right of ac tion for damages to the party aggrieved. The bill pro rof ono of enforelm 6 the orders of 460 court in the cases which may come before it. The bill was referred to the Committee on the Judi ciary, arid ordered Co be printed. Mr. NORLL, of Missouri, introduced a joint resoln- G.,' to stsopen k for twelre months the collect:on of the national oireet tax in Missouri. Referred. Mr. WA PTE, delegate from New Mexico ' introduced a bill providing a temporary Government for Arizona. Re ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Pato, a MU ambling for the examination of claims, owing to the Indian deprtalatlone in New Mexico. Re fered. The House then resumed the consideration of the reso lution ram ed on Friday by Mr. Wilson, of Indiana, requoeting the Committee on Military tilfaire to ro port a bill ter the ellßallll3llt of an additional article on war for the government of the army, whereby all officers in the military service of the United States shall be prohibited from using any portion of the forces unth r their respective commands for the vuYv,As of failtia4 .la.‘.= fr.:. ..-1.- bor, and to provide for the punishment of such officers as may violate said article by dismissal from the ser vice. Mr. NULL moved to table the resolution. Disagreed The resolution was parsed—yeas 67, noes not counted. On motion of Mr. TANDEVER, of lowa, the Com mittee on Territories was directed to inquire into tho tXpetlivacy hi eutoWitihing Trrritorill Governmen the limits of the disloyal Mates or districts, anti report by bill or otherwise. On motion el Mr. EHE TFIELD, of Rhode Island, the Commit, ea on Military Affairs NV:IF instructed to inquire into the necessity of fortifying the east and west entrances lotiori.Coosott i3ay, Vtizadc Isteod, and report by Wit or otherwise.. Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont, from the Committee of Ways and Means, Relied leave to report a bill to increase the duties on tea, coffers and sugar. It proposes a duty ola lea of all kind.: of ‘a cenia per povatal ova ,covVae., cents i and sugars 254, 5, and 5 cents, according to qua lity i molasses, 6 cents per gallon. Idr. VALLARDIGRAM objected to the introduction of the bill, but O. series /3.£ Mi/...111.011U1LL, the Pules were sus pended for that purpose. Mr. MORRILL said that this billwas simply in accord ance wills the recommendation of the Secretory of the Treasury It was supposed that the incomes proposed would yield seven or eight millions of dollars, provided the same quantities of the articles be imported as in 1860. The Lill should be passed at once, in order to se cure the sugar crop immediately coming into the coun try, and the tea and coffee soon expected to arrive. The prices of tbese articles have already risen In anticipaticon of the passage of this bill. So the consumers pay just as much now as if the bill was already a law of the laud. The Committee of Ways and Menus intend bringing in a supplemental tariff bill for the further increase of the revenue, when the general subject will coma up for dig eussion. Mr. VALLANDIGHAM briefly opposed the bill. By the increase of duties these articles will be absolutely interdicted. Already in the West four bushels of cora are necessary to buy one pound of coffee. The Imports of foreign merchandise are millions less than they were years age. This subject should be postponed until a pro per tariff system can be adjusted to meet the necessities of the country - tnd its changed condition. The present Wilt law was au Incongruous composition, of throe to, patine Seta, with two or three different systems for levy ing duties. Mr. MORRILL demanded the previous question. No quorum Toted, and a cad of the Reuse was resorted to, for the purpose of Rowing a inistum. The bill was PIIbPPIIIIPIIS/Y psesetl—yeas IT, nays 29. WASEIBURNE, of Illinois, introduced a resolu tion calling on the Secretary of the Navy fur copies of the correspondence with certain parties on the subject of batteringsrami and steam vessels for the coast and hat. boy !defence. Referred to the Committee on Naval Af fairs. Mr. MOORHEAD, of Pi 711183AVRIAR, introduced a reso lution, which was adopted, instructing the Ouniinitteo on the Judiciary to report a bili, providing that any 'insult or persOns maned or employed in the present Manion be forever rendered incapable of holding any aka or trust under the Constitution and laws of the United States. _ . NuMOMIIN resolutions of it:11111in' were adopted, Also, a resolution railing on the Secretary of War to foruish the House with information conmArning the qusn tity of arms purchased since the 12th of April last, the prices paid, nod the enrregrontlenee between the Secretary of War and Vltirf 9f thr atiiri4ll pflnanco, relgliso t 9 Ire arms narcotised lly Genera( Fionionh Mr. FENTON, of. New York, introduced a bill grant ing binds for the purpose of constructing a line of rail roads from the Missouri river to San 'Francisco, Re ferred to the special c_ommittoe on that mitilect, On motion of Mr. 