The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1847, Page 3

Oakley.—Habeas Co ght before Judge Oat it of habras corpus, to be wai to bail. Tas Ju anaed the parties, and ordered them to be brought ath of Chancellor Kent, the argumentis - morrow, (this morning ) County OF GrvenaL Beserons, Deo. 13 —Before Re- rder Soott and Aldermen Smith and Crolius. Jobn icKeon, Esq, District Attorney. At the opening of urt, this morning, the District Attorney aunounced 6 death of the venerable ex-Chancellor Kent, in doing hich, he proceeded to pass en eloquent eulogy upon » charseter of the deceased; at the same time gave an teresting eketoh of his distinguished career, as Re- order, Judge, Chief Justice, Chancellor, and lastly, as Professor in the law department of Columbia College, he details of which are more hg noticed in another olumn. The District Attorney, in concluding bis re- arka, moved that the court adjourn uutil to-morrow, ‘0 respect to the memory of the deceased, James ‘I’ Brapy, Esq, in seconding the views of Mr. McKeon, also made a few eloquent remarks, relative to the estimation in which the deceased had been held, abroad as well as at home. The court was accordingly ‘adjourned until to-mcrrow morning. Count Carexpan—This Day—Circuit Court—49, 44 20, 57,59, 13, 52, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68,69, 70,1, 39. Su- perioy Court 7. 42, 53, 58, 59, 69, 420, 65, 56, 57, 76, 78, 1, 9. 44, 81, 83, B4, 89, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 12, 43, 35,74, Compounding a Felony, . Under this head, an account of the arrest of ithe un- dersigned has been published in a number of the city papers, in terms bigbly prejudicial to the cause of jus- tice wand to his character ana citisen, ‘he matter has been under investigation for some time, and it would have been as well if the publication bad been del a until the magistrate had decided upon the case. ‘The charge is wholly unfounded, aa the undersigned is pre- pared to pre Of the motives which induced the com- plalnt, be will have something to say hereafter; a sus- pension of public opinion is only asked for a few days, when the entire innocence of the undersigned will ve made manitert, as well as the motives that induced the complaint aed publication. R. K. CLARKE, = = ‘Khe Lafayette Fausileer’s Ball will take place this evening at Charraud’s Rooms, 20 White street. on the wiper corver of Broadway end Marray street exnrined by all who wish tosee to what perte been beought by the moat try, and those who wish to meatsas well, show Gold Pens, Diamond Pointed.—Purchasers of Gold Pens, will bear in mind that all makers put the rnames on their best pens, and the uames of cardinals, chiefs, or fancy stamps on :heir second or woferior qual Those who may wish lo get a good warranted p jw rate, can find at the estarlishment «f John W. Greaton & Co., No. 71 Cedar street, the pens ofall the best makers which they wall aell both wholesale aad retail at reduced prices. Gcld pens repaired and repointed, ‘the most cle. one of the celebrated Gold Pens for the Holidays. ant and useful gift of the season, Piamond Point ted Gold Pe . Ke street, one door oelow Wall street tou street. ‘These pens are pre-em durability ‘othe use of both Ladies und Gen- tlemen. Gold Pens of every style and quality Gold and Sil- ver Fen and Pencil Cases, at the lowest prices, sold as above. cy Paper and Paper Boxes, Cornucopias, motio payers, fancy doxes for confectioners, jewelry bores, square boxes, in nests, for druggists, pill, boxes, &e Gold, silver, copper, tissue, morocco, marble, Chinese and Spanish paper, paper lices, fold and silver borders, ornaments, pictures, &e ‘Algo, boxes for wedding cakes, wholesale an retail, at48 Maiden lane. G.J.Kralt, Manufacture and Im- porter. ‘Whe cheapest and best piace in the city to get Bootsand Shoes, Jones’s, 4 Ann street, near the American Maseum. He sel best French Calf {Dress Boots at $4 50, and first rate Boots he will sell at $1. You can also get a very ice pair for $3 40, and as to his waterproof and cork sole Boots, they cot be beat in-price ot duality. and further: more, ‘all goods sold by our friend Jones, of No 4 Aun strect, are warcauted to gi nto the purchaser. Oreme de Patm: ing a wig in your old Creme de Palma Chris- ti, in youth—it_ nour id preservediipe hair— prevent: Prematai oe grey. Experience isdaily tenching many, that this prepara- tion ‘is the best ever introduced, ‘The improvement in pec- 80 al aponrance, Hie ig 1 pt erg Pipe Mee C4 use cannot be ti estimated. ' or sale only the ieveator. W.J.BAHRER, Ladiew’ Hair Dresser, 31934 ite the Carlton House. MONBY MARKET. Monday, Dec. 13..6 P. M. ‘This bas been a blue day in the stook market. Quo- tations do not vary much from those ruling at the close on Saturday, but there appears to be a depression upon the minds of operators, calculated to put prices several per cent below those now {current. At’the ‘first board, to-day, Pennsylvania 3's fell off per cent, and Canton advanced }4; all others closed without any alteration. ‘The Britannia, the Boston steamer of the 16th inst.— "Thursdey—will take out about $150,000 in spesie, and the shipments by the sailing packets from this port, this week, will be about $200,000, making an aggregate for the week of $350,000, against $258,000 last week. Not- withstanding this exportation, the specie in our banks hhas not been much reduced during the past six weeks, the amount on hand being but little less than on the Ist ot November last. Another claim for damages against the Hudson River Railroad Company was determined at Somers, in West- chester county, on Saturday last. The case was that of Martha Cruger. The damages claimed by Mrs. Cruger are for injury sustained by the railroad crossing over a brick yard on her premises, and three bogs in front of her land. The company made a tender of $1500 only to Mrs. Cru- ger and the two tenante of the brick yard, which was refused. A jury of appraisers was then drawn, to whom the evidence offered by both parties was submitted dur- ing trial of two weeks duration. After the arguments of counsel were beard, the jury awarded to Mrs. Cruger and the tenants the sum of twelve thousand eight hun- dred dollar ‘A board, called the Mining Stock Exchange, has re- cently been formed in this city, for the sale of all kinds of mining stocks. Three sessions are held each week. "The following are the transactions at the last meeting : British North American Copper Stock, $4 per share offered. Upper Canada, 75e. pr share off'd for 1000 shs, Buyer 904s do. do, “450, “¢ “600 * 30, do. do. 400. “ asked on 200“ cash. ‘The Central Railroad and Banking Company of Geor- gla have declared,as a semi-annual dividend on the origi- hal stock, two dollars per sh: and on the new eight per cent. stock, four dollars per share, at the rate of eight per cent. for the last six months. ‘The Western Railrosd Company of Massachusetts, have declared a semi-annual dividend of four per cent. The Planters’ Bank of Savannah has declared a semi- apaual dividend of four per cent. The Fire and Marine Insurance Bank, of Augusta, Ga. has declared a dividend of two dollars per share. ‘The recent tightness in the money market, like all those which have been previously experienced, has illus- trated pretty clearly the uselersness of continuing upon ‘our statute books the odious usury laws. Money is worth in Wall street now one to two per cent per month, and tue best business paper; can be bought any day at that rate. In the face of these laws, operations are daily made of this kind, and no attempt is made to disguise them. In fact, there is no use of secresy in the matter, as they are perfectly