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, 1859-01-11

Horace Grce2ey's Opinion Of Illinois.
Alter spending eevera1 weeks in trave.,ing
the northern half Of this S.ats, Mr. Greeley
writes IS follows respecting Its condition and
prospects:
In spite of all drawbacks. including the d,sas.
tyors crop failure, (which has not been exag-
ge7ated.) thia1s are working cazier here, aud,
think. throughout the West The people are
GENERALLY frugal. There are fewer viiful idlera
than there hare been, in any weather @hen work
can be done The aggregate Of personal in
debtedness has been materially reduced. The
merchants trust very titt1e-for several good
reason1. Pork has brought very high price,
and the farmers have taken their money for it.
IRuess that many ofthe bu7ers have burnt their
fingers, but that is tAtr business. The money
it has brought wns greatly needed, and came il
excellent time. Few spoeulntiuR; few tray-
cling on business; niost Deu have concluded
that tbey were destined to work for q living,
and have resigned themselves to that diepe osa a.
tion: Common Schools are we'll sustained. md
ore increasing 1t once in Dumber and efficiency
Thank heaven! they arc entirely frte Land is
held lower than It was. and doub. whether the
happy owner of o,100 OF over ia cash could
ever migr2te to Illinois more adrantsgeously
than curly In 1859. lie can now buy and stock
decent farm quite cheap; he can buy aoy
amount OF lumber for half its former cost; and
it ia no longer impossible to hire labor on other
than ruuons terms l wish Tanners, Shoema-
kers, &C., Of eminent capacity and experience,
could be induced to push Wess early in the
spring. l believe they could never till now
have done 50 under better auspices. Give Iii.
nois one good crop aud fair prices for it, and
ale will be able to lock her creditors in the face
aud ask them lin the msin} to take their pay and
stop bother,n4,. But let rs hope that the pesti-
leni 81 stem floose mercaEtEe credits will never
be revived. 1t is down now-iet it be kept
down! Let the retailers of tIlinois buy for cash
or on sixty days in Chicago and 81, Louis let
the grain aud meat which leave the State pay
for the goods which are at the came time COM
ing in. Let the old score be squared of 50 fast
rs it may be; but let not the errors in which it
originated be revived to curse another genera.
ton. Let Mechanics. Artisans, Miners, Manu-.
facturers, be drawn hither so rapidly as may he
for here, where food and fuel (by means oi rail.
roads) are q. once cheap and abundant, ia their
proper home. In short the "panc" Of 1857
mad the "psessure" Of 1855 are sure to wort
great good for all this region If their Lessons are
bnt duiy needed. Illinois emboson1s tho e'e-
ments Of rapid progress, deose population and
ample wealsh, and IN due season will achieve al
of these,
, 1859-01-11
Pittsburgh, Fort wayne and Chicago
Railway.

In paragraph in your money article Of Friday,
the Writer appears 10 argue that, because the
Pennsylvania Rlilro.d il shorter rouse, because
its earnings per mile are greater than any Of its
rival routes aud have been gradually Increasing,
because il has q direct connection wild Chicago
and the Northwest, via the Pittsburgh, F. Wayne
and Chicago RlIlroad (recen.ly completed
throogh), and because it Is veil aud economically
managed. therefore the New York l. Erie and
Central fsailroads should adopt measures To pre-
rent freight and passengers from passing through
Pennsylvania Why so7 II the Pennsylvania
Railroad will transport my freight from New Yurk
to Chicago as qaick and - cheap IS any Other
road, if it Is responsible aud reliable company,
as you admit-whaI objection should there be to
my patrooizing 1t? II it possesses all these ad=
yantases, it is, Ia my opinion, just ~ much New
York tuad rs if it b8d beea built by New York
capital.
The multiplicity Of roads oceasions eompeti-
ton and prevents donopoliea-
Cat of The PennsJlvaniA Railroad from New
fork; make the New York and Erie and tho
Central roads The only avenues to The West, md
Jon will find passengers and freight rates very
auddenlK and materially intzeaae. TO prevent
this, prefer TO ship by the Panaay ayfvaniA reats,
especially Is l can Awaya relf upon m hang
delivered in Chicsko u quick md n 3 low
rAte1 ~ by Auy other road :. ''~s
CHnAGo H1Rc1Axy,
, 1859-01-11
Trnmbull's Speech.