'BLAKE, of Ohio, the tionunitieo on Poet Offices and Post Roads was instructed to inquire and. report a system by which money may be safely trans mitted through the mails. Mr. nutylinlin, of Tennessee, introduced a resoln. tlon, which was adopted, inetructing the Committee on. Commerce to. Inquire as to the extension of maritime facilities in order to facilitate emigrati,n by those who. wish to leave Ireland by reason of the approaching mine witch is apprehended in that country. &Mr. CON, of Vino, asked leave to Mtn , a ra-sointiore that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to.coim municate to the Home what, if any, changes can, be made iu the present tariff, with n view solely tmtlin.ir, cream of revenue, MN Mg in such communication: he specify, in detail, the maximum of revenue which mrsy,in his opittion,,be received by a change in the Garay/teach article of import on which duties are now levied. Mr. 818 - YENS, of ronnsylvania, objected, am/ the reFolutinn won 1144 fecaiv"l, of Illinois, introduced; a re - se:halmn that, the Senate concurring, when the House adjourn to day, it be till the 2d of January. Adopted. Mr. BINGHAM, of Ohio, front the Committee. on the Judiciary, reporteil a 1 , 111 aniriidtit9ri n.f laCi to este- Until the judicial at stem. It provides for tTF, circuity in dead of ono in the Northwestern States, and consoli dates the fifth and nintl. circuits, coosiothlg. of Ala .anus, irlißihißippi, Arkansas., and Texas, into one. It duo not Change IliV•111111112Vr j4oarBl, but leaves the Buntline Conn as it id now. Mr. of Illinois, said that, instead of legis lating now for the norlhwe3t corner or a fraction of the Ilopublic, they should do jintiro to every portion, and thoroughly reorganize the whole It stem. The bill was rostpoeed till lie.- tl,hd tla. KPILLOG(i, of Illinois, said that he onde..tood there was no quorum in the Senate to act on his former resolution, and therefor) offered another, namely That when the move,. ,otjeurn to-day, it be till Thtiraly 't 11 , It tilt th twat, '` t" -t - loWing 'Monday, and then tilt the 11 Of ja d it..rF, This reyohltion Was masa, and tho Home tntio , lrue.. l till Thursday. THE CITY. AMUSEMEN TS THIS EVENING AMERMAN AOADEMIT OP MOSlO—Broad and LOCO!! etreets—Crand Cuba i POOL WaaArtoffra COWPINRAPPAL TatAra>t lWßlnnt street, ab.vo Eighth.- 4, The Swithiirti Robollinn by Sin and Land"—. , The Cataract of tho Gangoi." AROII-BTRIZE7 THICATRH—Aron arrest, above Sixth.— " Thc Robbers "—Guillatano Toll Mad av a March Lliur-STREET TFINATRE—Ninth RIO Walnut sta.— " A. blessage front the area "—" Bob Nettles "—" State S"crtax:' • TEMPLE or Woapag3—N, orner Tenth and Moat nut, street*.—Olguor Mara Eatortainmoui, Celebration of Christmnst The Mission School of St. blatthies Uhurch, (Lutheran [ ) 1„ win eete raw the arty with appropromo exercises. Thin congregation biti two chords, One in 11 , :df•velith street, above Girard aumile, the other in Christian street. near Sixth. 0.. the or:med.. of the 'celebration, b) roue wig Le sting, aillirease,M4iypro, ow, be l , ntilvar litSirtf•-litil not being coin ph. led, the religious celebration of the day in this parish will nitre plea° in the temporary church-edi lice oil Smo ther street, whir h will be prettily (Melted with greetr. All lie primary, aecinalitry, grammar. and high will chum for the lic.lidtive to-day, with the eitat6l.i;kl , , erclses of past yi are, embracing vocal mimic, reek:diens by the pupil-, and addresses by the Plau' Direct...a and by members of the Board of Control. Allusions will be outdo by some of gentlemen, rongratinating the pu pils tlpelt lira minima of nil. rtieintiery and ntliestehie, talei.tled their egertiona to the voltmtpor army. 