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KDGAK SSOAVDES. ~ ALEXANDRIA; SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6.1855. Louis Napoleon has deferred his visit to Queen Victoria. The reason is declared to | be the opposition he was likely to experience from the Chartists of England. When Louis* ^ intended visit was announced, the Chartists, remembering that he had volunteered when in London to act as a special constable to put down their public demonstration in 1S4S, placarded London with emphatic appeals to the masses to give him such a reception as he deserved. Another reason assigned, which is probabiy the true one, is, that grief at the losses of the army would not allow tin* English court to give the proper entertain ment to their guest. — — -•* «-• *• • — — Somebody has written for the Boston l\><t * j _ , a letter dated from this place, in which the “good old town” is most soundly rated, the hotels abused, the streets maligned, the schools ridiculed, and only the “historical associations” of the place thought worthy ot commendation. The writer is both prejudi ced and uninformed. A stranger should al ways make himself acquainted with tacts, before he attempts to write. However, such letters can do but little harm, and give no uneasiness. The next time the author ot the letter visits Alexandria, we hope he will he better Dleased—if he is nut, it will create no dissatisfaction. --- Mr. William Pillchunt, of Baltimore, has ; for a year pa>t employed his leisure hours in constructing a working model of a ma chine of his own invention, to supply a great desideratum to the press, and especially the ' newspaper press. It is called a ‘deeding ma chine,” being intended to take up a sheet of paper wet and ready for printing, separate it . from the sheet next on the pile, carry it for ward a distance of twelve or fifteen inches, j and deliver it to the “tiugers” of the cylin der of the press at a given moment, without the possibility of delay or failure to perform its work. --——— The Washington Correspondent of the j Richmond Poet, says:—You will be surprised 1 t« hear that it is now pretty positively under- | stood here, that the lion. Win. Smith will be a candidate for the Governorship of Virginia in opposition to Mr. Wise. He would doubt- j lees have made a stronger run t —5 lar nominee, bad the candidacy of the party boon giveu to him in the first instance, but it will be difficult to tell how his coming out at this time will eventuate. If the Know Nothings should take him up 1 suppose he would be safe, if accounts in regard to them bo correct. __ The system of short credits is again at tracting attention. T.he Boston lransciipt says; “Wre hear that one of the largest dry | good jobbing houses in this city, and conse quently one of the most extensive in the ! country, has issued a circular to its customers announcing that from and after this date all goods will be sold on a credit of six months. Thi« is a movement in a right direction and j from the high standing of the firm above al luded to, it cannot fail to exert gre^t influence ia the jobbing trade of our city.” At a late meotingof the Farmers'club, con nected with the American Institute, Prof. Mapes asserted that what “we receive as pure olive oil in market, is nothing more nor loss than the surplus lard sent in by our pork mer chant! to France, where it is transformed in to the genuine article of sweet oil and return ed to be used at the tables of those very per sons who exported it in the solid state.” This ia certainly refreshing information for the lovers of pure sweet table oil among us, and is no doubt perfectly true._ The January number of the Southern Literary Messenger has been issued. *'ir Thompson, iU editor, has returned from his European tour, and will devote himself to (he coaduct of the magazine. We regret to •ee that the Messenger is not supported as it deserves to be. and an appeal is made to the Southern publi.c, especially, to come forward (o its aid. We hope to seo this appeal re •ponded to with liberality. According to the London Medical Circular (be campaign in the East has. in point ofsick aaaa and mortality been one of the most dts Mtrous on record. More than ten thousand men have disappeared from the ranks ainoe the armv landed in the Crimea. ^ c them are only sick, it is true, and w*ll ^ ( n again appear on the scene, lhe Russians, the poor soldiers say universally, are noth ing to the cholera and diarrhea. The Pittsburg Evening Chronicle of Wed nesday has a communication from the Secre tary of the Pittsburg and Steubenville Rail wad Company, which states that the sus pension of the banking house ofW m. A. Hill 4 Co., this morning, does not in any way in terfere with the payment of the interest cou pon the bonds, given by the city of Pitts burg and the county of Allegheny to that eompaav_, _ Ala Democratic meeting in Taylor boun »y, Virginia, a Mr. E. F. Vincent appeared before (be meeting, announcing his with drawal from the Know Nothing organization, denouncing in a severe manner the pro •eedinge and organization of that order.— Hie eeoree vrae highly applauded by we I'em octet.-_ __ Howto. Waters, the great Music pubhsh m Buufaeturer, and dealer in Piano Fortes, Ho. 338 Broadway. New York,' has sent u. (be following sheet, of popular »»». .l£ liabed hr him-J’ow*' by th. Pebbly Shore. 