IUIIARY 0!’ IIWI.

UNITED STATES.

Congress had reassembled. 'l_‘he Presi- dent’: messing‘? had been delivered to Congress on eduesday.

We have intelligence from Kansas to the effect, that thirty-nine of the Free State prisoners at Lecompton lia_d effect- ed their escape without committing any violence. ‘

'I‘he President's message occupies ﬁve columns of the New York Evem‘n;_,r_ Post. We have only time to glance at it. It

'marltab|e instance of coming to Christ a‘

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the “eleventh hour," which has occurred within the Association since-—-ten years ago —Rev. R. I". Young, of Cliestiiut Hill, baptized the some day a rriaii aged one hundred iirid one years, and his great-gruiid daughter aged ten, of wliotn the‘oiie re- mained four years rnaturing his Christian graces, and was then gathered its in “shock of corn fully ripe;" and the other to this day adorns the Cliristian life. Another re- markable instiince was |Ilt.‘llllt)llI'.‘d in the letter of the Tenth churi-.li, which had lost one of its ineinhers itgt-d iiint-ti-six, who had spent sixty-four years, the life of two

sets out with a furious libel on the people n

of the Free States, whom it accuses ofl cherishing the most inaligiiaiit and ini-

lacahle hostility towards their fellow-1. citizens ofthe Slave States and seeking‘ to wrest from them their coiistitutioiial' rights at the peril of iiivolviiig the coun- try in civil war. In this part oftlic' niessagge. President Pierre tlills into ll|(‘.l vein of Boinbastes l‘iirioso, with his

“biirniug cities, l‘;1\'tlgC(l tields and: Sl1t!l'_'lll(‘.I'etl popiilatiou, tit?\'tl.\'l(llll>ll Zllltllihat (,1. p,-..~;gc..|,..- j.,q..,,-,-_ the r...- mute m, i and other frightfully ,Nr-w York will reach ;§l',375,tlt)O this year.l ll«- i:oiiilorts tho,

friitrit-.iil:il c:irii'.'igc," gt'IllI'lll0qtl(‘lll phrases. coiintrv liowcvor. with the assiiruiice that all this has lieon |ll'(‘\'Clllt‘tl by the result oftlio last election, in wliicli the North has heoii lr.-iitoii, and the Soiithcrii doctriiic ofthe “equality of the State ”-— that is to say. the right of the {\'outl:erti Sliiwlizililers to take their property with them to the territories has been cstalish- ed.

0r.i;ao.\'.-—'l'lie Illtliutt troubles in this Teri'iI-.iry lItt\'t’ recently l)l't'll i-eiie.\‘i.-il, and threatrn to l)t‘t.'0lllt) more serious and ex- tensive than ever before. Gov. Steveiis, who llrltl ailrunct-rl in the. \Valla-\Vnlla coiintr_v for the purpo.-e of iii-:;otiritiiig it general pear-e with all the tribes in that qt](ll'lt‘.l‘, had been Ultll;[(‘tl to vacate thr- i-iiiine, together with surli United States Iriinlts as li:id aC(‘,IIl|tl)2llIil‘tl llllll. The en- tire corintry to the north nittl vast ol'Jolin Day's River was, M 'i.i.-t ac.-.»...urit.., in the pt’).-'s(’ss‘iul| ofthe snrtigcs, iiiiinluering about 30,009, mnnyof whom were arini.-il with guns. (Jol. Steptoo had come into thr- Dallcs with his izoriiiiiziiul, aliaiiilooiiig the whole coriiitry above to the liitlirtiis, except one block-lioiise held by litiy incn, wlioni he intcuili-d to l‘t:ltr'\'c as soon us he could procure forage. Governor Stew.-ns hail addressed the people of Portland, uiitl stut- ed that the lnditins had acted fuitlilessly in all their ti-iiiisaetioiis with the whites, that llullliltg would satisfy them but an uncondi- tiorml surrender of the entire country to the east side of Dulles, and that there re- mained only a prospect of another general war with all the tribes in that quarter.

