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duce a resolution to repeal that portion of the rules of the b
House which provide for the presentation of petitions to 1
the House, other than by "under the rule," with proper en- ll
dorsements.
SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Mr G1DP1NGS inquired of the Chair if it would then
be in order to take up the petition in relation to slaver) a
in the District of Columbia, which he presented yester- |(
The SPEAKER said that he had been informed by his e
immediate predecessor, that these petitions were not taken h
up until after the expiration of the first thirty days of the %
HC'Ssion. 1\
Mr GIDD1NGS then moved that the petition be taken t|
up, which was rejected. tl
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES. p
Mr. J. A. ROCKWELL, from the Committee of Claims, 'I
submitted an adverse ret?ort in the case of the widow of l!
George Brown ; laid on the taMeand ordered to be printed h
Also, a hill for the relief of Wm. Culver, read twice and
committed. '
Mr. THOMAS, of Tennessee, ftom the same commit- "
tee, submitted an adverse re|>ort in the case of the heirs e
(if John Forsyth; laid on the table and ordered to be
printed. _
Mr. SIMS, from the Committee for the District of Co-i
lumbia, reported a bill to authorize attachments on mesne l!
process, in the county of Washington, in the District of j1
Columbia, and to provide more speedy and effectual legal 11
remedies in the saitl District, and for other purposes; ''
which whs rend twice and committed. "
Mr. GENTRY, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following report in writing, viz: ll
At a meeting of the Committee on Indian Affair',on yes
terday, or. motion of Mr. M. P. Gentrv, chairman of said "
committee, Daniel M Bakrinukk, of North Ctrolina, was
unanimously appointed chairman of said committee. < I
THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
Mr. LINCOLN, of Illinois, submitted the following w
preamble and resolution, which lies over under the rule:
Whereas the President of the United States, in bis
message of May 11th, ItfUi, has declared that "theMex- ,,
ican government not only refused to receive him (the envoy "
of the United States) or listen to iiis propositions ;?but, aftor
i 1 i???,i?,| 1 a.
our territory, and shed the blood of our lellow-citizens on
our oien ?oil "
And again, in his message of December 8, 1816, that "we
had ample cause of war against Mexico long before the
hreuUing out of hostilities. But even then we lorbore to U
take redress into our own hands, until Mexico herself N
became the aggressor, by invading our toil, in hostile array, P
and shedding the blood of our citizens." K
And vet again, in his message of December 7, 1817, that
"the Mexican government refused even to hear the terms
of adjustment which he (our minister of peace) was nu- 'c
thorized to propose ; and, finally, under wholly unjustifiable c
pretexts, involved the two countries in war, by invading
the territory of the 8tnle of Texas, striking the first blow,
and shedding die blood ol our citizens on our own toil." R
And whereas this House is desirous to obtain a full 11
knowledge of all the facts which go to establish whether the '
particular spot on which the blood of our citizens was so
shed wa? or was not at that time our own toil: Therefore, oi
Retolved bv the'Home of R'pretentatires, That the I'resi- _
Hent of the United States be respectfully requested to inform
this House: ft
1st. Whether the spot on which the blood of our citizens s,
was shed, as in his messages declared, was or was not c
within the territory ol Spam?at least alter the treaty of
1819, un'il the Mexican revolution. 5
2d. Whether that spot is or is not within the territory e:
which was wrested in>m Spain by the revolutionary gov- c,
eminent of Mexico. p
3d. Whether that spot is or is not within a settlement of
people, which settlement has existed ever since long before
the Texas revolution, and until its inhabitants Hed before
the approach of the United States ariny. V
4th. Whether that settlement is or is not isolated from p
any and all other settlements by the Gulf and the Rio (,
Grande on the south and west, and by wide uninhabited
regions ori the north and oast.
nth Whether the people of that settlement, or a majority 1
of them, or any of them, have ever submitted themselves 1
to the government or laws of Texas, or ol the United States, it
by consent or by compulsion, either by accepting olllce, or n
voting at elections, or paying tax, or serving on juries, or
having process served upon them, or in any other way cl
Itrh Whether the neoole nf that settlement did or did nnl
flee from ths approach of the United States army, leaving P
unprotected their homos and their growing crops, htfoie
the blood win shed, as in the messages stated ; and whether c
the first blood so shed was or was not shed within the enclosure
of one of the people who had thus fled from it.
7th. Whether our citiztnt, whose blood was shed as in
his messages declared, were, or were not, at that time -?
armed officers and soldiers, sent into that settlement by the a
military order of the President, through the Secretary of "
War. t *
8ih. Whether the military force of the United States was e
or was not so sent into that settlement, after General Tay- 11
lor had inore than once intimated to the War Department
that, in his opinion, no such movement was necessary to
the defence or protection of Texas. "
RESOLUTIONS. (
By Mr. GEO. S. HOUSTON: Jl
R?inlvtd. That the Committee on the Post Office and '
Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of "
reducing the maximum of compensation paid to railroads '
nnd steamboats, lor the transportation of the mail of the'Uni- ''
ted States.
Agreed lo. I,
By Mr. PHELPS: i>
tt'iolvut, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post I
Roads lie instructed to inquire into die expediency of establishing
a jiost-road from Brunswick, by the way oi J
Comptons Kerry, to Chillicothe, in die State of Missouri.
By Mr. McCLELLAND:
Ritolvtd, That the Secretary of War be requested to fur- p
nisti this House with a copy of the report from the Bureau n
of Topographical Engineers in reference to the commerce
of the lakes and western rivers, made in conformity witli a
resolution of the Senate ot the l&th January lost.
Agreed to.
By Mr. KAUFMAN: (
Retolvcd, That the Committee on the Post Office nnd Post o
Roads bo instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing,
by law, postinasters to receive subscriptions to %
newspapers, periodicals, Jrc., and to transmit the same (
through die General Post Odica to the publishers, and that
said committee have leave to re port by bill or otherwise.
Agreed to.
By Mr. KAUFMAN: <
Rttolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post v
Roads lie instructed to inquire into the expediency of re- /
rfurmg the postage on letters to a uniform rutc of live cents
on each single letter.
Agreed to.
By Mr. JAMIESON:
Rttolved, That the sergeant-at-arnts be authorized to employ
a clerk, who shall receive the same compensation as
die Speaker's messenger. r
Lies over for debate.
