I?stJairt P. 1138 INIOTIOES. Orerouote, Overcoats, coats, eceremte, _New Style. Frock Allem, Skit Proirk Coats. -New , Stivie Prod: aagt, Ana Style Froe# Coati. ileum Business Suite, flews Rumness Burfe, ers Business Suite, Xen's Bustness Nut te. Largest Stock in Philadelphia, Largest Stock in Philadelphia., Largest Atock in Philadelphia, Largest Stock in Philadelphia, At Lowest Prices in P4itadetphia. . , , ,At Lowest Prices in Philadelphia. At Lowest Prices, in Philadelphia; • • At Lowest Prices in Philadelphia., SPECIAL been _fortunate in securing larse lots 0 rdesirale' Goods, Foreign tend Domestic—tate in the Season; at the lowest prices known for weare—leBB than cost ifrs'iartalion and manufacture —wc arc our tiled to: freer euperior oar:meta* surpassed ew. none. equalled by few, in style. ,i;take cord , inateria/,'at prices ksa than same Goods post in vote other totablish. =onto, and lower than they'have bcen sold for eta wears.' Balltray between Elmquirrr & Co„,' _ vth and • • trOWEtt How.; • • • Sera etrecte.' • 518 PdAnwti .* . ' . . , AND UP Br. Nicw Youw-. w 44 REMOVAL ALBREC 0014-c-art. ItT yl , &sonml pT. Manufacturere of • FIRST-CLASS PIANOFORTES. Removed. to No. 610 Arch etroct. EVENING BITLLETIN. , Tilleadity;Decomber 24, 1867; tar To-inorrow being Christmas Day and, a general holiday, no paper will.-be issued from this °Mee. CHRISTMAN. To ring changes on church bells is the common practice in England at Mistrals. But there is a limit to these'clianges, even in the fullest chimes, and the change-ringers have long ago exhausted the capabilities of the bells in the matter ofccimbinations: So, too, of Christmas as a newsmer topic.. ; It has been written about all over Christendom, every Christmas since writing or printing were known. On this very day many thou sands of editors are trying to write sometbiug appropriate to the 00011401:1, which may be, acceptable to their readers this evening or to-morrow. Many thousands"of good minis: tern of the Divine Word are also engaged in preparing to impress their hearers on Christ mas day with anew reference for the joyful event it commemorates. In the pulpit the subject is inexhaustible. The secular writer . for a miscellaneous public has nothing nevi to sal upon it. " Having nothing tn-- sP;;;, it • , is well to say nothing. But, e Occasion is one of social merri ment SS Well as of religions commemo littion, and it must not be passed by unmen tioned. r For one day,• at least, all the vast miscellaneous population. of the . United States has a holiday. Even those who are not Christians take advantage of the,thne for recreation. Hard work and drudgery are re quired of •very few persons. Even editors share with dray-horses the relief, from their vottunon tread-mill labor. There are no banks open, and • consequently no.. notes to pay. There can even be no failures hi busi ness,' and no bankruptcy cases to report. N.) courts sit, and so even the criminals awaiting trial or sentence have no immediate fears; Christmas is a holiday to them as well as to others. Congress is not in session, and 'will not he for some days; and so the reporters have a rest, the people have no speeches to read, and President Johnson can neither send in a veto, nor recommend a special vote of thanks to a man for doing what be is bound to do. Even Johnsonism reposes, or has a chance to repose, on Christmas'ay. To the readers of the BULLETIN we offer the heartiest wishes that they may have a merry Christmas. May "black care" be banished from all their households; may they all have their tables well supplied with good, wholesome food, and surrounded by merry faced, diners; may they be benefited in mind by the zeiigious and other occupations of the day, and not have their digestive organs deranged by too much eating and drinking; may they all live and prosper, in mind, body and estate, and may they, when another chnst m as comes around, find it even merrier and happier than this ORO or any that 'has preceded it. MUNICIPAL CAMPIENTMIMI,ING. It has been determined by the tcorinnitte.e on Law,rhat the office of City Carnentashall be established, and an ordinance to that effept will be reported to Councils on Tbucsffiry . next. The city has considerable carpentering, to do, and the appointing of somebody prae tical to do it would doubtless be a very good thing. The