TT 1 H Cl a. YOL. XIV NO. 141. PHILADELPHIA, TllUliSPxVY, DECEMBER 5 , 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. -J. M 11 H 1J JJVl;jtjaLJi. Jlilo CHRISTMAS nRESENTS. ERISTMAS 1 RESENTS. A Substantial Coat for father to be got of JOHN WANAMAKER, Nos. St ooo P70 CHESNUT Street. CHRISTMAS )RE3ENTS. HRISTMAS 1 RESENTS. A 8nlt for the little boy cftu be had cheap of JOHN WANAMAKER, Nos. 858 and 620 CE! ESN UT Street. CHRISTMAS )RESENTS. HRISTMAS 1 RESENTS. Overcoats for poor relatione. Trices moderate, JOHN WANAMAKER, Nos. SIC. and MO CHHK.NUT Street. c CHRISTMAS )RESENT3. HRISTMAS I RESENTS. Gents' Wrappers, Cravats. TJrabrcllv, Gloves, llaml kerchiefs, etc., in great variety. JOHN AVANAMAKER, Bob. tin anC -M CQESNUT Street. A HRISTMAS 1 )RESENTS. VJHRISTMAS i RESENTS. Hint. We have on the order book of both our stores the measures of a great many of our friends, ko that garments can easily be made to your order fur Christmas Min. JOHN VANA.MAKER, U;b. m end MO OHSSNUT Street. nHRISTMAS 1 ) RESENTS. CHRISTMAS i RESENTS. Any garment or article bought for Christmas may ve exchanged at any time If the party is not Ctted or suited. JOHN WANAMAKER, -Ncs. 6:8 and ViO CL'ESNUT Street. FIRST EDITION Inside Life of Paris. Rumored Cabinet Changs Doutwell and Akerman. Blasting Accident in New York. etc. Kic. inc.. lite, Etc, THE INSIDE LIFE OF PARIS. How the people Live. Those who have known l'arls, as Paris was till llio other lay commonly known to foreigners, as a city or ease ami pleasure, wouiu nanny recognize it under the aspect It has been predentin? during 1 10 pHKt few weeks. Mot, that Baron llaussmanu's broad boulevards have been already bombarded as yet such change as they have undergone Is a moral ramer man a material one. rans to-tay nas none of ita former fascinations and few of its ordinnry avocations left to It; with nine-tenths of its able- bodied population underarms one can hardly expect It to be any longer a hive of industry or an abode of pleasure. In little more than a couplo of months the luxurious city has been turned into a formidable fortiess, or, more correctly speaking, a vast, in trenched camp, bristling Willi half a million of buy oueis among a population quadruple that number eucumbercfi. moreover, with sick, wounded, and helplessly indigent, scantily and even unwhole- soineiy led. It is ntrhans as well in this capital or late hours, says a l'arls correspondent of the Vail -Vail 'lazctte, that one should be constrained to go to bed early, lulled to sleep, so to speaK, ny ine Dooming or tho cannon; lor one is aroused before daybreak, if not by the same kind of amnio, by the sounding or the reveille, supplemented by the beating of the ruppel, and the bawling out or iaise news ty ine nawKersor the cheap tno.nlng papers. it is happv lor us not to oe oougea to sany lortu ere it is light on come round or military duty. In default ol "this such of us as are so inclined can stand in queue outside the butcher's shop for seve ral hours, and so make certain of securing, so lojig as they Ihhi, their three days' rations, now reduced to a fraction over one ounce avoirdupois per diem. These queues have been one of tbe most character istic inner lire features oi ine stege. xney began to be formed within ten days or a fortnight of our being shut in, when the price of meat was kept down by a special decree, and the supply of oxen and sheep distributed to the butchers had begun to tie limited. They were ilrst formed in the more populous and poorer districts, but, before a couple of days, had spread to the most aristocratic quar ters of the capita.). Originally they commenced about 6 o'clock A. M., in front of tin- Iron railings that close in all these establishments; and, as the mornings were then bright ami balmy, the inconve nience was but trilling. To preserve order and Bee that all was fair on the part of the butcher, who at times supplied his customers with as much or as lit tle meat and cf just what kind he pleased, armed National Guards were posted both outside aud in side the shop. As the crowd began to increase in numbers, tbe hours of wait ingleugihened, until they extended far back Into the night. In the populous quarters two o'clock was commonly the hour when the tirst dozen women would assemble. S mie came to the rendezvous provided Willi chairs or stools and with chauil'e-pleds, r.nd at Intervals members of their family would bring them hot bowls of soup or coffee, or t hey would arrange to relic ve each other every hour or so. These proceedings gave rise, ami even now give rise, to endless" disputes. Such as found themselves const rained to wait staudlug obieeted to their neighbors sitting. Frozen-footed individuals unprovided with foot-warmers grumbled at those who possessed them ; women whose hus tiaruls were on duty at, the rainpiris, and who had no one to bring I hem some warm and comfort ing iluidH, protested against refreshment being allowed ; whips as to the practice of one member of a family relieving it l other, this gave rise to constant vitiineiatlou, to struggles, to clawiugs, and to blows. - SCKNKS IN THK I'ARI.'S. In