The New York Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1859, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY THE OLD SOLDIERS of the t of death. Very many ef them PEasi@gs TO WAR OF 1812. oF THe aaetook a the grave and tse ether upon tks Maustory of the Bill Passed by the House of a a ‘of @ pitiless and mercenary tattves=Character of the Debate= | work. * * ores el pre ‘Phe Argum: Pre and Con—What ‘al dirge is now chanted ag @ pooan nation’ 4 ~ spe What tne | od shall thelr surviving comrades be less fortunatet Bil Would Take Out of the Treasury= | fhan they lingor out in obscurity and Motives of Some ef Its Supporters. ing of a life, the morning of which was illustrated by ‘The Wil passed by the House of Repreventatives lust | deods of such noble dari r 4 week, granting pensions to the surviving offers and sol- Will you stop to count the cost? ders ofthe war of 1812, with Great Britain, and to those ‘Warriors stop to ooant the cont, when the clarion, bole ar engaged wars same | War summoned them to ° va pum igi ialtnsen re rye Irs, trained under the. rigid discipline of the Iron Duke, peried, is the inauguration of a system) which, ifsuc 85 | worn marching under Pakenham, upon the Queen City of fay establisned and carried out to its legitimate | the South, the gateway of our Southern and Western com- sonequences, would in a short time make the | merce, with his fresh from the victorious flelis of : wii word of “ eos: of maintaining pensioners greater than that of | apq er aid tuo gallant spirits who rallied around the aro | The Case e ture, was ters now look different, and yesterday by Jud tional tmpetus to the case. District At earnest and intends to make no child’s He bas full Besnnio New. e. premerton, fo , Sucoutel rte, ‘The dry goods trade has been, as every one knows, less while the energy ability y ‘ae associate, Judge Jackson, show Tee te een and his | sotive during the past year than in 1867 and 1850. The fe [set ad Slave Yecht | COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL. Sumpar, Jan. 2—6 P. M. ‘We are now enabled to make up some tabular state- prosecuted | 2858. ‘The general feature of our transactions with the case. It | foreign world were as follows:— of law to f i Such we uury will doubtless give an addi- Ganabl is in play of the matter. from the government to use all legal Balance against the port.. public could not have been intrusted to safer hands, imports of foreign dry goods fell off thirty per cent, in mantaining the army and navy of the United States. og of angen socio. mae (ooo she cond 0 ee eee emer ce nen Saree) round numbers, in 1858, The following are the figures:— i with an utter al self, and rec! wi ‘were sworn:— Forgan Goons Port By ‘our opltome of the last wodk’s proceedings 12 | Iie, with their berois louter at thoir’bead, ‘rove back the | "James Chubb swora—The District Attorney asked :ni- | D7™™ 7 Dass Goes Ax cag Foes oo BT @mgress, we gave a brief sketch of the mode British lion upon the plains of Chalmette, \ius proving t0 | witness what his occupation was, which he deciin | ny $10,386,479 $2,858,234 Which tho bill was passed in the House, and an estimate | tho world the oiciency of the citizen, solsior over Aha ot answer, alloging that it would orlwinate bimeslf. 1) 6 12407612 5,558,793 shoaid e regular. righter gem si je diadem lenry told tess must answer the que «6 Ge. cxpentitare which the bill, * ber] that encircles the fair brow of Columbia, than that which | and sllowed hiw five minutes for cousideration. A‘ A tale | aess'srO @me a law, would of itself entail upon the government. | answers to the memorable vietory of the Sth of vanuary, | end of that time witness still refused, when the J % ¥ Hot \419 3,154,806 By this it appears that, so far as the soldiers ef tac war of | 1815. The question is not what it will cost. Is it | committed him fer contempt of court and ordered him to 4,583,901 2'800/673 IME are conocrned, the number who would be eatitiod to | right, is it ust, is it magnanimous, is it hi be confined im jail until he did answer.’ 18,566,404 7,590,039 7 wi lastly, is it gratefal? Bring amy charge yoa will | Captain Rillary B. Fraser sworn—Am commander 0° 746°101 10°080'742 —10/862,64 5 recive pensions under the bilk—estimating the survivors | yi aing, the government. Say % 18 parsimonious— | the steamboat Ai . belonging to the Iron Steamboat y aed 7186-012 6,016,011 L. threo-cights of the whole—would be 124,211, and my it Me geste y Pate ed har) Company ; about en) ca ry instant carried up a "196 8,585,821 8/892/851 the aggregate amount of pencions payable to them would | (li not subject ler to she Cinch, Ot mit ito that | number of negroes; about 170; they were taken on board ‘211,801 8,029,964 4,615,531 « a y more | f; 7 be $8,029;908, ‘This calcubetion was carofully made, on | ol lcutul ot ite defenders than ether uations? Shall pos- bl tenis ae ream omy fap ne December... - 3,902,202 4,489,320 the basis-of the returns sent to Congress by the Pension } terity learn the mortifying lesson that our government is | agent; he did not tell me where I would find them, nor Totad............$98,892,662 $91,034,047 Willing to lavish millions upon astanding army, and not a ‘cont to the brave volunteer, when old age has ‘overtaken hin and poverty has laid its haavy hand upon him? Wilt wot thee old men feel, if you defeat this Dall and vhereby : these Vite corer Mm setting | deny them that relief *o necessary to their enmfort aay ach of 1888; 00. thet bd = we pad support, that the government’has forgotten the hours of its down the aggregate annnal amount of pene perilapd extremity, and that it disregards the heavy ‘under the Dill to the seliiers of the ware ~~ a8 ell | gacrifices made by them for weir country? Will they not millionof dollars, ‘This, however, domme . wile the | feel that they have only lived to be forgotten by that-coun- Department, and their estimate of the number of survi- vors ofthe war is founded upon the number of applica tions made by them for bounty land warrants, ander the try for whose defence they would have laid down their pensions payable under it to theme whe werwed lm | Ot ihe memory of thelr illustrious deods had faded Indian wars during or preceding that period. There « a0 from the he bad gassed peesibi making & correct catimate of the cumber of y did the Old Guard follow Diindly and madly ca aan vere ill ccaer this head, Theta: preset. | fice OtNapolcon over the frown snows of tho Alps, or city of Motcow? Even the iron heart of that man and from the history-of recent Indian wars in Oregon and | ef blood melted in pity and gratitude for the suf- strings were ever reedy to be loosed to rekeve their assumed that at least another million of dollars will be | necessities; and shall the most enlightened nation be less generous than ‘the great imperial auteorat, w Iustration of the mode in which the number of those en- | drone was but the mausoleum of liberty? Defeat ‘this geged in Indian wars is’ multiplied was furnished in the down and gnaw at the vitals of the republic, Pare it, bil to compensate citizens of Georgia aud Alabama