WAs111aso1, Jan. 8.
Secretary Cobb said to-day that tho amount
in the Treasury: falls short Of three miliions-
not working balarce. Ths Democrats In his
conddsrcs predict the Introduction of another
loan hill within threa weeks ~.
The Committee on Foreign RehsiouB to dsv
yoted, By IRE to four, 10 report in favor Of
the claimants in the privateer Gen. Armstrong
cAAe.
HI. DooxlaA did not appear In the Senate TO-
day. The reason popularly assigned is that ~
attempt Ii being nade to reconcile his differ
e1cea With Senator's Jones and Slidsil,
Mr. Trumholl made Al e1eeilent speech On
The Pacific Railroad, in which be denounced Mr..
lTerson'1 sectional speech Of Yesterday. He
declared that it Was such speeches that we.e
prtjudieing the South aEainat the Republican
party. He denied that tho principle Of the et.
clnsioa OF Slave:y from the Territories was w.
lust TO tha South, aud denied also the right oi
Ar. lrerson to declare that euch dispnlou senti-
ments Is he a1owed were those Of the State Of
GeorkiA He was not prepared to believe that
Georgia elun9 to the Union Only for the pccu.
mary advantage she derived frcm II. He de,
MED the charge that Repuhlicanisna in Illinois
is Htizgery unde. aco.her name, aad declared
that ho;n the parties, old Nhig and Democratic
! died IN ls4t; asserting that nav parties, com
| p:1s'og parts Of both. arese On tbs issues ther
presented. he wRs surprised that Mr. lverscr
| should have expressed such horror Of Whix
| gerry, when he waa associa..ng 70 intimate,
with the Senators OF that side Of The Chanae,
Hho we're old Wigs He believed ttat Vi.
| lTerson' s speech, sectional aud treasouable &
1t Wea. represented the sentiEenu Of the Ad
tuiniatration
, 1859-01-11

We have already announced the election Of
Hon. kinsleY s. Bingham to the 0. S. Senate
By the Legislature Of Michigan, and TINT the
Democrats Of that body voted for Mr. Stuart,
the present incumbent. In the Republican csu-
cus Mr.. bingham received majority Of all the
votes on the Informal ballot The following
Was the state Of the balloting For KinsleY s.
Bingham. IS votes; Fernnpeo c. Beamen, 1G;
Austin Blair, 1s; David s. Walbridge, Q; uezs-
kiah G. Wells, l; Blank, l.
In The Democratic caucus several ba1lotings
we're hnd before the nomination, and Mr. Stuart
secured the beggarly compliment onlY By the
skin Of his teeth. The first iuformal bsllo,
stood:-Chas. E. Stuart, T.; 4. ". Buel, oi
Detroit, II; Geo. ". Peck, Of Lansing, s; Il.
T. Yale, Of Grand Rapids, l. The second in
formal ballot stood-Stuart, IS; Buel, 10; Peck,
2. Tho first formal ballo. stood Stuart, Il
Buel, Is; Peck, l. The second formal ballot
Stuart aud Buel, each II Peck. l. The Isl
snd decisive ballot stood-Stuart. le; Bnel, II
Peck, 2; Judge Wing. Of Monroe, !. 4 mo
tion declaring Stuart the nominee was carried
but the mover very carefully excluded the word
Unanimous" from bis resolution.
, 1859-01-11
Douglns at Wash1nston---WhatC Course
will be Take?