By Mr. J. S.GREEN: fi
Rttolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be in- "
Mructed to inquire into the propriety of making provision 9
tiy general laws for the relinquishment of the sixteenth sec 5
turns of land, heretofore granted for the support ot common n
reboots, in all cases when such lands are of un interior a
quality; and tor the selection of otiier public lands for the
same purpose in lieu of the lands thus relinquished. 'J
Agreed to. p
By Mr. W. P. HALL: 3
Reiohid, That the Committee oil Military Affairs be instructed
to inquire into the expediency of revising the act e
entitle^ "An act to provide for the payment of horses and
other property lost or destroyed in the military service of P
the United titates," approved January 18, 1837, as amended "
hy an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act i j'
to provide payment for horses and other property lost in the h
military service of the United Sjtates,' approved October '
U, 1837nnd as stiiljurther amended by un act entitled ?
"An act to provide for the payment of horses and other
property lost or destroyed in the military service of the Uni- *ted
States approved the eighteenth of January, eighteen
hundred and thirty-seven," approved August 23, 1842; and
applying the provisions of the same to the volunteers who
have been engaged in the military service of the United
8tiues, since the l#th of May, 1846, are now, or shall here
after be, in said service ; ana that said committee bo also
instructed to inquire into the expediency of paying the noncommissioned
officers, musicians, and privates of such
volunteers f?r parts of rations, when the United States
have failed, or shall hereafter fail, to supply the same ; and
to report to this llousc by bill or otherwise.
\greed to.
motion by Mr. THIBODEAUX.it was
R*eolotd, That when the House adjourn to-morrow, it bo
fo meet on Monday next.
subsistknck for the army.
On motion of Mr. VINTON, the House resolved itself
into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union,
(Mr J. R. Imgersoi.i. in the chair,) and proceeded to
the consideration of the following bill:
A BILL making an appropriation to supply in part a deficiency
in the appiopriations for subsistence in kind of
the army and volunteers during the year ending the 30th
June, 181-t. *
Bt tl enacted by thi Senate and Home of Repreientatiree
of the United Stat'i if America is C'ongrrti mumbled. That
'he sum of one million of dollars be, and the same is hereby,
appropriated to supply in part a deficiency in the appropriations
for the subsistence in kind of the army and
volunteers during the year ending the thirtieth of June, one
thousand eight hundred and foriy-eight, to be paid out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Mr. VINTON called for the reading of the following
letter:
Office or Commissi tar General of Subsistence,
Washington, December 17, 1817. ?
Sir : I have the honor to report that the appropriations
applicable to "army subsistence" are nearly exhausted.
The whole sum now remaining to the credit of suoh ap- i
propriations do-s not exceed sixty thousand dollars ; and J
that sum is absolutely necessary to meet the demands ol v
the 'eoruiting service. ?
Recent information from tho principal commissaries of ?
subsistence in Mel ioo, lTmkiM it necfssaiy for in? to ri?- i
vpecitully a?k that the attention of Cong rent may b? j
balled to my "ofltimat?" of th? 9th November, in which j
ths deficiency in the former appropriations is -tatad, as (,
nrafu to the amount of five hundred thousand dollars may
0 daily expected tj laacli the United State#, and, aj
hove shown, this department has no means of paying
torn.
Most respectfully, your obedient servant,
GEO GIBSON, O. G. 8.
Hon. W. L. Matter, Secretary ol War.
Mr. VINTON said he would add one word of explaation
to what had been stated in the cominunicatior
jst read. The whole amount of the estimated deficienc)
ras nearly four millions. The department was in daily
xpectation of drafts from Mexico to the amount r?f five
umlred thousand dollars, and there were only sixty thou
mid to cover the amount. The money had been ra ised it
lexico on these drafts, and the next train would bring
te same amount of drafts. This bill was report ed foi
te pur|?ose of meeting them. The committee had re
orted a bill appropriating one million only, instead o
[tree million nine hundred thousand dollar#, which wai
he amount of the deficiency, for the pur|?ose of affi irdtnu
me for a more minute examination of the subject. Ai
) the drafts on their way, they must be [net, or tht
redit of the country would be dishonored. Then: coult
eno objection to making an appropriation for the preset!
mergency.
Mr. POLLOCK moved that the committee rise.
Mr. McKAY suggested that the bill be laid aside, ant
tat the committee take up the resolutions pre|>ared b'
te gentleman frotn Ohio, [Mr. Vinton,] for the distribu
on among the committees of the President's message
1 was very important thut the committees should have tht
ipics of the message before them at an early day; and nc
ebate, as he trusted, was likely to arise on tbem.
Mr. POLLOCK adhered to his motion that the commit
ee rise.
Mr. VAN DYKE asked whether the e xpenses hail beer
icurred, for which the appropriations were proposed.
Mr. VINTON replied in the affirmative; and repeatei
lat drafts to the amount of five hundred thousand dot
ire, upon which the money had been raised in Mexico
era coming home.
The committee then rose and reported the bill with tht
'commendation that it do pass.
The bill was ordered to a third reading, and was read a
uru ume.
The question being on its passage, Mr. G. W. JONES
sited the yeas and nays; which were refused.
The bill was then passed.
DRY-DOCKS, &C.
A message was received from the President of the
nited States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the
avy in relation to floating dry-docks at Phila lelphia,
ensacola, and Kittery; anu, on motion of Mr. T. B.
ING, was referred to tu'e Committee on Naval Affairs.
[The remainder of this da' v's proceedings we are obliged
> postpone until to-morrow ]
01 AH Kk KD,
By the Rev Mr. on the .'Ov'h iniitant. in thi? city, A. Mt
AT WILLIS, of , to Mb* KLO'KKNCL E. AMBLER, <
appaliennock, Virginia.
(jlj. For *ev rat new advertisement*, aee Dili pageo
nr dally paper.
(l>- A Fair,or Faney Hale of useful article*, sul'labl
ir Christmas present-, refreshments, Arc., suitable to th
itson; lor ilei benefit of the First Colored Prcsby teriai
horcli, will lie held ;it the -chool room on H, nea.r the cot
er of 14th i ee: > mimenoing on Christmas evening, a
o'clock, and will , >n'iime open every evening (Sundn
xcepted) for rue week, Iromd to lOo'cloek. Admission 12
ants. The Inends, and the public generally, art 1 respect
ally solicited to patronise the same.
Dec 22(>ry-Washington
Chapter, No. 18.?The members ol
rashiugion It. A. Chapter, No. 16, are reqitemed to bt
unctiialin their attendance at an adjourned meeting t<
e held on Thursday evening, the 23d instant, at 7 o'clock
Dec. 22 J. B. THOMAS, Secretary.