1+mmrw; «»d foe Bueb el Watere. A letter from Fairmount, Ya., to the IV j1 ershurg Express, dated January 2d, says: — Last night a shocking occurrence took place n our neighboring P>wn of Palatine. About 1 o’clock in the morning a small house took fire, and horrible to relate, an old lady nam ed Brumemge, was burnt to death. The . house, its contents, ami the body of the old j lady, were entirely consumed.” •The New York Evening Post is showing! that while the Pierce Administration talks against “the Know Nothings,” to satisfy the foreign population, yet foreigners no longer can g»'t office from it, but are now practically j excluded, in consequence ol the Know Noth- i ing fright. This is the reason, it is alleged, why Mr. (irund cannot obtain an appoint ment. -•» ♦♦♦•« The Washington correspondent of the i Philadelphia Ledger says, in his letter of ' Saturday last:—“It is extremely doubtful : whether Congress would at this moment ap- : propriate a cent for the purchase of Cuba, much less a hundred or two hundred million of dollars. Not even a sev*ret service fuud will be devoted in either House to promote negotiations for such a purpose.” , The Richmond Whig publishes at full length, Mr. Wise’s Louisa County lamous Whi<; speech, one of the ablest defences ever made of Whig men. Whig policy, and Whig j measures; and a most withering assault upon Democrat* and the Democracy, in the can vas* now g"ing on, Mr. Wise will find it very , n n j difficult to answer hi* former arguments. - — -««»»» The Fredericksburg Herald says that, in j Spotsylvania County, Virginia, there is a lively Know Nothing spirit abroad, and from the earnest inquiries made as to where and j when applicants oou! i unite with this new | order, it is assured that “Americanism” is ; rife among the people, notwithstanding the efforts of old politicians to “crush it out." The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rc- : oontiv decided that, under the law of 1831, * . . . . ! the legal weight "f a ton in that State is i 2.000 potwds. and not 2,210 as practised, until lately, among the coa! dealers, or 2.203 j pounds as formerly allowed among the iron , men for a ton of pig metal. The New York Times, says that Mr. Sam uel Leggett, lately one of the directors of the Empire City Bank to which he was indebted to the amount of £100,000 borrowed money, had disappeared. The amount is said to he overrated. His friends are now under ap prehensions that he has committed suicide. Bishop Hopkins of \ eruiont ha-s recently delivered a course of Lectures at the North, on the true administration ot the law, in re gard to the Naturalization of Foreigners. Though an Irishman by birth. Bishop Hop kins takes very nearly the same ground on this subject, occupied by the American party. A Boston paper in alluding to the new clip per ship M’Kay. of J,000 tons, which was to be launched on ^ ednesday, says; She has three decks, a full poop and top gallant fore castle, and has more stowage capacity than the Groat Republic; she is therefore the larg- , e>t merchant sailing ship in the country. The Mayor of Boston deserves the credit of having furnished a description of office seekers, which is as significant as comprehen sive. He says—“numberless persons solicit responsible situations to take charge of the city’s property, who never take care ot their - >> own. A letter from an excellent Democrat, in Orange County, says“Oitr ticket for Gov ernor is unpopular, and a democrat of the right stamp, says, Letuier, would beat the nominee bv thousands. I could pledge the Whi"s and Democrats to his support from this section.’’ A good Whig who has lately been reading some of Mr. Wise’s good Whig speeches, de livered informer times, says, he has had all his old political feelings revived, and that he must now exert himself to prevent as tar as he can, the triumph of the party which Mr. Wise shows up in such vivid colors. We regret to learn that the dwelling house of Mr. James Kidwell, iMiller.) near "Wil liam Gooding’s, Fairfax County, was entire ly destroyed bv tire on I hursday night of last week. It originated, it is supposed, from a tiro whieh had been made a few moments • 1 A*, a .. C 4I. a imnat' rAA W proiou^i> in ri —. (ic>>rge W • Gwen the wealthy Chioago banker, who has for several days been on trial in thatcity, on the charge of causing the death of his wife, by poison, has been convic eed of “murder in the first degree. A mo tion, however, has been made for a new trial. It is recorded as a terrible outrage that a colored man of fashion, moving in the high est circles of Vermont, has been thrust in jail with white men. ^ The newspapers at the North are, many of them, continuing to curtail their proportions, | and increasing their prices for advertising, &c. ^ It will be seen that the debate on Konw Nothiugism continues in the House oi Kep | resentatives. Henry Shackelford,-esq., declines being a | candidate f»r re-election to the State Senate, , from the Culpeper district. - m mm w Long Credit*. We hear of a movement .among the (try goods commission houses in favor of redu cing the credits g-ven to the jobbing trade, so 'that eight months shall he rhe outside limit on purchases. During the past few vears it has been customary to sell goods to the jobbers on a credit ranging from nice to ! twelve months, according to the extent of the purchase and the destination of the articles. If the hard times shall only induce a re.orm in the whole system of credits, they will , hereafter be regarded as one of the mos ! heartfelt seasons our business men have on ; joyed for a long while.—Transcript. Steamer Auguste. This steamer, which was so disabled a few I davs ago, bv running on a ledge of rooks ! ne;r Grove tVbarf, in James River, that she could not proceed, has been again put a9oat by aid of a steam pump obtained from Rich mond, and reached Norfolk to undergo ^ pairs The Beacon says she will probably £ inio ie dry dock at the navy yard for rtpaii* flouie of Representative*, January 4* On motion tbe House went into Coin uittee of the Whole on the Plate of the Cnioti, I Mr. Orrt of South Carolina, in the chair, ) iud resumed the consideration of the bill for j the relief of purchasers and locators of swamp i\nd overflowed binds. Mr. Harris, of Mississippi was entitled to j the floor, but being indisposed, y ielded his j privilege to— Mr. Sobers, who remarked that it was his ! purpose to defend what had been called a do* ! spised and abject sect: and notwithstanding the bitter invective of the gentleman from i Smith Carolina, (Mr. Keitt) and the serious charges made against what were termed “Know-Nothings,’ as though they were the most degraded and miserable of the human species, he had undertaken to appear for the heir-at-law against foreigners. He had listened attentively to what had , been said bv the two gentlemen (Messrs. I Barry and Keitt,) who had made terrible on- j slaughts on the Know-Nothing party, and had endeavored, honestly and conscientious ly, to ascertain whether there was any thing in their arguments which would go to change j his views in reference to this new organiza tion; and yet, for the life of him, in* had j been unable to find, in what he had heard j from the eloquent and excitable gentleman from South Carolina, or the more calm and elaborate gentleman from Mississippi, any tiling to cqmincc lion, “a native and to the manner horn,” that he should take up arms ; against his own country and his own people, j lie never had done so, and, so help him God, he never should. The flag of Ids country had floated in triumph everywhere—on the I land and on the sea, at home and abroad.— It was the star-spangled banner, and woe to the man, he he English, German or Mexican who dared to insult it. Mr. S. then proceeded to review the histo- ; ry of this-order. It was, he said, a matter of taunt with the gentleman from South Caro- j lirm that Know-Nothingism made its first 1 appearance in Massachusetts. 'I herefore that gentleman, out of a most ecstatic imagi nation, had connected the movement w ith abolitionism. If this movement did begin in Massachusetts, it came from an appropriate spot, for i:i that State were Bunker Hill, Con cord, and Lexingt«m. The descendants of the gallant men whoso lavishly poured out their blood on the plains of that (Jem mon wealth had not forgotten or ceased to love the liberty for which their fathers fought.— ( Thcv had* not forgotten that foreigners waged j w<ir iinrnimf f11»»sT* 5lln*cstor«. <1111 l he thanked Hod that this movement did come from Mass achusetts. Hut it did not stop there. It j passed through the Jerseys, and the descend ants of the soldiers who f ught with Moody feet and naked hands in defending the liber ties of the country against the accursed Hes sians, entered heartily into the organization. : It passed through the State of Pennsylvania, which has been called the Keystone ot the j Federal Arch, entered the Slate of New York, where, if it was not triumphant, it . was because its members did not know their own strength. It also passed through ino little State of Delnwaro, always true and faithful to the I nion in ail of its exigencies and emergencies; and he would tell his iriend the chairman of the Uuano Committee, (Mr. Kiddle,) that at some future day some explo rer after the icmains ol an extinct race, un dertaking to make a political geological sur vey. would not have t>* go to the 1 tiineha is lands to find another specimen ol a petrified man. (Laughter.) In hi* own Mate of; Maryland the recent municipal election in the city of Hitltiniore w» uld tell a talc. He wondered that gentlemen did not learn les sons from it. The main objection urged by the gentle man from South Carolina, against Know Nothingism, was, that it interteieu with what he was pleased to term “State-rights. He (Mr. S.) never knew of any question pre- j sen ted to this House or the other branch, but what the members from South Carolina were scared to death by the phantom of consolida tion. lie thanked the gentleman for utter ing the sentiment that the Kn >w-Nothing or ganization was endeavoring to bring about a unity of the Stares and tlmt it was opposed to State rights, which he (Mr. S.) understood to be secession and nullification. Its special and peculiar province was to consolidate the union of the States as they were at tbe mo- 1 uient when the Convention declared that they framed the Constitution for a more per fect union of the States; and this it meant to do. He would g-> further, and say that il he knew any thing of the principles <»f the Know- j Nothing party, North and South, that party looked upon Southern fanatics in the same light as they did upon Northern abolitionists. It would place them both, side by side, and hang them as high as Hainan. Know-Nothingism did not intend to per mit extremists to dissolve tins 1 nion. It in tended to hold on tv) the 1 nion ns the last hope, the last sheet anchor. It did not hold that an appropriation for an internal im provement wah perfectly constitutional, if the stream to which it was intended to apply passed through three States, ami unconstitu tional if it proposed to render navigable a stream which flowed through but one State. It did not intend to permit the Southern nul lifiers to assert their infamous doctrines of secession and nullification, as the only reme dy for abuses, after they themselves had tn ft iudieml tribunal to trv the con stitutionalitv of laws passed by Congress. In other words, this new order did nut intend to quibble about the letter of the Constitution with the affectation of a prude, and to violate its plainest provisions with the etiruntory of a prostitute. Mr. Keitt desired to know if the gentle men intended his remarks to have a personal application? Mr. Souths disclaimed any such intention. He was talking about South Carolina politics. The gentleman might be their express repre sentative, but he (Mr. S.) would denounce them when and where he chose. He then replied to the various arguments advanced by Messrs. Barry and Kent, and referred to the amount of immigration to this eountrv. lie declared that if for the next '_!