only fear is that a mere politician may get the appointment, and in that case the city carpentering will be left Le go to the dogs. We have among us a highly ornamen tal and eminently useless (to judge from their woks) body of men called Supervisors. They look out sharp to get their appointments, and after they have got them no set of men could be more prompt in their attention at the office of the City Treasurer upon pay-day. But, when we look around for some substantial results of the existence of such an office as Supervisor, we are all at sea. Unsightly holes are found in the cobble-stone pavements, the side-walks are shockingly dilapidated in , parts of the city, curb-stones stand up eight or ten inches above the level of the brick pavements; and, , not unfrequuntly, they rear their ugly heads directly at the street crossings; while broken poste, stumps of trees, &c., project themselves into the way in the most unrea sonable and most troublesome manner. We are perfectly well aware that upon the ap pearance of this article In print several Super vis4s will irtinieditately proceed to the lint: Learn taco and complain of, the harshness of these strictures. They will bay that they Lave so direct control of the matter; that their duly is to report obstructions in tue higlewuys to the Councils Como:date on liighasy- ; that this coineuittee, after, d 'zing over 4he problem for a time, have to deter mine upon tusking • necessary rep tira, and that 9ury (=respond with numerous 0111,1iAls and uuwindinuomeraple.hinke of red clot!, and tkeri; ra forg Ateu and luosleas pedestrians continue to break their shies or damage their noses just the same. We bautity sympathize .with these badly-treated ,Supervisors, and taking tho hint frowthe, uppointmentof 'a city carpenter; we would relieve, the Supervisors front their arduous and perplexing duties, and abolishing the office altogether, we would. appoint a few City Wood-choppers, a lot ,of City Stone cutters and a batch of City raiders. We would have these practical men cut through the Gordian knot of red tape,like men of met tle, and whore they see anything to do, Just do it and make no fuss about it. ,svk tfro , Jael.:4B lading Jacket.% ,ciatinv ja,i , ket4. Skating Jacketa, New Style Sark Coats, Seto Style Mat; Coate. Sew Style •ack "Coate, Sew ;style Sack, Coate, The movement now on foot to procure a second ice-boat for Philadelphia should be promptly responded to by Councils. It is true that it is too late now to put, another efficient boat on the river thisivinter; but it is, nevertheless, precisely the time to agitate the subject and commence the work of building such a boat as will' be able, in• conjunction with the one now in use, to keep both the Delaware and the Schuylkill open in the se verest weather. The petition to Councils now in circulation very properly represents, that the interests of the pork of Philadelphia are altogether too great to be left to the chanees of a single ,ice-boat, unequal at all times to do , the reqUired work efficiently, and liable, by any 'trifling derangement of ma chineu; to leave' the work entirely undone. Last winter, ,there were three weeks in Jannar3r when not a singles easel' reached our wharves, and dming the' entire month•only twenty-six vessels arrived, while three hun dred vessels 'arrived in the preceding month, The Suspension of the coal and oil trade. _alonele,e c\ raatter of serious loss to the city, and yet it \ -4fas been carefully estimated that for $i50,000 another first-class ice-boat conld -be put upon the river, which would • almost, if Kit quite, pay for itself in its earnings by towing. The fact that the port was kept certainly open during the winter, would largely increase trade,whith is now diverted to other ports by the mere uncertainty which exists regarding the condition of the Delaware in cold weather. Boys* Saito, Bove Suits, Bowe Statas Rolm , Suits, de16.364 Early,in this year a resolution was intro duced_in Common Council,'directing the Committee on Port Wardens to report as to the necessity for an additional Ice Boat. A great deal of time was given to the investiga tion of the matter by a sub-committee ap pointed for the purpose, which'made a report in favor of building an additional boat, but could never succeed in getting the main com mittee to pass upon the matter fatiorably. The report of the sub-committee was laid aside and now • mats quietly among the archives of the committee; never to be brought to light, unless public opinion shall Press the subject atlisw upon Com:ions, and show that a Waeral and judicious expenditure for this putpose will be both a popular and a Pr.