legal and honorable. Third parties con buy and sell promissory notes at any rate they please and if the note jis, according to the usury laws, legal on its face, whatever rate of interest may be paid on it, as it passes from one hand to another, has no effect upon its value asa negotiable piece of paper. The absurdity o such laws is e0 plainly to be seen, that it is a matter of much astonishment how they haye been tolerated so long Various attempts have been made to repeal these laws and petition upon petition has been presented to the Legislature to that effect, but so far without avail. A new session of the Legislature is about commencing, and renewed efforts will be made for the total repeal of there laws, and we trust they will be more successful than thote previously made have been. ‘We annex a table exhibiting the legalrates of interest allowed in the different States and territories within the ‘United States, with the punishment inflicted for usury in each State. Leoat Rares or Inteaest IN RACH Stave any Ten nirory in THE Union Maine—Six per cent; forfeit of the claim for usury. New Hamesame—Six per cent; forfeit of thrice the amount unlawfully taken, Venmonr —Six per cent; recovery in @n action, with costs. Massachusetts--Six per cent; forfeit of thrice the usury 2 Kuiove Istanp—Six per cent; forfeit of the usury and interest on the debt. Coxngcticut—Bix per cent; forfeit of the whole debt New Yorx—Seven per cent; usurious contracts void New Jensev—Seven per cent; forfeit of the whole debt PeNNsYLVANIA—SIx (per cent; forfeit of the whole debt Devawanr—Six per cent; forfeit of the whole debt. ManryLanno—Six, and on tobacco contracts eight per cent; usurious contracts void, Vikcinta—Six per cent; forfeit double the usury taken Noatn Canovina—-Six per cent; contracts for usury void, aud forfeit double the usury, Seurn CanoLina—Sevem per cent; premium taken, with costs to debi a—Kigbt per cent; forfeit thrice the usury,and contracts void. Atanama—Eight per cent; forfeit of interest end usury. Misnssuitot —Six per cent on contracts made since 1840; eight on loaned money, Lovisrawa~-Five per cent; bank interest six; and con- ventional as bigh aa 18; beyond that, contract void. forfeit of interest tors. Tevarecee Sis per cent; usurious contracts void Kenvockvoo@ls per cemt; weury recoverable, with | wort Saie—0te Percent; on written agrements may co as as Ix per cent; penalty, fix’ pet’ cbmtyby''eomtenct’20y If beyond, forfeit of the ioterest and usury taken. Micuigan—Beven per cent; forfeit of the usury taken fourth of the di Ankansas—Six pero by agreement 10; usury re- , but the contract void. Fronipa {nm case of urw Wisconsin —Soven per cent; by agreement, not over 12; forfeit, treble the exoess. jowa—The same as in Wisconsin. On debts and judg- ie in favor of the United States, interest is compu- ted at the rate of six per cent per annum. It is 80 easy to avoid these penalties, that the law is. im fact, a dead letter in every State in the Union. Hardly 9 single day passes, but that the usury lawe o¢ this State are evaded with impunity, and it is folly to attempt to restrict the movements of money in the way described in the revised statutes. Any note made in the regular way of business, based upon an actual mer- cantile transaction, becomes an item of merchandize and onn be legally bought and old in the market at the market price. whatever it may be, in the face of all the usury laws ever invented. The original transaction is regulated by these laws,and no more. It is, therefore: Clear, that the usury laws tend very much to restrict commercial operations, without preventing thcse dis- Posed to shave notes at exorbitant rates of interest, from doing 80 openly and publicly. A total and com- ight per cent; forfeit interest and excess, ry. plete abolition of the usury laws of this State, would tend more to the concentration of capital in this city, than anything else in the power of the legislature to grant. It would make this port the grand depot of all the great staples of the country,and give,additional fici- lities to every one for doing a safe and profitable business. It would remodel our system of credits, and give a better opportunity to private capitalists than they have ever yet enjoyed. It would restrict the operations of the banks, and give greater encouregement to transactions between man snd man, than ever before realized. Our geographical position is such, and our natural resources 80, extensive, that this city must, in time, be the’ grand commercial metropolis of the world; but a total and immediate repeal of the usury laws would hasten such an important and desirable result, give us the command of capital from all quarters, and give usa credit which would make bills on New York current in every part of creation, Why should Liverpool ba the great distribut- ing point for our cotton? it is well known why it is; but there is no good reason why it shoyld continue to be. The immense stocks of cotton held in that port, make, it the regulator of prices for the world, and it has reached that important position entirely through the facilities extended to British capitalite by the abolition of the usury laws of the United Kingdom, and by the con- centration of capital and the acoumulation of stocks at anyone point upon advances made. It is a very ex- traordinary fact, that the ‘age rate of interest, inthe absence cf all laws regulating it, has invariably been lower than when the most stringent laws were in existence.— Money islike every other article of merchandise=tt fluc- tuates in value and will command the market price. The value is regulated by the demand, and will at all times seek those markets where it is most wanted. It cannot be restricted by legislative enactments, and competition in the employment of capital should be encouraged, as wellasinany other kind of merchandise. Capital is now so restricted! in its operations by the usury laws, that it seeks other investments than in merchandize, and the producers of our most important staples lose the benefits of large markets within our own limits. Our great staple, cotton, is now shipped to Liverpcol, and from that port is distributed over the United Kingdom end to many ports on the continent. By abolishing the usury laws of this State, New York would become the great distributing point for this staple—it would build up our domestic commerce ; give us the control of prices for our great staples, and place us more independent of foreign capitalists, than we can expect to be for many years, under our existing laws. Wo should soon require immense store houses for the de- posits uf our domestic products, and shipments would be made from this point directly to the places of consump- tion. Advances could easily be obtained upon merchan- dise gn storage, at any rate of interest mutually agreed upon, and every merchan®could command more actual capital to carry on his business, than under usury laws. Credits would be established upon a better basis, as the security would at alltimes be under tho control of the party making advances, and individual responsibili- ty would be of lees importance than heretofore, Usury laws are bebind the age. They are of too an- cient am origin to suitthe progress of modern times. In all other investments, in stocks ofevery kind, the rate of interest is regulated, it is true, so far as the par value is concerned; but as the market prices vary from time to time, the rate of interest received by the holder varies also. There would be as much sense in attempting to regulate the price of State stocks, as to regulate the priceot money. If our legislatures could only realize how much better these things regulate themselves, they would let them alone. We have too much legisla- tion of one kind, and too little of another. Stock Excnange. $5000 Treas Notes,6’s 994g 790 Farmers’ Trust 10000 do 99% 100 do 15 do 696 100150 do 15900 Founsyivente o's 7g 100 do bo) 26 10000 ’ 71%4 250 Morris Canal 8 ony do Ti 25 Utica & Schon RR. ui 115000 do b60 724, 10 Auburn & Roch RR 9955 1300 do 7134 10 Housatonic RR new 96 2000 Ohio 6's 60 100 200 Canton Co 2% 5000, do 839 99% 175 do 2% 1000 Ohio 6's, ‘50 100 50 Canton Scrip 2% 1000 do 99% 500 Long Island RR 26 1000 Indiana State 5’s, 50/4 425 Nor& Wor RR 35 1060 Reading Bing, Bas 63 50 do bio 35 200 shs Reading Bi. 57k 50 do 34% 650 do oT 150 do b30 35: 100 = do b30 58 300 Harlem RR 39. sf sed 38% Ito ao oe 0 lo M6 lo 39! 