7IAIR.?The public are invited to attend a f sir at the
Apollo Hall, commencing on Thursday even ing, 23<
1 stunt, and 10 be continued every evening until iurthe
otiee.
The ob ject of the fair is to aid in the completion 0/ the
hurch in the First Ward.
A splendid collection of useful and fancy articles will bt
resented, nnd at low rates.
Christmas and New Year's presents, suitable for all ague,
an be obtained.
Deo; 22-Bt
4 FKSTIVAXi.?The ladles of the llyland Chapel
"3L congregation have prepared many useful and fancy
rticles, which wilt he exhibited for sale in the basement
f Kylund Chapel, commencing on the evening of the
4th, and be continued the succeeding evening and each
venmg of the ensuing week, for the purpose of liquidating
he church debt.
Admittance 121 cents?children half price.
Dec 22?tf
"1HHISTMAS FESTIVAL.?The Indies of the congregiilion
of St. Peter's Church intend giving a festival, in
he nature of a series of evening entertainments, at the
)deor., 41 street and Pennsylvania avenue, to commence
u Thursday evening, the 23u inst., at 6 o'clock, p. m.. and
? bo continued on the successive evenings oi this and the
ext week. A choice collection of the delicacies of the soarrn
will be provided for the gratification of those who may
ivor them with their attendance, and a collection of very
eautiful and appropriate fancy articles, for Christmas
rtsenfs, will be offered for sale. Good inusic will also be
irovided.
The object of this festival is to raise funds for the intlislensable
repair and preservation of St. Peter's Church,
;apltoi mil; ana wnen 11 is rocoiiocicu now senium ma
members of that congregation have called upon others for
id of this kind, tin: ladies indulge the hope that this ap
ienl to thu liberality of their friends and the public will
ot be doomed to disappointment.
Dec 18?
Bank of the Mctuopoi.is,
December 22, 1847.
riONFORMABLY to nugt, this Bonk will not be
LV open on Saturday, the 23th iust., (Christmas day,) nor
in Saturday, the 1st ol January.
Persons having notes to pay at this bank on those days,
viII be pleased to attend to tliein the days immediately prereding
RD. SMITH, Cashier.
Doc 22?22d28d29th.Sc SODoc.
lty A. ix II fc'&V, Auctioneer*
3UGAR, 1IAMS, AMD GROCERIES, AT AUCTION ?
3 On Friday, the 24th instan',.1 shall sell, at my auction
vare-room, at the corner of C street and Market Space,
Haslup Si Weedon's new- building,) at 12 o'clock, in.
lSbbls. prime New Orleans sugar
20 good hams, with other articles in the grocery line
Also, 6,000 good cigars.
Terms cash. A. GREEN,
Dec 22?2t Auctione er.
Concord Academy.
r HE next session of this institution will commence the
first of February, 1818, and terminate the last of J n Is
ollowing. The course of instruction, especially desiginet
i prepare students lor colleges and universities, is tl torugh
and extensive. It comprises the Greek, Latin, French
ipanish, Italian, and English languages; matlieinatio s, ii
lilts various branches; natural phdosophy, chemistry,
nd moral philosophy.
Divine services are regularly performed at the A sac'.emy
y the Rev. Win. Friend
The price of board (including washing, beddi ti(t, and
lei) and tuition for the session of six months, is. 9140?
HU0 payable the first of February, $40 the first of J lily.
No student will be received lor a shorter period than ar
ntiro session.
For the ellieicncy of his system of instruction, the -prince
ml refers to the gentlemen whoso names are subjoined
nd to the prolessors of the University of Virgin ta, anc
lose of William and Mary College ; from the professors o]
oth of which institutions the academic preparation am]
ie subsequent collegiate success ol his pupils Itnve re
eived the highest commendations.
Communications will be directed to Concord Academy,
:aroline county, Va , addressed to the principal.
F. W. COLEMAN, A.M. Principal.
LEWIS M. COLEMAN, A. M., Assistant.
ALEX. DEMPSTER, A. M., Assistant.
references.
Hon. John Y. Mason,* Secretary of the Navy.
Dr. E. P. Scott,* Stcaker of the Senate of Virginia.
.fames A. Seddon,* esq.
Hon James M. Mason,* Frederick.
KiuIil Rev. Nicholas Cobbs, D. D , Bishop of Alabama.
.Iu<1?e Samuel Chapman,* Alabama.
B. W. Leigh,esq* Richmond.
Wm. R. Johnson, esq ,* Petersburg.
Thoinat J. Randolph, esq.,* A beniarle.
Andrew Hunter,* e<q., Jefferson.
Gov. Reuben Chapman. Alubunia.
Gen. Bernard Peyton,* Richmond.
Judge Daniel Coleman, Alabama.
Dr. Armistead Cook,* Portsmouth.
Robert C Stanard, esq . Richmond.
Wm. H Harrison, esq ,* Prince George.
Gol. Win. Annistead,* Alabama.
Wm. H. Tayloe, esq .* Mt. Airy.
Richard Baylor, esq.,* Essex.
Clayton G. Coleman, esq.,* Louisa.
Rev. Elliott Estes,* South Carolina.
John Tabb, esq.,* Gloucester.
James B. Thornton, esq.,* Memphis, Tenn.
Wm. II. Roy, e?q.,* Gloucester.
Hon. Kobt. M. T. Hunter, E-ses.
Hon. Thomas H. Bayly, M. C.
Rev. Wm. Friend, Port Royal.
John R. Bryan,esq.,* Gloucester.
Thomas S. Gholson, esq ,* Petersburg
Col. John D. Morris,* Kentucky.
William A Quarles, osq ,* Kentucky.
George F. Wilkins, esq.,* Northampton.
Alfred C. Weeks, esq.,* Louisiana.
Usntlsmrn who sither hsva had. or who st prsssnt bsvs, sons o
rarJs mcmbsrt of the institution.
Dec 22?4wcp
Revolutionary Claims.
rAM In possession of authentic documentar y evidence O!
the services and claims of the officers ol the Virginii
Stain line and navy to half pay for lite and Imuntjr lands
ind of the oltlcers of the continental lines ol the severe
tales to pens jus, commutation pay, and bounty lands
fhe evidence will be furnished, or tho claim prosecuted, a
he option of the claimant Letter* directed ? Gen. Johr
' Duval, Tallahassee, Florida, post-paid, wdl be attendee
?> JOHN P DUVAL
Oct. It?cptf
' CITY 0F_ WASHINGTON..
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DEC. H, 1847
Congressional.