'Pio:Morse Literary Itnitititte intend to emulate the ex am ple ut previous years in the distribution of 1,000 loaves of bread to the poor. At ilaucel itnd !IRA"' 11211, on Thursday erenina, Rev. Georges AV. Hadley will lecture upon a Hieing Wlildlt blet.de science with attractiveness, the " Mammoth Cave of lietitu,ky." This e11V,13.1 is one of the sutural won ders of the earth, and, ut the present time, pogaed3P3 nil nddrd sourest from lining the rinogitory of vast stores of nut urally-foitutal italtrietrn. At St. Joi,eph's Catholic. Church, Willing's alley, Christmas ear will have a great attractiveness, be the *earlier bright or stormy_ A principal feature hero, as le pea 1 , err , aklll Int Oat hlfidiAtlOll IO tnlniatnre of the stable of Bethlehem. The church wili be feste .nefl with cc ci greens, and ail efficient choir will render the musical 4-1011 , 11 K. An appropriate sermon will be preached et 10M A. DI. by the paxter, Bev. Father flarhelin. . she ' F eet ofnea, 6,liege, will he opened to-hlorrow hem 8 to 9 A. -M and from 3 to 3 P td, for the con venience of the public. The managers of the Bedford-street Mission School are now preparing for the usual Christmas dinner to the lb.. wilt be 5 4.4 w re ceive donations of suitable articles to fu rn ish th e tables. roultryl meats, bread, die., or money, will be thankfully tem:is-ea a's contributions to the dinner. Contributions may be sent to the missionary, !tee. Jeremiah Beckwith, of the jaou.r, CUD 11..11 , ..ra Areet,or to e.-ny ..f following managers, viz : It. S. Yard, 209 Spruce street; J. U. Bludsall, 808 Chestnut street.; J. R. Steelman, 52 Eoullt Second street TIMIIII4II Sappington, 308 Market Wert With IL 9itY9lllloo. 7/2 &tali t3maci street; thy. 31.1111 km. 828 Arch street: At the Western litorket 'Home. an maraet streets, a grand (:1454,141 fair will ho held, continuing for scsurPl 11919: (lip building has been surmounted it null PRIMA it with tour mtgs. ao.....ivrly' , --odr4s of }an_ didappearance, being illuminated with The terns, and festooned with flags and..evergreet.s. _ prewations were being prosecuted with energy as we passed there yestortlay. At the eltrit4lan Evangelical Reformed Ohnseli, Crean street, la-low Sixteenth, the first anniversary of the dedi cation of that Wince Ail! be celebrated to-morrow. The ground and church building have cost $24,000. The pastor, Rev. J. 11, Giesey, will deliver a suitable sermon. at sass Si~ir..l As? i , Not eto- 1 bOrALieyhi e, 14.,40 0 of Refuge, St. John's Orphans' n VITIM, and the ether beneveleut institutions, the inmates—adult and children —will participate in a Christmas dinner, furnished by the Board of Manegere. All khe ens.,etnent. %NM epula durira— }he day. Manager Sanford, of the American Opera will, in accoutaiv:e with the custom of yore, distrlbute 1,000 leaves of bread to feerl the hungry. The American Opera House will preeent three, performances—mernine, pi t,4 will the egiar pvpilior phyet-4 of resort. It is customary for the pupils of Girard College to have two or three days recess during Chriitinaa week. , Thlif will 1e the race this year when all those who hare rela tives a , ill ti sit there, zed theee who l,cve nor wf4l vowpo themselves in different ways. Those that remain at the College during Christmas day will be feasted with Ek grand dinni r. The inmates of the Northern- Rome for Friendless Childran will have their !MIA Illirintmea &mire as I a grand ceiehrandit in the afternoon. Tho programine will include singing and epeeehes by prominent clergy. men. vim will detail the operations of the organization during the pact year. A grand dinner will be gorrod 1111 for the nld sailors At d niavine , A At the NAtal ABylttin, Lti Crlty'g Ferry rmid. There will al.to be services during the day in the chapel. At the Almshouse nothing unusual will take place—ex cept in the chile ren's wards. For Item it will b.i a day ol enjoyment, and they will be furnished with a number of luxuries not included in their daily bill of fare. - There ni ;dm be preaching by the Rev. Edward C. Jones. The employers nt the navy yard will, if they desire, have an opportunity to celebrate the day. All those who Utah to work; however: will be allowed the privilen, et eVerVtliibg i 4 heite at present. On Christmas evening, at half past seven o'clock, there will be a Sendai School Concert of sacred and patri,,t,c nine c in the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, Sine street_ The inimical progratomo will embrsee solos. duets, and choruses. Addresses will be delivered by Rev. James Emmett Wilson of. Ohio, Rev. James 