for | S04 ® million of men trom the North, south, Kast aud deprodations committed upon them by the Creek Indians. | snountain fastuestes, at the rst bugle biastef war will ray to your flag, and like the heroidsons of the Spartan mother, ekimants, therewas no war on that oocasiou—the rel | Thea in ite folds as their winding sheet, being that the government is not bound to pay for loses |r nig i Ati st Me AP ty thieving Creeks pillaged end plundered the neighbor- | aware of it. The figure of the standing army swooping hood for some days; and yet there have been actually | Gown and gnawing like @ bird of prey at the vitals of the hove who served in that Creck “war.” Frem this one | wo aye ever read as having boen indulged in ‘before imstance some idea may be fermed of the myriads of ap- | , aeiinerativeassembly; and how majestic is the climax ‘viding for these who served in Indian wars. from all pomts of the compass at the'first buglo’blast of The attention of the prese and of the country eught to} war! We oan imagine how overpowering must have Pension bill engrafted upon the statute books of ‘the na- sympathizing souls of members. tion. So fer as concerns the patrictism which they dis- |“ inother honorable member inveked the ‘nation’s grati_ homes and'their liberties, no good citizen will refuse to | ir it aid not pase this bill, should answer ‘these scarred recoguise their claim to respect and gratitude. But what | sq war-worn veterans?’ The Globe does not sey whether reward, millions of their countrymen are still ready todo | 1, conclusion, the gentleman (Mr. Kunkel, of Pennsyl. from the eamo pure principle, It i# the duty ofallmen in | Vania) indulged in the comic observation that “if pen- fa what the soldiers of the war of 1812 did. Thatds what | way» pe-verily believed the people “would consent to American citizens in all past necessities have done, and | raise themoney directly from their own pockets.” be readytodo. But if the motive, instead of being one of |}, this style honorable members wenton for nearly pare patriotism and sense of duty, becomes degraded to | , weex, one striving to eutdo the other in bom- hope of pension, then, instead of a citizen soldiery,we | were -neard on the other side to denounce will have nothiug-but legions of mercenaries, the whole scheme as one entirely at variance with our For some years past a movement has been on foot to | time, but particularly so at atime like this, when the na- give to all who were enrolled for service in the warof | ional purse is empty and can only be filled by a resort, ‘who had been wounded in battle, or disabled in any way | Mr. Milison, of Va., a senstble and highly’ intelligent from exposure or accident, had been provided for under | member, showed that the measure was supported by widows of those who had fatien in battle or subsequently | no other reason than because it would, «if it became a, ied from any of the incidents of war. Some four or five | law, necessitate such largelynreased duties on imported of those who had met no mischance in the-servioc, who | wuring interests of those States, at the-expense of the had never met the enemy or burned gunpowder in war, | whole people. their respective States, by granting to every person whoan And the evil does not end bere; for, tho.principle having ame-was on the rolls during the war of 1812. military | been-cuce established, there is no reason why all who land in avy of the Territories of the United States. whowere enrolled in the wmilitia and ready to be called Thia, to be’sure, was not a very valuable prize, for such | into service, should not come to Congress and urge, with claimetl at-the ‘time that this would bee complimentary | cost to the government of the passage of this one bill would recognition of the patriotism of the men of 1812, and that eventually swell to twenty, thirty or fifty millions of dol- ‘value.of the 160 acres, as on account of the honor so dear After this expose of the Pension bill we doubt whether toa soldier's heart, and of the pride of'being gratefully | those who wanted to make political capital out of their to defend. Congress, yielding to such arguments, passed | in that point of view. The fact of being actuated by such the bill granting bounty land warrants to the soldiers of | a motive is as disgraceful toa representative as if he sold Dilla, passed under various pretences, no loss than 62,720,- | sideration. 862 acres of the public lands have been obtained from the THE RESPONSIBILITY IROWN ON THR-SENATE. into the hands of speculators and pension agents, who | certain, however, that that body will either refuse to nsually buy up the claims of tho persons-that might be | pass it, by a direct and positive vote, or else will dodge measures passed through Congress. Indeed, one of the principal excuses which many of its Not eatistied with these liberal recognitions by | supporters in the House made to their own consciences, ame again last session, or allowed the vultures of | which was not governed by the same influences as the the lobby to do so, asking for pensions. All who | House, not being directly responsible to the people, wore who could show any claim whatover tothedepartment, had | President would veto it. Infact, they meanly shirked the as we have said, received their pensions under the invalid | responsibility and threw it upon the Senate and the Presi- every man whoso name was enrolled; but this new de- | nor the President will shirk the responsibility in the mand was thatevery surviving officer and soldier of the | same way as the House did. the war of 1812, and had served for three months or over, | The idea of giving pensions to men who euffered should receive ® pension for life equal to the full pay | nothing from wounds or from exposure, and who subject last session, except the delivery of afew speeches | pensioning principle which no nation ever witnessed be- in the House, and the making the bill aspecial order for an | fore. In England, whore that system has reached its pending in the Committee of the whole House during | pension until he has been invalided, or has served fifteen the past two weeks, various amendments were en- | years; and in case of his discharge before he has served from the hearts ot posterity ere lite iteelf bad passed away? Saag! ql otros besanieihd cana eaatieaastidhely; through the terrible conflagration of the imperial ‘Washington, and of the Seminole war, it may fairly be | {rings and services of his soldiers, ani bis | purse pequired to pay the ‘Indian war pensioners. A curious il- | i Christendom, in the middie of the nineteenth century, Dill, and a-standing army, tike @ bird of prey. will swoop eourse of a debate in the House the wock before last, on a Wet, from hill and dale, from your crowded cities and According to the theory of the onse now presented for the } Toi eiurn it Blasened all over with victory, or be encir- sastained by ite citizens in war—bat a band of some for- | rosg ny any of tho colleagues of Mr. Atkins we are not land warrants issued, to the number of over 12,000, 0 | republic, ie ene of the grandest metaphors that