Co1ssp. Of the n, \, Tines tDous!As Paper.)
W1susc TON. Hednesday. jan i. 1a59.
The news Of Mr. Douglas' reelection WAS re-
ceiyed By bis friends here tonight with great
joy. for the eouewhat confused dispatches from
Springfield in relation to the difficulties in or
gan z,ng the Legislature had excited painful ap-
p7ehensions OF treacheEy, and caused greak
deal Of uueasiress. There hare, however, been
no exteava3ant demonstrations Of erthusiasm
over the result. Douglas cannot help seeing,
a. everybody else does here, that he il to receive
no quarter from Administration men st Wash
irgton. Though returning hither crowned with
victory and its honoEs, he viii not ind Slidell,
Big|er, Jones. Fitch, Bright md other Of the
Administration Democratic stAad adard-beszers to
stsew flowers in his pathway. They are all evi.
densly busy in arranging thorns TOT hia seat,
rather than roses War againat him to the
knife, aud the knife to tha hilt, il the railying
cry Of the Administration ueu-
knowing al! this, what will be Ut. Dou2las'
courses The speech Of Col. Forney at Phia-
delphia last night probably foreshadowsit The
Democratic National organization represented
By the President Us its head. refuse 10 recoR-
nize, and seek to repudiate the Senator. Will
seens to be the attitude a.aumed by Col +. last
evening, when he denounced organisation. and
distinctly indicated disposition to begin At
ouce = war Agaius. the Charleston Convention,
with the apparent purpose Of forestAiling its &c.
tioD, and putting Mr. Dou9iAs himself on the
track as an Independent Democratic candidate
for the Presidency. So the programme, a. sug-
gested 1t Philadelphia. is understood here. 1t
will not em5artass Ar. D. to lind himself ia or
position to the Administration msu. Indeed,
be will tiod it easier to deal with them in that
attitude, after the eveuts Of the last year, than
in any other. We shall see. in q lew days, how
far they will carry their intensity Of hatred.
, 1859-01-11

The new Bosrd are body Of wide awake
working men, have clearly indicated their de-
termination to do jussiee, by I'LL lie mssns IN
their power, to The iutsress committed to their
charge. They NE ably prssided ever BY our
Efficient and kenteuanly Preaidsns,; Ar. Els
worth oi Du Pags County, whom Hzu known
devotion to the causo Of agriculture has long
made him prominent during his fellow laborers
in tha State
At the close Of the session the Board recon;
tnended tie different county soeieties and thb
friends Of agriculture generally throughopt tho
State to organize Farmers Clubs IN tho oil.
frent localities Tor tha purpose Of discussing
subjects connected with their eallings aud for
the production Of m enlightened intollgenco
which shall tend TO the elevation and hororiug
Of Agriculture as profession.
TuuRsroY.
, 1859-01-11


Tie New York Tribune criticlstss' sereraly the
Annual Naval Register, just published at Wash
ington. According to tie Register We have eighty
eeryica1le ve:sc's in tha Nary, but the 1Tidune
estimates the number ut forty.tiyc, sna some OF
these are nearly worth esq. or the ssyen shlps
Of the line a0oat it appears not ono Of them ii
sca-wortby. The largest Of these, the Pe1nsylya'
ula, which is over twenty years Of age, and cdst
the country nearly million Of dollars, is the re-
ceiving ship at Norfolk.
Tile New York has been on the stocks at Nor
folk nearly half d century, and is :ast becoming
rotten, and tie New Orleans, very fat from being
finished, las been On the stocks at Sackctts Ha1-
Dor for over twenty years. The Alahama has
been in the samc situation for more than thirty
years at Portsmouth,, New Hampshire, and tic
Virginia twenty-five years on tile stocks at
Bostun.
The Columbus, tie Ohio, the North Carolina
the Delaware aud the Vermont, are oil past seIy.
ice.
OF tile fourteen sailing fnsates, only Six are
capable Of being made worth anything. Some ot
the rcmaludcr might be converted into ke,yieabe
81 os-u-HarI buL 11c cost "eulu ue apout aS Hucu
Us f,r new olies.
The sloopsoI.war number twenty, and are the
Most useful, valuable AMI efficient vessels in the
service, fifteen Of them being in commission, aud
only five idle. Tho Constellation is tue best oil all,
aud the Macedonian, jamestown, Plymouth, Ports
mouth, Germantown, Cyane aud ST. Louis, are
good for several years duty, tue remaining twelve
l+lng about fused up" We have also three Lriss
The Dlinbridgc, Perry and Dolplin-and onc
schooner, which are iu commission.
o: the large humber ol St amers belonging 10
the Navy the Tribune gives but ten as being re.
u,ly available.
The following talle gives the humber Of vessels
, 1859-01-11