1 In the Senate to-day, Mr. Greene presented a petition
' from Elizabeth Hamilton, praying for the purchase of
. | 1,000 copies of the Hamilton Papers, which was referred
| to the Committee on the Library.
j Mr. Hale presented a petition from the anti-slavery
r I meeting of Friends at Newport, Wayne county, Indiana,
praying for the adoption of measures to bring the war
, with Mexico to a termination, and also to abolish slavery
I to the extent of its constitutional powers.
Mr. Hale said that as the latter part of the memorial
1 referred to the powers of Congress relating to slavery, he
' presumed it included the abolition of slavery in the District
of Columbia; and as the usual course assigned to
1 petitions of this character was not consistent with his
' conceptions of duty, if a motion was made not to receive
the petition, he would ask for the yeas and nays on the
question.
1 The question of lion-reception coming up of course,
. Mr. Berrien moved to lay that question on the table.
The yea,s and nays were ordered, at the call of Mr.
Hale; and being taken, resulted as follows: yeas 32,
I nays 10.
Mr. naie uien presented a second petition 011 the subject
of the abolition of slavery, and made a few remarks,
' in which, after disclaiming any intention to excite angry
feelings, he deprecated a course which said to the jieople
that there were some subjects on which they were not to
* be permitted to express an opinion. He adverted to the
adventurous spirit of speculation, which, penetrating the
j spiritual and material world, undertook to scan the laws
1 of creation, exalting itself above God himself, and expressed
a hope that, while this daring course was permitted,
Congress was also disposed to defy public opinion on
a subject which had a powerful influence on the legisla1
tion of the country. He hoped the petition would be rel
ceived.
f Mr. Berrien stated that the practice now pursued was
if settled in the Senate, after mature deliberation, for the
r purjiose of protecting this body from those exciting disf
cussions which frequently agitated the other House. He
did not think that what had fallen from the senator from
? 1 New Hampshire was sufficient to justify a departure from
e i that practice. He therefore moved to lay the question of
?! reception on the table; and the motion was agreed to.
1 | Mr. Ashley reported from the Judiciary Committee a
[ bill supplementary to an act entitled "An act to regulate
' the exercise of the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court of the United States in certain cases, and for other
purposes."
> Mr. A. explained that the passage of this bill was ne'
cessary to remedy a defect concerning the admission of
Iowa into the Union ; and the bill was read three times
1 and passed.
r Mr. Cass, from the Military Committee, reported a bill
to raise for a limited time an additional military force.
He expressed his intention to call for an early consider 1
ation of this bill.
, Mr. Westcott submitted a resolution of inquiry, whether
any change in the patent laws was necessary; which
1 was adopted.
I The Senate went into executive business, on motion of
{ Mr. Sevier, and then adjourned.
In the Howe, the States were called for the prescnta{tiion
of petitions and resolutions.
I A Message was received from the President of the
I United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of
t he Navy, containing a statement of the measures which
have been taken in execution of the act of 3d March last,
relating to the construction of floating dry-docks at Pensaco.'n,
Philadelphia, and Kittery; and the same was referred
to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The House went into Committee of the Whole 011 the
state (>f the Union, and took up the bill making an
a]>prop rifition to supply, in part, a deficiency in the appropriate
n.s for subsistence in kind of the army and volunteers
siuring the year ending the 30th June, 184S. The
j same, -was, after explanations from Mr. Vinton, reported
to t'.ie House and passed.
j The House went into Committee of the Whole on the
! state of the Union, and took up for consideration the resI
olutions offered by Mr. Vinton for the distribution of the
several topics of the President's message among the
j several standing committees.
; Mr. Clingman offered an amendment to the first res'
olution, upon which he spoke for one hour.
; The resolution was then read, as follows:
Retolval, That ?o much of the President's message as re,
: laicn to the acquisition of territory be referred to the Coin
' mittce on Foreign Affairs, with instructions that, if they
' 1 shall think it expedient that territory ho acquired, then they
shall suite on what terms and conditions said territory
should be received.
Mr. Clingman withdrew the amendment, and the committee
rose.
" In pursuance of the act establishing the Smithsonian
Institution, the Speaker reappointed Mr. Hilliard, of Ala|
bama, as regent of the said institution, and added Mr.
Marsh, of Vermont, and Mr. McClelland, of Michigan,
to the Board of Regents, on the part of the House of
, Representatives, in the place of Mr. Hough, of New
York, and Mr. Owen, of Indiana, of the late House, and
who are not members of the present Congress.
' Mr. Thibodcaux submitted a motion, which lies over,
that when the House adjourns to-morrow, it adjourn to
meet on Monday next.
We are gratified to find the firm and liberal spirit which
j. prevailed in the Senate to-day. Its decision was in dill
red opposition to the course which the House pursued
1 yesterday.
An abolition petition was presented from Indiana. The
! rule of the Senate has hitherto been to lay the question
1 of reception on the table, and thus the petition itself is put
j to sleep. But to-day, Mr. John P. Hale, the new senator
j from New Hampshire, moved to receive the petition?of
I course, with a view to its reference to a report and a
' ueoaie upon mm agiiaung suojcci. mil wc are nappy lo
day this motion was rejected by a decided majority; and
the Senator from New Hampshire takes nothing by his
motion.
Mr. Dixon H. Lewis, of Alabama, has been re-elected
senator of the United States. Three ballots were cast in
the legislature on the 11th insl. The third ballot resulted
ns follows: Lewis, dem., 50; King, dem., 33; Hopkins,
whig, 40.
I The election was resumed on the 13th, when Mr.
: King was withdrawn, and Mr. Lewis was elected by two
I to one over Mr. Hopkins, whig.
1 A correspondent of the National Intelligencer grossly
mistakes the relations of Mr Lewis to the administration.
The Telegraph beyond the lWlsalealppl.
, We have just been shown a letter from St. Louis, under
date of December 32, received here same day, ad1
dressed to Judge Bowlin, the representative from that
r j district. This is the first telegraphic news from beyond
the Mississippi, and speaks much in praise of the energt
and perseverance of the projector of that line, ft ha>
11 been but a few months since it was first contemplated,
i and is now in operation.
1; The Hon. A. P. Bagby, United States Senator from
i Alabama, arrived in this city thia evening
1 Col. Harney has been received at St Louis with the
wannest enthusiasm.
We regret that, in order to find space for a full report
of the interesting debate in the Senate 011 Monday
last, (which we take from the official "Proceedings and
Debates of the Senate,1") we are compelled to omit this
evening the proceedings of the great democratic meeting
held in Philadelphia on Saturday in support of the war
and of the policy of the administration in its prosecution.