< > years immigration should continue as it had for the la^t o years, we would have a foreign population within our limits superior in nu merical force to native-born citizens, lie al luded to the assertion that foreigners built our railroads and dug our canals, and asked if nothing was to be placed to the account of American enterprise, capital, and industry? He predicted that when gentlemen returned to their homes they would find Know-Noth ings as thick as the leaves that strew the vale of Valambrosa. Mr. Giddinc.s was understood to say that the gentleman from Maryland had declared that the Know-Nothings would leave slavery where they found it. lie desired to know | jf t»mt party would restore freedom to Kan ! gas ? Mr. Sollers replied that lie would never I take the construction of the gentleman from ; Ohio on anv point of constitutional law. Mr. G i dpi nos. Then the gentleman backs ! out from his own position. Mr. Sollers. I do not back out, but I do most cheerfully retire from su#h a contest. I would just as soon think of entering into a contest, may God forgive me! with a pregnant woman. [Laughter.] .... In conclusion Mr. 8. declared that, if this country did not arrest the increase of foreign power,* our Gvernment would soon be wrested from our hands. Mr. Giddixgs said that he had propounded hia question to the gentleman from Maryland with the sincerest and purest motives. The gentleman had announced himself as a cham pion of Know-Notbingism. and had proclaim ed its principles. He desired to know of the , genilwan when he declared that thiS no -s party would preserve i e Union, upon what j principles they would do this? l}*)n the ; principles of the Constitution? But when he : inquired of the honorable member in plain and distinct language, if his party would re?* j tore freedom to Kansas, he slowed the white I feather and backed out. The gentleman j well deserved the appellation "f a Know- ; Nothing or a sav-nothing. [Laughter.] Was it right for the gentleman to avow himself the champion of a party, and then > hesitate to express the sentiments of his . heart? The people had an inherent right to i know the sentiments of their public servants, and ho had never hesitated t.» avow any prm- j eiple upon which he had been que^toned by ; friend or foe. II*' was a lrieml to tiie k»mw Nothings, so far as he had any knowledge j of their doctrines, and hid courted their friendship all along. He liked them so far; as tlu*> had gone with his party; an*! wished j n av to know upon wh it principles tuey in* ; tended to act. ^ ^ j Mr. Bakk'-ualk desired to ask the gentio- j man if the Know-Notliiugs ami anti-Nebras ka party did not unite in Ohio in tiie late election? Mr. (Iinrn.vos replied that he had no know- , ledge of a Know-Nothing or a Know-Noth ng j lo fge in Ohio, until subsequent r » the elec- i tion. ll there were any Know-Nothings in his district at the time oi the election lie trusted they voted lor him. li they did, it was an excellent proof that they know some thing. | Laughter. | Mr. Sti art, of Mi* higan, wished to know if, during the late canvass in Michigan, tiie gentleman from Ohio, < r a delegate of the partv which the honorable member repre sented here, did not pay that State a Nisi’? Ami lie desired further to know whether the Know-Nothing party in the State *>t Miehi- ■ gaii, t«» a single man. did not vote for a ticket pur in nomination solely ami exclusively as an abolition ticket. Mr. 0 11>i>iVo replied that he did not . know there was a Know-Nothing in Michi- ; g.111. Mr. Sti \rt asked if it was not a notorious j fact that tin* candidates put in nomination : by the Whig and Abolition party, both for 1 State officers and lor t'ougress, were mem hers of the Know-Nothing organization? j Kverv man of them wa* proclaimed to be so ■ bv tiie Hemucratic newspapers of the State, , and it was never denied. Mr. (iiimiN'us said that he did address a most respectable audbn »* in Michigan ami a inore intelligent a^ocuihlage he had never ll 1.1 __ .. ... ....... .li. tiin , * i,i..vn >•"11. lit' Jiu'i ii iiM.ii ... j enthusiasm for the principles which lie pro- i fie-sod; but lie iii 1 not hear any intimation ! from them winch could lead him to suppose that they wore Know-Km kings. He nunie no war upon any man, but de-irod that ad parties, hen* and elsewhere, should proclaim to the people their principles, without dis guise or decept-on. Mr. Knrrsaii that the gentleman from Maryland had introduced what he was pleased to call Northern extremes and South- 1 era extremes in conjunction, lie* gentle man (said Mr. K.) spoke oi nullification and secession on the one side, and oi abolition on the other, lie u-ed epithets certain y in had taste; but since he has disclaimed any j thing personal, 1 shall have nothing person al to.miv in reply. I merely mean to remark, m relation to the doctrine o{ nuiiihcation, that it has heen expounded and illustrated bv the great intellect- of niv own state—by (Vdiouu. McHuffie. Hayne, Pre-ton, and all those great non who -wept in a convolution of splendor over the -kv oi my -ta*e. W e fought the battle openly. The nullification i anv in 1 >.>U -ought no subterranean lode to ( ferment in. No Fariline vva - there to iesi<r at midnight a conspiracy, and in the Senate hall tie* next dav, when dermuneed, otter | himself as a k now N i.lmig. \\ e offered to tight the liovernmeut upon j rincipie, and fight it in open dav. k c stood under our j own llag. aim the <iovernnient brought down , the stars and stripes. The sons "t Carolina still stood under tin* pahno'to Hag and in defence of their honor, then rights, the.r | sanctuaries, and their firesides, ready to i perish, and perish all of them. I was a member of the secession party *d , 1830. My state was ready in war t > make anv sacrifice for the government. Her sons are ever readv t> give their blood when their country demands it ; but in peace, it , vou strike at our rights, our honor, and our liberty, bv heaven wo will -trise you hack! 1 owe allegiance only to iny Slate. and through her to the Federal (ioveminent. When any tiling personal i- said m relation to these sentiments, I shall answer in a mono syllable. j The debate then turned upon the bill before the House, j l>rfaleat ion of Selrftrii, VVIIuer* it Co. We called at the office of the Hoard of Pub lie Works, during their pre-ent s»\-si >ti, and were piea-ed to learn tii.it variou- statement wliicli have been going the rounds id the pa per- greatly exaggerate the indebtedness «»1 this defaulting eoneern to the State. 