froct, of this highly honored statue of Strasbnrg in the Champs lily seen Is a table, surrotinde 1 by a . canopy of tricolor Hags, at which, under the eyes of armed .National Guards, some municipal delegate Is seated receh ing subscriptions of money and other valuable for the c:is;ing of 15(h) cannon, with which to make the long-promised sortie in force that is to save Paris. And as if to stimulate sabscrlpiaons, a hundred paces distant, at the ancle of Hie Rues ltojule mid de l.'ivoli, a huge bree ih-loading n ival lain, mounted upon a carriage, is potted, ot course, follow iijg the exanip.c of the republic of H3, it has been proposed that all the chinch bells shall be cast into cannon, and it has even been suggested that at eveiy nia.ie offerings of did copper candlesticks and casseroles should be received for a like pur pose. Ju the Tuileries Gardens, Instead Of crowds of little girls in the height of fafhion, engaged at play while their mammas tul'; s :atidal t i one auotunr, and their nurses tlirt, with Turcos and Zouaves, you discern, between the clouds of ascending smoke from innumerable camp-fires, ammunition caissons and parks of aitil'rrv. With regard to tho palace itsoli you tind inscribed over its various entrances, as over all the rest of the public budding, the le 'gend, "Iropnt te Rationale, Hepuh'.iipie Fram-alsn u-.ie ft indivisible. I.iborte, Egallte, Fraternite;" and observe, moreover, that the red cross of tho Geneva Convention invariably floats overall. Am bulances, indeed, are everywhere at all the princi pal public hotels void of guests, at the large private ones deserted by their proprietors, at the huge ma gnslns de uouveautcB lacking customers, ami at the theatres, where "relache" is for the, most part en pt-rmamnce. Fancy such a plethora of ambulances that patients have actually to be touted for, and unemployed ambulance vans iu such ofusion that the Magasin de Louvre and similar establishments send home purchases In vehicles distinguished by the red cross and flying the flag adopted by tbe Convention of Geneva. CABINET CHANGES. TltoJKuiiiorcd Retirement of Secretaries llout well nml Aherintin. The New York Tribune Washington correspon dent writes: The appointment of General Pleasanton instead of Mr. Douglass as Commissioner of Internal tie ve nue gives rue to an apparently wcll-for. tided belief that Pennsylvania will tre long be represented in the President's Cabinet. The Pennsylvanians have long been pressing for some substantial recognition from the President, and it is believed that if Gene ral Grant had not deemed to give Pennsylvania a Cabinet position, he would have given the Internal Conimissionersliip to Mr. Douglass. There is a good deal of talk in regard to the possibility of colonfl Forney succeeding Mr. t'reswellas Postmaster-General, and the Utter being sent as Minis ter to Russia in place of Governor Curtin, of Penn sylvania, or to i-rusnia m place of Mr. Bancroft. The Wilhdruvvai of .Senator Catiell, of New Jersey, from the canvass for the I nited State Senate gives rise to what appears a not unfounded rumor that Secretary Kobesou will enter the held as a cnmlidate lor the Seuutorshfp, and that he will be backed, not only by hid personal friend, but by tiie supporters of senator Catieli. if successful he will retire from the Ca iaef, w hioh will give the l ics'deLt-another opportunity of granting the de mands of llin Pel'iiisj ivanians. in tins connection Mr. 1 crr.ey is mentioned fur s-vretaiy of the Navy, and also .lixUw S.-oheld, of Pennsylvania, who is the present chairman of the House Committee on Naval Ailinrs. it is understood that Attorney -General Akerman vill te a candidate for the 6euaurHhip iu the Ge org a I.egiHiaiiire. The vacant position iu the t'abmij, in t ube Air. Akermau is elected, will, It is staleilon good authority, be fbudered to Scuator W illiaiUK, ol On u n, whose term expires on March i. His appointment will be satisfactory to the lie publicans of California and Oregon, by whom he is consi'li'ied the strouget nun on the Pacidc eoast, und who claim that the appointment would result in giving the next Oregon legislature to the Kepub licris, and in returning Senator Williams to his tat iu the Senate Iu lsV2 in place of Coi n. -it. Among the oilier strange Cabinet rumors circu lating to-night, is that Secretary lioutwell will soon retire from the Treasury Department, and tual Mr. Lilanowill succeed him, but these reports have leeu arloat uo long, with no nearer prospect of ful ttliiiect, mat the public will justly ncBiut? to credit t tie in. 1I0KBIFIC FftK MATURE KL1ST. Flv Men Killed nnrt Hrvrrnl Waunded. Tbe New York Herald to-flay says: While thej mm employed by James Sanderson, Seventh avenne, at lu.th street, were yesterday Main plug a rand blast, th powder contained iu the cavity suddenly exploded, throwing the esrth in huge clods to the height of many feet, and mingling stones and rocks In a shower of dust, which formed a huge clend in the air, and for some time concealed the more ten Pile trAfYUES OK TUB DISASTER. The people employed on distant portions of the work ran