We shall publish in a day or two these most animated
and patriotic proceedings, with the letters of the distinguished
gentlemen who were invited to be present on the
occasion.
The New York pa]iers received this morning contain a
detailed account of the whig gathering in the Tabernacle
of that city on Monday last To put up Mr. Clay, and to
approve of his Lexington speech and resolutions, was
set down in the call as the test of admission. The New
York Courier staid away with might and main. The
Tribune went, and was delighted at the doings. The address
was full of the horrible evils which it informed the
people that they are now enduring. The resolutions
echoed those of Mr. Clay, from beginning to end ; and
wound up as follows, putting the gut of the whole
transaction last in order:
Retoli-eil, Thut among the illustrious living men who, by
their whole lives, have done honor to our country, the
firit in our confidence and in our affections is HKNRY
CLAY, of Kentucky?a patriot above suspicion, anil a
statesman without equal ; and we trust the day is at hand
when the American |ieople will vindicate their own character
by emphatically manifesting their high appreciation
ot his exulted services and his jieeriess worth.
The Tribune, in describing the impulse of the hour,
speaks thus:
44 Thut fhi? nnnift nf Ifniirv wnnlil Ka r.sntnrl An
such an occasion with tho most overwhelming outhusiasm,
was inevitable; but the reality exceeded all expectation.
From the Urst introduction of it to the lust, through more
than three consecutive hours, the least allusion to that beloved
name, especially in connexion with his course on the
war, elicited cheer alter cheer, huzza upon huzza, until
the physical power oliho assemblage must have been wellnigh
exhausted. An intimation from one of the speakers
that some other statesman might be selected as the whig
candidate for Presidont, was instantly met by general murmurs
of discontent, and the universal sentiment was?
' Ilenry Clay more than any other man deserves to be PresiJentj
the hearts of the people point to him, and him only;
il the whigs can elect any man, why not that one who enjoys
more of their love and their adversaries' respect than
any other 1 We are for hitn and no other."
The "Columbus (Miss.) Democrat" trusts that "Mr.
Tompkins will support the administration generally, and
on the war question particularly. He must know that
he is sent to Congress from a democratic district, and he
may be assured that the eyes of those democrats who
aided in his election will be fixed upon him."
Supreme Gourt of the United States.
Wkdnesday, December 22, 1847.
No. 13. Lewis A. Collier vs. Josiah Stanbrough. In
error to the supreme court of Louisiana. Mr. Justice
Catron delivered the opinion of this court, affirming the
judgment of said supreme court in this cause, with costs
No. 7. George Smith, plaintiff in error, vs. William
Turner, health commissioner, &c. The argument of this
cause was continued by Mr. Van Buren for the defendant
in error.
Adjourned till to-morrow at 11 o'clock.
Washington, Dec. 22,1847.
Messrs. Editors : I was much surprised to sec my
name to a memorial presented yesterday to the House ol
Representatives, praying to abolish the slave trade in this
District. I am utterly opposed to the object of that me
morial, and my name was attached to it without a knowledge
of its bearing. Respectfully,
J. F. CALLAN.
A Gard.
Messrs. editors: While in the exercise of my duties,
oil Monday last, in the House of Representatives, as a
reporter, a person of my acquaintance presented me
a petition to sign, which I did, on seeing his name, and
the names of several others of respectable standing in
this city, attached to it, and without having the time
either to read or consider it. On asking this person this
morning why his name (lid not appear with the others
published in the Union and National Intelligencer,
lie replied by saying that "that was not the petition he
had intended to present." Now 1 will say here that I
have been ever opposed to the movements of the abolitionists,
whether as a resident of the northern or of the
southern States, and that 1 will never sanction any movement
that is calculated to promote the illegal interference
of those fanatics in the domestic institutions of either this
District or the States, where the institution of domestic
slavery exists. The mere fact of the person who presented
me the petition to sign having subsequently erased
his own name from it, shows that there must have been
a design somewhere to deceive.
THOMAS FITNAM.
For the Uelon.
Hon. John P. Hate and the Books.
Upon the resolution introduced by Mr. Cameron in the
Senate, on Tuesday last, for distributing to such members
as had not received them,the same books which had
been distributed to other members under the resolution of
February IS, 1847, the Hon. John P. Hale, of New
Hampshire, according to the report in the "Union," spoke
as follows:
Mr. Hale said: "It was not policy, he thought, to do
wrong because of precedent. If a thing had been wrongly
done, there was but one true course in regard to it?
which was to do right, and at once. The (ilea of 'just
once,' would be just as good with the next session of the
Senate as now. In the twentieth Congress an appropriation
was for this purpose made out of the contingent
fund; but he hoped the practice would now be effectually
stopped, &c.; and he was willing that this retrenchment
might operate on himself, as a new senator, first"
ifc.
Now, from reading Mr. Hale's remarks?and particu
larly the sentence in which he expresses a willingness
to have "this retrenchment operate on himself, as a new
senator, first," a credulous person, not acquainted with
the honorable senator, would suppose that he had never
received these same books provided for by the Senate's
resolution, under a distribution by either House of Congress,
and would be surprised to learn that jiut the contrary
is the fact.
Tne Hon. Mr. Hale was a member of the House of
Renreseniatives of the 28th Conirress. On the 14th of
June, 1844, a resolution passed that body providing for a
distribution among such members as had not received
them, of the same books which were ordered to be distributed
by the resolution of the Senate of February 18,
1817; and under that resolution the honorable Jonn P.
Hale received every book to which he was entitled. This
fact stands recorded on the records of the Clerk's office in
the House of Representatives; and I think Mr. Hale will
not undertake to deny it. He did more than to receive
the books?he voted for the resolution providing for their
distribution; or, rather, he voted against its defeat. He
voted against the motion to lay tne resolution upon the
table; and after the resolution nad passed, (it being impossible
to get the yeas and nays upon its |wlssage,) he
voted against a motion to reconsider it. These two votes
(which are upon the record) afford sufficient ground to
infer that he was in favor of its passage, and voted for
it?a fact which cannot be established from the record,
as the vote was viva voce. Now, with what sensitive
honor the high-minded senator from New Hampshire repels
this wicked solicitation of his untainted virtue?and
under the pretence, too, that he had never received the
books, as Ins willingness to- have "this retrenchment
ojierate upon himself, as a new senator, first," implies!"