1*. is impossible to ascertain the exact amount un til a eetticnient is had with the various pir ties with whom Leiden, Withers A Po., had contracts for the purchase of State bonds.— Some of those contracts have just matured, and other* have imt yet been completed.— The Hoard are taking active steps to have them adjusted as rapidly as possible. Sel den, \> it hers w « o., render an account, slow ing ft balance of due the State. The probability, we learn is that the balance will be something larger than till-. The pri vate fortunes of the partners, 'A it her'* and Selden, are considered ample to pay an\ de ficiency that may accrue ai'ter the effects of the firm are exhausted. The Hoard ate en gaged actively iu prosecuting their claim, both again?t the firm and the private part ners, and hope soon to bo able to say that the whole amount winch they owe to the State has been placed beyond doubt. State bonds iia\e been rapidly improving in price and are now selling ai 'J7. e hope soon to see them at par. when all our im provements will go forward as usual.—liu A. Kiifuirer. Wheat at ('ll it-a go. We understand that there is a largo num ber of persons buying wheat in this market for Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and the Eastern States, and that the demand is rapidly increasing. It is not probable, under sucb circumstances, that any con siderable surplus can accumulate in our warehouses between this and the opening of navigation next spring. This opinion is be coming very prevalent, find gives the price of wheat an advancing tendency.—Chirnyo Tribune, I hr. lAh There is an active shipping demand at New York for breads tuffs, including corn, wheat and flour, limited only by the small stock of wheat and flour. A Retort. The value of the regular organization of the Democratic party is always depreciated i<v those who have failed to control it to per sonal or corrupt ends.— \Ufuhi nylon Union. And per contra: its value is always praised and exaggerated bv those who have not fail ed to control it to such ends. The Enion has a license to praise iike a true organ, any or ganization that makes it the recipient of thou sands of dollars annoally, and gives it a po tent voico in the distribution of millions of patronage.—PhUad.. Su n. 110R HIRE—A MAN ami (HRL The ^ man is a good Dining-room Servant, and the girl isa good Chambermaid Apply at this office jan 6—eotl LESLIE S GAZETTE of New York Paris and Loudon Fashions, is always on the liter, at RICHARDS’, Fancy Store jaB 4— 11 Propose*! Increase nml Ke«rga»lTittU>n j of tl»e Army. In the House of Representatives, on Thursday. Mr. Faulkner, from the Commit- ; lee on Military Affairs, reported a hill to in crease and reorganize die Army, which, on his motion, after if had been ordered to ho printed, was recommitted to tho committee from which it emanated. This direction wa* given to tlie od , wo presume, not with 1 view t<> it* amendment or alteration by the Committee, but to expe dite a decision upon it l*y flic House when it sha 1 he again reported. Having understood that the lull meets with the entire concurrence of the Secretary of War, a< well as of General Sc tt. General : Jesup, and other distinguished officers of tin' Army, we publish below a faithful summary of it. As respects the last mentioned bill, how- , »*\m\ there is reason to believe that it will be made to conform to the bill just lepoited in the House, a-» the Committee on Military Alfairs of the Senate, who were present yes terday during the examination of General Sv*otrT*etore the House Committee, concurred in all the modifications that have been made i to their bill. The importance of the subject, now that the measure has been matured with great ; care, will doubtless give it precedence ot most other subjects ol less pressing need.— Ao/. In/. Synopsis oj /Are Jidl. The lirst section provides lor two addition al regiments ot infantry and two regiments ot cavalry. The four artillery regiments remain as at present organized. The second section provides for the change ot the designation of dragoons and mounted riflemen to that of cavalry, and gives the President the authority to raCe the number of privates in a company from sixty-tour to one hundred, and for a corresponding in crease of non-commissimied officers as the companies inay be increased.. The third section discontinues the topo- j graphical corps, and transfers its officers to ; the corps of engineers and to other Corps or regiments. It also provides for a brigadier general of the engineer corps. i he fourth section reduces the number ot i officers ia the ordinance corps, which now consists of thirty-six, to eleven officers, and ; transfers them t > other corps. I’he fifth section provides for nine briga dicr genet als in addition to the brigadier general ot engineers—one for each ot tin* lumtarv department*, iwo i in.-j^ >» oral, one for quartermaster general. Jin'* f»»e for adjutant general, and transfers the duty i relating to the supply of clothing from the quartermaster general to the commissary , general. It a!>o provides f*>r one commissary gene ral, one judge advocate, eight assistant adju tants general, eight quartermasters, and six commissaries, to be selected from the regi ments or Corps, and prov id *8 also tor as many assistant quartermasters and eommissarie as may be needed, to be selected from too lieutenants ot the army. Section sixth provides that all commission ed officers authorized hv thi- act shall bo appointed hv tier* President, bv and with tlie ' advice and c msent ot tin? Senate. It prescribes the manner in whicu the staff appointments shall he ma le, how the quar termasters and assist tut o mmissarie- shall he appointed, &e. Section Ttii prescribes the manner in which general < fficers shall he appointe 1, jjuw promotions in tin* inlautry, cavalry, en gineers, or Inaii' o. and artillery sh.ill l-e made, and provides the manner in which va cancies ,u the grade oi major ot ordnance shall he .