toward tho place where the explosion occurred, while those nearer by ran away, and a scene of the utmost confusion ensued. Shouts and screams were beard In exery direction, and those in closest proximity heard, mingled with them, the groans of THE WOfNPKO AND DVINtJ. As soon as the excitement occasioned by the sound atul the shock had partlally.abated, a crowd rushed to the front, where tho blast had been made, and found there a sight which would appal the most Mont hearted. Three of their friends aud late comrades were found near the place of the blast, the.r bodies so horribly mutilated as to be almost unrecognizable. They were torn in frag ments, blackened In the smoke and begrimed wit.li dirt, while even the stones about the place were black and bloody. The features of the dead, where It was possible to distinguish them, wee contorted, ghastly, and repulsive in the lat degree. Among them were discovered Patrick Smith and Kichard Knox, while Dennis llennesy, Patrick Glllan, Ken ben Pepper, and John Darcy were lying near, some of them seriously and some fatally Injured. As soon as the news of the explosion could be conveyed to the Thirty-second Precinct Station-house, officers were detailed to render assist ance to the wounded and bring in the dead. Dr. Kly at once repaired to the spot, and physicians were sent for from all available points in the neigh borhood. Stretchers were carried by the oincers, and the wounded aud dying men were speedily con veyed to the station. Some of the dead were so crushed as to present only a mass of bloody matter. In addition to the dead and wounded brought in. (three men are sup posed to have been buried underneath, the debris of stones and earth, aud these cannot possibly be recovered nit morning, a number of wounded were conveyed at alale hour to Dellcvue Hospital, where they were visited by a llrrahl reporter, and the statements of those able to converse were taken. They say that the explosion took place without the slightest warning and in the twinkling of an eye. That they renicmVer nothing mere thin being struck flown by the shock, wounded by stoue3, and enveloped in smoke and dust. SCENES AT JIETZ. Condition of the Fortrm After the Surrender. A correspondent of the Loudon ,Yura writes from Metz: "I arrived here November 20 to find the town In a lllthy, dirty state and every hotel crammed with Prussians. This morning, about 9 o'clock, one of the powder magazines of Fort Plappeville, contain ing some say live thousand, others ten thousand kilogrammes of powder, exploded and killed some thirty Prussians, besides wounding many others. It is supposed to have been due to the smoking pro pensities of the Germans, some of whom, it Is said, were seen to enter the magazine with pipes in their mouths. I made my way there this afternoon. "During my Journey I came across a number of miserable looking wretches, pictures of despair and starvation, in charge of some Herman soldiers. There were huddled together la what had once been a Held, but was now a miserable bog in which it was impossible to stand for a few minutes without sink ing deep in the mud. Those I spoke to Informed me that they had been prisoner. in the fort, and naa oeen removed directly alter tne explosion ; they appeared to have no idea as to their ultimate desti nation, or where tney were to spend the night. None of them had hud any lord that day, and they all seemed to bo in a most abject state of misery aud demoral'zation. I continued my journey to the fort, but soon met with a strong guard of soldiers who prevented any one from approaching it. They were afraid of some further explosion, as it appears that the majority of the forts are mined. "Fort Plappeville commands a very large area of ground, on the inner slop'!, which faces Metz are a number of mini huts, which were formerly occu pied hy the French army. Many of them have been destroyed, but judging from those that remain, it is a mystery to tne hoy anyone could have lived in them for any length of tamo without engendering every dun orc under the sun. Even now, lit many parts, the stench is quite uusupporUble, and likely to create a large amount of Illness. The prices of provisions are coming down somewhat, though the hhop-keepejs are doing their utmost to keep them up. "From wnat I see and hear it would seem a though the better class of the inhabitant did not sutler much, if at all, during the siege. It was the poorer class s and the soldiers win had to endura all the misery. The hospitals ate still crowded, end are in a wretched condition. They are verydiriv, and the superintendence is all at fault. Tnere Is an tusutlicien'ry of provisions, which are, moreover, iu many eases, very bad. Tho bread, for instance, is of such an inferior and course quality, besides being very badly made, that it can hardly conduce to the restoration to health of patiout. broken down by disease, hunger, aud suil'eriug, not tu mention ne glect." A CURIOUS RESURRECTION. ImiuriiHe Wine t'nvrs Mubterrnneun 1'lnecs of CtturtMilinent. The Versailles correspondent of the London Timen writes: Yesterday forenoon I was at C'laye, a villa ze about four miles from liere.onthe road to Meaux and Metz. A fortnight ago thtre were only about a d'.m French people there. The German troop ha J the hole place to themselves, with the exception of a house or two occupied by French inhabitants who hud tied, but returned aialn. Great w.ia my sur pi iso yestt rday to see several French men, women, tind children in tho long street which constitutes the village. On inquiry I found there were no fewer than J'20 of such pefsons.tho number being Increased from mj since Saturday. Where had an til iso 120 peoplo been, when not one of them was to bo seen at ciaye? Had they fled to Pans? 