Plicants there ‘will be for pensions under the clause pro- | in which the-orator depicts tho rush of a million-of men be awakeneli to the danger of having this Old Soldiers’ | hoon the effect of this outburst of grandiloquence on the played, and their readiness in time of peril to defend their | tude to ite war-worn soldiers,” and asked how Congress, they did then, without the sordid motive of pension or | 1:5 inquiry was followed by daughter or by applause. & republic to be ready to take up arms to defend it, sions for these brave men could be raised in no other what it is to be hoped they will, in all future emergencies, pn ing Sag poh | that of a hircling soldier, who fights for his pay and bis | pos: and exaggeration; while @ .few members ORIGIN OF THE MOVEMENT. system of government, unnecessary and unwise at any 2812 pensions equal to their pay while in service. All | to temporary loans, and to a largely increased tariff. the general invalid pension acts,as had been also the | many«members from Pennsylvania and other States for; yeare.ago the government also recognized the patriotism | goods, and thus prove of vest benefit.4o'the manufac- but who had been enrolled for service in tho militia of EXTRNGION OF TEE SYSTEM. bounty warrant entitling him or his heirs to 160.acres of served the country from 1812 up to theypresent day, or ‘warrants can be bought in the market at $150; but it was reason, that they also are entitled to pensions; and 20 the they.asked for it, not so much on account of the market lars, and effectually swamp us in a nationel debt. Yemembered by the country which they bad stood ready | support of it will find their -ection very beneficial to them the war of1812. Under this and preceding bounty land | his vote for government patronage or for a pecuniary eon- government. A large proportion of this land bas passed | This precious bill is now before the Senate. It is almost entitled, and take upon themselves the risk of getting the | its consideration, so that it will be virtually defeated. Congress of the claims of the soldiers of 1812, they | was that it never could become a Iaw,as the Senate, had suifered in the slightest degree from the service, and | sure to kill it; and even if i passed both houses, the pension Inws; and the bounty land laws hed extended to | dent. Itis gratifying to think that neither the Senate half million of men who were enrolled at any time during THR WHOLE PRINCIPLE WRONG. of the rank which he held. Nothing was done on the | are notin necessitous circumstances, is @ stretch of the early day of tho present session. While the bill was | greatest expansion, a soldier isnot entitled to a permanent grafted upon it, or were sought to be eugraited upon it, | that term on account of wounds or disabilitivs, he extending the benefits of the act to all who bad gerved in | receives only small temporary pension, the the Creek, the Florida, the Black Hawk, and the Mexican | continuance of which is dependent upon his ‘wars, and reducing the period of service to ten days. recovery and his ability to support himself. io As a general rule, it may be safely asserted that the men It was shown by caleulations mado in the Pension Office | At Maint heceficiacies under this new Pension law of that the original bill would entail upon the government | Surs are those who suffared the very least inconvenience an annual expenditure of not jess than eleven millions of | from the serviee, while those whose health was affected dollars, while the various amendments made to it would | Dy exposure or the hardships of a campaign have passod vay. In all points of view, therefore, this pension bill probably have increased that amount to twonty millions. | S™arust amd improper, and those who have srtompted 10 ‘Whoo this bill was introduced at the last seenion no se Xt fasten it upon the country deserve the condemnation of rious attention was paid to it in any quarter, It was re- the people. ° garded as ono of those pot hobbies of its author, Mr.Sa- | Px New Cors oF CANADA.—The new coins of vage, of Tennessee, which members are in the habit of | Canada are about to be put in circulation. Hon, John getting up to acquire popularity in their districts, It was Ross has recently arrived from England with a large in- thonght that this gentleman, incited by the success of Mr. stalment from the British mint. As our readers are aware, the people of Canada have, by act of Parliament, Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, who through his pet hobby nal currency, | Haag Caste oct a , | henceforth to conform to it. ‘The new issue of small coins Of the Homestond bill managed to got’himselfelectod tothe | Cre tvor and ronze, and the latter will speedily drive back to Earope the present pence and half-pence now cir- ‘of the United States, was emulous of outbidding even | culatingin Canada. The Toronto Globe gives a description Johnson for popularity, and that thero could be no | pr iie tee cool eet han the British half;penny, and. of serious idea of passing such a preposterous measure. | brighter color, come white metal having been’ mixed with But, strange to say, it has turned out that there | it in order to bring it to the required value, On one sido is a beautifully executed medallion of the ‘who, with the aim of getting a few extra votes im their | tho English shilling. Betwoen the two rows of bend- districts, wore wHling togive their support toSavage’a bill. | ing the words ‘‘Violria, Del Gratis Rexino Canada.” 1 was wa! said in debate that if tho vote had boen taken | (The word Canada is disconnected from these proceding ‘bverae te m te, nocres ballot the bill erould not havo got fifty votes in | peer eek tin eeeda (Cone meat TAT The etree are alike in design. The Rant Plécon are a lttle o .» | smaller than the Engl shil and ct ve cent that tho measure was 8 popular one, and that to voto | Doc are the same size as the American coin ef the samo against it would injure their political prospects. value, The silver differs from the copper in design. The BIDDING FOR POPULARITY. H instead of running all round, are arranged the same way It was highly amusing to witness the emulation that as the roves, shamrocks and thistle ‘upon the Britis money, with a crown dividing the one branch from th» to who would identify themselvas most conspicuously with | other. The letters and figures used are plain, being 0] the support of the measure, for it seema that in these two hen the Canadian coin is in active circulation we opine States there live a disproportionately large share of those | that twenty cent pieces will be convenient coin, andfthey who would be entitled under tho bill, The hifalutin | will of course circulate here with other Canada currency at par. Lat on give s fow specimens of it, as we ‘flud it reported {in the official organ of Congress. Mr. Atkins, of Tonnes. | Ata oe Ren We of the United States Distriet Court, con- aim wed on behalf of the sol. | veaed ‘est.on Monday,’ 13th inst., a grand jury fm in policing, © oe ile ot rhaprody._. | Was etpannoled to inquire Tee at violate of the, lene iors of the Mexican war, go piece 'Y'— | of the United States, and during their inquiry a true bill there ia the samo justice and necessity to afford you this tyres which vessel was condemned as forfeited on the 22d folief, that there ie to the surviving yetorans of thesecond | of November last for being engaged in the slave trade. ‘war of ind lence? From the nobleness of your hearta | The indictment against From was fora violation of the comes up the patriotic byt just response—No! You said slave lawe. The Key of the Gulf, ot Saturday last, of the hopes of many'of you has barely reached its oul- | “soon disposed of, the prigoner requitted and ( mivation, and is pouring its noontide eplendor upon your | the only ‘interestibg’ part being the remark of the pathway; while with them the sun of life is noarly set, | ing attorney, that he did not ‘want to hear Watlington on and ite dim and slanting shadows falling bofore their fee: | berth deck? nor ‘Moreno on brick DAtH,’!'