100 do 60 59 $ Reading Bond: vm = 10000 jing Bonds 68% 25shs NorkWorRRb3 35 13shas Bk America 9550 do 3% 40 Reading RR. 357% 100 do 3) 350 Harlem RR 39 50 Long Island RR 26% 100 do + s30aftod 40 50 Farmers’ Loan Sha 50 do b3 99% New Stock E: 50shs Harlem RR = b3 3956 50s) RR 53 39% 50 do € 39% 50 Long Island KR b3 2514 100 do snw 395 100 83 264 109 do $3 39! 25 Canton RR 85 27'4 50 do v5 39% do ¢ 27 a9 do € 39}; 50Nor& WorRR 53 3555 50 do 33 39%) 59 do © 306 —=— 4 CITY TRADE REPORT. New York, Monday Afternoon, Deo. 13. Sales of flour were made to moderate extent, includ- ing parcels of Troy, Genesee, &c , on terms ratber in fa. vor of buyers, compared to Saturdsy’s prices. Southern was somewhat firmer, and a sale of Brandywine was made on rather better terms. Sales of Genesee and Wes- term wheat were made on terms rather lower than th demanded by sellers last week. Sales of corn were ty freely made at the full quotations of Saturday. ‘There was a better feeling in the market both for corn and meal, and each closed firm. Sales of rye were made on termy in favor of purchasers, compared with those cur- rent last week. Oats remained about the same. There not much of importance doing in provisions, and prices remained about the same. Thera were some transactions in sugar and molasses, but coffee appeared to be quiet. Asnes—Small sales of pots were reported at $5 50a$5 6234, und pearls at $7. Brravert Flour—The sales of different kinds, in- cluding seperate parcels, some of which were in small lots, amounted to 5a 6000 bbls, in which were embraced some brands of Rochester from western wheat at $6 123%, and Genesee at $6 25 for fair quality, with 500 & 600 fancy Genesee reported sold at 650, with small sales of pure do at $6 3734; 100 do Ohio at 6 25, and small lots do fancy at 6 7506 8734 The sales alno em- braced 1000 bbis Troy at $6 6!{, and 1000 do Brandywine at $675, The market closed feeble at $6 25 for Giene- seo, fair quality, and at 6 64 a6 123¢ for Oswego, Troy, Kc. Wheat—Sulew of 2400 bushels western were made at 129¢; 2000 do selected Genesee at 1400, and 1400 do mixed Ohio at l44c. Corn—The tales footed up about 20 & 23,000 bushels, including 4000 Jersey yellow at i8e; 2 @ 3000 do half old and half new do at 68 & 690; 2500 mixed, old, in store at 750; > @ 6000 do in store at the same price; 3500 do round yellow at 780, and 1500 do northern white at 80c. Meal— Sales of 400 barrels Brandywine were made at $3 6 624, and 300 do New Orleans at $3 18’ of 2000 bushels were made in the slip at 83 cents, and at 54085 cents, delivered. Oats—Salen of 2600 bushels Southern, were reported at 41 cents; 6000 do do sold on private terms, anda cargo New Jersey at 13 cents.— Barley—Sales 1000 bushels were made at 82 cents. Corron ere was ® better feeling in the market day, and sales of bales were effected at good Prices, Our quotations are as low as holders will sell at. Bla a Bg Coat—A cargo of Pictou, consisting of abo chaldrons, was sold at $625 . sian Corvee—We heard of no transactions of consequence, Fisu—There were no arrivals, nor any sales of dried cod or mackerel, and last week’s quotations remained nominally the sam Frurr—Sales of about 1000 boxes wet dried raisins, common quality, were ma: t $1 50. There was no change in quotations for good dried fruit. 1000 drums Turkey figs were sold at 9 to 15 cents per lb. Heme ~The market continued quiet. Leav—The last sales were made at $4 25. Buyers were offering $4, while holders demanded previous rates. aga —Sales of 240 bbls. New Orleans were made at 280 Navat Srones.—The market continued quiet, and no | the market, at 560. but st 800," Amertean et pressed tend cul ie. joan cf was #! se, Sale of 600 600 barrale of elected Jo, wold a Be Ie ee mauufactured winter ry ; ror were made at $5, and , including country meee, sold at $8 60, prime do. at $5.50c.. Cheese—Sales of 300 boxes itatepmood, were made at Zo, and 300 do, prim do. at the same price, and some lote of extra at 7)<0. Purchases were making to fill some small, peremptory orders. Large orders, it waseaid, could not have been filled without some conctasion in ‘prices. In bubter there was no change Lard—Old was dull. Small sales : of new were made at 8i<0. Rice—Sales of 100 tierces were made of prime game at $3 6254. and 50¢ e 700 de good middling at $3 43! The market closed firm. of Turk’s Island sold at 250 a 270. P Sreo—Sales of 2500 bushels of Linseed were made at 1350. . Sucan—Sales of 50 hhds New Otleans were made at We heard of no sales of foreign. Ta ow—Sales of 7000 tbs were made at 8340, and 5000 do at 8i<0. * Whatesons—Th® market was quiet. Wuisxey—Small sales State Prison were making at Satt—A sot Se 26io. Woov—A sale of 47 logs was made by auction at $11 50 @ $15 40, and 6 do at $98 36. Freichts—Cotton was engaged for Liverpool. includ: ‘oe ing part round bales, at ls Corn in bulk at 7d, and in bags at 634, in the packet of the lst. To Ireland corn was engaged in bulk at 9d,and Flour and meal at 38. 60 tons of ofl were engaged for Glasgow at 258, and 100 tiorces of beef at 48 6d. Rice was taken for Liverpool at 208, cotton was taken for Antwerp at 325 6d, and npirite turpentine to Hamburg at 6c per Ib. Married. At Brooklyn, on the Sth inst., at the Church of the Holy Trinity, by the Rey. Dr. Wm. H. Lewis, Con, Was. N. Coxxuin, to Miss Ente.ine R. Perens, both of Brooklyn. > On Sunday evening, the 12th tnat., by the Rey. J. W. Bruner, Mr. Jonn B. Camrrietp, of Brooklyn, to Miss Manoaker A. Anara, of this city. Died, On Sunday, 12th inst, Hexny Cunsincuam, in the 39th year of kis age. His relatives and friends, and those of bis late father- in-law, G. F. Vaussell, are requested to attend his fune- ral, this dey, (Tuesday.) from bis late residence, 45 Grand streei, at 3 is On Sunday, 12th instant, after @ short illness, Eowanp Coxcan, in the 6oth year of his age. His friends 4d relations are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, this day, (Tuesday, 14th.) at 3 o’olock P.M, from his late residence, 95 Eighteenth street, be- tween 6th and 7th avenues. Afternoon of the 13th inet., Jans aon, relict of the late David G. Gibson, in the 79th year of her age. The friends and relatives of the family are respect- fully invited to attend her funeral, without further invi- tation, this day, 14th instant, at 2 o'clock, P.M, from the residence of her grandson, John D. Abrams, Ne. 78 Ma- dison street. At his residence, York strect, in Jersey city, yenterda: morning, December 13th, about 10 o'clock, fn the ful hope of @ blissful immortality, Mr. Lutaxn Paar, (fae ther of the Editors of the Evening Sentinel.) aged 71 years, 7 months and 23 days. His funeral will take place on Wednesday, afternoon, at half past 2 o’clock, from the Reformed-Dutch Church, in Grand street, ‘Weekly Report of Deaths Iu the City and County of New York, from the 4th day of December to the 11th day of December, 1847. Meu 73; Women 62; Boys 41; Girls 49. Total 225. Bleedi 2; Burned Consamp- ; Conges- 2, Diarchana, Dropsy in the chest, 1; PSY, 2 0 puerperal 0 ‘remittent, 3; do scarlet, jo typhus, 24; Heart, disease of 2; Hoop- Yntlammation of brain, 5; Inflammation of Inflammation of chest, 1; loflammati jon of stomach, I. flunmation Pat jon of Lungs, Is, “intl of throat, M3 Tosa kno 20,2 26; Sto 10, 40'to 30, 20; 50 to 60, 15; unknown ITE, City Inspector. 