'J hat had been Uie fcurpesltiou: but it was erroneous. They, or most of them, had been hidden In t'.ie bowels of the earth. They hud never left the parish of Clave at all. They concealed themselves underground, and all have come to the surluee again within the laC few day. It is beUeved that many others are sti4l in regions beneath, and lut'.r gradual resurrection is cxptcted. THPKE A itn IMMEVSB WINS CAVKS around Claye, tome of them constructed at a con siderable depth below the surface ; into these t!i3 teirir.td villagers had descended with their house hold gods, atul there they havo been lying concealed .hile thrf enemy lias occupied the houses, and fctores, ainl uariiens tdMive. It is nut lUely that the whole population of chiyn d'spoie I of iis-Mf in this maimer, but nun bers of those -viio have reappeared in the village have conicmed t ) subterranean places of ccneealmetit, and property has been found in a cave the existence of which, h.id never been hub-p-cted by the Geiuieu troops. The occurivncss of Clnye have made us all very doubtful u to whether the deserted munitions in which we are quartered may not all be at night isited by the rightful pro prietors. Not far from itlanc Meoull 1WJ bottles or chatn papue nave been .iig up in one girlen. Firewood enough to last .every house for two years has been kit it advent, in the neigliborhoo i, and, h a rule, Kiifrlclf m furniture, lncluoiiig besteads, ha Ined found for the uccommod itloti of the oiilcers aad men. If H-a France'1 had tieen bribed Into pro viding her enemy with comfortable wiiiler iuarfrs around Paris, she could not have done so more ctlcctuaMy. Win n the Inhabitants resolved on de set ling their homes, tney ought ti have utterly de Mroyed them, and left the Ge.ni'.ina no shelter. That would have been a dreadful sacridce, no doubt; but it would have had i's advautauc, and great ones, for France. Ulm'. t hey did whs woreO than foolish. It has materially assisted the enemy iu the work of reducing Pans to subinissiou. All the Oer mau generals say that if the peonie hd rem lined they would have louud it very dnllcult to put the armies under cover. According to the llurrbburg Tdfjrai, the impicssiou seems to be gaining ground that Mr. lioj er and the members ot his family who lately lost their lives by the burning of a houe at jlarkleville, Lad "previously been stupetieil by chloroform aud robbed. The building is sup posed to have been flred to render discovery Im possible. On the Wednesday preceding the horror a lottle of chloroform mysteriously d'ts oppearcd from the store of a neighboring drug gist. The bodies four in number were found lying eide by side. From this circumstance, coupled with the tact that a large sum of money is nowhere to be found, it is supposed that the shocking tragedy was a work of a relative of the deceased pertocs. SECOND EDITION TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS. Luxemburg Neutrality The Course of Prussia. AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. Accident to Col. Douglass. ITlnn.ucIu.1 and Commorolnl Etc. Bite., Etc. Utc, Kic. FROM EUROPE. The I.axemburc (Jneatloa. - London, Dec. 14. The Tinus editorially protests against the attitude of Prussia towards Luxemburg, as well as against that of Russia towards Turkey. Tho attitude of both powers, fays the Times, is indefensible, but it is not tho duty of England to interpose. Drriidrd Dlntnrbunce In Ireland. Nearly 2000 cavalry and infantry are ordered to Londonderry for fear of a disturbance at the approaching anniversary of the establishment of the union of Great Britain and Ireland. The Koporled Trade ClrUU. The recent rumors of an impending trade crisis in China anfeontradictcd. "Vent erdny'n (luoiatlona. London, Dec. 14 11 -so A. M Consols opened at 91 y, for both money and account. American secu rities dull. V. S. o-'Os of 1802, 8S;of lstg, old, P7?.