=Suoannah adopted the decimal currency, and will make their coins Governorghip of the State, and subsequently to the Senato of the new coin for the Canadian currency. The cent is was a inrgo majority of members fn tho House | (ren an exact copy of that whiek appears upon leaves, and the words ‘ One cent, 1868."” ‘Tho silver coin its favor; but members labered under the erroneous idea former has only one row of beading, and the maple leaves, existed among the Tennessee and Kentucky mombers as tioned to the size of the coin. The edges are not mi that was indulged in was of the most extravagant order. Toe Resvir or THe Stayer TRIAL IN Key Wret, Will you say that the cases are similar? i that | was found against t W. From, first mate of the bark $n the meridian of life, while all of them aro old; the a says the case was tried on the 20th instant, when it was Dio footsteps, Wo piainly warns them of phe ugar approwad | News, Lec. 20. where should atop; saw a gang of negroes on the. shore, which induced me to stop; in going up was hailed by some white persons near Mr. Potter’s place. about six miles from here, and senta small boat for them and brought them on board; the negroes when seen were in ‘charge of a white man, who came aboard with thom; was hailed by this nan; after the negroes were taken'on board the parties who came up from near Ki. Potter’s place, requested witness to carry them back in ‘his boat, as they had expected a boat there to carry them back, but were disappointed; witness carried his ‘boat ‘back, and after lanling them proceeded towards Augusta; ‘the negroes remained in charge of a white man on board, ‘who attended to them and fed them; they were ail landed, except one boy, bout two miles below Augusta, en the Carolina side; # war at a wood yard about half a mile be- low Horse creék; the boy who remained on board was Sent to witness’ house, did not put him on exhibition, but a good many people came to see htm out of curiosity, witness supposed, because it was theught he was an African; witness believed him to be an African; £0 many people came to see him that witness sent for the one who left him in charge to take him away, which'was dono; the boy was‘one of the same lot carried up the river; all |, of them were similar in appearance; did not hear speak English, though heard them talking ofter. ‘The witness was then dismissed for the present, cross-examination. Captain [Lake Christie sworn—Runs a towboat, called the Lamar, at present, Carried her to Brunawick the first | crop in the West and the excell time about the Ist or 24 instant. | Declined. to an; | Europe. These concesring events have, on the one hand, swer were he went to from Brunswick, asit would | atminished our expert of broadstuifs to Europe, and, on District Attorney Ganahl requested tho Court to instract the other, cut down'the price obtained for teem. When the prisoner as to what would ‘criminate him. Ho knew | the reverns of the ootton export come in, it ie quite like); from the high charactor of Captain Christie that he would | snat-tho balance of trad ie eee tii Sis is not be-engaged in a disreputable transaction, and that ho piesa te Saran fares was under a miaapprehension. The fact of his transport. | the supply ‘s so bountiful and the price so highly remune- Ing the negroes for hire Inland was ‘not eriminal. ‘The | ative, The follewing figures will ounvey a:general ‘loa ney spoke Touch earnestness © | of: ‘ vigoreriih which it was bie Intention: to carry on the pro. | °F ete ©xport trade of tho port for the past year:— secution of every one, either nearly or remotely con- | ‘Exports exclusive of spele, 1857 nected with this affair, ‘He was backed by thegovern- | Bo. do. do. 1858. mentand no efforts should ‘be spared to sift the mater On the other hand, the domestic dry goods business, which was prostrated in January, 1858, has gained considerable ground during the year. Most of the mills are now at work and are doing @ profitable business, with very fair prospects for the spring, at which season the importers likewise expect to do well the country being very bare of goods, ‘The total imports of the port sre about $67,000,000 be- low those of last year, as shown by the following figures: — Importsdry goods and generat merch’e, 1£57.$219,075,000 Do. do. do. 1858. 151,415,000 Decrease in 1858...... $67,680,000, In the spring it 1s anticipated the imports will be quite as large us they were in the spring of 1857, ant very con, siderably larger than those ef any o:her year in the com. mercial histsry of the port. ‘The decrease in the exports from the port is also | though much less than the diminution of imports. would have been, in all probability, no decrease in the exports ‘bat for the comparati lure of the breadstills No thoroughly No position should be a-shicld, but high and | ‘Decrease of oxports, 1858......... + + -$15,827,953 low would be alike brought before that bar, and ifin his | ‘the movement in gold in the pear 1867 wes compitoeted power brought to punishment, by-an abnormal receipt of some owelvemittions from Eu- Judge Henry adjourned the court for the purpose of contulting authorities on the subject, and will deliver his opimion this morning, when the case will be continued. THE SLAVE TRADE. {From the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, Dec. 28.) | ‘We learn from private sources that subpoenas have been erved upon several planters in Georgia suspected of wing tho yacht Wanderer. These gentlemen are to aj Savannah as witnesses-on’the trial of the crew tate regular weekly shipments from here. _ = which now marks this once eccentric and e $la-') ranch of commerce. The fellowing are the tablee — ver. We hope that the alfair will be rigidly investigated, and that all those whe way prove to be directly eng: DELIVERIES OF CALIFoRNtA Goup at New Yoru. inthe landing of tho Africans may meet with the punish- 1858. 