1847. 7; 16 to 20, 1%; 20t0 9, s 60 to 79, 11; 70 to 80, 6; 80 e990, 3 ‘ity Inspectors’ Offi “JACOB 8. T JACOBS PLATT, Auctioneer—DINING AND TEA ARE, AND CU aSS WARE.—JACOB 8. ‘T GLa! PLATT has in his sale lay, which will be sold in lots to suit pure treet. at 11 o'clock precisely, 39 handsome ome of which is of rich e invoice of rich cut Glass Deca y » Goblets, Celery D Pieces, & lots to suit purchasers, and worthy special attention dtd te rev ABOB 8. PLAT rich cut g lass and J ictioneer House kee} d er-plated ware, ch new style Chi d German and Freneh. toys, faney » japanery, lamps, girandoles, clocks, ivory’ table cutlery, diner and tea-ware, &e.—Jacob 8. Platt having arranged his large sales room, No. 23 Platt st., in anticipation of the approrchinj fidays, his fir bed goods wll take vl le of the above- d ware, cake vaiters. &e , rich liet lady and fm pateezus, r ‘souven ts, ruby toilet ware, vases, &e. n ‘Also, coffee venison dish covers, steel fire sets, toddy or punch ket- several complete sets idinner ware, tles papier mache gond: nd tete-r-tete nets, 5 feom 120 to 140 pie ny 2: Kockingham, pony and child, Spa d gs, Dan Tucker, Dandy Jem, &e. Also, a lot of fine pea handlespring cutlery. Also. mechanical reading lamp., In- dies rosewood work boxes, gold pens with silver cases, gold pencils, silver pencil cases, 50 pspier mache snuff hoxes— cost $2 Seach, Also, an assortment of Gerinin and French to; 5, opened in lots and assorted in cast empto- will he y and retail- did tm tue ar M, Wal TUTT avove ware rooms, the entire stock of M. Ws having been made under his own direction, and will be war- ranteu in every respect ) consisting 01 rosewood and mahogany sofas, tete-a- etes, fautenis, etagnes, ladies secrets and parlor, hall and fan: fa, 8 with Egyptias 1 rosewood and ma- hoginy dressing bureau hall stands, exten- of Rosewood Fur- and the Farniture XIV., XV., &e., being the entire stock of 445 Broadway.’ Sale peremptory. 3 il sell at auction on Wednesday, loth, at th Her, (the whole ter, at kK may be exatnined o. Hof sale. ill be peremptory, and worthy the attention of persons desirous of obtaining superior furniture. als ttre AUCLION BALE—$10.000 worth of Dry Goods, to ve sold at auction, at No 278 Bleecker street, (without reserve,) cowmeneing on Monday, 13th t 1034 o'clock, to be con- tinued from day to dey wotil all is sold. ‘Whe stock consists of ageneral assortment: f rich Fancy and Staple Goods. The stock of a Jarge retail store to be sold out entire, to close the business. No. 278 Bleecker street, coruer of Barrow e" B KiELD, 12 2t! UTTER! $3 RE WARD—Horse, Wogon and Harn (Wednesd: the comer of Vesey and Greenwich streets. on of the off ind le, below the hock join thre 4 ring black market wagon, with oue seat—plnin hat- ness. $20, and nll necessary expenses, will be pnid for the re covery of the horse, wagon and harness; and $10 for the arrest ond conviction of the thief; by returning the same to the stables of AMOS 8 CHAMBERLAIN, No. 164 Washington street, New York city. 10 6t* re 200 U.3 MARINES WANTED—For guards of U. 8. men-of-war, now fitting out at the different Navy Yards, destmed for the Mediterranean, East ea, and «| parts of the world, Young men, desirous of seeing tor countries, have in this service a fine opportanit; their . For farther particutal ‘orner of Chatham street and Tryon I street. Any citizen bringing a reeruit to the ted, will recew LL, tt Lientenant Command: oem PPG, COMPO NTORS —Wonted. goed, compputor, whe ve premiom. F. i, Reeruiting, 49 has a koowledge of jobbing. Alson lad who his some time atcass. Apply at ith story Herald building MAN who has for several years ‘ty in Bouth America, and oceupie: eription of foreign merchandize. offers h an artive and confidential per- Address B., at this office. Tequiring ‘at home or abroad: re \AuM WANTED— any pe a for sale well tivated farm, ofabout Soto 100merese. wath good build: Sate of New York ‘or New Jerseys and. who illing to se'l it cheap for eash may he 4 yplying in the office of DRUTS & GRAVE aa (LT a dis ate \—By a respectable woman. a situation; ove that ersiands rooking. washing, ironing and the bext of eity reference. Apply at 142 D fluor, back room. ‘Te be seen for two dx W ante IMMFDIATELY—Young, ho: t, active and persevering men; one in every city or would be chaser by Greenw ¢ town, where there ase five thoussnd inhabitants, end in every county, within eac! dispose of in the United que of the moat popular Periodicals publishe States, (asthe public have decided, whose judgement is al- ways just) Each man mu't either pay for the amouat of nuinbers as he gets them, of furnish us with undoubted bonds to the amount of one thou js honesty with the publi¢, and wrompt pay to the publisher, or with w: mendations of his good character from the rupervi city or town where he is known, as the publisher may je wader the circumstances. Men, with the above reqnt sites, canc’err above all necessary expenses, from two hun- dred'to three thousand dollars annually. ‘The amonut will depend npon the location and aptaess of the men for the busi ness Some men are now making at these rates with the work. ‘The business will he permanent, year after year. A ply either personally, or by letter, post-paid, to ISA PST, 140 Nassan street, New York. dtd le ere ‘on by a reapectable Protestant women ad ironer, oF co do the housework of a small fimily; hrs no objection ‘to go a short distance in the country. ‘The best of city reference ean be given. Apply cor. of Willow and Pacific sts, Brooklyn, between 10 and 4 o’elock, ter two days dl item WANTED=A Partner, either active or silent, who command from $1500 to $2000, to open an extensive genteel * offer and D ning Saloon, together with 0 Saloon, Bir nad Lodging Rooms, & ne loeati passed in this city, beimg m the centre of business, and suffi- ciently extensive and well caleulated for a larvae busine: Any one having the above amount to invest. will find this excellent opportunity, which will p percent on the investment within the yi tions roust be signed by the real nai statiog why view may be had, which will he considered confid dress HOWARD, ‘Tribune Office. . O A PRACTICAL CHEMIST—Waanted to empl: y i hite lead mam | vi tory in th est mode of manufaetm lichrage; and produce es smn charac er, capacity and habits of industry. Nove others need apply. To suen a one, a permanent situation and « [iberal mal ary will be given. Apply to JAMES BOGARDUS, 40 Kldridee street. 