Sirir Birii.ni.\'o IN New Yoait.—The New York Courier SI. Enquirer gives some hicts l't'li|llIl,1_', to the business of ship build- ing, fi-.rn which it appears, that during the years I356 there have been launched from New York sllip-ynl'(.l§, ‘20 steamers, and 36

.otlier vessels, of an aggregate tonnage of 42,470 tons There are also now upon the stocks, six steamers and ten other ves- sels, of an aggregate tonnage _of I3,000 tons. The Courier &. Enquirer furtlier states :

Our ship-yards present no new fciitiire; all which are not closed are in a ~‘°:ri do:

whole generations, in the Clii-istiiin con- ict.

An old man ii-ivned \Vilson, aged b‘6,wlio recently died in .\liller county, Illinois, left directions, that he should be salted down before being consigned to the grave. This singular rvquest was complied with, and he_ was buried in ii cavity ofu clitl', at £1 depth. of fifty feet.

FUi:s.—'l‘lie Juiirmrl of CumlIlt.'t'l‘(’ stutr.-s,t . _ ,

‘The price ot'Anierican furs has lritely risen ‘l.'()llh‘l(lt:|'ﬂl)l_\’. Mink, which foiinerly coin- ,llli'lltt'lt'tl from 30 to 50 cents, is rcntlily ;bou_ght tip liy oitr furriers tit 53,50 to $1;

'ordinairy \\'cstern, which was worth 2.3 or

30 cents, now brings 5."! 50; other f-.trs,too, are much liigliar.

The Joiiriral a:i_i‘s:——“ \\'e lately s.iw a box of Ru.-‘siaiii sable, not iiioie than three feet long, ol cainiplior wood, which containi- cd four liiindrcd sinnll skins, bt‘lIl'll),'.! the seal ofthe Russian Gt)Vel'lllllt‘tll, valued at $514,000. Sonic ofthc skirts cost $15‘! curl-. A lower L'l'il(lC of iiifr.~rior colour are wortli, $25, niirl sortie not more than $143 Tliese: are eoiiiiiiorily sold at a profit of 30 or 33 per cent. Sixtt-i-ii or eightﬁen skins are required to make a frill-sized cape, so that the cost ot':i choir-c quality gar-iiiciit of this‘ description would be about ,’~,‘,9l)ll. il‘(ltllllg' Ilse cost of inziking and the pi-otit, such an‘ urli('.lt- could not be procured for much less than $1-ltltl. Hudson's Bay saw this,

.. ’ J" . . .' 9’ 1 yénir nlmttdt ,5.» pet skin. »,

The mail froin lndia brings the cheoringi nests that the barrier ot'nge.~t has been bur.-ti at last. and that a Hiiidoo g le has married a widow. Still furtlier, it appears that an inﬂuential body of natives have pe- titioned the English Governinent for the abolition of polygamy. These are remark- able indications that the labors of the mis-i sionaries, continued through long years of obloquy or iiidiﬂlaretico, liure not been in vain—that the seed they sowed, though it lay long dormant, is now showing itselfiii in a flush of ve,¢_rctation, which is not only valuable in itself, but still morcso as a pro- mise of better things to come.

lt is doubled whether there is mi iippcal frorii the Arclibi.-xliop’s court in the Denison case after all. The Ilaily .’Vcrn says, it is rtirnorired that eminent legal aiitliorities have given their opinion,tliat no appeal lies from the l’rimatc'sjudgineiit and sentence. Iflliis should prove correct, there will be ample reason for the dismay which (‘\'(‘ll now is apparent in the Tracturiaii camp.

Our readers will learn with pleasure, says the Record, that one of the tir.-t acts

mant state. Some frotn which a nuiiibe

ofthe Bishop elect of London has been to allow his name to be ntlilcd to the list of

of ships have been launched, now have none on the stocks; and the prospects are not considered promising, by anybody. The stock of ship timber on hand has be- come somewhat reduced, and there iii but little in the forests ready for market. There has been no advance in prices, however, and the quantity offered is quite small.‘ The Navy Yard is piirchtisiiig ship knees at fair rtito:-', btit there is complaint ofdelay and want of due discriininatioii in the in- spection, and parties who entered upon the bu.-‘iiicss are about irbaiiiloniiig it, in consc- qucnce of the ditliciilties they encounter. V