1857. ment due to their infraction of the law. We candidly From Jan. 1, confess that when the revival of the African stave trade ‘was firat ugitated, we were ind to condemn the | Jan: «measure with tho ’severity to which we now believe the | ¥en, scheme to be justly entitled. Smarting under a sensecf'| Fob. 27 Northern injustice, and viewing with mournful feelings | March 16, ‘the unequal straggle between a handful of Southern heroes || “March 26. and the hordes of Northern marauders upon the plains of | April 12 'Kansas, we were at first disposed to give a favorable con- | ‘abril 27. -sideration to any scheme that promised a relief fromthe | May 18. numerical inferiority under which we labor in contending | May 29” “with the free soil hosts. Since then, a mature and care- | June 12. ‘ful consideration of the subject bas convinced us that | June 27. ‘the revival of the African slave trade would be adeath | July 14, blow to the vital interests of the South. We oppose it upon | July 3" + grounds of humanity as wel us policy. Not tho humanity Gee Causes tho hypocritical tears of the Beechers and | Ave: 37+ Sumners of the North. ‘Not the humanity that causes the Sept. i ' tender hearts of very many of our Southern citizens to Sept. 28. consider slavery a temporary and necessary evil; but | Oct, 16; ‘upon motives of humanity that we derive from acareful | Oct. 98. consideration of the very foundation of the proposed traffic; | Noy, x from a knowledge of:tho means that must necessarily be | Noy. loyed in obtaining the negroes that are to be deported to our shores, Thero-are few of our readers that haveeot | pec had occasion to view with a pitying eye the inevitable Total 1858, ... $98,766,129 separation of the slave mother and pod, nay, even the hus- fe. ppl such e7 are Pare occur- rence, but are still ooeasionally to be bewailed.. I iono | The export of specie during the year compares very fa of the glories and the blessings of our 81 of labor that | vorably with the export of 1567:— Srercant In tas Souls ban pertape | cuher por: | Expert of specie, 1867 equent in the & perhaps in - 4 tion of the globe. For ono’ slave. family that is thus oni dlistens udely dismembered, hundreds of the poorer classes of the North are forced by bitter necessities to separate ‘and go forth singly to.combat the demon of hunger as —— oped Ps: peers pein Fopadber thing» the export of 1857 was amere return of sums sent over e restraint jest laws that ever protected the laborer. But what would our readors | B¢efrom Europe during the crisis. The prospect for the think of the destruction of.a whole town by its neighbors | Present is thatas the month of January advances ex- in order to sell a remnant ofits inhabitants? What would | change must decline below the specie shipping point, and they think of the allianco of threo counties of our State | ¢nog leave the banks in a condition ‘to stand the draing for the purpose of warring upon and conquering a fourth county for the sake of gain? Aut yet it is by noaet which must be made upon them by the general govern- and fire and rapine that tho slave ships of Africa ere to be | -ment for the new bonds and any Dr filled. The aborigines cf the Guinea coast are net a class | may bo posit par y Treasury notes which civilized and already iz servitude. They are net 4 sh ‘gee The year, as a whole, bas net been unprosperous, of the blessings conforzed upon their unforiunate, race when made slaves of a:superior order of beings. They | though the trade of the coun perforce been carri are aware that the white sailors on the coast will pay ‘4 fer! tak ad ben oo large sum for every sound African, and 80 each chief is at all times ready to march upon his neighbor,to burn and destroy, to encounter the desperate resistance of the infu- riated brutal fellow negro, to kill hundreds in the en- deavor to capture a dozen, and all for the purpose of fur- nishing a cargo for the slave ship. ‘That it would be bet- ter if every African had a Southern master we all admit; better for him in this world and the next. But that it is justifiable to encourage the murder of one hundred Africans in the endeavor to bring a dozen of them under a master’s care, is an absurd and inhuman idea. The advocates of ‘the slave trade contend that to bring a cargo of Africans from Congo is precisely the same as to bring the same number from Virginia, And yet in bringing negroes from Virginia we transfer them from the hands of one kind maater to those of another, while in the other case we encourage the destruction of three human beings for the gain.of the services of one. One is | havo proved very profitable to importers and holdera. Fational, wise, humane and legal barter, the other is | Tea has never recovered tho blow inflicted upon We are not willing to encourage bloodshed, even among | ‘PY the general cessation of tea drinking among the brutish savages, for the aggrandizement of a few ship.| Working classes;.it is slowly improving, but may for some owners. | Wo are not willing that thogo crueltios that we | time prove unsatisfactory property to hold. Breadstuffs ave enumerated should be carried on in the name of the both for farme warders. South, and for the ostensible benefit of Southern interests, | b&Ve done very badly both for farmers and for m In the name of Southern civilization and enlightenment | Cargoes shipped from this side during tho past three wo protest against the slave trade and its concomitant | months have almost invariably realized a loss; and unlese the next crops in Europe shod be short, while those of the United States are copious sound in quality, per- horrors. In the name of a flourishing, prosperous and all powerful Southern confederacy of States, we denounce a sons exgaged in this beanch of agriculture and commerce must expect hard times. y scheme that is fraught with every mischief that can de- The movement of the commerce of the port for the past grade and weaken a nation. week, which we usually publish on Monday moruings, was ‘Total 1857... $34,228,107 Put it must be borne in mind that a large proportion of branches of commerce which have been prudently prose- cuted have been remunerative. The dry goods importers, have, a8 a rule, done well; and the manufacturers of domestic fabrics bave had no chance to complain. Some articles of groceries and general merchandise have not paid as well as they might have done had the people of the country replenished their stocks when they became exhausted; but, notwithstanding the disappointments growing out of the unwillingness or incapacity of the North ‘and West to become buyers in our markets as soon as the importers expected, the business, as a whole, has been fair. Hides, wool, coffee, and one or two other articles, Letter from Hon, John A. Tucker—His Death, [From the Columbus (Ga.) Times.] ‘We give below a letter from the Hon. John A. Tacker, which was found on the table in his room at tho time of his death, directed to one of the ors ofthis paper as folows:— ‘ aie for publication, we do not feel at liberty to rere Week. 1856. 1887, 1858. Tt will be rend with interest by thoso who knew ita | Dry so0ds........ $506, 29) ssuthor—hie big heart, his tress thao ho knew ite | General mdse..... 972,083 1,014,821 1,820,006 ‘lity, his noble nature, his many virtues, They will i oat hed a teat made ‘Tota! for the week.