-applied. Section eighth gives the President the power to prescribe the manner in which the troops >ha!i be armed and equipped. Section ninth repeals certain articles m the act ot April it*. |S»'f», and prescribes rules to regulate command and rank in cases m>t provided for by the ninety-eighth article of war. It regulates brevet commissions, guards against a junior officer by virtue of brevet be ing placed over a senior officer by bvevct, and providesagauist an officer of the pav or medical department exercising command except in his own department, and of being placed uinlt r the command oj any one but tin* commandant of the postal which be i stationed. Section tenth entitles the officers and men authorized by this act to the same provi-i >n for wounds and disabilities as other officers and men. and gives to the mounted artdiery the sann* pay as cavalry. Section eleventh fi ves the pay of the officers and d licrs, and prevents officers absent on leave fur more than one mouth in each year, unless in cases of uffi *ers from distant posts, whose h-ave can be extended at the discretion of the iVc-i lent to fifty days, from receiving their regular rations, it also gives service rations to general officer-. Secti m twelfth provides f< r a retired li*t. Section thirteenth prescribes the mode of promotion to places made vacant by the retir ing of officers on the retired li-t. ; ection fourteenth provides h r the pay and allowance of an officer who, after being placed on the retired li-r. may be placed on duty not incompatible with hi* condition. Section fifteenth limits the time for placing officers on tin; retired list to one year from the date of the passage ol the act. l>cat it of Mr. Uohei't T. F<yi»c!i. Intelligence of the death of Mr. Robert T. Lynch reached this city yesterday. Ho died at his residence in New Orleans on the 27th uIt., alter a protracted illness. Mr. L , wn the eldest «on of the late dames II. Lynch, eso., of this citv. He was well known t< many (‘four citizens, who will he pained t<* hear of his death. He left here a tew yeais ago, in the vigor of manhood, t > become a citizen (J New Orleans, and alter passing safely through several epidemics, which swept oil'thousands around him, has fallen a victim the to “great enemy/’ at a time when his numerous friends were wholly unprepar ed to expect it. He survived but a short time a father, two brothers, ami a nephew, and leaves an aged and devoted mother, and an affectionate >i.ster, already deeply grieved, by the recent loss of two beloved members of their household, to mourn over the loss of another link from the family chain. Within a short period, this worthy family have truly drunk deep of the cup of affliction, and in this, their day of sorrow, they have the heart felt sympathies . 1 this entire community.— Jitf'h. L/fj. Tran-.nct Ion* in Slocks. New York. January 4.—Stocks are better and the market is quiet. Money is easier; sales at the Second Hoard < t \ irginia t»’s at 02J. Cumberland 27j. New York Central Had Road 83; Erie 30}: Reading 74A; Little Mlama Rail lo ad SS. rilEACHER WANTED —A LADV * quali I tied to Vach 1 rench. and the highest branches ot English, can procure an eligible situation in the Female Seminary at Woodstock, Shenandoah County, \ a. It would be desirable to commence teaching about the 1st of February next. For further in formation, address WILLIAM OTT. / ,. SAMI'FL C. WILLIAMS. ( ’ nmmittee. Woodstock. Ya . jin 0—eo3\r TTTELSHS PREMIUM FAMILY FLOUR. It —SO bbN. of the above justly celebra ted FLOUR, received per Rail Road from Win chester via Strasbnrg, and lor sale by KINCHELOE & CO , jan 6—3t No. 25. King-street. VIT HITE JAMAICA GINGER, and Whirr ▼ f Mustard Seed, just recehed, hr dec 19 PEF.I. L 8TFVENS. 39, 'Km^ Trouble lu llaltiinore. Bmtimore, Januirv 4, lS5o.—I ngret to lea: u th.it the difficulty between Mayor I {inks and the members of the 1 ity Council relative to his appointments, is likely to come to an open breach. fin? M ivor is an intclli g*'»it mm, but «>no who cannot be swerved to the right or left l.y friend or foe, contrary to his ow n judgment ot what is right and pro per. The members of the (’ity Council have taken the ground that all the appointees under the present administration should have the qualifications of a membership to the American organization, dating back later than the election day, i! possible, or that they should date their membership further back than the period of their becoming ap plicants for office. A convention of delegates troni ihe different American councils assem bled on Thursday morning, and passed re solutions approving of the position taken by the member* ot the V ity Council. They also appointed a committee to wait on the Mayor and present the resolutions. The Mayor received them respectfully, but declined to reply t » the resolutions: but in the course of hi> remarks stated that lie would select his officers from the organiza tion in all cases tnat he could find men whom lie deemed suitable for the position, but that he would continue to seek suen outside ot the organization w hen he could not find such within it. The matter lias created much feeling, and a second meeting ot the American delegates is to be field on to-morrow. 1 he Mayor takes the ground that tiiere were thousands of men who sympathized with the American organization, and voted for their candidates who never have been and never will be en roll** i members of any political organization, and that the course which it is desired lie should pursin', would be fatally injurious to the party in all future Contests.—American (trfnv. The Odti Fellows. \V vsm\(.ToN, .Jan. b.