.\t the l.itenniiivcrsi1i-y of the Philadel-

Vice-Presidents ofthe British and For-eigii Bible Society. VVe are not aware that any bishop of London has filled this office ince the time of good Bishop l’ortr.-ous,anrl we hail the fact, as one which ringurs well for the Christian spirit in which the new bishop encounters the )'CSp0llSll)lllll(‘S of,’ his new oﬂicc, as well its for his apprcciri-' tion of that lili-ssed written \\'ord, which: 'l'ractaritins tlispiirnge by their ll‘tl(llll<iIl.~?,i and ltllltlltlllltlrllltls by their hitter attacks; on its tllVlllt‘ r..itlioi-ity and plcnui-_v inspirr:-; lion.

l rim._v..,_v .”~l. iwmirr-r, the talented maemi.’

llliia Btllbtist. .\-:.-r-icialioit, one ofthc church- who lt-‘ioml to r-rowrletl nrirlinnr-es rluritiﬂ lit‘.

cs i-onortctl the liuptistii of ti luilv ostc /trtir- hrzrfs ii‘ H7“ ii "9 "0'~\' -“l||"\';"lZ '0‘ ll"! ‘ ‘. , 1 _ _ ' ~ > - mi. ,,di'."4 rt.-i-I fl"-'7 years old. 'l’lii.-', §tt_\‘5 a cor- inrnzstr-_\ I'D l'-;i:t:v not , and it ends to IL‘ttt.l: to \-{,1 H,

“respondciit ofthe l‘l.\iiiiii:icr, is the iiiost rt‘-‘ Syria as a Missionzi ry l

ta. DECEMBER. 13.

A man was charged before Lord Mans field for stealing a punch ladle. The pro secuting counsel inveiglied bitterly agains

the prisoner, declaring that he was an at-,

turury, and had disgraced his profession. "Gh,” said Lord Mansﬁeld, “I don't think he cqI_.be an attorney, or else he would have taken the bowl as well as the Indie."

Junici.ti. PLRASAVTRY.-—DUl‘lng the trial ofa cause before Mr. Baron Alderson, at the Stafford Assizes, Mr. Huddlestone was obliged to leave the court in consequence ofhis nose bleeding, on which the learned Bin-on facetiously remarked, that this was the first instance he knew of it lerirne counsel shedding his blood in 11 cause tiiucli laughter].

A prlpt-'1 sinzoiini-cs the marriage of l{. Wolfe to llliry Lriinb. ‘ie wolf and the lamb shall he do-.in iogetlier, and a little child shall lead thr-i‘i"—at'ier a while.

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A person pretending to have seen ii glmst. was asked what the appiirition said to hint. ‘llow rhnulil l know ?’ he rrplied : I am not skilled in the dead laiigiiazi-s 3’

.\loa1'.ti.i1'r.—-One-third of the twenty-

.i-iglit Ainericrin physicians who went to

lhvssizi iltirin,«__v the war lH|\'p died.

A Nttoao Bicuiis'r—-Ciioicr-; or I'm.- oits.—:\ thick—lipped, flat-iiosetl iii-gro as black as the ace of spatlcs, was iirriiigncd before the liecordcr ycstcrilay on it rrlinrge uf lii;.r:iiii_i' the pl'.iititiﬂ' hein;; hi first wife it while woiiiun. wlioni lie hail lll.'lf[lt'.l in New York. He is cook on one stettiiilioat nnrl she is CllillIll)t'l‘lll:tltl on nriothrr; .\ few wevlts ago he dos-‘rt-~l ed his ,white ltit'('_. and nitirried. iii tltlt¥i forth of laiw, another wife of his own] coniple.\ioii. Whcii the case t':‘iltlL' up for t‘.\'ﬂ'I)lll:llltHl _\t-slcriltty lllUl‘tll|t'..'. rind: the first wife was o‘tli:rctl us a Wtlll('.~_‘S, the couiisr-l for the defence object:-rl on; two points oflaw, wliiclicorisort tog.-tliier rutlicr strtitig.:cl_v. The first was tliiit, bciii r the wife of tho rh-feiiilaiit, she was:

oriipetent witness; :ind the other

that being :1 white uoiniiii, our laws did; not recognize the inrrrriiige its legal, and