-; of ISliT, 90; Ten-forties, 87. Stocks flat. Kile Hailroad, 19'; Illinois Central, 11 $; Great Western, 27. Lonpon, Dec. 14. Tallow active. Turpentine, 34s. Common Ilosln, 6s. fiiL LiVEKi-ooi., Dec. 1411-30 P. M Cotton dull; mlddllng;uplands, 8?,d. ; middling Orleans, H;V3",s Vd, The sales are estimated at 10,000 bales. Kread siurrs dull. Corn, si's. Cd. for new. Fine Kosin active. Antwekp, Dec. 14. Petroleum steady. FROM WASttlNQTOJr. Areidentlo the Preldi.t' Private Secretary. Vesiatch to the Associated J'remt. Washington, Dec. 15. Late last night Colo nel Robert Douglass, Private Secretary to Presi dent Grant, was severely iujurcdj bv being thrown from a hack, which was euiashed by contact with a carriage-step. The horses of the carriage having become frightened, dashed along the street at great speed. Mr. Cutts, his grandmother, and another lady also sustained severe injuries. They were returning from the charity fair. FROM JVEIV YORK. - Biilldlna Itlowu Down. Nkw Yoi'.k, Dec. 15. A piano factory iu West Thirly-fiiiu street was llown down this morn ing aud several persons were buried in the ruins. The sale was tcrrilic. CONVICT LABOR. Action of the Uluclnnutl Labor Union. At a lueetiux of the Cincinnati Labor I'nion held recently the following preamble and resolutions Were adopted: Wh-rcan, on Monday, November '20, lSVfi, Mr. John E. Pell, President of the Hoard of Directors of the Countvand City Woikhouse, Informed the public,, through the city press, that the said hoard of Direc tors were preparing on:s tor tne consideration oi the Leuislature of Ohio to Increase the terms of imprisonment to three years, thereby enabling tliim (the directors) to uirnisn kKiuen convict labor for Miles Greenwood's machine, blacksmith, aud moulding sh.ms, W. (i. llogers' shoe shop, and others, thus enabling said directors to undersell tiie honest Industry of the country, compelling a reduction of the priceof labor, aud its consequent increase oi poverty auu crime; mere' fure. be it Hf-ulerd, That the aforesaid scheme of the 15 ard or Directors or the eaid workhouse, in our opinion, is uuwoithy of the palmiest days of human slavery, and Hint Biicli persons whoso far forget what is due to humarity are unfit lor the honorable position they now ocenpy, and we demaad that they be im mediately removed by the public authorities, aud their places uiied ny men wuo will not allow mcui' selves to be used by speculator who seek to in crease Their weaitu through the misiortuucs and dimes of others. i:euici il. That the members of the Ohio Legislature be requested to treat the proposed bills ot said di rectors wun the merited contempt sucn infamous HcPeiiicBlePci ve. y.'Wn i, That we will hold all State oiilcers, mem bers ol the Legislature, and local ottloers to u stru accouiitubilit, and will reward them accordingly when they solicit our Bull rages. OBITUARY. DeiKlxeof the V. iI. :. A. of IMiode Island. The Providence Journal of tho 14th lost Bays: We hie pained to record the death of the Young Men's Christian Association. For t wo years and a half the Institution has been deserted by very nearly all of thosn who assisted in it formation four years ago, and tho burden of sustaining the organization has fallen on a few young members. who, however wining, wer unable to near the uu equal burden. Its lew friends struggled tiardwitlt the tide of reverses that were slowly but surely ovem helming them: but they, at last, have been compelled to Euccuudi. The association held a mcelitig laHt Monday evening, at which a report was received from a discreet committee who had been previously appointed to consider the whole matter. This r port was Mluctauliy adopted by the meeting, ann is as ionows: M'AtTcn.v, The asssclHtion ha9 failed to secure the co-operation or a largo majority or its members and tne sympathy of the Christiau people generally of this community, it la therefore XWitf, That we recommend that the associa tion be dissolved, aud that a judicious committee be appointed to wind up its ail'alrs. AlTEMl'TEI) JAIL DELIVERY. Five I'cDvlrta Earnpe from Tbelr Cells, but an ICrctioturrd. 1 he Nashville Ama iraa of the 13th lust, saya: Several jail deliveries have oi late been recorded by our exchanges in various parts o the State, and last Friday night an attempt to escape Irom the peni tentiary here came near proving successful. According to our iniorinatiou, a negro nurse un bolted the door of several etlls, and live prisoners escaped and went into the colored hosp tal. Ou making his rounds, Die turnkey reported to tho nlghtwatcliu.au that (juite a number of the cells had been utibo ted. Search was at once made, and it was discovered that live negro convicts had left their cells an J gone into the colored hospital, where they were found at work with tools, endeavoring to make an opening in the prison walls. They had wit n them a cold-chisel, a screw-driver, and a chisel that had been used in turning heads for buckets, aud had only succeeded in removing the plastering when they were discovered. Tbe prisoners were at once secured and returned to their cells. Tbe amount contributed for the support and education of the children of the late Com mander Williams, who went down with the ill fated Opcida, foots up t -Jl THIRD EDITION LATER FROM EUROPE. Prussia and Luxemburg England Consents to the Union. TO-DAY'S WASHINGTON HEWS. Building of Revenue Cutters. Proceedings of Congress Etc., Etc., Etc.. Etc., l:tc FROM EUROPE. The Limbvr Qaeollon. Lokdon, Dec. 14. (Special to the New York Telegram. k despatch from Brussels, dated December 13, states that the Echo du Lnyem-. bourg has tho following announcement: "Eng land agrees to the annexation of Luxemburg to Prussia in order that