We wish this election bad elevated man who
had b5 his public course manifested an ea1Ee:t and
consistent sincerity, rather than mere prudent
recognition Of the Free Soil sentiments Of the
reopte of the Free States. c1torted from him
through sense u fea1, There is nothing in the
political position Of Mr. Douglas which commands
the high respect Of the masses Of intciiecn peo'
pie in the North. In his DISCUSSIONS wl.a els coR-
petitor, be exhibited his true characteristics as
public man. His was shIf8 ing, intriguing eva
siou Of the vital ssues. supported only By ad cop
tandum appeals TO ptedjodice sud passion, with
none Of tbe broad and comprehensive views Of q
statesman while on the contrary III. Lincoln
prcsene ed In q manly, statesman1ike manner the
tho great questions inSo:ved in the contest, and
druvc his contestlrt from the quibbhng subter-
fuges to which he was constantly resorting. As
a dehater and statesman Mr. Lincoln was no1e
than ustch lor Doushs and although besten
in the contest tot members Of the Legislature by
mcans Of the most shameless geHJaiAndes Of the
State, he has been sustained IN the popular yote
by majority Of between tocr OF fiEe thousand.
, 1859-01-11
Fnxwo and Nehr8EEa NAl1rOad

Chicago. Iowa and Nebraska Railroad
Ne learn that this road w$s comple'eo 70
Lisbon, dftyfour miles west Of clfnten' On
Saturday lsst. Ltibon il ss7eatssn miles
east ot csa., Bpsds. Judge Gcesn, or o.
the Directors, wbo lives at Cedar hap!de' nes
gone East prepared to make such arrange
ments as will procure the iron at once, 10
complete the road to Cedar Rapids before The
frst Of May.
With the exception Of the line Of the Mis-
sissippi and. Missouri from Davenport to
Washington, the Iowa and Nebraska Rall@ay
ia the longest road in Iowa. 70 m$ny 1t is
truly wonder ,that this road has 'Fen able
to push steadily onward through: :aal the
hdrd timesi, PEfasp the rich tFfde of the
[f;e4a/Rallek The matter is explained when
h Unknown That most Of the men who own
(1he ssjtk have the solid capital to build il,
-, what is bel er, they have used it for that
4krpose.o N the road has not been
i obl1ge% - 4t5P for Tue stringency Of the
times but1ts managers have been able to
| take Jed7antage n these circumstances to
build the road with great economy and all
reasonable dispatch.
Our renders will remember that line OF
steamers on the Cedar River will run in con-
nectiou With this road, nearly to Cedar tails'
some fifty OF sixty milesabove Cedar Rapids,
bringing all The trade Of that rich and popu'
lous valley to the Iowa and NebE aska road
Ne learn, also, that the arran cement that
we hare heretofore spoken Of, to build
bridge from little Rock Island, opp oslte
Clinton, to the Illinois shore, arc bein. cur
| ried out with commendablc
| Boston stockholders have already adra need
| q portion Of the money, and it is now in the
hands Of the proper onccrs at Clinton, who
are purchasing materials for the work. Il
tue Galeua Company mean to secure the
trade Of the Iowa and Nebraska road, the
sooner they perfect thcir arrangement:
the better. Delay may make the completion
Of the Mcndota and New Albany road, and i
connection with this city BY thc Burlington
line, with q track from Aurora, really
much sooner than these sleepy gentlemen
nav imagine. That would leave the Galeua
with two q s.ump.tails," instead of one. Tt
| that contamination these gentlemen may
awake when the consequences of their blum
der will b. irTcmcdiable.
, 1859-01-11
PRESS AND TRIBUNE.
T1r9n17 10RNI1o. 1lKUARY i, 1859.