— To the Odd Fellows of Alexandria:—Hemmuikn: 1 have watched with eager anxiety voui noble an 1 untiring acts of kindness towards an alllieted brother, whose body you so recently conveyed to its last earthly resting place. The kindness and affection you manifested toward him, convinced me that he was a brother beloved and highly esteemed. I have not the honor ot belonging t • vour order, but I cannot re frain from expressing the high esteem that 1 have for you, which is increased by such acts ot genuine benevolence ami tokens ui sympathy. Night after night hr months, toil ml some of von leaning over his couch, anticipating his wants, and. as far as possi ble, alleviating hi> pains, i may hero repeat some ot vour own familiar expressions after his departure: “Ah, W a*b. was a noble fel low.” “Yes, !.<» was kind, benevolent, and generous to a fault.” “if money was want ing. an 1 lie ha i f»ut one dollar in his poeket, it was freely handed out.” “A more noble follow never went. ’ “(Jive (he said, when drawing near hi* last) my body in charge of my hretiiren, the Odd fellows. \es, and he Ins left v<»u another legacy, my noble fel lows; vour iabor of love is not <j«i«to finished; tliere is his beloved widow and five little daughters, who look to you with confidence as their best friends. They are truly your adopted children. But 1 fear not lor them, knowing that vou will always take care of their lor. el v home, and protect their fireside. Your friend, with much respect, \Vm. I*. McConnell. Fail (lie Hi l'lttsbmg. The Pittsburg American in alluding to tin* failure of lien. Larimer of that city, says: — “The Banking II >u*c of (len. Larmier closed this morning, or lather did not open. He are unactpiamted with the state of his atluirs, but learn from some < f his fiiends that the suspension wall mu be of hong duration, the assets being sufficient, it i* affirmed, to meet ail demands. Tbe very considerable means of (ie:i, Lat imer arc well caleu! ited to justify this belief. In ti.e meantime tin* payments on the part of the (dmi'cllsville Boad i'o.,are suspended also alfeurcd, a* if miet be, by tlie suspension of the President and Treasurer. lit regard to the Ohio and lVnna. It. K. ('o., of w h.cli he was Treasurer, we learn from go .,1 authority, that the ('•uiipany will sutler but little inconvenience lr m the suspension oj (i"n. i.arimer, as the tum:* ot the Company deposited with hint were required from day t-» dav, an»l u*j consider ible balance remain ed at any time in his hands. Tlie \\ ool Trade. The Wool Trad** of the country continue* exceedingly depressed, and the trade has sel dom or ever been hi a worse condition than at tlie present time. Several manufacturers have recently suspended, many mills are stopped, while bur few are working fulltime. The stock on hand i* pretty large, and mo ney difficult to realize upon it: holder* coil seiptetitlv expect no early improvement, and wni:rgi v accept on com fie n domestic des criptions lower prices than have been cur rent at an v period since LS-iJ. Mr. Slater, of linode island, who has been for some time the only manufacturer ot broadcloths in this enuntrv, has ijuitted that portion of his busi ness. and. as we learn, there are now no broadcloth mill* running in the country.— Taxation in ,\ew lock. The citv government of Now \ ork was organized on 1 uesd iv l:i**t. We make tin* following extract from Mayor Wood’s me>* ‘ * r ' ‘dn 1 > Id the amount raised by tax for the -upi-ort of the ritv government was >1.7 17. dhi .Vj; whereas, in l>■">;**, it was >7\,>b7.'J7*) (VJ; and this year it is nearly six millions— a startlii!*' increase. Nee i you b«* told that this addition of two humlred and fifty per centum is th** iesuitol c.ther corruption ..r wasteful extravagaiicc\ the natural con-e tjuence of irresponsibility. V(’A III).— WV iiov♦* this day associated with a, DANIEL E. Wd I’MEK and AMDS If SLA \ M \ K Eli. arid will continue tin* DEV GOODS El SIN ESS mall its various branches, nt tbf old Hand, X>. Ol. AV/ig Hr* ft in dor the name ol G. K. WITMEU HIP'S A* CO. V* #• tuk** this opportunity to again return our th inks to our Jju*nd- and customers lor the very kind and liberal patronage they have heretofore extended to us. and hope hy continued efforts to merit a continuance o| treur trade and confidence. Our accounts will ie* presented m a hv\ day-, and our fronds will greatly oblige* u* by giving them their prompt mid »pmu' a! ration jin 6 i. K. W’lTMER Ac BRO. VCALD —7 A\ TUUMPSO.V will be hap py to see his old Irmnd' and customers at the Merchant 1 adoring establishment on Penn sylvania avenue, between ‘hi and streets. W ashington. DC. where they can be accommo dated with every article nt CLOTHING made to order in the nea’esf. most fashionable, and du rable manner. The GOODS have aM been se lect* d wi ii gp*a* care from first hands, and. as he io acting lor another, they will b- sold lor ca>-h at a small advance. He invites Los friends and the public to examine the rock and learn pricer which he is sure cannot fail to please. W a-hington, jaw *5—Jlvv 1V)R SALE OR HIRE.—Two COLORED 4 BOYS, aged twenty \ears. They will be sold onlv for a term of years, or they will be hired by the year. They .ire good farm hand*, and accustomed to horses. For further partic ulars. enquire at this office. W’afhington. jan 6—eo3t _ 11QK HIRE—A likely NEGRO BOY, about 4 eighteen years old. of good character, and has been engaged for the last tour or five years as a house servant. Price $IU0, on the usual terms. Enquire of ;an 4—eo9t* 0 W tRAilMELL. The (•nmio Trade. The very extensive increase in the u^c of (iuano a3 a fertilizer of the earth, says the Baltimore American, has caused the trade in it to become exceedingly important. Tho number of vessels arrived at the port of Balti more the past year loaded with Guano was 135, mostly ship-of tho largest class. As suming the freight paid to those from Peru to be an average of 828 per ton, the freight money alone amounts r«> £ 1.025,090. I he wh »!e value of (iuano imported from Peru, at #50 per ton, is 85,1.>9.000, and that from other ports at 82 » p**r ton. is over #2.>5,UoO, making the value of (iuano imported into Baltimore the past year nearly three and a half millions of dollars. It is* to he remark ed that the largest import of (iuano has been into Baltimore, and without correct data, it is assumed that tin* rjuantity imported equals that of all tin* other cities of the I nioii.