I could not forbear giving this little piece of information
relative, to Mr. Hale's participation in the book distribution
of the House, in order that the dignified body
of which he is a member may duly appreciate the shrinking
and sensitive honor, ami the innate and elevated ingenuousness,
which distinguish the new senator from
New Hampshire; and in order, also, to call the attention
of the people of the State which he in part represents to
the generous and self-sacrificing disinterestedness with
which he has commenced his senatorial career. I know
ihey will be delighted to hear of this novel and remarkable
proof of the stern probity and ingenuous candor of
their new senator. I nave no doubt he will be very
grateful to me for this friendly act, and particularly
when I add that his senatoiial life is destined to be illustrated
with a surprising display of intellectual ability and
uncompromising devotion to principle.
AMICUS.
A Novxl Sp*ctaci.?.?The New Haven (Conn.) Palladium
state* that during ibe trial of a case in that oily, the
uther day, the interesting sight was presented of an askivemor
officiating as judge on the bench, and another
?x-Governor managing the plaintiff's case, while the present
Chief Magistrate ol the State was counsel for the delendants.
The simplicity of our republican hahitt and
institutions was. perhaps, never more forcibly exemplified
To the Editor of the Union :
Brown's Hotel, Washington city,
December 22, 1S47.
Sia: In your paper of yesterday I observe that the 1'ost
Blaster General makes out a strong case in behalf of thi
department against the steamboat and railroad compeniei
between Washington and Richmond ; but I believe tha
von have lived long enough to know that, more frequent
ly than otherwise, there are two sides to a case, and tha
the worse may often appear the better cause, if an advocate
is allowed to stray from the facts and abandon the
record.
The facts of the present case are simply these: In 1843
there existed, under a joint resolution of Congress, a contract
between the steamboat company and the departmen*
for the transportation of the mail between Washington
and Acquia creek at the rate of #12,752 per annum, to
continue until 1st July, 1847. At the same time, there
being no contract, and none likely to be made between
the railroad company and the department, Mr. Tyler,
then President, was selected by the parties to arbitrate
the matter. His decision gave the company the sum of
#19,500 (about #200 per mile) for the transportation of the
mails one year between Acquia creek and Richmond. At
the expiration of this term?say on the 1st July, 1844?the
mail was continued on the route for the same compensation,
and was so continued until 1st July last, when proposals
were issued for the service between Washington
and Richmond. At this letting, a bid was made by the
railroad company for the entire route from Washington to
Richmond, of #36,500 per annum ; and, although no other
offer came from uny quarter, it was rejected by the department.
A proposition was then made by the same company,
that, at tne mutual pleasure of both parties, the mail
j should be continued on tne route for the compensation
previously jtaid, which amounted to the sum of #32,252
in ail, per annum, wnicn hum win hdow a surpiusoi out
$1,377 over what the route of 130 mile*, (nearly 131
mileft,) at $237 30 per mile, would amount to, and which
surplus is not sufficient to defray the expense of transporting
the mail when delivered in Washington, Alexandria,
Fredericksburg, and Richmond. This proposition
was likewise rejected by the Postmaster General,
who insisted upon the sum of $2,083 less than the amount
named.
Under the impression that the opinion of eminent
legal gentlemen, entertained in common with the first
officers of the government, when maturely considered by
the Postmaster General, might induce him to reconsider
his decision, and anxious to avoid the inconvenience
and disorder which would result to the department by a
contrary course, the companies proposed to continue the
service, and rely on the justice of the department to
award them a fair compensation.
Finding, at the expiration of one quarter, that the
views of the Postmaster General had undergone no
change, and unwilling to encounter the expenses incident
to a continuance of their service at the most
expensive season of the year, when to the hazards of
night service on the river were to be added the expenses
of an extra train on the railroad portion of the route, the
directors unanimously resolved no longer to continue the
transportation of the mail after 10th December following.
This decision was made known to the Postmaster
General early in October, though no formal notice thereof
was given till the 26th; because the Postmaster General
had stated that a notice of ten or twenty days only was
necessary to enable hiin to perfect other arrangements.
With what reason, then, can the Postmaster General
find fault with the course of the companies ? lie was
aware of their dissatisfaction with his views of the laws
which related to their compensation ; and knowing that
reliance was felt upon a change of his opinion, it was his
duty, when certain that that opinion would undergo no
change, to take such course as seemed to him best under
the circumstances, and not rely upon the continuance of
service liable at any moment to disruption. The impression
has gone abroad, that the companies on the route exact
not only an illegal compensation, but one greatly exceeding
a fair proportion for the use of their route.
In regard to the first objection, no lawyer, whose opinion
is worth much, has yet been found to concur with
the Postmaster General in his construction of the laws
which relate to railroad and steamboat compensation for
| nail service; and, as regards the latter impression, I need
only refer any disinterested mind to the peculiar characteristics
of the steamboat and rail route between Washington
and Richmond, to satisfy such, that if the maximum
of the law, "$300 per mile for one or more daily
mails," is allowed the companies, it will not realize to the
stockholders that fair and just proportion of their income
which ought to be expected from the government.
In the first place, the largest daily mail in the United
States is taken both ways over it. It traverses a country
which otfers but little support in the way of local travel
or freight, and that little wnieh is derived from the steamboat
portion of the route is almost totally surrendered to
the necessity of a rapid transportation of the mail. It
saves to the department 13 hours beyond any route or mode
of transportation which it can adopt, and thus will be enabled,
in the absence of any contract for the mail, to obtain,
through the transportation of express packages,
(which are last taking the place of the mails,) a compensation
more than equivalent to any income which can
reasonably be expected at the hands of the department.
Finally, the service performed for the department is equal
to one-third of the whole service done on the route; for the
tact of no freight being transported on the steamboat portion
of the route, none between Acquia creek and Fredericksburg,
and but one train per week between Fredericksburg
and Richmond, makes it necessary to look to the
transportation of the mail and passengers almost entirely
tor the expenses of the route, and a very moderate divilend
for the stockholders. Of this service the department
has received a proportion of one-third, whilst the
compensation receiveu irom u is noi one-ienm 01 roe income
on the route.
I am pleased that the merits of railroad service, in connexion
with the government, have a fair chance of being
canvassed by the public. The great benefits which have
resulted from a reduced system of postage are, 1 believe,
now generally acknowledged, as well in this country as
in Great Britain. In both countries the reformation has
been simultaneous. Can any one doubt that this immense
lax, under which the public so long groaned, would ever
have been lightened, but for the aia of railroads? Certainly
not, so far as our widely-extended country is concerned.