11. Lightbourn, and others. A Pleasant time may be antici pabd. The celebration at the Volunteer Refreshment Siloam ie not to be of a very marked character. All regiments which may arrive in this city, however, to-morrow or upon the succeeding day, will be lihvally snpplierl with meats and poultry, the managers of the Western Market Company having generously donated [to ear.luade of such provielone to theme Instituting. The lady manners of the Union 'Temporary Home will hold an Artists' Reception, for the benefit of the institution's fund, beginning on Thursday eve. ning and closing on Friday evening at halt past ten. A number of artists ,and • tiro patrons him, with great liberality, consented to 'contribute paintings for the exhibition. The entertainment is novel in character, and charitable persons of refilled taste will have an opportunity of spending several plea- ASIA L6ii£4 kluttn4 Otis healdLys, midis 2,1,11,-,..; an lu,...tfta non which eminently deserves their sympath;... NATAL MATTER.S.—SiIiCe the breaking out of the ret.,1111.,u the fulivv46.- vc-aarl* 1m -iv bum; cowita-vicf ed in this city. At the navy card there has been built and launched the Miami and Tuscarora. The Miami is nearly ready for calling, and the Tuscarora, after re ceiving her armament at New York, sailed a fen d syn eines_ Tha Juniata is new nearly ready foe lannahluA, and the keel of the Monoeyake la le about to be JAW.. As coon ac the Juniata is launched, the keel for the sloop of-war Shenandoah will be laid. At private chip yards in the city three gunboats have been built, viz: The Winultielsm. by Ina. Lynn; the Sefaftt, by Jamb Direly and the /Wed, by Hillman & Streaker. These three vessels cost, for the hulls, $158,500, and the ma chinery, 000. A bark, built by Charles Williams, of this city, was purchased by the Government, and fit ted tunas a gunboat. The Stare and Stripes, hutlt by SiMpott & Neill, way ai.4o purchased immediately after she was oil the ducks. The Government changed her name to the Kittanning, and made a gunboat of bar. Among the ordnance stores recently received at the navy yard ars a number of 12-ineh betnbahalia, dssirtned for the mortars from Port Pitt, to be place 3 on the bomb-bonts. The Maid' ship _Albion, which was recently captured oft the daranntih river, in attempting to run the tiLiek tele, lk new on her way to thin port She ii loaded with reit and coal. The United States gunboat Tahoma has left the navy yard to join the blockading fleet. She made a trial trip 83 far as the Capes a few days since, when an average rate of speed of nine knots an hour was attained. The Ifarrford in slut in Mu dry •doch, iforciiing num. 101111 repo is. It wee expected that the Juniata would be launched about the beginning or the year, but on account of her machinery not being ready, a dolor of two or three weeks min follow. The repairs to the Pokyhatan will take a long time, as all her planking above water line is so decayed that it will have to be replaced. Her machinery will also need repairing. Three vessels ere new lying. in the stream opposite the navy yard reedy for departnre. Thae are the Wain sloop-of-war Brooklyn under command of Commodore Thomas T. Craven tali schooner JO n 1 ,38 S. Chambers, commanded by Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Dennir; writ!. LlAtitkaaht 116.5. L-11, commanding. The Prookhot has been much improved Mote her arrival at the yarn, awl has also been furnished with heavier metal. nen armament now coneisis of twenti -one nine-inch guns, one eight-pound rifle pi vot atm, anti two +wave- F orma howitzers. the carries one eleven-inch pivot-gun, a twenty-pound Par rott gun, and two 24 -pound howitzers . The Chambers is armed with five 32-prtunders. The City Ice Boat is now lying above the navy yard, hiiich .411401146 a by , her resent service on the Potomac, and totally unfit for use, should the Delaware became closed by ice• At a meeting of the Corn Exchange Asso ciation held yesterday morning, Mr. n.reltibuld Getty in the chair, a resolution was adopted authorizing the ap• poltdmetit of a AttMlia committee to petition. Cannella for an appropriation to ID her at oncefor active duty, should her services be required. MORE GUN:S.