the Prussians may thereby bo induced to abandon all their pretensions to Lorraine. "The maintenance of neutrality is still warmly and fiercely diecuesed in all the journals, aud even the threatened violation of it is regarded with the most determined opposition." FROM WASHINGTON . bpedal Dtwatchto The Jtoentng TelfjrapK Washington, Dec. 15. The Honae Foreian Affairs Committee discussed Ban Domingo, the Alabama claims, ami other portions or the rresidcnt s mes sage referred u them, but came to no conclusion. J hey have agreed to take up Hanks Sai Domtnso IteHolutloa at their next meeting and dispose of it. They have completed The Uenerul Cable Kill, and will be ready to report it as soon bs they are caneu in tue jiouse. Hiiftar Keener and importers were before the Ways aud Means Committee to-day, in cousulta'ion with Secretary Bontwell as to the propriety of amending tho tarlif regulations on sugar. Kevenne Cutter. Dtupatrh to A$sociated Pre.. DurinK the third session of the Fortieth Congress on appropriation of J :i(io,ooo was made for the imild itiK of revenue cutters. The Secretary of theTrea-' tsury made contracts and was about to make the required expenditures when that amount, togetner with other unexpended balances, was at last B:8slon conveyed into the treasury. To-day the secretary sent a letter to me com mittee on Appropriations, asking that the amount DeoRiuu appropriated, and enclosing the draft ol a bill for that purpose. . CON (HI ESS. FORTV-FIIMrTKlUI- THIIIO SESSION. Hcnnte. WaHMNoton. Pao. Ik Mr. KmiiPry irKiited the memorial from tho manufacturers of hitter envelopes, pi iDtcrH, nd Hut loners, nretovlinn against t ba practice ot the iMUcrnment in the purchane and idu of ttamps. lie leited Iu the Cnu miltoe on l'o.t unices (.inerul rinuMi Dill to remove tne political aiaiiMhtiei of citizen of Virginia were passed ' Mr. riorum, from the Idiliimy Committee; reported a joint resolution in aid of csrtniu colleges and nnnvrMties, ullowine the detail of euporouram-ary army oiilcers to pro-fcMort-hirn. with an amendment restricting its provisions to thone officers exeluaivelv. Mr, Miermiin inquired wnnther the bill woolj utill leave thtfe othcers suhject to ihe transferred by tho War lo partmont, and was answered alhnuatively. The bill paxsed. On motion of Mr. Nye the bill for a chance of jurisdic tion over tbe Territorial legislatures was panned. Hills were int roduced and referred as toilo.vs I'.y .Mr. l ewis, to incorporate the National Mining and ManutactnriDi; Company ot Washington, 1. C by Air. lirooi s, to .id in the repair and coustructiuo of levees in the btate of Mississippi. llouae ol Ileprenentatlvea. Mr. Dawes, of Masahuaetts, from the Cimmittep on Appropriations, reported a bill appropriut iu 'fhi.lMiO (or the const' action 01 atesiu reveaue cniters. I4sol. Mr. Wells, of Missouri, introduced a bill requiring nil road companies to receive and deliver tho mails. Ke lerred Mr. Clark, of Texas, introduced a bill autliorir.inn the Secretary of the '1 r en Miry to rotund penalties audco.ts illegally assessed and colluded ontler the airect tax l.tw. htleircd. . H he Hones then resumed the consideration of the Am ni'hty bill. Mr. Hairy, of Missiakipni, argued against tho exception contained in the bill, and in lavor ol neuontl aud uaoua rtii innl umrtibtv. Mr. Morgan, of Ohio, argued on tbe same side. He Mil that it the bill had l n framed lor the express pnr rose of refusing political rights to tho people of t'19 f . 1. : ..I,. . 1,.... .1 . . w . . , .T : 1 . . . rdlllll, lb vuui,. imi. uave covin uouv iuui, en . v mi i. , while, on the other baud, it provided amnesiy for tho rob her, the burglar, the incendiary, and tue thief. He alluded to tho fact that before a gun bd boon fired in tbe Kuhellion, the resignation oi 11 oiticers of the a 1 my, graduates of West 1'oiut, had been accepted by t lie , iihl 11 uted aulhoriesof the Cnited htates, and he asked what stealer aid and comfort could have been given to the enemy thn the furnishing them wild groat explains and men skilled in war? lie believed tliat P.tu it not oeen fur that net of tbe f ederal (iovcriiment.no hnstilu iron would ever have been tired ouLideot the limits of Sjuth Carolina. Mr. McKen.ie, 01 irg inia, aruen maioootfross ongui to puss a general amnesty bill without any exception.-,, and lit the country havo peace. He bad seen no petition from any State in the South or ir. in any other ouurter: no remonst runce onanist re leem iug all too people ol tue riuulU. He had taken up tuis niori in;( a Uepulliosn paper from tieor;:ii and found thai ita mono was universal auinoblj. The colored people of the Mouth atked for it, having obtained their 011 rights. They are more liberal and mora just than some litem-, b'rs of Congress wore, axkiu Congess toreeevd tneir white brethren from th (1iabi)iiiM imposed upjn them. The leading papers of all political piuors in tee cnuutiy. ed.ied by the best editorial brains, weru advisim; the reiwcval oi all eisabilities. With very few exceptions, the Republican parly outside of Uougress weraiu favor of universal amnesty. Mr. latnsworth, ol