there wn.-‘V. lllCI'Cft)l't", no cause of tictioii.» The ltl\\'_\‘CfS not liaving the books zit, liaritl to settle the ilcbated points of l:iw,f the court continued the case. until the‘ nftertiooii. In the meantime, the piirtiesi made an ntiiictible nrraiigeiiicnt (if the’ inatter by the ebony liushand iigreciiig to; give himself up to his first love. provided, she would withdraw the coiiiplnint. On ; leave being risked of the court for its! witlidrriwiil, it was granted, inasniiich us, the tiﬂctice was coiiiinittcd in nnothcr‘ state, and the hiw could not conipelri

wife to testify against her hiishand.—St._ Louis Ledger. 5

The almost total tlP§llttclltIti,lV an P'|fll1:]il'Ils'C, of the town of Cain.-ti. the t'lllt'f port of tht- Isle of. ('.indi.i, on the night oftlie llth irftli-'.ol»i-i". hasl already been aniiuunccd; but the tlettttle uhiclil have now reached its rt-present that dreadful. calamity as liuviitg lIt't'll l‘\‘t‘ll -greater than was at first llt'llt.‘\'t'tl. lt appi.-:irs that the town, it, census of which was i.ikui last year In \'elv l’:ichn, the ,i_vovcriior, contaiiieil 3.620 rlwr.-lliiig houses, ofiihich there are only eiglrteen which now remain erect and habitable. The above nuinber docs not include the shops ol'stori-liouses, in:in_\' of which were built of wood and h.n-.- mu been tlrjﬂlftlyell like‘. the stone dwelliius. The number of persons killed inth;it one ntuiil \\'iI\' estiuiaterl llIIl'lIr'.tll‘-tlt’i_\' tilt:-razirils st 2330. but so many dead lNtltt's have since been (ll‘(!«J\'t’l’I’tl in the ruins that the whole number is now mlciilaterl The earthqiiake was not cu to tho rlcvotvil town tit" Cziiit-ii, but (‘I'Il.~|.‘tl iintnci-se d;iin:~gi- and loss in other parts of the i=l:iiiil.—Sr,-veriil i~j;|,t._-mt in tho ¢'1|sl('r|| districts were entirely ruined ; and it is pr.t!»sl;|.,- tlizit the total niiiiilwr of hii'n.i:i brings who tiur. ishul tl.rou;:l:oi:t -ill.‘ i.-lzind innit he l'('f'lit|l|i'vl [,.'. tltmistitiils. 'l'ht-re \\'t’lI‘ more person; I, ,,L-.l ltlllrt|__‘ill ll|'Ill in-re iii_in.t-d by the fall tvftli.-ir lit itevs ; and llliS is ntfriliut.-tl to the p- culiir cuti- I-"l.t. it'll ot the houses in l'.indi.1,tiiosi or ts-|.:.»t. h;,._| wry iurssiic rtmls, and trrrzices on tho. top of ileum ‘.'lllt‘-i ilsolnl iitisoriry, llL'll(.'(\lll lll'.' r|tltI<t or

"r M’: .‘iiI:ints \V-'1‘-'lffualleillll1|{lH|'li‘.;l, ' i‘.t.‘f“-l.lI').l ‘lull hv tiii) l‘r-‘mil, the scene of tluaulﬂllull, he

llti! iirriv

t:.i.|. tfuiisiil, .d at

found the survivors oﬁthe population in the man

e ass and miserable despondency ; every one

wailing or weeping upon the heap of rubbish which had covered his home, without melting an effort either to construct a shelter for himself or to extricate the remains ofliis friends who had perished ; the manned and the dying lay unatten- ded. and the starvin no relief. These wretched people were gathered by the Pselis into an extensive mansion belonging to him at a- tymo. which. being constructed of timber, had escaped the destruction. Every sort of comfort and aid was provided for them by his benevolent sssiduity; and in the in:-antiuie an English engi- neer, Mr. Woodward, was ein toyed toset up some wuoileu hats. in which they were subse- quently ludgetl. No description can give any idea at‘ the sulfa.-ring and distress which the islanders have experienced.