$1 ,567,639 1,803,717 5250, Cherish in thelr hearts his memory. Dut the rage? o* | Previously rep'd.206,071,604 215,017,207 148,969,617 DAWSON, ————————— TOP. H. Corqerrr, Faitor Columbus Passion ©? 18% | since Jan, 1.,...$208,580,288 217,290,084 150,204,104 1am about to do a thing which I have had in contem- Exports, EXo.vstvg or Spscre. plation since 1848—viz. , torid the world of me, and to rid 1856. 185’ 1858. myself of an existence useless to me and derogatory to | Total for the week. ..$1,378,200 1 1,101,800 others. And, Mr. Editor, how dare you, or any of your | Previously reportod.79,418,244 72,0 56,871,633 readers say, it is weak, or wrong, or unmanly to perform ——— ee the act I am about to perform? Life isa burden tome—has | Since January 1....$80,701444 73,301,280 67,973,385 been for years. I am driven on by a dostiny I have no Exrorrs or Src, power to control. Don’t say to me, “ It is your fault—you | park Restless, Savanilla, doubloons. 3,ch2 50 could act differently.” It is untrue, I always wished | ark ©. R. Sutil, Maracalbo, Ameri 26,008 00 to act differently —I have prayed to act differently—I have | gehooner F. Hatch, Jacmel, do. 800 00 Brayed to God to help me to act didferentiy. Ho knows my wish and purpoge was to be a good man. This I 1 for the week $30,602 50 have prayed for from boyhooil; and yet I have not been a Sviouiy reporte, %6,032.918 37 ood man, ‘There is a divinity that shapes our ends.” There isa power that drives us on like a feather before the wind, and we have as little power to direct our course as the feather in the gale, Now, with all my sing, follies and vices clinging to my skirts. Tam ns unbidden into the presence of my God, to ask him why Iam not the man I always desired to be; to ask what punishment Iam to receive for knowing my duty, desiring to perform it, and yet not having the nerve ‘o do it, Don'taay Tam drank either, for it is not so. tell you, Peyton Colquitt, that}{ am doing this thing a reflection. I lay all nigyt thinking of it. [have looked atall the reasons for and against it. In some respects I have been a successful man. As certain as the world stands I would beat the race for judge by moro than the democratic majority, That is not the thing with Total, 1868... 0.6 .ceeeeeee ee $2 ¥,113,580 87 ‘The banks are expected to show an increaso to-morrow the export having been very light and a million and a hal’ having been received on the 80th from Californta. Their last statement showed a specie average of $26,868,271. If they could manage once more to reach thirty millions before the government loan is taken they would be ine condition to accommodate a fair spring business without inconvenience, The Sub-Treasury holds $5,108,471. Mo ney is withont material change, though there is less auxi- ety on the part of banks and bankers to lend, and rather met I would not live to be President of the United | more caution exercised in the seleetion of paper. We map Se be Ly pent ee Pe a quote call loans at 4a 454; first class short endorsed pa- joy I wished to be a great and geod man—a man exert: " ing ngreatenlutary moral influence on mankind, Butas | Per 488: do. do. over 90 days.6 6; single name, frat class, 6&8; good paper 7a, Exchange is very dull; there aro hardly any transactions to quote, Still, bis are ecarce, and the bankers coptinue to ask 10934 a X for sterling,and 6.1234 a 1334 for frases ; good bills can oc- casionally be bought considerably lower. We subjoin our usual table of the movement in stocks itis, 1 am shedding deathmade aad mildew from tho high places in th 4, d till I got home, but I know it would not do. en never have discharged tho duty I owe to myself and mankind. I could not part with m; wife and littie ones, Several times in the last fow ‘bave prepared myself for this eventat home, wi my wife knew nothing of it, But to look a tho chilgyon and ro hear them say ‘Pa,’? or to look at a emiling, affectionate | during the past week — wife that anticipated my wishes, that forgave a thousand Dee. 81. follies, that never did an unkind act, I did not have the 9035 cournge to proceed. But believing as I do, that my do- B45 parture from this life will benefit my family as well as | Erie. 16% auher#, 1 am going to die here to-day. Lhayo planty of | Hudson a5 friends who will be sorry for this, but to all of themT aay, | Reading. vod 62% Jobn A, Tucker never professed friendship to any one | Michigan Central, 51s that he deserted in the hour of trial, My wifo and little | Michigan Southern, (preferred). 48 once) Wo your care, TUCKER. PANAMA. . 5. eee cee ecco ee eee ee ARI 1B Pacitic. Mail ments of the commerce of this port for the calendar year | m0 yise which hus taken place since last week has been altegether duc to the bold and enormous operations of a 3 Deron, speculative firm well kn» goods and general merchandise.......... emergency, to do all the ba rs bite hee reat REM the public be allured into the house of the millions of do. ra» accumulated, the event may perhaps be unpleasant for the public; should it {all ont otherwise, |: consequences may sessreeee + $64,628,000 | de different. With the exception of Panama, there is not @ railroad on the speculative list of whic) it can be said, ce of the harvests in | «$78,301,286, « 57,978,833 rore, sent over here at the timewf the bank suspension, “In 1858 our receipt of foreign specie did not amount to “three millions of dollars, which i aboutithe sum usually «received from abroad even whea the exchanges meoeasi- The wove. rchased portiens of the recently landed cargo of | ment in California illustrates beautifully the regularity unreliable on within narrow lmits. As a general rule, nearly all | (er gpuhe 596 504 9036 90% for its readiness, op an #8 0f the board. Should » market to relieve this ‘ocks it is said to have with positive certainty, that it is earning dividends Under such circumstances every person can \ecid for himself what prospect there © © & general stock speculation. Harlem has been active during the week at an advance. The pubiic w gud to hear that the ordinance which passed both b. ~is of the Com mon Council a few days ago, giving the Harlem Railread Company the } lege of runni: their steam engines and care > Forty-second street fur a period of thirty years, ar > to build an additional double track from their depot up Forty-second street to Madison avenue, and up Madison avenue to the Central Park and Seventy ninti street, for te accommodation of their city cars, for the same peried, was on Friday last signed by the Mayor and has now become a law. ll the difficulties in relation to the steam question at Forty-second street have now been amicably adjusted and permanently settled be- tween the Murray Hill gentlemen and the Harlem Rail- road Company. POSTAL DIRECTORY. Foreign and Domestic Malls. TIME OF CLOSING AT THE NEW YORK OFFICE. Domnstve....North—Albany, Buffalo and Canada.. 