Illinois, stated to the Hnusethut? the hill reported was Dot a uminiiuuus report ot the com tnitiee, nor did it have even (he approval 01 a mijoruy ot tho committee. It was only permitted to he repm'to J 19 the llonse. He declared lhar the provision ot the four, to. ll'h amendment, to the Constitution which imposed political disabilities ws only intended to remaiu so loan as reconstruction mis incomplete, and t'ntil tho rights ot all persona were secured, tie did not lind ihiit auy p rsou had asked Congress to 11 ate any exceptions in the mutter of removing O if abilities. ... ... He ilia not see anv practicable or jut way of making exceptions by chiftes. General l.ongolieet, vvu 1 held a high position hi appointment ot Da freMdent, would come under the eicepl'ou iu this bdl. The par ties o be excepted should tie mentioned b name, not (trooped in classes, 'the bill w a very btnuuhtr mixture. It contains some mailois which mtlit become law it adopted by a majority vote, aud it cont iti8 other mutters which could uot become Uw unless adopted by a two thuds vote. huch things should not he grouped together in the same bill. It was a cheat and a svviodle to do so. Cniesthe bill wore la-tcd by a two third vote it would be in 11.1 sense a political bill, and wooiii have nothing to do iiu polit i-t-al disabilities. Jt. would thtn be inoicly a hill sail lin legal (jnei tions only, and should tiuvd come i com the J 11 tliciury Committee. Cold Hide. Kkw Tokk, Dec. 15. There were tweiity-twa pro ptsals for bonds to-dav. aniotintiuir to f i.'iio.iiot', at tumi iTo-hr, to iot-43. The awards will be a minion at 10fi& to 10i-62. Mew YerU Preduce ftlarket. Niw Voki, Dec. I.".. Cotton dull and easier: sales lCiHi baits uplands at 15c. ; Orleans utlsv.e. l-'lour quiet and easier; sales 10,000 barrels Slate at to Kd WO-uO; cnio at f6ta.6-45; Western at 5-'20tJ'D0: Hcutbern at f6-10tab'-.&. Wheat easier; Bales ao.iKio bushels new .priug at 11-39; amber State at Us; white btate at 11-10; Corn firmer ;8ales;:iS,ood bushels new mixei ".Western at 74;a7Gc Oats dull; Bales 4,000 bushels Ohio at eovitiic. Beef steady. Port active; newMi Bs, ia-7."sW, old, i2 ; prime, 2lo (ajl-fsi. lard weak ; steanj, lltslc; kettle, He. Whisky tju.'et at V-V-.c. F1H A. Cf CIS All) C091IMKUCB, rntiM Tri.iOBAra otmm,m TbarMikf, Deo. I's 1810, 1 1 The money market without being stringent Is close, and gradually losing that easy look which we noticed towards tbe close of last week. This can only be accounted for on the ground that the banks are still losing on their deposits from some canse or other. V e suspect the real cause to be the increased demand for monev both from the South and West, and the difll cully of making collections in tbe latter section, complaints of which are general among our merchants. The demand for loans this morning shows more activity, and rates rather more firmness. Gold is steady at a slight advance, the 6&ls ranging from IllsfXlllJ,'. In Government bonds there is a firm feeling, with moderate transactions In this market. At the Stock Board there was a moderate de mand at about yesterday's closing prices. Bales of City O, old issues, at J)8. Beading Bailroad was steady, with small pales at 49 Il-Kift 'liti-; sales of Camden and Am boy at 118KG11U; Lehigh Valley at 50 J; Minchili at 5a,V; Oil Creek and Allegheny Railroad at 4i,'4-; ana rennsyivnnia at ti. In Canal (hares and the there was but little doing. Bank at 81 and New York balance of the litt Sales of Mechanics' and Middle Ooal at PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven A Uro., No. 40 S.Thlrd street. fikst Board. foCO rafis, 2d se...iuO llioto City 6s, Old... e.Vp.... 08 (000 Leh V U n bds lots.cp.. PIM 11000 OCA A RIs.. 7H 4 sh Cam & Am H.11S', b3 do...lB.s5.1VJ 2 ah M Inch ill R. . m v SshLeh V.d bUl :Q4 400 sh Read.. Is. sb. 49v 800 do 1)30. 49;,' 600 do 4a 3-16 no do..hj.b30. W S00 do So. 49-,' inosh O c A A It... 4v leo a Pcnna It.... CI Tt do Is. ei ;' loo do 61 WbhsrB. D I1VRN fc ISROTTtKR, No. 40 8. Third street, Philadelphia, report the following onotatlonn: U. 8. 6s of 1881, 113C4118V : do. 196U, 10fi107V ; do. 184, 107a41074 ; do. 1806, 10TViX,10i ; dalSt.o, new, 109 ion do. 186T, do. I09'til0,' ; :do. 1RC8. do. 110V110X: 10-408, iuc'106?. U. 8. SO Vear 6 percent. Uurrency, HOVllO'i; Gold, lib 1111; Silver, 10los; Union pacific Railroad IstMort. Bonds, 8WK4810 ; Central Pacific KaUroad. 9ii(3i930; Union Pacltlc Land Urant Bonds, eQ0vd02(i. M khsrs. William Paimtbk a ix., No.ss 8. Third street, report the following auotatiocs: U. 8. ftaof 1S81, ll,',(o)113.V ; 6-808 Of lo2, 101 m01'i ; do. IBM, 10T.(tlOTX ; do. 1805, lO-'-atflHOTK: do., July, 1866, 109'i4110; do., Jnly, 18C7. 11041IOV; da JoJy. 1868, 1101110?,; 6S.1O40, lOOVtAlUC: U.S.Paclflc RR. Cy. 6s. lio'iuiiio'.;. uold, llbatin v. Naur fc Ladnkh, uroRrs, report this morning Uold quotations as follows : 10-00 A. M 111W 11-3UA.JL -111 I-...ni-..111 1, ..111 ..111 !, ..Ill 10-80 ...in;,- u-84 per 11-85 10- 8S 11- 30 11-31 ...11114 1140 " ...1114; 12ii0 M. ...ni.u ia-12 p. M ...in1, ia-33 " . ...111V flew York irianer nod HtocU tflnriin. Nbw Vonit, Dec. 16. 