- Let the Vafce oftAe Pesp,s Rale."
This WA HI. DouslAs' bulletin BY tele~
grnpn to tbs State Regi.te7 Of the 7th inst,
when Informed that he had been re-eleetea 10
tie SENATE Of The United States DnderVr-
diaary circumstances, the phrase and the
mode Of getting 1t before the Pabllc, wonld
have been demsgogical, but safe viewed BY
the light Of facts, it is obscure, fshy and fc-
ttIous. It means, "Lct the voice Of the
apeople rule if it elects me- Let it not rule
"if it elects Lincoln. Since it msntfestly
adoes elect Lincoln, let the voice Of the peo-
"ple No. rulc.'' Why IN earth did the Reg's-
ter man make such au exhibition OF Dougfs'
brazenness aud conceit? "Like maste8 Ike
man," We suppose. Wc have been ne
trouble Of footing up tue vote Of the te1or!
Representatives in the Legislature kiyifg
Hi. Douglas the entire vote polled i1 teral
districts whcse there were no Republican
caudidates-and NC ind it to stand:
Fo- Abraham Lincoln. 4g3
Ms;orit, for Abr.h1za Lincoln Fl
Hence ne insist that Mr. Douglas 8ust
haye intended to have his dispatch read in o
Pickw ickian or negative scnse-or else be
was not sober ghcn he wrote it. It is not
likely he cent it 1or the private reading and
secret inspiration Of the Register Office.
Easily as that conlaaternits are to be hnm-
bugged, that kpuM jit4e leen cutting the
thing too fat,~ Mr. Douglas had added to
his missive :nG By any means to be pub
llshea.'' as 3D. sensible, modest, truth. telling
person would, what 4 perplexcd and dumb
founded community that E<gis!er Office would
have bccn! They would have rotel unRni-
nously that Douglas had lost lis senses.
'L"t the voice Of the people rule' Let
The voices of l20,7s2 rule, as against those Of
124:s73! 1t is something peculiar and yet
characteristic Of this Squattcr Sovereign; not
to be contcntcd with the fact Of his election
by cons ma M onal means, but to insist in The
face Of facts TINT be is the choice Of major
ity Of the voters, aid to do 70 in a manner
disgusting to all sensible people. He pr&ted
1t here, where everybody knew it to be false.
He repeated It in st. Louis. where everybody
knew it TO le false. Ue told it at Memphis
and New Orleans he whispered it at Ha-
rana he embellishcd Ait orations with it at
New Yo1k and Philadelphia; he now tele-
graphs it back right under the nose of the
keeper Of the official returns and. ten TO
one, he will haranguc tue Senate with it be.
fore be has been i'll Washington week. "Let
the Foice Of thc people rule.'' We have
strong suspicious that that despatch brought
on the late cold snap in these paris, and ffoze
up tie sprin gheld mail ira in which brought
us tue Register Of the 7th.
, 1859-01-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,