3 P. M. Nort) and West way mail. . os see BA. Me ‘Wes ern mati, via Erie Rit.63g A.M.and3 P.M. South 80 nails. ° ” by steambeat. . Suneay Marts. .On Sunday al} mails close at 134 P. M. Cautronnta..Liy steamer, vin Panama, Wednes: | day, Jan. 5... P.M. The Overland Mui leaves St; Loula ie Califoral every Monday and Thursday, at A. M. designed for it aboulé be marked “Overland, via iauie.”” §, Laxe City. The Overtand Mail from St, Joseph (Mo.) te Salt Lake elty, leaves 9: Joseph every Saturday, at Letters should be marked “Overiand, vis St. Jeseph. vie, Panama, Wedn paaiabresereOHy P.M. Morsay, Jun. 3 Lge M From New ‘Orisana ‘by steamship Tennessee, on the Mitand 15th of each month, (Letters ehoald be placed inthe Vilice xt New York nix days pre vious to the Above cate.) 4 ipain anust be prepaid— ited Statea postage only—either 6 or Zl centa per halt eunce, according to the nationality of the steamskp conver: ing the mail—te wit: per British steamers on Wednea tays, bye gents, and Cnited Mates steamers on Saturdeys, tweshy one cent TIME OF CLOSING AT THE LOXDON OFFICE. INDIA. eo Wire Overland Mail closes as follows:——Via Mar- ‘geities, on the 24, 9th, 17th amd 25thef each month, Vie Socthampton, 4th, 120s and 20th, touching at Gibralter, Malta, Alexandria, Suee and Aden., Via Marveilles om the $m and 25th. Via South- ampten 4th and 20th, Vin Marseilles ee 16th. Via‘South- comma. AUSTRAIIG fa Southampton #n the 9th of the month. ‘Bar Wren the date of making up the Indian and Aestralian mailsat London falls on a Sunday, they are made ap on the evening previons. f — MAR/TIME INTELLIGENCE, eg cere SMD. Boece end ampleenrant HE HAVANA AND NEW ORTRANS STEAM ons. Eure Orrr—From New 24, at H avane and New Orleans 10th, Pron New Oriease aia: eae, ‘at New York 28h. = A Canzwaa—From New York at Fi ovame 17th New Orleans 19th. From New orana 30th, ‘at New York Sd. br ‘Pruapeurma—From New York 1 petviod } fevers: Orleans 2th. From New yE bovan bok arrivicg at New York 13th. pm betaghy pany ‘Waxxion—From New York 27th, ei go | at Ravana Ist_end New Orleans 34. ‘Orieans vans Hothvaceiving at New York 19th, ar ier Charlemon 4thand 19:b, due at) Sth pe Fd From Havana 10th aad 25th, due at Newr lh the above dates fail on Sunday cnmens ella Mond except from New Onleans, — ibe 4 and a ETROIAL NOTIOR. atigeies letters intentiod forthe New Yo mx @unarp a ALMANAG VOR ww ‘romn-—TeID DAY. ‘Port of New York, Janucry 2, 188), ARRIVED. ie <URDAY, January I. Pay 4 Cleator (Br), var Kingsion, Ja. Des 8. with coal.” The € Haat anchor at Quarantine;waling a jamip Roanoke. Skinner, Norfolk, &c, with mdse, to H y Brg Wm R Kibby. Stanley, Havana, Dec 18, withram arid segars, to T yman &Greenmen. Hoaearerienced heavy we Ais, stoverboat, bulwarks, &c,and has hase pilot yn Gouxvay, Ji 2B Steamed » Patapsco, Tayteld, Chasleston, 45 hours ith Boa a ark Sul ana, Watson, q tar N i 5, with fruit - dc. 10 GeoM Braggiotd. tus experiesced wt ry Deary wen’ ber the entire passage. bak HT Hine (Br), , Bridgeport, Ct, in-ballast, , to \¢ . febr Ann Eliza, Sohaon, Ricbmnd. bays, ir Mar ia Jane, Jones, nal ebury vi lamptea chr Exp rene, Gloason, Virglain. 2daye. fee a Bebr Fox, Ward, vase tdays. Schr Ida, Crowley, Rridgetan. NJ. Schr Lou! a Dyer, Jameson, Perth Amboy for Bostea. Sehr Wat er Witch. Hull, Bizabethport vor Mobile. Schr Den socrat, York, Eastport, 10 daye. Sehr, A Danenkower, Miker, Boston, 4 days, Sehr Joht . Roe, Hammond, Providence. Bebr M A Predmore, Predmore, New Haven. Sloop W)0 Mangum, Russell, Taunton. Sloop Wn 1 H Bowen, Hallock, Providence. Steamer | soston, Sellew, Philadelphia. Steamer | Westcheswr. Clark. Providencs. Arrived Jee 81—Brig Molunkus (of Eastport), Mitetetl, «- Jain, 18 days4 with jath, io Smith & Boynton. Der 30, 10'P M, the lights at the Highlazde bearing NW 10 miles, during hea v; efrom ERE, which shifted wo E. lows sails, part of the de © id, and sprung aleak. Wace towed fri the Auantic Do *k, | here she now lies (as before reporiec), with 63g feet water {a the bold, and agronnd. iy parr tenet BELOW. ae brig, unknown. Gud SAILED. Saterday—Steamshiva Kangaroo (Br), Liverpool; Florida, and Montgomery, Savannah: ehips London, London; Maytlow er, Treate; Ocean (Brem), Savanna; bark Clara K Stal, La- guazra; brig L W Angier, San Juan; and others. Sunday: “amship Roanoke, Norfolk, £c; ships Derby, San Franeisco; St Louis, New Ori bark Restless, Savanilias brig Fame, Paraguay, and owbers "ii the Vexsels tht’ were detained by head wind and bad weather bave gone to sea, Wind during the day 3. Miscellaneous. ‘Tho dark Dirigo, Capt Young, from Gisegow, arrived ia the Lower Bay on Monday last, haa succeeded in getting between ‘Quarantine and the city, where she ia anchored. ‘The steamship Columbia, for Charleston, will sail this Qon day) Snir Mippietos, Joaselyn, from Liverpoo! for New Orleans’ put into Belfast Dec 14, leaking. BriGBersey Aus, from Marseiiies bound to New Yerk, out 78 days, iy ty on 15th ait, with lose of satis and gome spars, and in want ef provisions. A Portyg nese ache from Lisbon bound to New York was in the olliny 10dh,:. ‘waat of provisions. Sen AveLs, Biel, from Charleston {or Asbepoo, in going to fe, dhrough Lawford's Channel, got {ato « dary where she. was compelled to come to anchor. ing beavily all day d6th ult. she dragged her an ashore on Folly felan! Beach, where abe re water leaving her at low tide, jury, and may be got off. She was without cane ‘vessel of about 2000 bushels capacity, and hua alwayg been enr- ployed in dhe rough rice business between Charleston and shepoo, Sour Cire, Chaplin, loaded with coal, was ent tirongh with the ice on ber way up Thames River to Norwich, eat sune at the wharf, on the 2th uit, in about 10 feat of water. The wa- ter was afterwards pumped out of her, and the cargo dis Ta Scur C W Conner, Pettingill, from Baltimore for St Lucia, put into St Thomms 19th uit, with loss of both masts. A Scur was aghore on Morris Island Beach, near the Light. house, 26th ult, Bhe could not pe approached gutlicientiy uear to be made ont on account of the breakers. Her appearance would indicate that abe was a coaster. ‘The o of bark condemned at Key West, waa sold Dye TF atahat onthe as uittoe BUTTS TR, thar brerdonels sold amounted to $2100—bark, tackle. rel, &c, $4956. The whole proceeds of vamsel and cargo, Stzamenir P. -A Carnp—We, the undersigned 7 | aly Ang) Pace, of the. Galway Tinsof steamors (0 New denirous of Nichotson a arnt! we x Capt Nicholson with a letter thanking for kind atten- tiona to their wanls during the pasaaye Gi 7, abd also thanking the officers for jent inaaner tn they se z ‘ F 5 E L ir rogch to Portsmouth harbor, bas parted its mooring Be mor Notice to Mariners. Notice is hereby given that Kitts Rock Dnoy, marking the ap- ‘and gone Gungway Rock Ruoy, also marking the approach to Ports« juts , has Iikewlee broxen from 18 moorin, They will bé replaced aa soon as possible. ‘by order of the Lighthoure Board, THEO F GREENE, Lighthouse Inep, lat diet ‘ Whatemen. A letter from ship Brunswick, of Dartmonth, reports her at S, lon 44.58'E, with 400 dbls ep and 860 do wh oil, bound to Desoledon. ‘A letter from ship (bio, NB, reports ber at Lahaina, Nov —, having shipped 4,463 Ibs bone by the Yorick. Would cruise ‘on the coast. of Caliiornin. ‘A letter from ship We Thompson, NB, revorts ber lying off and on at Honolulu Nov , to cutch tight’ sailors that had de- laken