8;ocks steady. Money 6,7 percent. Gold, 111,1,'. 6-2US, 1S8, coupon, 107X ; do. lSf4, do., 107?, ; do. 18t5ft, do. 107 3,'; Ho. 186P, new, 109; do. 187, 110; do. 1868, 110; lfwcs, 106V; Virginia 6s, now, 63; Missouri Si 93Vj Canton Co., '.'; Cumberland preferred, 30; N, Y. Central and Hudson River, 91 v: Krte, S3V; Reading. 98. ex div. ; Adams Express Co., fit; Michigan Central, 120 v, Michigan Southern, Sr2 ; Illinois Central, 133m;i Cleveland and Pittsburg, 104V; Chicago and Rocfc Isiand, 109'v; '(tu burgaDtl Fort V.'ajnc, 04v.'; Western Union Tele graph, 4G,9,'. Phlladelplila Trade Ileport. TnuRSUAY, Dec. 1B.--Car: In tho absence 'ol saleB we quote No. 1 Quercitron at 25 U ton. The Flour market Is without special change, the demand being limited to tho Immediate wants of the home consumers, whoso purchases foot up 80(i barrels, including superfine at f l-50,l"7t; extras at 5B-'J5 ; Iowa and Wisconsin extra family at J5-75 6; Minnesota do. do. at Ji!-2,u'50; Pennsylvania do. do. at ICtn.0'25; &oo barrels Indiana and Ohio do. do. at 6"25 for low grades tin to fra7-25 for choice and fancy. Rye Fiour sells at K&'o Ux. la corn Me nl nothing dolog. The Wheat market coutinnes quiet, owing in a measure to the absence of bunplics of desirable qualities iu which to operate. Sale of 2ii00 bushels at 11-45 for choice Indiana red; $1201 -35 for fair and choice Delaware do. ; f i-sstaM-40 for prime Ohm no. ; and tl'45 for amber. Rye sells at tH'(-;iic. for Pennsylvania and Western. Corn is quiet at yes terday's prices; sales of 4..U0 bushels now Pennsyl vania, Jersey, and Delaware yellow at 71c , and new Western do. at 7t)c. Oats command full priees: sales of 6500 bushels at 64'Sfttie,. for good and prune Penn sylvania and Western, too bushols Western Uariey Hold on private terms. WhlBky Is steady, with Bttles of 25 barrels Western iron-bound at 92330., aud 20 barrels Pennsylvania do. at OA;. LITEST S1IILT1X IN'TELLIUCNCE. Fur cuU.liowtX Mirint Neitt $e Inside Pimjc. PORT OF riilLADIiLPllIA DECEMBER 15 6TATI OF TnERMOMITRH AT TU IVININ'i TKMWKAPH Ol'VlCX. T A. M 43 11 A. M 41 2 T. M 43 CLUiRED THIS MORNINQ. Stp-.inter Ann Etbia, lilchards, Kew York, W.P.Clyde & Co. Tug Thomas Jefferson. Allen, Baltimore, with a tow of barges, W. P. Clyde . Co. ARRIVED Till? MORNING. Steamer Jus. S. Green, Vance, from Richmond aud Noifolk, with mdse. to W. P. Clvda ft Co. Steamer lieverly, pierce, 24 Uouis from New York, With mdse. to W. P. Clyde & Co. fteamcr Fanita, Doauo, 24 huurs from New York, with mdse. to John F. Old. Steamer F. Franklin, Pierson, 13 hours Irom Balti more, with unise. and paisengcrs to A. Groves. Jr. steamer a. L. Oaw, Her, 13 hours from K.rlinuore, Willi mdse. and passengers to A. (troves, Jr. Hr. brig Hermes, l.ecs,20 days from Porto Cabello, With mdse. to John Dallutt & Co. Schr John M. Ciaj ton, Thomas, 1 day from I'rcde rlca Del., with graiu to John I., t.'cdncr. Schr Clayton A i.owbur, .lackon, 1 day from Sieyrna, lel., with graiu to John L. Kedncr. Schr Brandywme, Adams, ftom Lynn. Sclir Eva Belie, Soiut-is, from Provideuee. s hr 'lav h.r A Atathis, Clieeseman, from rlosion. Schr C. VV. Locke, llur.tley, do 'lug Chesapeake, Merriheiv, from Ealttniore, with a tow of barges to W. 1. Clyde t Co. '1 ug G. 15. Hu'ehings, Davis, Irom Havre-de-tiraeo, with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co. MEMORANDA. P.r. steamer City of Cork. Alien, from Liverpool, at llaluax jet.teKiay.'to sail same nay for New k'ork. Sttaiueis ( ity of (ialvcston, E1U ridge, from Gal vebton ; liimtisville, Crowell, and San Jacinto, At kins, freni Savaunah ; Manhattan, Woodiind, from (hutltston; and J.egtilator, Brooks, from Wiimiug ton, N. C. at New York yesterday. Steamer Wm. P. Clyde, Sherwood, hence, at New York yesterday. Steamers Irank, Pierce; D. Utley. Davis; An thracite, Creen ; ami S.C.Walker, Sherln, all for Philadelphia, cleared at New York yesterday. Steamers Achilles, Colburo, and Norman. Nicker son, hence, at Boston yesterday. Steamer Glaucus, Walden, from New York, at Boton yesterday. Steamers Sau Salvador and Montgomery, from Kew York, at Suvannah yesterday. Steamers Cortes, NeUon, and Bienville, Baker, for New York, cleared at New Orleans loth mst, Schr J. VV. Wilson (of Philadelphia), Somers, from St. Martins, at New York yesterday. Scurs Aid, Smith, hence lor Somerset ; Adele Tru dell. Camp, do. for Pawtuektt; and N. H. Geuld, Dennis, do. for Welden, at New York yesterday. SchrsJ. L. Hine, hence for New Haven; Mary Weaver, Weaver, do. for Providence; F. G. Warner, Nlckerson, do. for Bridgeport ; and J. C. Pratt, Nick erson. do. for Boston, passed Hell Gate yesterday. Sv-hr Ocean Wave, Bryant, hence, at Newport Lit a lnMant. SchiB II. T. nedges, Franklin; H. J. Raymond. Bennett; and Julia Crawford, Young, all tor Phila delphia, sailed from Providence 13th inst. MISCKLLANY. Bark Ansgar, fm Liverpool far Philadelphia, souk, alter collision, Dec 8. Brig U. G. Berry, 897 tons, built at Boo Ji hay, lie., in lhtA and balling from New York, lid b- eu sold to panics Id Phllatlelpbia.
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