hAsH'aoFoS' 'aa .. 47's
1oe Agricultural eooSeni'on Hsseu'1.eu op'n
'oe ln'l1otloo ol 'oe oeele'a'5 ~ tne .o's' ''1'
al Tue department oui'a'n6'' On n4oH01' 'ss'.
". hennleo'' "no o'uet "o'' Ano"n 1Asite u
A''lno's are present 4ne No''n"es.etn o'a'es
are pfe''5 well represented ID tae @on'en.'on'
hf: eateS, o. on'o' MI living oi IA. al' ease'
u .~' ~ n'n1'.o''' VI 1"'oo''' Ano -t4' o@t
'e'' ~ 14' "'7 'o~'As n'su1o -. W.
1esponasn' ~ A'' III uun''e a"'- w 'Ao 's~"
sloa' N'' n'nsuian, ~ 'oo ~ l. oo0'"a' "
commerce. an' n'' oofe' o' 'a''puS ]o0f na's
aso enter IN appearance ior the pfets' 'ne ne!o
and Inc pIo~: ". w. CoFcoFan' Inc rich bunk
er, and hts former partner u. ". H'gRs, ore
members VINO Wall support the credit ot the
nnancaai world oF their caah, and WILL perform
'he rites OF hospitality IN manner to DO honor
u the national espllai. Up 10 'hls poln' tne
assemo1age mas developed strong powers OF lan-
% oone from winch the agriculture OF the cooo'
tr5 Will derive sdSautoge-
Ane cnf7s'nas olnneF Ut blaif s, exercises 1ne
Wis of Inc DemoeFatle correspondents WHO are
Trying 10 meko ano-oe"hfa movement o. II, and
demonstration IN 'aSor OF Fremont 81 the
Republican candidate 1tls, oi course, 'nprop'
er to speak OF the guests Who we're there, or to
retail the conversation that passed. but it is not
improper 10 say, seeing the coloring given to .
simple social entertainment, that Ar. Seward
himself waa Of the number.
Mr. Graham. Free State member Of the X an.
sag Legislature, remains here, though that body
, 1859-01-11
Rank Loans Based on Produce.
t1fuu The N. 7. EtbRne, 1h.l

A>new bank ia proposed il this city. to be
called the Manufacsures1' and Producers Bank,
1hose chief business'it will be to loan money on
MERCHANDISE, such u cotton, sagsr, Hour, do
mestio goods and other staple articles, vhich
or recejpts, These securities can b made the
most desirable eollaterals for the puspose Of
short loans- and will cid materially the businsas
Of 1his city, This clasa Of security il sought
After hY pirate capitalists and bankers, and il
the basis Of much Of The movement In Western
produce. The stock might bs made, with pru-
dent management, . most relahle investment,
aud secure agaiaat loas, u tho loans would be
hsssd On Tho 1alne Of tho merchandise, with :
sufficient margin allowed for Tho 4uctuationa Of
the MARKET: Beside. il would protect ths COM
naission merchant in tinos Of panic, - it would
enable him 70 protect his aeeeptaoese.
, 1859-01-11
Washington Intelligence.

HA5aIGTuy. Jan.
learn from the White Houss that the PreU-
dent has sert to The Ssnate tha noninat!on OF
Townsend Harris Of New York, now Consul
Genera! J.pau, - be Minister Resident near
the Government OF the Japanese Empire. This
is judicious and well merifed recognition Of
the eerrlces Of the vo9c2tees negoti4.or Of tie
recent Tresty with Japan.
The Republicans held caucus tonight, to
consider their course relative 70 the bill Tor the
admission Of Oregon. II resulted in a general
understanding The: they wculd oppose it while
the English bill Of %, ,ohih:ion stands il refer.
eucs Ia Kansas. Thsrer oi Massachusetts is Ii Z
only r1an who distinctly iati:na:ed purpose
not to sustain This policy. lie eTen expressed
a disposition - 30 Tor the admission OF Slaye
States.
, 1859-01-11
The Will OF Hon, IL. l.. Ellsworth

The VIII OF Hon. II. L. ElEsWoTth.
Ths New Haven {Conn) Journal Of the 5th
says on authority, that statement made in the
Hartford Tina, and copied into other papers
respecting the viii Of the Hon. Il. L. Ellsworth,
ispremature- The will has not been "approv-
3D." or offered tor probate. No direct legacy
has been made to IAls Coilege Whatever Of
thls kind exists is r<siduary; and IL eontingen.
OF the settlement ot AZ estate i51n9 to = erea,
extent in Wild lands. Heuee. no just es'iuase
can BE- put on the vaiae, sad tho one given in
the ztoae& is certainly i very great e1sggesa-
tieu