What is the result to the revenues of the Post
Office Department ? A largely-increased income, and the
flattering hope, advanced by the Postmaster General, that
the period is not distant when a further reduction may be
expected of that tax which now -weighs but as a feather
on the community. To the railroads of the country, and
to no other cause, can these incalculable benefits be
traced. They have been able and efficient agents in the
greatest reformation of the age; and, like all reformers,
have met but scoffs and derision. No portion of the vast
good which has accrued through their means to the department
has enured to them; Tor their compensation has
not increased one cent, whilst their labors have been
quadrupled.
Is it, to say the least, politic on the part of the government,
under such circumstances, to aslc or receive of the
companies engaged in the transportation of the great mails
of tne country, an ungracious service ? Is it not rather
best to encourage, by liberal laws upon the subject, the
construction of important railroads, tne cost of which (as
Mr. Spencer, formerly Secretary of War, so justly remarked,
in his report to Congress) "is as much actually
added to the defensive means of the nation, without any
expense to the general government."
I I cannot conclude without some reference to the balance
sheet of the Postmaster General, attached to his
statement of yesterday. To make up the sum which is
requisite to snow that for service fifteen hours longer than
the old, lie pays no more, the inail-pay for the route between
Richmond and Petersburg (never yet stopped) is
abstracted, without the information on his part as to how
this mail is to be transported in future, or whether it is to
be taken between the two places at all. The latter idea
is the most plausible, ag a northern editor has already advanced
the opinion that Mr. Johnson expects to reduce
the cost of mail transportation by breaking up the mailroutes
of the country to an equal extent. Mr. Johnson's
mode of getting more mail service for reduced pay, is
strongly exemplified in his contract by the Bay, where he
expects to obtain 330 miles by water for the same money
which obtained for him only 150 by land.
I shall now conclude with the remark, that the directors
of the comjianies between Washington and Richmond,
having carefully weighed this matter, have, on
r.on mi I tn.t ion with n mainritv nf fhoir Htnrlrholtlpra
(among which is the Slate of Virginia, through her
hoard of public works,) resolved, unanimously, that they
will no longer furnish increased service for diminished
pay; and doubt not, when the public learn, as they now
do, that the companies were wdling to continue their service
till a reasonable time, in view of the action of Congress,
provided the .Postmaster General had been willing
to apply for an explanation of the lawn on the subject,
that the public voice will sustain them in the course
which they have thought proper to pursue.
I remain, very respectfully,
ED ROBINSON,
President Richmond, Fredericksburg,
and Potomac Railroad Company.
A FURNISHED Hons* Iter rent on the RratkwMtoni
corner of 12th anil F streets ; or gentlemen can have
furnished rooms, or suites of rooms, by making immediate
application. The bouse is situated in the most convenient
and healthy part of the city, where families and gentlemen
ean l>e supplied with their meals from Fuller's Hotel, Willard's
City Hotel, and one or two restaurants.
Dec IB?St*
rWIUIIrosil and Steamboat Una la Richmond and
Mi Petersburg Va , Charleston, 8. C., Arc.?Changt oj
houri.?The public are advised that the steamer Powhatan
now leaves Bradley's wharf, Washington, daily at I a. m.,
instead of 9 a. m , as hitherto. Passengers by this Una reach
Fredericksburg In five, Richmond in eight, and Patarsburg
in ten hours after leaving Washington. For further particulars,
apply to die Captain on board, or to
OFO. MATTINGLY, Agent
Djc 9?Sinwlttt
EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE,
Front oar l?w York Ownifi?<i?l.
New You, Deo. *>, INT.
The popert, tbi* morning, contain the oall for tho Clay
looting at the Tabernacle thie evening. About 900 names
ippear, with "179 others," comprising the names of the
whig m:tyor, members of the common council, the senators
uid assemblymen elect, and of the whig general commitoo?.
Ip 'ac(> I do not miss the name of a single prominent
vhig, unless it be a few Webster men?as Moses H. Griniell,-for
imtanee. Col. Webb, however, is out in his paper
.latly against the meeting?that it is not a whig meeting?
hat there aio many whigs who approve Oi the Lexington ras lutions,
but not of the speech ; but, alter exorting by such
t preamble the expectation of some few there to-night, he
lashes it all by stating that "we will not be there." He
-onsiders himself excluded by the call, not being one of
hose "who approve of the sentiments oontalned in the
peech and proceeds to review at length, and with much
force, those sentiments.
The telegraph, this noon, brings us news of two marine
disasters?one the brig Falconer, irom Sidney for Boston,
wrecked on I|5swich beach, with the loss of tome thirty
lives; aud the other, the Havrg packet Louis Philippe, for
Mew York, seen off Nantucket on Friday afternoon with
dgtial of distress flying, having unshipped her rudder, and
being then within two miles of the breakers. Two steam'irs
Htarli'ii from Nnntnplrnf ??t <miM to har aid.
The laborers to-day aro busy putting down the posts
through the city for the telegraph of Downing, House, Sc
O'Reilly, from Fort Washington to the Merchants* Exchange?al>out
14 miles. The posts are stout sticks, and
look as if they were meant to bear some strain. The use
of the telegraph in the oity lor the fire and police departments
has been bought for 9800 a year by the common
council.
Prime, Ward, Sc Co. have been up again on kabtat corput,
under the Stilwell act?this time before Judge Oakley, ef
the Supreme Court, on an alleged informality in the warrant
under which they were committed, in stating the proceedings
preliminary to tire commitment to have taken
place on Noveinberfilst, which was Sunday, (and a diss non,
of course,) instead of the 22d. The Judge fills morning sustained
the objection, and the parties were discharged. This
must be quite a relief to fite great bankers, though
their confinement was merely nominal. They were in custody
of Fred'k. L. Vulte, esq., deputy sheriff?whose perfect
good breeding and honor do in themselves mitigate the
rigors of the law?and were allowed by him to go and come
and transact all their business as usual, on their promise to ;
be forthcoming when neoessary. They were, in fact, on
parole.