43 12* re talea of moment transpired. Ui —Linseed—A sale of 6000 gations Nuglish, waa Faported at 040; 2000 0F which since told to go out oF i LAN. As you remember and care tor Grenum, re vou Wo let me kyow where vou are, aud how ots November, 1807 Hs Spake Were’ . from Southa: he ie the ftatiof eS INTELLIGENCE BY TELEGRAPH. — OVERLAND EXPRESS. ARRIVAL FROM VERA CRUZ. he. ke. be. ; Our Overland Express arrived at Petersburg, yester- day with advices trem New Orleabs'to the ath fast. aan latest at bs arvof the evening of the sth The brig }, et New Orleans, which sailed from Havané on the 29th ult., reported the erriva) at Bermu- da on the }ith November, of » British steam frigate . Lee ore Mal naar Te ret a Cat teamer erri at Cat Irland (below New Orleans) on Sunday, the Sth instent, , B bane on tb 8 Southampton and New Orleans,; She lefton the 6th, for ‘Veta Cruz. ‘ “Phe steamship McKim, Has arrived at New Orleans from Vera Cruz, via, Tampioo, but her advices are no li- he left Tampico as late'as peovengers and tout one Nand red an one bu disel toamsters and soldiers. P. Bi teamster, of Derby, Vi died on beards deh noe , Vermont, The Virginia ‘tad’ Maria Butts: left ‘Tampico. for Vera Crus, on the 28th, and the sehoones Velasco, woubd sail for New Orleans on the 29th. Schooner Tabot. in as the McKim came out. 25, miles north-east of ‘Tampico, the latter passed the steamer Fas! , from New Orleans for Tampico and Vera Cruz. Major Gen, Taylor was detained ‘ow Orleans until Sunday morning, when he left in the steamer Missouri, en route to his plantation at Baton Rouge. He would oy & few days in quiet with his family, and then visit is country seat in Mississippi, eo that if needed in Mexico,-he oan return immediayaly, Mail Fallures, Prerensnuna, Deo, 13, 1847. The Northern mail has failed to connect at Peters- bars, under the new arrangeent, for twodays. On the first day the steamboat ran aground, but got clear next morning, and the boat due last night was the first to arrive here. Democratic Senatorial Caucus, Watninaton, Deo, 13, 1847. At a caucus of the democratic Senetors to-day, they Odeo eel ac! poe General (i of Miehigan, for chairman of the Military Committes, in place of Colonel Benton, of Missouri, who has declined, owing to his detention at the court martial, in the case of Colonel Fre- mont. [That this would be the case we stated yester- Se Sete ] ir. Mason, of Virginia, was nomioated chairman of Committee on Claims, in place of Mr. Pennybacker, de- ceased. Mr, Atherton, of New Hampshire, chairmen of the Committee on Finance, in of Mr. Lewis. Mr. Rusk, of Texas, chairman of the Military Com- mittee, in place of Mr. Atobison [There {s evidently some mistake in this.—I{enan.} Some changes were ma: in the members of the va- rious committees, in consequence of the new Senators. No determination was come to as to the officers of the Senate. Congressional Affairs, Wasninerton, Dec, 13, 1847, Jobn Bell appeared to-day. The naval and military committees were ordered to be enlarged. The old’ officers re elected :—Dickens, Clerk; Beate, Sergeant-at-Arms, Holland, Door-Keeper. Slicer, re-elected Chaplain. The chairmen of committees were elected, as follows : —Sevier, Foreign Relations; Atherton, Finance; Dix, Jommerce; Dickinson, Manufactures; Sturgeon, a ai culture; Cuss, Military Affairs; Fairfield, Naval Affairs; Anbley, Judiciary; Niles, Post Offices; Hannigan, Roads and Canals; Cameron, District Columbia. Committers yor tHe Hovse.—Viaton, Ways and Means; Joseph R. Ingersoll Judiciary; Andrew Stewart, Manufactures; Truman Smith, Foreign Affairs; Botte, Military Affairs Mr. Rockwell delivered a eulogy on the death of Sena- tor Huntington. New York Legisiature. | - oa, Dee. 13, 1847, SENATE. ‘The bill to repeal the-law te equalize taxation, an an- bri oy movement, was referred to the Finance Com- mittee. The bill to consolidate the Deposit and Common School Fund, and for the zeduction of the number of loan commissioners, was recommitted, so as to make the counties responsible for any loss of moneys under said loans. The bill was subsequently so reported, and or- dered to « third reading. Mr. Sanpronp reported @ bill to permit trustees of savings baoks,to make temporary deposits in free banks. ‘The bill relative to Deposit and Common School Fund, was lost on the third reading, an objection being made to the clause making counties responsible for los- Bes on loi Laid on the table. The General Insurance Bill was up for a third reading, but not disposed of. The bill relative to the Hudson snd Berkshire Rail- road, was ordered to a third read reading. . Assempy. A memorial was received from the Board of Health of the city of New York, against the bill to amend the act in relation to commissioners of immigration. Mr. Tf. Smit {reported for the consideration of the House, a bill to reduce the fees of county olerks. Mr. Crosny reported against the pill to incorporate the American and Foreign Bivle Society. Mr. Pxrxins reported the county clerk bill complete, 80 a6 to take effect on the clerks now in office on the lat of January, 1849, with the exception of the clerk of the city and county of New York. Mr. Sic! moved to recommit, with instructions to strike out the section excepting the city of New York. Agreed to—44 to 25. Tho Magnetic Telegraph bill was committed fer amend- ont. A bill relating to the election of Recorder and Surro- gate of New York, was passed. A motion to include the Chief of Police, was rej-oted. The bill regulating the salaries of officers under the State government «as also passed. It was amended, how- ever. by fixing the salary of the Canal Commissioners at $1,800, and $200 for travelling fees, if expended. A billto amend the ised statues was also passed, relative to the Marine Hospital and its funds. Weather—Vreshet, dc. Axnany, Deo. 13, 1847, ‘The water is very high here, occasioned by the freshet. ‘The weather is tine, but very warm. Letters have been received in town from Lyons, which state that Judge er in very ill, and gradually sink- ing under his dis: Disaster at Sea. Boston, Deo. 13. 1847. Arrived at Quarantine this morning, ship Washing- ton, of Petersburg, Va, Benson, master, 41 days from Liverpool, for Richmond, Staten Island, to land emi- grants,put in in cistress,having been in contact with the ship Mary Francis, of Beston, on the morning of the 11th Suet., off George’s shoal. During the collision the latter ship ‘was so much disabled that she appeared to be ina sinking condition. Layed by her until deylight, and eucceeded in taking off the Captain and crew. at which time the water was above the cabin floor. The Wash- ington is consigned to the master, and has also received considerable damage. Cargo, 2750 sacks salt, and a packages of goods for Richmond. 175 steerage passen- , to P. W. Barnes & Co,N. Y. The M. F. was trom Orleans. Cargo, ice, and was owned by . Wheeler ; insured on vessel and The Election 1a Boston, Boston, Deo. 13—P. M. The Hon. Josiah Quincy, Jr., was to-day re-elected Mayor of Boston, by 686 majority over all others. ‘Tho following was the state of the poll :— Josiah Quincy; Jr., regalar whig, 4,743 William Parker, independent whig. 1,554 Charles G. Goodrich, democrat, 1,¢’ INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS, MOVEMENTS OF BISHOP HUGHES wAT.. WASHINGTON, Christianity the only Source of Man's Regene- ration, and of Moral and Political Liberty, '\A Sermon, Delivered “in the Hall of me j House of Representatives, on Sanday last. HY THE RIGHT REVEREND JOAN HUOHES, CATHOLIC, BISHOP OF NRW YORK, (Reported expressly. for the New York Herald, by J. A. Flouston, Stenographer to the Senate.) The intelligence that Bishop Hughes was to preach in the hall of the House of Representa- tives, in “accordance with the -written.. in- vitation of members of Congress, of ‘both Houses and eli parties, had been: spread far and wide on Friday and Saturday, and engros‘ed a large’ share of public attention throughout the city of Washington and the surrounding regions. Various circumstances conspired to give more than usual interest to the occasion.” The ce- lebrity of the Right Rev. divine—the character of the invitation ‘which had been addressed to him—the novelty of the appearance ia that pulpit of a bishop of the Catholie church— curiosity es to the theme which would be chosen by the preacher—these and other con- siderations, tended to invest the appearance of Bishop Hughes on this theatre, with a remarka- ble degree of