down by « itze on the on the 20th of hewame month and buried at Rosemary Island. ‘A letter from Bufua smith reports that he was on board the ship Hichard Mitésell, Huxford, of Edgartown, at egreapy? al Feinuds Sept 18, and that they ‘were then boiling outthe M4 Gompback while thie season. ‘A letter from bark Belle, of Warren, dated Sept 20, at Man- ritlus. reportster will 99) bbls sp ofl, all well A letter (rota bark elle, Nit, reporis her at Hilo Nov. 8: with 220 bbieep oll: was bound to New Zealand. xe letter from ship eee ot Ded at Lahaina. jov 5 having shipped 3,: is oll by 4 ‘A letier'from bark Wr Wilson, of Warren, reporta-her at 96 Augustine Say Aug 25, with 80 bls sp and. 800 do wh oil, alk: well “Wertd sail the neat day for Hurd 's Ialand. ‘A lettes com bark Mechauic, of Newport, revorta her a. Mauritmecet 25, with 660 bbls oll, 89 months dut; would wall me few dave to cruise. ‘At Torabez, Nov 10, ship Wm Lee Slocumb, Newport, 240 bbisttin season. Sid’ from do Nov 16, barks Courier, Colla, NB, are Aurora, Marshall, Westport, and Stella, Hathaway, NR)on 2. cruise. on Pavta Nov 23, bark Anaconda, Crannen, oll.ag Ofhend Jast reported; 25th, Clifford Wayne, Fwain, FH, 700 bbls. Sid 2th, Apphia Maria and C! ‘Wiyne, ert , Alster from ship Uncas, Luce. NB, reyorts her in Bristol Barz July 25, with 400 bbis all told, 100 taken im the Bay. ‘A letter from ship Seconet, NB, reports her at Payta Novag with 1200 en, 30 wh, all well, to sall ona cruise-same day, am be x Talcabuano in April or May. “A letter from bark Java. NB, reports her nt Honolain Ne 14, with 1150 wh off and 18,000 Bone; had shipped it all hy.t) prosper epee was bound on a cruise to NZveland, the ity , and N next season. “ Spoken—On Japan, in Sept, Sea Breeze, Jones, NB, 708: Bremen, Dec 12—Arr Quebec, Ruark, NOrieans. vior, NYork. Lanoxok, Oct 16—Arr brig Grenada, Banta, Nov —In port brig Hurricane Bird, Dubel, for-B more about Dec 1, Bruxvna, Dec i6—In port brig Betser Marseilles for NYork, arr 18th (-¢ Miscel). J the offing 16th, Port schr —.from iebon for Navy, want of provi Giascow, Dec—Sid from the Clyde Méth, Baltic, Zereg, Yorks indus thy, Beard, Bowone, Havke, Dec 12—Arr Susan Hinks, NOrleaae Aquila, Oliver: Tempest, Whitney, and Rathbo: do; * Europa,” do; 18th, Excelator, Mitchel, do; Joseph Hamavne, Dec 12—Arr John Bertram, Knudsen, New my are (by tel) at 4 AM, steamships AiarAx, —Arr (by tel 7 Stone, Boston (and sa até o% for Livei , Wotton, Havre via Southampton Dec 15 for for coal; Jan 2. 9 AM, America (Br), Millar, ‘18 (and ald at for ‘Kingston, Ja, Dec 11—Arr brigs J West, Wooster, ! ‘Smcarors, Nov 3—Sid bark Adjuster, Enquist ‘81 Trowas, Decl9—Arr echr C W Conner, more forstLucls, wilh lows of bok maser "Bid Man, Nichols, Geeegetown, SU; schr “A Diam ond,”) Thomp. do. ‘Inportdist, brig War Eagle, Brown, for Pero ambuco ready; Sees t ameete ‘ship Howpur, Potter, do. i . RX ANDRIA, DeeSO—Arrechrs Brother’ 4, Day $ ng eee St-Arr brig Rolergon, O- ps ste CU Bip tian Kaudeor Aetiscticolo; ber Con ysarannaa. Scharflworth, Mobile; Gordon, Baki more, for Cape Verd Islands; Orlando, Conner, Fo tau Prine ae pot gece neha Philadephia. phe we ase! sid, wind E, weather stormy, brig 5 Bird and Bloor remat inthe ‘Roads. nn whe adage tag Jan 1, AM—Signal for a bi oe York, Howes, Philadelphia; barks Chese a aie xs, Gem, Ho Tan, Salem; schrs East oo ush, vind WAW, backs Fire Fry. 1 Hazletine, “Ariel; > barks 3 ne, Ariel; bes jerry. Alen ald from the Roads; ba#i Merlin; briga Bied e Ware and er. ALTIMORE, Dec 31—Arr eteamer_Jgs Whi Roston} ship Rhea Sylvin, Evans, Gallas Cha ark eee, Gonid, Beston (and ele); brig AJ West Indice! secre Rmume Amelia. Harting. Heston, Henry Janes, idence: ohn Price, Price ees ai Si Ur Romie, Chaue, Pence, legen wb! , Dec=t—Arr sehr Sarah Helen, Hutchings, W CHARLESTON, Seema on bark Alexandre, Jeremie; Ha fe Basten, ‘Norfolk. & Pierre, Biarts Aldeana, f offing, | #hip Sebnat cook, . trom Deal Gia inom bah . ingtan, Wenke, Bremen; Br A Sims, Nassau; brig Atlantic, | ‘Virginia Antonieta, Neicon, NOrleans. Eid ship Martha Whit- | More, Colbren. Amsler ami; brigs Union (Sp), Creus; Vigilante €p), Mirambe!l, and Tes Anitas (Sp), Oliver. Barcelonay Noison. Windies; achr Olive Branch, Ntekerson, Havana. CAMDEN. Deo Z—Arr sche Cusctig, Tiiden, Norfolk. 81a » Sch er , Coz, Roel rt. wo load imington; tu ec at © encot, Giikey, Savannah. r pee J ARTOWN, Lec 20—Arr schra John Walker, Parren, Bostoas Caroline Hall, Gral . C oaton Caroline Graham, Delaware for vot LVESTON, Dec 20--Arr bark Stampede, Lewis, New ene ‘Tist, ship Masoaic, Perry, for Havre; and others as GLOUCESTER, Dec 30— Arr schre Otter Rock, Cox, Camden for Weinington, NC, for Winington, John R Myers, Smart, Searsport for a HOLERS’ HOLE, Dec28, PM~Arr schrs Shannon, aes, Phiindelese, for, Bown: invineibie, Hoda do for jctous, Cothrell, HYork fn ; W Prem: Bi ed Hmm © Lattice, Wile’, Rowton tor Penge ae <4 Jeston: ESP Sey Sd schrs Caroline seine Fea eo, Orowtl, Caaaden for outhport, Me, for Baltimore. Lia a NE, wk nh—Wiad NE, iblowing fresh. Arr ono. hei teral sebra, uot boasvied-—nitoug: then shee ee get roca, ot \We fad Dorpain, of ——. Keturned last night, sche Jun 8 Cangon, Wie Syuall and V Sharp, Stet, 10 AN—Wind RSE, blowing fresh, with hail and ral In‘ port all Lhe above avrivalg. and barks Anna (Pr), Maria, sed Oc 4k: brig’ Thomas Cennor: sels Shvlock, Fulernim, Arig. J ambes, De, 0 \n st ey! anders, Sarah, Hannah Grant, and (ACHIAB, Dee 2l-— Arr schr Zalma, Ohare . NEW ORLEANS, Doc 3—Arr (by iwator, Nyork: barka’ Jolla Cobb, oon, Bie Taree eae , Laitimove. | Cld 8th, ships Joaiah Quinsey, ress. Btevena, Liverpoot: hark . BRORFOLK, Decs0e trrtohe eva ‘OLK, Dee 80— Arr WAG LA, Der so zt dchrs Beauchamp, Crane, Oamden; NEW BEDFORD, Jan 1, AM—Arr prop Potomska. Cush- York. . Crem ito, ei aha epee fork; J 8 Holmes, NEWPORT, Dee 30—Artr sot Barter Light, Gonteneed, Boston for Tangier; Fakir, Poter, . Stanwood, Fall River for do (and fork; Harriet, Srcttesiad Howard, for Sagua; Deborah J Morart, Almy, fiat Seta a mn fw sie bit 90—Arr achr 8yiph, Holley, Elizabeth- NYork: schre A Hantivond, * Salm gamer fs Nenison Bart, Hag oven va Wittig: ek Sr Cul, ui No Dec 30—Arr sche Dort, Nor- feekerset ad poor pet Mea Bear tc an nc an Tavlor Smal, Wyle, ulgier’ CU Vrig Baw, ope, as? PROVID! Dec 81—, ya oop 2 ENOR, a Are tndines Oustew, Ai NYorks; sloopa # ork Mary rush, Halley, Green: Bava f\.4 28—Arr brig Daniel Boone (not Daniel 2h—Arr | ; Vanilla, Law. ag a geese TAUNTON, Dec Arr Crocker, Preabrey, Phila- del A) Jas Burt, do. Pi ne New 18th, ae it 1 York; Arabia Javanna Je Mar; 16th’ ‘Los 5 Baltimore. Seek James ‘andre fin Sowa Ravana i Mary 17th, bet oe nt ’ Breeze, eee AD ete eae LivgRroot, Dec 15—Arr H M Hayes, Paine, NOrk ang; Havelock, now; Arno, Deering; Emily Augusta, PY rker: Brit Fob roars iiacecomdeke Caer, feadinone, | ait yet Joe, ewall, Obariesion; 17th, Hoge A ‘Helra, Sept 80—Arr ship ‘G2 afelt, New York: Oct 1 nder, ‘Foster, Boston: Oh, Hy Pan ovearl Dec13—Arr Nathan, had York. , Dec l4—Arr Joseph Holmes, F ianson, New ce ee aR re ‘soon. (from Amoy), ettingill, Balt. 20th, brig Lil