—During yesterday morning sorsrai Jorge mortars pined througn tins city on their way to New York. They came fom the Fort Pitt Iron Works at Pittsburg. These mortars are of thirteen inch bore, and weigh about nine tons each. A large quantity of thirteen-inch balls stet shells has also bean rbiPacji tv 2f Cyt Yvric w4htu a tow dwy* - pwc, *o t34liVlr day a block gun, a hundred and titly-powader, from Pittsburg, was also sent ever to that city. There are also several large mortars at the depot at West Phila delphia awaiting tram nation. CHARGED WITH PICKING POCKETS,--A man, who gave the name of William Gob: was arrested on unday afternoon, upon simpleton of having picked the pocket of a ponileman at the post (Arise. fin HIM also idol tilled as one of a party who witO at a Plate neat Front and Willow streets, on Saturday, about the time a gold watch and chain were stolen. William was com mitted for a further hearing. THE NINETT-NINTII REGDIENT.—The Com pany called Jackach Zouares, commanded by Captain J. J. Carberry, is now in a fair way for completion, and will probably march in a few days. It is attached to the (.IJ.lwar-minths Pi-FIRAUIVIIIIIII Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Tin:nuns W. Swee. toy. The main body of thin regiment is now encamped in Virginia. near Alexandria, and forms the , nstrome loft of the grand army of the Potomac, in the brigade of Cm xe,wl COMMENCED OPERATIONS.—The manufactu ring egabliAment of Meesrs. Ridgway, Rolf, d; Lawson, at Ocintantawn, whieli wan deutroyed Um about Kix weeks since, has been rebuilt, and connueoeed.utkeratiouA yesterday morning. The firm is engaged: in tusking bayonets and sabres fur the taovernmenr, fc.e: which new and inrproved machinery has been placed in the °dab lightuott These bnyonebt are fur the liu.RahLritleti, to be tnabUfaettued by the Mellon. Jenks, at lithlosburg. DONATlOlsia.—Captain R. C. Hix:lo, Edward J. Et‘lllW.ll mtl 4014 1v,144:48, iithitewtedge the receipt of rho following bum for company 1, ofairurnin Ho-i -nsult, prisoners at Richmond; Francis Lucas, $5, F. Lucas,Jr., $2; Sallie Lucas, $1; C. Lucas,Bl ; J. Lucas, $2; lit Lucas, S.l; John Lucas. $1; %Ytui. E. Stevens M re. .1. Smith, $5; B. Taoism., $5; J. Mears, ,D,a;enni, f Rpht - vt W. , lilt ter, $5 ; Miss Gilbert, $5. THE COURIA.—P_TISI PRAlA — Justice Timap 11_ P,aiith ea_ Alhatt lklooleaton. AR action of ejectment. 'Verdict, by agreement, for tiff. David Wallace and John F. Preston vs. The City of Phil. , delphia. An ,tc,tion to recover damages for tuns hy r6lutlfri tz.aaait of the shower lad tunconor. by which Levering street, Mailoyitiik, wag waelied l'lnintilTs owned pnaperty near the nue of Um !draw, not the water, in rnlet.ina through Levering streotOteured the foundations of the bounds. QUARTER 1514 , 11'.107iii , —.111i1g0 Allf6orh—The• jhroll for the seeetal why! Of the term eery exiled yesthettity nem: , lug. Ilenry Culltns nag put on tria ' rcharged with.crnelty a hone, the proyorty of Hr. Yonaciver, the proprietor of livery itaFto Tho horst] atm gam animal hire by Thurso A hilareng nn the 111P.Iit lie twerderealiretttatlN tens hint:,. - the an aftt moon, and driven to. bad tint. lie VAIN funudea•,vi. The defence called one Wiali)Pl, who,trea tilted tha%,leter haul left the carriage, ktunna- Ilion Who hard been with Wei throve tic hire at I rapid malt• tbr11:101 thetitY for urwrly two tom, and itra tint him to Ow Aside. The racy rendered a verdict of not IS e itubmiti (1 - 'MC 0 evehiutr. a Meeting (.3 . thu Board QC Tratiu was held at lluir motile, Fifth EvAl Ch' tbrit streeta. 19r the purpose of ;tracing a 'yew r t , by Dr. II tty es, of his lute North Polar n1)010011. PCtiITP has PIFVVAY WWI piIDINIO, atinalincu al the et casi , a wsia quite fair. UNKNOWN Max hlLLKO.—Yesterday aftor m.on, botweea 5 and 6 o'clock, a man, whoso canto +No could uut tuvortain, Am run uvor by the fridaht coca at Third mid Market treets, and iublanlly killed, Efau+a a driver, and, it it; suppoaed, fell from the cnr. The body woo umoved to the Sixth ward atation•home, and the cormter natiflfd. Flttr.—Last. evening . , ft slight fire• occurred at the residence of John Mottehou OrchAd Street. above Bron - n. The damage was teittilm. "THE TIOMF. MISSIONARY SOCIETY OP THE Cley or Ihut.n A. " —The twenty-sixth anni .yet.arr of lido old ....I exceil.oot beoevoloat n held on Saldaith evening, in the sdetliodbit Epiacopal church, Green stn et, above Tenth. The preadent, Geo. 11. Stuart, Etql , tilled the chair, and, after flinging and Ira ) el, Huhroittell to the Very hlrile s.l , :ionce pro td. ILA t*et.ty-.l,:fh !khhthtl repot) 1116,1-.412u; and appropriate luldrlOtHeN were :mole by the lttY. W. 11 Ilrionane, printer of tire church, and tho Tier. T. S. lien Pin, of the flroal-street llardeit Chatroh, and 0. 