interest. Politicians fora moment ceased to talk of the results of the last caucus— the bearded heroes returned from the war, paused in their modest narratives of perilous adventure on the bloody field—oflice-beggars no longer tor- mented the souls of Congressmen before their time—the ladies devoutly prayed for fine weather on the morrow—and all Washington yielded it- sclt to the delicious frenzy of anew and strange excitement, | The morning of the Sabbath was dark and gloomy. Heavy showers of rain swept the val- ley of the Potomac. The Avenue was one vast puddle, and the Canal threatened an inundation. But despite of the: fog,fand the mud, and the drizzling rain, an unusual etir was apparent in the streets as soon as the sonorous bells of the numerous churches began to pour fforth their summons to the houses of prayer, Crowds of persons of both sexes, and all ages, were seen wending their way to the capitol. The “West End” sent forth its carriages, from the ricketty coach of a faded Virginian family, to the bran new equipage of a thriving official, all full of devotion and millinery, prayer-books and per- fumery; whilst every side street poured forth its scores of plebeian pedestrians. The hall of the House of Representatives was excessively crowded. Beautiful creatures, with the eH Ga eyes and the gayest feathers, oceupied the seatsof the members, whilst the lobbies and galleries were crammed with vul- ‘ar male human beings. Many ladies, in- eed, were obliged to remain standing, so# great was the throng. Ilere a grave Senator was glad to avail himself of the humble seat af- forded by the steps to the chair of the Speaker. There a Judge of the Supreme Court sanctified the obscure seat of a poor letter-writer. Mem- bers of foreign legations fared no better than ordinary creatures, and submitted with the best grace in the world, to the elbows of the irreve- rent crowd. Such a throng! Such a rustling of silks! Such a brilliant array of silk bonnets! Such a display of beauty, and fashion, and taste, and piety, was hardly ever beheld since the days when St. Chrysostom led cuptive the gay world of Constantinople! 7. Shortly after half-past eleven, Bishop Hughes made his appearance. He was arrayed in his sacerdotal robes, with a golden cross suspended from his neck, and was escorted to the desk by Senator Dickinson and the Hon. Washington Hunt, of New York. In a moment the vast mul- titude was hushed into silence. x THE PRAYER. The Bishop then said :— “With your permission I shall commence by a prayer, which it is customary in our church to offer to Almighty God, in thanksgiving for bis benefits, and soliciting » continuance of them for our rulers and our fellow citi- zens. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, en |’? i Here the Bishop and many of the audience made the sign of the cross. “We pray thee, O almighty and eternal God, who, through Jesus Christ, hast revealed thy glory to all na- tions, to preserve the works of thy mercy, that thy chureh, being spread through the whole world, may con- tinue with unchanging faith in the confession ot thy name. We prey thee, who alone art good and holy, to endow with heavenly knowledge, sincere zeal apd sancti- ty of life, our chief Bishop, and allother bishops, prelates and pastors of the church—especially those who are a) pointed to exercise amongst us the functions of the holy ministry, and to conduct thy people unto the ways of salvation! We pray thee, O God of might, wisdom and justice, through whom authority is rightly administered, laws are enacted, and judgment decreed, arsist with thy ly pirit of counsel and fortitude, the ident of these United States, that his administration becon- ducted in righteousness, and ve eminently ‘useful totby people, over whom he presides—by encouraging due re- spect for virtue and religion—by a falthfal execution of the laws, in justice and mercy—and by restraining vice and immorality. Let the light of thy divine wisdom direct the deliberations of Congress, and shine forth in all their proceedings and laws framed for our rule and government, so that they may tend to the preservation of Peace, the promotion of national happiness, the in- crease of industry, sobriety and useful knowledge, and may perpetuate to us the blessings of equal liberty. We recomm: ikewise, to thy unbounded merey, ali our brethren id fellow-citizens throughout the United States—tbat they may be blessed in the knowledge and sanctified in the observance of thy most holy law—that they may be preserved in union, and in Capel old which the world cannot give—and after enjoying the blessings of this life, be admitted to those which are eternal !”’ ‘THER SERMON. The portion of the holy Scriptures which Iam about to read, is found in the 20th chapter of St. Matthew, be- —whoseever will be the greater among you. let him your minister. Thus he impressed meee bis po and prams of imposing w : themselves the wholesome self-denial ani lit, brethren, it was at quite » late period of the’ aes’ : you from this place . to mee ended” SAP a PR, reflection, same one hich I foal that | senate, ot cette 0 ana toa 20 Sn edn ua ney elas 3 upon oul which Great an extent vided the chrbtise aw 7 Allow me then to make some reflections upon Chris- Mani'y and its Author, as containing and setting forth ie yer of Ly peiond “4 Cay regeneration in '# fallen world of owrs. Fer, w tear dae et i Shines mhieh occupy the whole seul of men, even poor spent 7 a6, Be would do rh ing, in of the inspired text, the dead to bury thedead,”’ yet they were by no means unprovided for inhis toxebings. The object of hia mis- ooh earth wh het her and a eel ment of be iueurzed the snmig er at Maker by dlestediense: Man bad forfeited the inheritance for which God had originally him,and Jesus Christ, in fulfiiment ofthe tirstobject of his mission, came as between the offended Creator and Supreme his us and disobedient creature and But; yot§ whilst, as it is remarked by a writer on the ‘direct object of Christ » to have had re- ference to another world, it is singular that its in- direct uences seem constitute the only true ground of hope and of ) even in the affairs of this world. And itis in that point of view that I would invite your attemtien to two or three reflections ; the first of which will the condition of human nature, and especially ita tion at the period when the Son of God appeared as man—not only to ran- som our race by the infinite merits of his atonement and redemption, but also to re-establish enh com anew the communication between the immortal soul of man and God, who is its eternal author. This was the direot ob- dect of his mission, and we are not to doubt that all those tbings which appear to us so mysterious. ble—so incomprehensible, that sometimes‘we seem to de- riverather elements of ecepticism frem them—tbat all those Pings in the all-wise providence of God, are sna- ceptible of explanation and fall into harmony with the general det of his providence. The pecond reflection will be the principles by whioh that amelioration, when it has taken place, has beem achiev ppilcation of those prin- ciples, so far as they bave been applied to themere tran. sitory, social and political cond! ion of mankind. If! aided by the light of divine revelation, and unwar! in his heart by the love which Jesus Christ bro: heaven, and breathed, as the epirit of life, iato that s0- clety which was founded on the basis of his — ‘We find nan accomplishing in Greece and ‘iinet constitute, at this day, objeotsof our astonishment and admiration; and yet, both in Greece and Rome, with ‘all the ‘superiority of his intellect, either bowing down to gods, the creatures of this earth, and sometimes