The correspondent "S," of the "Union," last week,
is undoubtedly correct in his general remarks in connexion
with the death of Dr. Wainwright, as to the treatment
proper in cases of venomous bites of snakes, &o. Medical
men, I presume, are generally agreed that the poison
attacks the nervous system, and that it must be treated
by stimulants. Such was the treatment actively
pursued with Dr. W. As a very diffusible stimulant, ,
ether was employed. The strongest fourth-proof brandy
was given him?a gill every ten minutes, or a
pint and a half in an hour. Brandy, Cayenne pepper,
and ammonia (a most powerfully stimulating mixture)
was freely administered. But ail in vain. An inoredible
quantity of the most stimulating liquids appeared to have
not the slightest effect on him?not even oi producing the
Arst symptoms of intoxication; and he grew steadily worse,
as already stated, until his death, in six hours after the
bite. It should be observed, however, that the ligature
above his hand was removed at an early stage?perhaps
unfortunately; for the swelling extended itself much more
rapidly afterwards. The bite, too, happened to strike into
one of the larger vessels; and hence the effect of the poison
may have been greatly accelerated. Altogether, it was a
most painful and perplexing oase. Probably the only
entirely safe mode of treatment would have been to have j
taken off the hand, juat above the wrist, instantaneously the T|
wound was inflicted. And yet, what an alternative ! '(I
The libel suit ot Dr. Baoon against Col. Webb grew out 11
of some remarks of the latter in the Courier and Enquirer, Jl
in reviewing certain articles of the Doctor's in the Ameri- 9
can Review, entitled " The Mystery ef Iniquity," and pur- ill
porting to give an account of the mean* by which the "loco- rf|
locos" carried the city and State of New York in '44?the
same articles about Mr. Clingman which made so much ado
in tho House of Representatives. Never was there a moro |
egregiously absurd rigmarole?of "mare's-nests and stuff? >
put into print; and die Colonel, disregarding his partisan- !
ship, and perhaps having a private com of his own to pick I
with the Doctor, pronounced the production proof of the
author's insanity?that his friends should take him in
charge?which, but for fear of involving the Union in a
libel suit, I might say, was all richly merited; though perhaps
the charge was repeated oftener than needs be, and
with unnecessary circumstances of aggravation.
The deaths last week were 300?the lowest weekly mor- ;
tality since 1st of May last. The health of the city is im- '
proving, notwithstanding the mildness of the weather and ,
the old proverb about a " green Christmas" making fat the
church-yard. ZED.
From onr Baltimore Coi r?paaidant,
Baltimom, Dec. 28?6 p m.
CM wtathtr.?Tht Ewropta* Utamtrt.?Inttlligenet from
Santa Ft and Ckihuihua.?Tit markttt, f-c.
The weather is as winterish as can be desired, and the 8
ice merchants of our city are in as good spirits as some of 0
our flour dealers were last year when the English steamers a;
arrived announcing so continued an upward tendency of !h
breadstuffs. j||j
Up to 5 o'clock this afternoon the steamer Hibernia had iji
not been telegraphed at Boston, although she has been out jE
the unusually long period of eighteen days. The weather |E
during that time has been terribly bad on shore; and if it I*1
has been anything like as bad at sea her detention cannot w
be wondered at. The French steamer Union is supposed 11;
to have beon out 23 days; but tills line is so uncertain, that ml
she may not have sailed, or may have put in somewhere ? ]
for coal, as usual. I I
Telegraphic accounts from Cincinnati, received by the 8 1
Patriot, bring further intelligence from Santa Fe and Chi- Ki
huahua. VI
Fourteen companies and two battalions had left Santa IE I
Fe for the south, to winter at El Paso. Five hundred J J
troops remain. 81
The lorces under Newby and Bodine had gone to Taos. EJ
The St. Louis Republican has accounts which state that EH
the troops on their way to the south committed flagrant jEd
violence on the inhabitants of the country, and had made '88
the whole army od ions. n
It is stated in papers received, that a war party of Cu- Era
inanches had made an attack on tfje Rio, drove off two Sjl
hundred cattle, killed three men, and captured all the w
wagon*. 11
Paymaster Spalding reporta that 8,000 Mexican* am for- SI
tifying Chihuahua, and that they were oatting cannon at ]
that placo. El
The river is frozen over at Bard*town, Illinois. Hi
The Markets.?In the Baltimore market, this morning, ml
(lour has been without much movement; both buyers and |?
sellers are holding off for the steamer's news, now momsn- I
tarily loolrod for. A sale of 800 barrel* Howiard street was I
made this morning at 06 31?a slight advance; holders I
generally ask 96 87. The stock of City Mills is nearly ex- I
liaustcd. It is generally held at 96 37; rye flour $6 75; I
com meal #3 37 a $3 50. |
The receipts of all kinds of grain are light?sales of good |T
to prime red wheat at #1 30 a #1 38; ordinary to good ]}
91 25 a 91 80; white 91 40 a gl 00. White corn 60 a 61 B
ots.; yellow 64 ct*.; oats 35a4'2cts., as to quality; rye M e?
cents.
Provisions exliibit no change. Beef cattle 92 62| a 92 75
per 100 lbs. gross; hogs 94 93| a $5 25.
Groceries unchanged and quiet. 3
Whiskey 27J a 28t cts. per gallon in hhds. and bbls. '
At New York this morning, the stock market was dull, '
and not much doing. Transactions of flour moderate;
small sales of Genesee are making at 96 25 a 6 31 ; Os- '
wego, 86 a 0 124 ; southern brands 96 87 a 6 00; oorn meal
and rye flour unchanged.
Holders of wheat are very firm, but buyers do not meet
tliem ; prices unchanged; Genesee 187 a 140 cents, mixed
130 cents. There is an active shipping demand for corn
and considerable sales at 77 cents for mixed and 80 cents
for round yellow ; oats 62 cen.s ; rye and barley Arm. ^
Transactions in provisions are only for the regular trade,
at present prices; coffee unchanged ; considerable activity
in sugars and molasses.
Dealers in cotton are nwaiting the steamer ; sales small;
prices Arm ; whiskey dull at 96 a 86^ cents per gallon.
At Philsdnlphia, this morning, dealers in breadstuffit were
awaiting the steamer. Flour is held firmly at ?8 00; com i
meal *8 87. No change in the prioes of (rain. Wheat 4
scarce; prime red* 140 ota.; white oom 87 a SB eta., and i
yellow do. flo a ?3 cu. Oata 88 a 42 eta. Provision* are r
dull. Cotton quiet?sale* very small. Whiikef 27 eta. per ;
gallon.
SUPKRIOH Plan* Perts^Tw. FISCHER has just mi- (!
ceived from Boston a flre-rale rosewood Piano Forte, !,
with metallic frame and harp pedal, the tono of which is not 1 i
(urpasaed by any other in the city. It will be sold cheap, !
if applied for soon, at Stationers' Hall. Deo IS?dlvr V
WAffTBD?a situation by an able-bodied young man ' !
capable of doing house-work, gardening, or work of
an^rjdnd. Apply at this office. ?