11. :Stuart, Ent. TIM exnrcimnA were interaneraad with 'aiming by tho chair. 1.1,4 awl hittain havitk» been eldtettal for the nectudoti. Filan the report learn that, altioiugh the anuaint of funds raked by the association the pa-t ye fall 4 much short of a hat it has been for many years previous, the amount of good acraniptihlwil, the Mo.llllQaPil ttre happy hi, pay, to proportionably greater. (In Deentuber IG, 1860, the treasurer of the agtociatiou hart in bin hands, left over from the provinh4 year, 14. ba lance belonging to the "Poor Fund," of $315.77; front In, Ihibs, to 1i0ce0.1,..,c is , tut,., ludo-7v., he hire received for ttu• benefit of the poor ,g_nia - king together s3,rl L7Q. During the SUMO period hr• hat paid out for the relict of the poor, incHuline the inciden tal expel:sett itoeittrithly como•cto.l therewith, $3,.5!19.93 _14.4. , :+1t5.0 Ink the I. Poor P0.0t," o balance of $1.97. Of the funds contribute.l to pay the missiottari-s; he h ai l a b a l a pc s , on hand. reeenther MTh, lgr,o, of $:2.1).1; has !Pet. d for toni purpose, up to nereuiller 15111, 1 hfil; 347i1.8ti; 111111 NI ha to tilt 11114gioL114riqt, F , 175: having a balmy in big hatirbt nl 95 ogniN. laming the year ending 'December 151 ii, lAril, 1200 families: hove been usoistecl: 'llB4 orders for coal, '2O (10. for VW' d, to the Hick 1184 'clo. for groceries, it) p.ire of 11111101 100 orlitirs ofclothing, fi hoatirl , of finani4 I knx (Jr unney, 1 anti of corn menl, and 1 dn, of )Lair wnra given. 1191 viciti were made by tutu 511adonarie , 4, who Matt (bitted MID payee of religious traeh, 47 prayer hoohe, mid 130 copies of the Holy t 0.1.4,011 , 3, 4Y mcr. AMIN )10Vu teen f.fi'M'bed, 'Ol pilw . ooti notrtio . z.; worn livid, no vo iithernrn ntsruarl, rd deaths !rive ne , ..lirrtal among those in the rare of the recietl , and 19 perstitict have made a profeesinn of religion. 81 cens..4 were nl - unworthy of aeaialannry 10,1 19 could not 1,1. fonni. . F9lolth'il 41 . off ird cYPry nTirrr, no 611701) adtnnj halo bPOII NOTI.IO/ With ro MR. /le/li t - iiiplu3 runt in the country, an ill Prlllotl4 `,l!arA ; hut temporary employment wan procured for veer inn hundred persons in the city. Itern the managers trunk remark, that any one w•i+king to employ a parrion, main or 11 mule. for tiny period, !tort nr lon2, can nestrly wayn be so prliell on applicatibn at the cacti or the society, No. 42 North Fifth qtroot, between house of two mid Lice o'clock P. M. r the Porno mann aq otatarl AU LT, only etoht male find four female ehihiftti bare, (hiring the Inuit year, bean PIACO la!Olienel.tt and good homes in the country. A. 4 ile larger number of thege ta.a..r children are the ornitring of drunken and hew - Atoll pilaw' 'a, and they have been Dent algulatt of arinta, filth, end terkrlgalheat, to hornea of *tette, cleatalneza. And DrenlY. %here they mill be brought daily under the inductive of intelligent and Clirtitiart revenue. Seven yearn have elapsed !dove the society added thin Ten important feature to its operation!, and it agora tliA rligioporg groin FAtidAetiil lit iwifilr aide t 4 gat, that or the eight hundred and four chi] teen furnimhed during that tithe with good and comfortable homes, at leak nine tordha of thrill have done well. ILA zap !hor f.116W-Ctt4'PrAtoi..4l;no f.,rwari liblany to their aid tide winter, ti; "ve every k 6 " ull to fear thaa it will he a nevare and trying ono to many who hay* nem known want before, LITTLE SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION COMPANV. —Ail'Jjou meeting of tae stockholders of the Little SchuylkilliHreitua i. 24 Navigation Company was held yeafe lay morntrkg. Ttr, 11 , 4 o.:: of the ltla lag 4 t'4l. read,' to that of the Comm!lite bf 23,Ar01na4.13 Wad read, had after conriderable ilitcurelen It WWI resolved that the en tire proceedings upon the subject ohnohl ho tail upon the fable, and the press requested not to runtish them. Com menting want Chit 'requcst, plr, Otilills.n 7V4errycl that "the, trouble wax to control the reporters I" that he had called on The l'rees at the close of the last meeting (two weeks since) to prevent the publication of hie address, which hail been taken by two stenographer:4,lnd that tho areomcript of his oprrids 1709 accompa nied with remarks of an impertinent character. Mr. Milliken Is slighdy in error, in several particulars. There was but one reporter of The Press at that meeting, and lie wee ?lel a etenegre,plter• lie he hot the slightest re collrctinn of haring min/ Mr, of haring ileltr. lard to hint the manuscript of Lis speech, or of baron. treated him impertinently. Cu thocontrat y, the s7tiech, as pacau graphically reported by u-, it otilt in our posatil- Dim, It wits 1101 lay 911 Wedliosday went Met, for the DiDIPIL err sou that - ha publication would hart, been an act of gross inntitice to the board of Managers of the company, and a trench of faith that could have added nought to our reputation for enterprise. TO IMPORTERS AND OTTEER3.