of bis own hand, or worshij ping abstract deities, whose history was made up of vices, the very imitation of which would have corrupted a pure nati: Instead of their being models to elevate, by imitation ot virtues, what deity ought to exhibit. "And why is all this? [t involves # contradiction—that contrediotion still subsists in our nature. It is the contradiction by which man is susceptible, under certain circumstances, of such heroic and noble virtues, and by whioh, on the other hand, he is subject to euch degrading and bruti- fying vices. It is the aspiration, unbounded, of the soul, in which, even on this earth, if you watch its course, not all the wealth that it possesses, can reach the his avarice; not all the honors, can reach that of his am- bition. ‘The origin of this enigma, revelation has made knowa. But even ifrevelation had been silent, that which the ancient philosophy of Greece surmised w:! - son, becomes manifest that man, the compound of oon- tradictions ‘er could have come originally from the hand of an infinitely wise and perfect ds in that con- dition, There must have been » catastrophe, and reve- lation comes to teach us what was ; and in order to understand the history of man and the object of the incarnation of the Son ‘of God taking upon him our nature for our redemption, we have one original but al- most mysterious key—that key is man’s revolt against: God’s government. It is asked sometimes by unrefiect- ing minds, who are puzaled by this strange exhibition of our nature, why was it that God left such awful conse- quences dependent upon the creature whom he had just formed? The answer is such as we may give, ac- cording to the limited measure of our knowled, 5 when wi ak of God, and of God’s dealings Universe and its inhabitants, we must speak within the mits of our capacity—we have no measure to hend God. Our capacity is limited, and acoording to small measure only are we permitted to speak; afd whilst we admit still the existence of the mystery, we may present a reasonable solution of the difficulty here suggested. It is this: God is wlone th yernor—the alone eternal, independent, infinite Being. Fir epiry Ay om attributes, we must admit that consis- tently with them, God could not cres® any being, and eapectally a rational being, endowed mn the attstbutes ’s spiritual nature, and leave him as if he were to be another God. Eta There is no work of God that istindependent of ita su- preme author, or of his rule, or of his government; and, accordingly, though the seasons may have been altered and the earth deformed in consequence of man’s disobe- dienoe, we yet trace, as we may, with great gratification, the obedience of all things else to the government of their glorious Creator. If you turn your eyes upon the heavens, you perceive with what regularity the host move on thelr appointed way. Day by aap aat year ef Apert ied ind ever—each twinkll: of heaven is in its place—all in the beautiful or: bh r their movements. The to enlighten and warm the earth at God originally appointed fo: won fails snot to ris the appointed hour; and not for want of light, but from its exercise, when he shed, his ‘tulgchorte the earth, . If youturn your eyes to the earth, the seasons—except in iterious order in which we have reason to bel! it they were d when man became a rebel—the seasons them- ome at the period appointed. The earth buds forth its myriads of flowers. The warm summer ripens up all that the fortile soil is destined to yield for the sus- tenance of man. Autumn furnishes the season for thering, and repose is again furnished by the winter you look upon the oc you see the same unvarying obedience to the great Creator. In all material things we see this harmony with the will of him who called them into being. Man is the only exception to the universal order of obedience. And why is man the exception? Originally, we may say, thet man, Wy the very dignity of his nature,’ could not yield obedience to God in the way in which it in . manifested by material things. Earth and sky pre- sent @ book in which God has traced, with hin own hands, the evidence ot his power and the ofthe Creator. But that book does not comprehend it- self. Man is nec to read and interpret its com- tents. To him, man—created free, but not independent —God, even in the condition of his innocence, made kaown the law Oop he wasto shape his conduct, and admonished him of the penalty ot violation of that lew. Ifit be saidthat God might have established man, #0 4 to leave him without the power of rebellion, then, what weuld have been the consequence? That man, with an immertal soul, with reason which can look abroad upon the works of God, and an imagination which can gather to its own cl the majestic ginning with the 20th verse :— “Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her \doring and asking something of him. “Who said toher: Wh&t wilt thou? She saith te him : Say, that these two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, a other on thy left in thy kingdom And Jesus wering, sald: You know not what you ask, Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to jim: We can. “ He saith to them: My chalice indeed youshall drink; but to sit on my right or my left hand, is not mine to give you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father. » And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren. “ But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the princes of the gentiles lord it over them; and N. C, Belton, native, 869. Scattering, 62. The Markets New Orsxans, Dec. 7.—Cotton—Prices are ferbl; supported. ‘The sales for the day reached 2000 bales. Sugar: note sales of 400 hhds Inferior qualities dull. Molasses—Sales of 500 bbls. at 18¢ a 1830. Flour is in ood demand, with rales of 2300 bbls. Ohio, rang’ 525. Corn—Sales of white at 55c; of oate at 40 In exchanges and freghts thera is nothing new. Cincinsats, Dec 13—Flour—The market was inac- tive, and we have only to notice a sale of 400 barrels, at $4758$5, Wheat continued in fair demand, with light without changs in price. Corn—No chan Hogs—Sales of 2000 head were made at $2 50n2 87, ‘The latter figure for lots good quality. Old pork cor tinued dull, and we heard of no sales worth reporting. — Sales of 200 eee lard were made on terms not understood. hiskey— Sales of 500 barrels were made (rectified) at 1734 cents. There isa freshet in the ri- ver, and the water is very higo. Pirrspunc, Deo, 13—Flour—The market dull at $4 8734. Corn was firm, with an upward tendency, and w quote good mixed at 40 centa, and yellow do at 45 cent with small sales, Oats were firm at 28 cts, with soles. New Orleans sugar was firm, with rales at 5 cents for middling to good fair quality. Whiskey—No shange. The weather continues very mild for the om. From the effects of the late heavy rains, the river has risen quite rapidly, and we report about twenty-three feet of water in the channel. Barrimmony, Dee, 13—KFlour—The market was steady, with a fair amount of business doing. Sales of 2.000 bbls of Howard street were made, at $6 25 Maryland white and mixed, and at 620. for yel 10: visions continued inactive, and sales were made chiefly at retail. Whiskey—No change. Bosrox, Dec. 13—Flour—The market was duil, and rales light, 500 barrels Genesee, with some lots good | western, sold at $6 3734 Wheat—No sales were report- ed. Corn—Sales of 5000 bushels were made, including western mixed at 40 cents, and yellow do at #3 cents The market closed firm. Oats—Sales of 3000 bushels Rye—Bales of 5000 bushels There was no change in provisions. ‘There was a better feeling in freights, and rather more offering. Shipping Intettt TmArr shi nce. , Robinson, ‘Creighton, Bal: RS. fF OBINSON, 69 Mercer sireet, Fa Biarcher. Kambroidered Mustins ant le 10 loom ces equal to pew. Alao, Lave and Maslin Window Shades. 