`oiltable measure. On, last Saturday night there : was a • fire in the basement of the Continental Hotel, and the flames having worked their way ' be tween the ceiling and flooring, much trouble was experienced in extinguishing them.. Except for, the fact that all parts of this splendid structure are constantly under watchful care, there might have been a great conflagration, with a possible loss of life, to record. In most European cities the prici ple of prevention being better than cure is observed; floors and stairways are constructed of stone, and the "stud" partitions' in this country, that form such excellent channels for ate speedy passage of fire to all 'parts - of a building, are filled in with plaster of Paris and thus made fire-proof. Many capitalists go upon the theory that insurance is cheaper than precaution. This doctrine is contrary to a sound 'public policy, and it is to be hoped that builders and capitalists in Ameri can cities, at some reasonably early period, will reconcile themselves to the idea that building& are constructed for some other pur pose than being burned up. Yesterday afternoon a tire destroyed the Camden Rolling Mill, which furnished em ployment to about two hundred men. Most of these unfortunate persons have families to stipport, so that probably five or six hundred human beings are, by this sad calamity, de prived of their Aeons of subsistence in the' most severe season of the year. Their Christ mas will be a gloomy one, and it is to be hoped that the citizens of Philadelphia, who can afford to be charitable, will unite with those of Camden in extending immediate and liberal aid to the sufferers by the burning of the rollbig mill. The :Moravian Christmas ,• Putz " at hatienal No one of the great festivals of the Church is characterized by such peculiar and impressive re ligions festivities among the Montvians as Christ mas. That saine universal and keen perception of the beautiful which led them to found all of their towns , upon' sites replete with - natural beauty, and to construct the tame into very models of neatness and tusteful arrangement, ro- weals itself in,4l of the household or church deco rations, wherewith they delight to commemorate and represent the events connected with the Saviour's birth, and to impress with indelible fOrce upon the radiantly joyous children each re curririe anniversary. 'Whether • the "Bute (literally any embellish `bent,' hut' in Moravian acceptation a Christmas decoration),consist of a simple pictorial repre 'aentation of the scene in the Bethlehem manger, or of the more ingenious, elaborate, and costly imitations of nature' to be found in many of the 'congregation families, the , scenes ' remain forever bloomingivithin the memories of those who participate frotOicar to year. Ono of these really artistic, unique and beau tiful Christmas ''petzes", has been erected in Nt4- ;lona' Hall by a committiM''Of. the Young Men's Christian Association — of !Bet.bileheif, a most' earnest and vigorous body of youngmen, under the ancient administration of Venry J. Scamau, Ehq., President. It would require more than Due of the thickly-erowded coludans of the Bub - 1.1:11:4 to .deserituf the, manifold ,bertntier, and Incelumical O j eda of thid ; Oegatitti:v.filbitlqu with accuracy and Justice. • It s Bfl i eut features are a Miniature ridge, or mountains, vividly recalling many of the wild and romantic bits of scenery along the cours&of the Lehigh river between litaneh Chunk- and. White, 'Liven; a cbarmiLg, winding ;Valley between the rugged spur just mentioned and a steep hillock in the foreground; and, ;linatly, , certain ingeolnii., Fecuthiply natural cascades, whereof one, in toppling ceutse, constitutes the motive, power ler a neat]) constructed model of a mill with re-,, %hiving wheel , well ipeakesl in the words of the old tong "In ein,cin kueNer grunde." le aser el jeers which till in ihistartistio contrivabee l serve . to encloW it wltli:!.Very life itself, firth a r:lehr fret kof water' liewAng