. On the cover of Harper's last Magazine, is the announcement of it new Periodica to be issued from their iintrvellous Labora tory on the 3rd January next, and to b culled Hm-per’s VVeek|y Journal of Civ lizatioii. They say that neither labour n expciise shall be spared to make it “ best Fuiiiily Newspaper in the W'orld It is to contain lti pages of the size oft London Illustrated News. \Ve refer ' readers to the Prospectus in the Decetn ‘ corner for further piii-ticulairs—only obse ing that this weekly may be had for ab $5."! per tllllllllll.-—~C-tllllllg ti-om at source such ticltiiowlcdged repiitzition, there be little doubt that it will meet with n v ‘ extensive putroiiaigc.

Lord l’iiliiierstoii’s tour has been ve siicci.-.-*.-t'ii|, and it is thought that his Mini , try is stronger than ever.

A .'pir|’l§lli‘lll in Hist Weytiioutli killed fuuf wild geese at one rho: in a pond where they had.‘ ill. to foil. l-"he Nizigara Gazelle sat: a boy sun:-pr-rl his lhnt '_'tI:i at six wild tlllt'l\’S-Ill a pond = in that \'lt‘lltll\' ; tt dttluit go oil‘, hm 3.. rm hmk it “P "' “X ll-L‘ lock the «lurks rose :iiid the piece |llf‘t'll:lI'_'t‘(l ttr-ell". and ltillctl t)\‘Pry one of them !

CAl'lC Di: Vi:iiiii:.-—'l‘lic linprcad0r(s. s), wliicli arrived in the Mersey on S:ititt'- rlny morniiig lrotii the Cape of Good llope,rt-ports that the iiitile popiiliitiott

St. Vincent, Capo dc Verde, had sut‘. fcrcd so much from cholera its to betti- tiiost niiiiiliilatcd. The bodies of the dcntl had to be burned on the public sqiiiirit for want of the means of burial. The linperador was Cftlllcd by women.

.-‘.niongst the iiiiiiouncenieiits of Mur- my. the great London piiblislier,is "Shall or Will; or, Teri Chapters on future Auxiliary Verbs," by Sir Edmund Head.

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A.\'oriii:it 1-‘.i'i‘.iL C0t.LISl0l\' A1‘ .\'i:A.—— Capt. R0l)(‘rls3ll. of British bark Perth- Sllll‘(‘ arrived at Savaiiuali, reports pass- ing, oil‘ the coast oflrclaiiil the wreck of a ship which had l)Ct'll run down by a large vessel, supposed to be a New York packet. Capt. R. took oil‘ the wreck zi >'p:tiiisli sailor, hitt liecoiild give llti iiiforiiizitioii as to the iiaine ofthe ship. All the rt;-st of the crew, It": in uiimber, perished.

Tin-; \\'r.sr Ixnu Cn.\I1\IA.Vti—-Rcn Adiniriil Sir Houston Stewart, K. c. 3., is appointed Coiniiianderin Chief of the North American rind \\'cst India station in room of Kent‘ .—\ilinirol Fttnsliutve, whose terui of service expires on the 23d, Ur. .-\i-tliur Jones (Payinrister), who was se- cretary to Sir Houston in the Black Sea. l and at Malta, will go in the same capacity to the \Vcst Indies, and Dr. \Villinm T. Domrille, late Stall’ Surgeon in the ﬁgu- mcmnon, will be the Staff Surgeon of the Squadron. The Indus, 78, is the ship selected to bear Sir Houston Stewart’s flag. She is tilting at Dcvonport Dock- yard, nnd sliipwi-ights have been taken fr-otn ships liuililiiig to expedite her com. plctioii.

'l'hc ltcv. ll. Spiirgcon, it ig said, gectined to preaoli ii luurral scrtnun for an ohiioxmug tlt? :t‘()!t ill ‘I‘ t!t‘tl. Al lﬂltglh lite (‘,|]||_q{In|pd‘ and tool; for his text, “ l'lie beggar died, and was l)\lIlt.‘ll." _

'l'hi-. lost szratner l.\'onnaisr- had :i sintill freight valued at only $.'iii,t)00, and $.1_-,_0m) m 3 - l-fltllflily insv-rt ll. .\‘hr- “-35 [mi], ' \\ -IH'|' llzlrt r‘u.iiprtitrni:ii'.3, and if all of them wen gone but two, the wreck would still (lo.-tr,