-..STNOPSIS OF THE NEW CUSTOM PtGELATION:4.—Wn stspierAtan4 that new and more etrint:ent regulations will go into rttfert among uftiCers of the cutltums upon January Ist, by order Of Collector Tteduefl. They are sulAilatilily ai ameteil: tt , ii77t. All officers nr tee PllOOll,l are prehMit4d, undor life penelty of dienlisBal, (I'olll receiving any pragents frcnn imports r., manure, captains, or others, in the shape of !Nome, etc. Second. All samples arc to be placed tinder the eharr or thy sturriturprr, rur a pc , rial or 'Moro day; ( (Turing which time the owner or importer may call cw l reoeiro them. If not called for within that time, they aro to be placed in suitable boxes or vessels, and donated to sorb. charitable inetitutione as the Collector iney derittuate, „ . . Third. All 6flicera of rho ongoing knowing if a val. tion of either of the foregoing reenlittienx, end failing to report the same to the Collector, will be contiilereil par ticcps crintinie, cod dcelt with as prnyilled in the first regulation, The abueee, for the pact year, have been so groat that the importers were compelled to solicit the 'Met rentiou of the Collector, for the protection of their interests. DEATH Or A WELL•KNOWN terdaY morning Dr. U. P. BlattLeh, long an egtimahla family pr•ysician in this city, &EA at his rarldenre, in North Tenth atroet. He, wag ;thaw yesrs of age, and a graduate of the University of Pennsyivania. A DisriMati§iftb loam that Colonel Mulligan, the hero of Lexington, hoe nr•epted en invitation to lecture in this city, fur the benefit of St, John's Orphan Asyln:n. Friday . priming of tho pre cent week• has been geleeted. The breve Oelonol will attract a monster audience. SWORD PRESENTATION.—Copt. E. S. llowand, of Company N, Colonel Angerath's First PennrcOmirda 11.t4i5. 11114.1) Iu L ,, IRID 41 tk4 Dia mond eottage, Camden, bag been made the rsseiptent of rs 'very handsome sword, sash, and belt, as a token of esteem and respect of his numerous friends. POSTPONEMENT OF DR. CHAPIN'S LECTURE.—. In eontequerice of the illness of Rev. Dr. Chapin, the lecture announced for last ereninst by the People's , Lite rary Institute was postponed. Due notice will ha gtite of Um delirety. ROM - IEI).—A man frum lloyiestown, while in company with a woman on Sunday evening, on Race street, near Seventh, was robbed. of SW: The' wows* wee failinsnnentlY himitrd and the moncy 100Ytitt Tim Mot' wet commun. Iv TowN.—Colonel William F. Small, of the! Twenty-sixth Pennsylvinin Regiment, is now in. this city. il4 is iu this enjoyment of excellent health. suubleukweir.- cee4llr Ply fine. RETURNED.---Mr. John T. Mahoney, one or the lialstotion frpm thin 941 to convey the retuarnil 11 - retain's to Irtlandi line returned. Mr. Dlnhony in an architect of some considerable skill, and employed the crp. portnnity Utile in Europe to examine the most promt• nent church edifices. - IN A Etyma Cos urnoN.—The lad Koller, who'. was hurt by the explosion at the Animal, at ILiflesbura wan in a critical condition yesterday morning. He is in jured Internally, and mortification set in on Sunda/ night. His case is considered hopeless. DESTROYING Pt BLIOPROPERTY.—Three boys were arrested on Saturday afterinion, fur cutting soma• of the trees in Fairmount Park. They were committed. Thim thmild he a warning to other youths who par foal inclined to injuro the property in me park. A LOST GIRL.—A little girl, named.Bennel, has been at the Senna-district station-home since Friday niftht himL All that can ha ascertained Malin) to her hOtn N that she liren in Filbert street, near a market house. WT 7 gTIVrITMMMUM. THE MONEY MARKET. PHILADELPHIA, December 2, 1661. Itat llttln business Wed transacted at the Stuck Board to-day, sith litho fluctuation in prices, except for Penn s} lvania Railroad stock, which declined again x, selling al wfto4:tg Itailroad shares opened at 10 9.16, and declined to 16 7.16 to 16%. In the money market there is very little doing, and the quotations are nearly nominal. OFFICIAL BANK STATEMENT, WEEKLY AVERAGES OF THE PHILADELPHIA. BANES BANKS. 