tiencati; teihn, tnesfy bluff; a neat founiain on , the green loWirdc in (rent of the' eottage,4ald 6e!au seelarate , sloth) of Mr. R. Wilhurls residertbe opposite: Bethlehem; a complete farm house,, bArn, and tether attendant buildings, the farmer viewed in the foreground mollifying a fractious horse; TII - DAILY EVENINO V E II Y, DECEMBER' § -I, 1867. ANOTHER 10E-BOAT.. marl) quaint, rind eotiages nestling here aud there 'neath ininiature overhanging cliff, or peering forth from some dense thicket of under growth; or the eye rests With 'pleasure upon a light, airy bridge, over whieh a solitary horse man is seen to galop at furious pace, as though in urgent haste for the neighboring doctor. There are fenced-in fields, ° too, with patient, lazy cows quietly grazing therein, while higher up the sido of the mountain, may be seen the clambering goat, In oiliest of the outcropping hill-side herbs of his fancy. The numerous jutting rocks, which serve to enhance the natural effect of the little Mountain ridge, were brought front the iron and zinc mines near. Rethlthem ' and furnish to the observation of the geologically interested some very superior specimens of rough ore. MI of the above-mentioned natural objectS are arranged with exquisite taste, and with the finest appreciation of perspective and proportion. They prove Mr. Wm. Oho, the chief designer and artiaCer of the "Putz," to be pOssessed of sufficient natural taste and ingenuity to render him very celebrated within more extensive spheres of action. If any of the gay throng' now ignlivening oUr Streets in quest of holiday recreation, may chance to visit the display at National Hall between noW and the New Year, they will assnredly. feel themselves amply repaid by the unusual character of their entertainment, as well as by the consciousness of a personal contribution to the,efforts of a noble band of young Christians, actively struggling for the spread of the Redeemer'e Kingdom upon earth: • Closing Sale of Dry Goods-Jolin B. Myers as Co.. Auctioneers, N0e..2 and Eat Market street, will bold on Thareday. Dec. '2.0, at 10 o'clock. by catalog iv, on four.monthe credit, *largo , sale of Foreign and Do meetie Dty Goods,. comprising 176 packages Cotton and Woolen Domestics; good' Blankets, Army floods,' to Micas Clotha , Caesimeres; Satinets, Doeskins, Bottrop., ltatines, fancy Coatings and Cloaking: , ; MG pieces black and cold' Italian L,lothe. Also, Drs- Goods, Silks, Shawls, -Maude, Scarfs._ Drapery_ Manlius._ Also, full lines C. Handkerchiefs, Linen Napkins, Day. lies, Table Cloth., of a favorite make. Also, tindery and Gloves, Zephyr Goods, Traveling Shirts, Shirts and Tics, .Balmoral and Hoop Skirts, Umbrellas, TrimuningS, &c. ' • - Stilelulf Valuable Property 0,614 1-4 1.71:M1 BIaITLETON, TIVENTY-1111111? LE.)AYB - afrejila3ilil"tlAi.l,l l ):iih.AßEl). BY J.A.iits a. VI:Lk:- 1%1.1N, A TR:Tv:nu:fol.—Tito next srlo of Real &state vor tired by Mr. Freeman includes a largo premerty in the wenty•tbird Ward, to be Hold by order of the OrPlum' Court. Iter The sate zeal take prove next Monday. at the L'al chance, and net 0/1 Ired)/CAgay. Gents Overcoats of Chinchilla. Esquimaux Beaver. Fur ir &redo!' " Johanney " Frosted " Castor Fancy Whitney. London Travelers. Black Doeskin. " " Trloot. Br, Velvet Beaver. SC BiackMoscow. "' • Blue Pilot. " P'S Mixed Cassimeres. Sk.atingJackets of Blue Chinchilla. " Oli " " Fur Beaver. " English Pilot. Chesterfields of Ail colors tamers. " " Cassimeres Business Suits of 100 •varieties, all colors, sizes and shapes. Dress Suits of 100 diffetent kinds, All desirable styles. BOISE SCHOOL SLITS ofGral and Dark !Used Casstmere, made warm and service. able. BOW DRESS SUITS of Trieck and Beavers, Silk !fixed Cog4l. • men% • and other genteel and hand some materials. • ROTS , OVERCOATS of Good &motto's's'. YOUTHS' OVI.Rc+OATa of Excellent styles. GENTS' FURNISHIAG GOODS, Splendld•stock. CARD, DEeningx, 13th, B37,—The above list comprises a part of our 1111111 i ens() etock,wbich we confidently believe to be the hugest, and best In Philadelphia. ilvery article is of our ea cafe fel make, and thoroughly BEL,lAlii,p, in every respect. Anxious to keep out large corps of hands constantly employed we will make a large DI3COUNT to all buyers. Or Our Custom Devartmeit is full of beautiful Goods, which we will make up