— The trade in Peruvian Guano is, as is well known, an entire monopoly of the Peruvian Government, and its price is not affected by competition, but i- entirely within tho Con trol of the Agent of that Government. At the close of the year the supply ou hand is very larg'1, being computed to be about 40, OtH) tons, or about half of tfie whole import nf the year. The market in the Spring will therefore open with a stock sufficient to meet almost any demand, hut in the mean time supplies are not expected to continue as free ly as heretofore, as it is understood that but few vessels have been chartered to proceed to the islands within the past three months.— We subjoin the imports for the past year and f.»r several years previous: IMPORTS OK (if ASO FOR 1854. Peruvian 58,927 Mexican 9,014 African 027 Total 09,108 IMPORTS or PF.RI'VI.W ill' VVO INTO HALTIMORK for six vf.vk.s. 1849 2.700 tons 1850 0,800 tons 1851 25.0(H) tons 1852 25,500 tons 1853 52,152 tons 1854 58,927 tons Coni Trade. The Cumberland Telegraph, of yesterday, says: During the past year there has been more activity in minimr ooerations than for any similar period of time since the commence ment of the c«*al trade in 18 4*2. This is shown by the handsome increase over former years. In 1853 the total am-amt sent to market was 'J.’i.VdT'Jtons "hiht that id 1854 was 1048,30*J tons, slowing an increase of 11 4, 330 tons.— This result was accomplished in the face of serious obstacles, greatly retarding ship ments. Amongst the drawbacks against which the operators had to contend, may be enumerated the -trike amongst the miners, Covering a period of three months, during which time there was necessarily an almost total sn-'oeii-ion of business at the collieries, i Alter this difficulty was adjusted the average weekly shipments amounted to 20,000 tons, until the commencement ol tin* drought, which continued tor several months, and fin ally put an end to sliipinents over the canal, thu-s curtailing the amount that could have been forwarded some o.lHMt tons per week. Besides these difficulties there were one or two serious strike- on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. All the-e thing-combined to throw obstacles in the way ol a large in crease of the co il trade, and but for them tin* coal sent to market would doubtless have reached at least 1 .*>»><>,imm» tons. We take lhe following from the (’umber land Telegraph • Thr Coal Trade.—The shipments of coal from the various trains for the week ending 30th of December, 1854, amount to only 2, htj’J Oi tons. Auotlar S'\r C,mI <\/mjnnuj, to be called the American ('«>ai (’ompany, has hern or ganized on the ba-t- of the property | ur chased from the a-signee- of ttie Darker Vein Company, including th** fatten, .lack him, and \\ ♦•sternnort mines. »V e under - stan 1 that *.v«*rk will be resumed at all the mines in a short time. ilKMALK COLLF.KIATK IN8TH11 K-’ * The Spring -< >»ioii ot th , Institution will open o/i IVrtinfiriay. gl*t *>f February. Board ol Instruction a- follows Rev. Jons C. Bi.ackvvklu A '1 . President and Prol of .Natural Science and Kfhics .Mi Wm. N Pam A. M . Prof, ol Knglinh and < lassioal Literal me. .Mr. J. J. Pot is. A. M.. P rof. of Mathematics Mr. Ak*a*j> Pkkot. Piol ol Modern Lan guages and Music. Mr-. K. A Pkokt. Assistant hi French and Music. Miss 8ah vft Cork. A-sist.mt hi Kngiish and Scien?ilie ( our^e \11ss M VKV F. Kdivaiius. A-sistant in Music Mi-s Si s.vs Vkiihv, Instructress in Ornamen tal Branches. * Miss Mary L Black, wi.ll, Assistant iri Lite rarv Course and Mu-ic. Mr. and Mi*. (»off. of Richmond, vvi h an A. distant, will have charge ol the Boat ding Be partment. I krv- per session ol r.ve months, as toiiow > Board, including Fuel, Lights, and \\ a-li I me.$5<> Ct Tuition in English Branches. . . . in Classical do . :ii Modern Languages. each... . 7 »o in Marie on Piano, 01 «»nitai. u>*' ol Piano . m Vocal Mm*ic. no cti trg*-. • n I)»a\\iiig and two kind-* ot N’eid ewoik, each ... «* 00 in Monochromatic Painting, mil Course 0 00 ()r w hole e\j» iim‘-> of a pupil in Lug i>n i > „t „ i *i ti11 P>t a riches. Whole expenses of a pupil in ( 'asucal 70 'Ml ( ours**. Modern Language in either Course, extia 7 7o All lees due in advance; no d**duc*ion except in cases ol protracted sickness. Puj*.:*» w»il he charged for breakage and abw <»t Eiiruiture. JOH N <\ PI. U K W EEL. Add res- Gravel Hill, Buckingham. Va Buckingham Co.jm *• — inw2m I A I’E A Kill V ALS OE NEW BOOK*. j Pud Doings, being Jon*. Fudge s Record oi the same, in forty chapters, by l*e Marvel. 2 vols. limo cloth, JJ>2. American Principles on National IWpei ity, a Thanksgiving Sermon by Nicholas Murray. D If K Irw an.) 11 > cts. A South *ije View of Slavery, or thre» months at the South, m lbOi. by Nehtmiah Adams, DD . 7.7 cts. m Kansas and Nebraska, the History ar.d Oeo gr.iphical [*>sition of those Territories. by Ed waid E. Hale, w ith an original Map trom tlm latest authonties. 7 ) cts Biographical Sketches ot the Signers of *ne Declaration ol American Independence b\ B. J Lossing. author ot “ Field Book ol the Ameri can Revolution." illustrated by 7>i portraits an i other engravings, $1 27. Incidents of Travel in Egypr, Arabia Fetrea, and the Holy Land, by John L. Stephens, a new edition, with a map andengravings. h v<> clorli $2 Kthan Allen. and the Green Mountain Boys of *7f>, by Henry W. De Buy. $1 27. The Life of Gen. Francis Marion, by W fid more Sims ivmo. cloth. $1 27. Redwood, a Tale, by Catharine M. Ledywiek, 12mo. cloth, $ I 27. Clarence, a Tale of our ow n Times, by Cats ariue M. Sedgivick.tfl 27. A New England Tale, and other Miseel Unies by Catharine M Sedgwick, $1 27 For sale by JAMES ENTWISLE k SON. jau $ No .7 King-street. TMPORTANT TO FARMER* —I otTer for I sale four good sized KENTUCKY MIXES. They are young, and wmk w-ell, LEVEN POWELL Pytcvillc, Fnu^uiar £V Vat, jaa 4—act/