0 iar they that are the greater exercise power upon them. *{t shall not be 0 among you, but whcsosver will be the greater among you, let him be your minister; “And he that will he first among you, shall be your servant. * Even as the Son of Man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give bis life a redemption for many.” It is observed, Christian brethren, as something re- markable, that in all the records which the inspired writers have preserved, of the life and the teachings of the Son of God upon earth, there appears to be scarcely ene direct alusion to the outward condition of that failen raoe which he came to raise and to redeem. Ques- tions of government—quertions of social right, would seem to have been more urgent then than they are now; and yet we caanot find one solitary direct principle or precept, having the amelioration of these as the object of Jesus, our Saviour. He did not appear surrounded with the pomp and the pretension of areformer. He did not, in propounding those doctrines which involve the hope cf the world, appeal to the sanctions and the sup- He did not even sustain his max- d train of yor tag wlthough he ded to illustrate his meaning, by familiar to the people; not suy too much, when | add, thatall the t bas taken place im the history of man, and all the elements by which it may still be pro- moted, are conta! in the divine lessons which our blessed Saviour inculcated in reference to another and brighter and abetter world than this Ie took occasion to convey one of these lessons from that manifestation of man’s pature, which came before him in the incident recorded of the evangelist, in the parsage which I have just read. The poor mother, with the affection andthe pardonable ambition natural to the maternal heart, wanted to secure in time a place of distinction for her sons, who had already attached themselves to his teachings, and were numbered amongst his disciples, and when their application was made knéwn,the other ten, by a manifes- tation of another attribute of fallen human nature, ex- hibited symptoms of their ain are They were filled, eays the text, with in tion at the two, | because, an yet, the true light of Christian faith had not taken effect in their breaste—becanse as yet their spirits were in the condition of our fret parent, when God fashioned him out of the mould of the earth, with all his ady, but whilst bi soul, So it was with their spiritual nature; and, nots it! ding the divine teach- ings, they could not raise their minds above the low dis- tinction hich constituted the object of ambition on the one aide, and the object of jealousy and indig- nation on the other From this our divine Saviour takes ocension to speak, and in his tle re- buke, and his comprehensive instruction, he touched | ul that principle which has ever been and ever will be, en indulged in, the enemy of social happiness and the enemy of equal and just rights in the world. He refer red to the nations of the earth at that time without rule or restraint, or limitation, to supreme power. He said: firmament itself, and then measure the distance, and comprehend the movements of the host of heaven, with almost god-like faculty of reason, and of m and of will,would have been identified with gross material things. He would have been subjected with them to a law of ne- cessity, such as that by which God governs all that is material in the world. It man had thus created, how could he have rendered unto God homege and worship worthy of sucha being? The homage which sueh @ being would have given, would have been onl; like that of the tree which bends to the blast that agi- tates its branches. Man would then have been reduced to the condifion of the puppet strung the wire, and not even ® mortal throne would feel flattered by the mock homage of a machine so arranged that it could not avoid bowing in reverence to his . God has, therefore, made man free, because it was requi- site for the dignity of the nature bestowed upon bim that he should render a voluntary hoi to the Crea- tor. Being free, he necessarily had the;power of diso- bedience, and there is the key which ¢: the other mysterious. is that mystery—itself in which ‘acounts for the introduction of evil into the world. Because disobedience — a reversal of God’s order by man’s own power—is itnelf evil in that of having its origin at the cradle of our race, and receiving accumulations of guilt and familiarity with depravity in the progress of time—accounts for the condition of mankind. God declared that there should be penal- ties; and these penalties, as marked in the book of revelation—in the book of Genesis—were #0 far of the temperal order. Man should die—he should have to toil—and here we have the origin of sickness, and of disappointment, and of deception, and of all the various instrumentalities by which oftentimes man traces hie pathway from the cradle to the grave, These are the consequences of man’s disobedience. And then God seemed to have withdrawn, as it were, from the rebel man—not altogether—for even our first parent beheld, through the teers of his repentance—one bright but feeble ray ot hope on the horizon of the future; and his posterity in the order of the petrisrchs, were not forsaken of God. He communicated to them, from time to time, the pi of his mercy; and be made them, in the first instance, be the jong lived patriarchs—the rulers of their family and of their posterity—to that the same individual waa a teacher of religion, a high priest, and s king. But as their posterity increased, it became necessary to form the roattered famiilen into an aggregate callea # nation. Aud then God did not leave them; for they were His chosen people, He did not leave them to form, at their own caprice, the Jaws for their social and political oe He commu ited their laws. He ed, He sent, from time to time, prophets to , and erecyeane bets wie concentrated ze, upon a point of time future, and upon ® person on Shove Dppearance the ransom and redenfption of this jallen race were to be accomplished. As for the rest the Gentiles—as the text designates them, to have cor- rupted their way, they went forth, under the law of our nature, by wich man is & social’ being, 90 destined, by an unconquerable propensity of his heart, to associ. ate with his fellow creatures. Consequently, social forms of existence were necessary; but they were formed in the absence of divine light, hough called, was as powerful then as now—although term principles of national justice, should have been familiar—yet if you look abroad upon the face of the earth at the period at which our Savior admonished his ry jen, you will find no where this pretended religion of nature--no where that just or humane that the very promptings of the natural heart seem to bave dictat but ev where the multi- tw . Cis a to et P ; irresponsible, absolute, deepotic power. in our day, men somet reason as religion, and if they reason with will tell them that their ressoning, those whom they vindicate or folloy of man’s intellect, before it was tau) You know how they lord ‘it over their subjects ; but as for you (addresting not the future lords of the temporal condition of man, bat addreasivg those who were to be the mioisters and the founders of that other and better kingdom he cawe to establish upon the carth) | by the light which (od shed upon t world, trough the religion of bis Divine Son. Hf you want to know what man’s reeson je in government and rel aod any of those things, upon which reseon founds high