13.z_ lg. ga_ , - $4,155,000 81,176,000 1,191,0061,149,000 3,414,597 3,50;366 02i,560 , , 924,54 5,241,844. 5,054,335 1,530, - =5,1,523,253 1,007,000. 1,1456,000 341,0(10 072,000 2,131,000 , 2,074,000 262,010 i 313,2Y1 1,012,000 1,017,000 342,030; 363,000 200,222 1,025,757; 328,252, , 26',610 785,7961 81.r2,346 203,245, 1x:1,380 0E4,1311 0.10,1!,11i, 154.r.1111 161,1.:V/ 1,519,0211 1,a57,8;4; 504,312 1 t 34,872 1,321,5901 1,270,100 160,596) 165,000 821,54.0: 728,640, 200,201: 172,168 2,534,7601 2,505,451; 363,385 351,921 610,3 1 151 520,708' 182.655 232,224 328,3141 057,032, 121,000 121,773 311,786 1 926,2431 135,681 132,470 573,8281 579,011, 101,209: 1110,11.3 502,000 513,000 i 108,000 128,005 4.96,500 494,000' 51 4 0001 73,000 I -- 31,140,202 31,060,101;7,354,1127,10,7,286 8A37.8. Philadelphia... ; North America"; Farm &Mech..? Mechanics' I N. Mee.1ee....1 Southwark.... .1 Kensington krprs TolernAAF Western. Man & tech .. Corunke,reo• Girard......... Connulktaiion... City Commonwealth. Corn raghanse Union COMM 111. i 114A_ ; Dad. 111 52,855,000,5:1,826,000 8259,04X1 2,380,947 1 2,255,266: 21900141 14,938,538 4,079,394: 278,5401 i,oal,ona! 1,395,000, Eit.ooo l 1. , 1,16,1:&; 1.31/2,111124,135. 1,828,000 i 1,:t13,000! 81,000 835,453 , 842,2411 0.4,7'001 005,04 726,795! 133,376 i 011,1991 021,99 1 1' 90,939 1,110.752 1,155,301 123,060 821,712, 701,075! 74,01451 734,334, 075,598 1 48,725 1,478,10 1,421,314: 130,11 611,04 51e14100 117.100 401,118 989,419' 1.15,47', 681,41 p; 570,103 58,21 373,655 - 331,-173 01,9: 0.1,00 d, 313,000 70,000 90g1,0041; 01.000: 74.0011 Mils& North America. Farm & Mech.. Mechanics' N. Liberties.... Southwark Keusiugtoti i'vnu TowlAAp Western Man. a. Mech.. Counnerce....“ Girard • Coll4oiidatiOU City Cananona - calth Corn Exchange Tale aggreguteu compaxu with those of reeling IN= Dec.l.6. Dec. 2-3. Cnpital Stock *11,970,150 g 11,9711,159.. Lemats 31,140,222 31,069,0C1. Dec. 80.433.1 6Mie TOCeI,I4 7 7 167,2e4..D0c.199014... Tito Ent other lika i 1 1 352,067 I,:ili,r,ii,,Prc,./ VT,Tilat Due to other Bks... 3,077,000 :?,04 ,4 ,648 Dee. V 4204. Depumit4 2.'2,9211,402 22,549,49.3..D0c, ZIT 03..1 Circulation 2,157024 2,114.50—P0n , 73474, LOlinii.l atiecid, Itarcuru,l rvpoitts, July 1 .23,967,20016,685,303 i?,101,312!1E,931,943. Aug.. 5 24,211,521 5,743,321 :0,059.57115,941,581 Sept. 2 ....28,557,29 I t 1,179,4842,074,049 :10:14,71';i1 GS S;s .38,.te4,-3,4nn j,nr,',:t73:-...,,111,4434 1.4;111 ~dal Zyttly , -I off 2'2 r5,34.,577 10 r 7 S7l 497 or 0 JO .20,713,817 Oct. 7 50,409,119 " 14 ~ 50,251,157 0,94.55.45 ll ' 4 ll ‘ 7o iVai 61 4 n 5 )7 4 " *SS „ .2EI 505,509 11,:514,033 Nov. 4.....,....28,431,735 1\1114,77 .... 27,871,443 lytr,7ool " 15 .27.2.9.7921 - ...513,809 U0.49M3111,4FT, 10 8 1 Dec. 2... ..... 7,404,550 i •4 .11,1 1,5X217,5110,5 N I .. 14 . 31,141)„132; 7,554,112 ~ 23 51.151141,117,107.5013 rriLs fulledvitut is it !litontent of him tiotuquikusu ut the Pbi:ailetpbto dettrA,44 House, for /tie week. ewiting Dec. furnished by 2nutnitger, Vaiiirsti R. Arnold, E 44.:, Clearings. lioliwoes. Dec, IIL ~,,, :3" 3314657 7.5 821.11A2 'll 6 i IT .. `1489,070 83 174,312 38 15... ¢ 5 ;;1,1134T 101,11;;;,17 « 14 ..... 2,370,0 r, 17 209,3.4.96 • 20 214,90,152 44 1117A4 fit 131 ..• 2 17471 1 '01 PO 1 6 ;1 1 78 31 815,745,8 ft GT $51,,108,5i8 08 Teter n ' Corn fr.tfeit 141entor, for Jar.tiriry 1, 1862 is beard to-day, in season for the halid aye, and oyery fteirlityper oliOll/41 nit neglect P) pecan* n now. ThOrf le an much reagtql in going will.iont a Conntfrfckik Datoc. t9S in thew) ATe of ingenioti trawl, ns in VIM without 1 911LCIII CIRCULATION A:133,000 231, 'API 251,7213 • 115.000 1.21,090.. 78040 0,350 133'115 88,70. 113,955 78:0&5 4%865 12E,'270 60, aid 111,210 54,130 61,060 70,000 71.000 2,113,04. ,14.'3,503.‘1,.976,1.)1:7 2.11.14.49U1t0-4.). " 1:11 2,:',411,7;;11 . 30,1 1 29,Fea. •4,14;ii),,3: 1 112110taNi. Sil.3 ',Dia 7.0,321M4r •:,,Ti;.1,11; 20,;;Ch/ L AI. 7,53:,4 0 84 20,1182,67.3 - 2,135.41: IV, Z.Cr2,141 770 4 , ‘ l 4 PVltAtha 20-13,121•23. 1 1.4 li 1.3 a 2,;.N11,4 4 '.) ',.',A,..01.1135 . 22 ,P 20 , 40 Lila, 017.t2.4 A,113,65u0z.:043,16.3
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