at aedueed Rates. • WANAMAKER &BROWN The Popular Tailors It Clethlen, Sixth Lind ',Market Stree is AND • Sixth and Minor Streets. TIOWNING'S AMERICAN LIQUID CEMENT, F minding broken °rim:cleats, and ether, articles of Glass, China, Ivory. Wood, Marble, &e. heating.re. qui r ed of the article to be mended, or Mt, Cement. Al. ways ready for use. For sale hy JOHN R. DOWNING. Stationer. fe.tf 139 South Eighth street. two doom ab. Walnut nin AMR Ot.Po IMPROVED. VENTILATED and easy•fittlng Dress Rats (patented). In all the ap proved fashlonsof the season. Chestnut street, next door to the Post.oflice. selalvre erti.elaum mow HAT IMRE. al l a N. E. CORNER TENTH AND CHESTNUT.I FORMERLY, onEsTrarr. Allow, MEWL Yonr petroleum palette& peee.tt BUSLNESS ROOMS TO LET, AT 804 UTIESTNUT STREET„ , APPLY TO THEODORE S. McE-AILLA, do2o.tfrp4 IN THEILAT STORE. • nONDENSED MILK. NEW 'YORK 'MAJKLI Eagle Brand, 0: o beat article that Is maunfactared. For sale by ,TAMES T. bliiNt4, S. W. corner Broad and Sprace eft cob , . do 24 1.14 k NICE AriSOKTMENT OF lANCY AND 1)WI 1 - IBatikuta at ' • • ' 1101LN.76, 429 Spruce street. N. B.—telling at coot price& , do'Xi r..OLIINU air .11, kititta.utalk.DlT ltiRVWd, W4lt IV rented of solid fine (fold; a full assortment of 0.845111 FARE di BROTHER, Jetvellera 'PA ClheFtnn , mtnript. hAlow Fmwth. lomer -1(114 •1 b HAIM/ IN iiiiho,-4.<1,111•1'• .col. Ll. tall! IA aitb ivory, rubber, and. other handice and plated bled,s; Children's Knives And - leorks, Peekt. Kmeee, Wok-teach:Ws ticieeoni. in rote, and Razors; Box.+:d and Chests of Toole, from 111 to +rat Boy.' Work Smelled; Patent Tool Handles (20 miniature tools in them); Boys,' Ladles' arid Gents' Ice and Parlor Skates; Clothes Wring+ re (they'll save their co+t iu clothing and time); Ca, vet Sweepers; Seibtacking Carpet Stretchere; Plated Spoons. Forks, and Nut Bloke. Miniature Garden Tail++; Spice and Cake Boxes; Tea Belle and Spring + lail Bells; Nut Crackers:. Tea Trays and Waiters; Patent A , +l+ Sifters (psy for thenneelves in the coal saved)( Carved Walnut Brackets; Gent men's Blacking Stools, net 'strong; Boys' Sled++; Rais n Seeding Machines: Apple. Paters end •Cherry Stoning Machina+, and 11.; geu..r4l variety of lawful Housekeeping Hardware, Cutlery Tame, at Ti.LMAN dt 1611 AW, No. 1385 (Eight Thirty-tlye) Market street, below Ninth. rt huk.tatb, uuT'Lt ti 4k k l4t., Vaaiii.JEAS AND uthere.—The undereigued has pet received a freab supply , Catawba, California. and Champagne Wilma Tonic Ale, (for invalids); constantly on h.nd. Y. J. JORDAN, 220 Pet. r street. Below Third and Walnut etreeta Ql.l. tilt' , ROMAN:. 1 , ki 051 BOST; —(j Ogncee of mdse. per libiere steamer wildel as.e eaud ter their goods, new landing at One street *hart'. • d. 2•11•3 t. • life R N a ,t; CO. ROCKIIILIA WILSON, WINTER cLoTiliNo. r'T - MEN'S' .1iN,P.::.,13Q78.".;Q4)TH1NG; pßigts;Taz •1 r.A . e t t;•• •-•• , •r' KILT* viiilol.o4- ... .s. 4.4 803 AND SOB CHESTNUT STREET: A BARGAIN IN DRESS GOODS, At 31 Cents per. Yard, Silt/ mar A EWWEEKI AGO AT 50 CENTS. A NICE CHRISTMAS PRESENT For a Male Money. EDWIN HALL & CO., AO. 28 SOUTH SECOND ST., Will offer to-.day .3-txrds oi Stlipe Poplins, at 310,, Chenea Poplins, at 31o f and Plain PoplinP, at 310. EDWIN HALL & NO. 28 SOUTH SECOND ST„ Will openrio•Qcty, :t ft w pieces of HEAVY BLACK YELLERS OR CORDED POPLINS, For Ladies: Dresses and Suits. Scarce and Very Desirable. nip INS UR,ANCE sr BY 1 16 Insurance Coripany•of the State of • Pennsylvania. - (1 nice, Nou, laud and;; EichNnee Bu lding, North 51,10 of Walnut, cut of Third street. Incorporated April 18 ih, 1794. CHARTER PERT% MAL. HAS PAID OVER $/0,000,000 IN LOSSES. Pro pert ies 91( the Company, SGOO,OOO. Marine, P t, and r I NSURANCE. Inland Traimportattoi Direo, 01'S HENRY D. SHERRERD TIIuMAB WATTSON, MA' LE S 31At.:AL LAM.% II EN ItY G.. FREEMAN, - WiLi lAM B. SMITH. CH t RLES S. I.E , YIS WILLIAM 1,„ WHITE. fiEORGE C. CA 118'14, GEOLGE 13 STUAI , T, EDWARD C. KNIGH r. BA"' JOHN H. AGOTE4. 'ATMS. WAGNER, HENRY D.' SHER WI CIA A M. HARPJ de:l4-tu th 8 6tl .. Office to Rent. The very desirable OFFICE. No. 105 South THIRD Street. Apply to ' PREVO,iT & HE. KING, de2l3ts 107 South Third street. E. M. NEEDLES & CO., &N. cora Eleventh and Chestnut Sts, WILL OFFER FOR THE HOLIDAYS, IUNTII. JANUARY Ist, At a Sacrifice to inure the Stock BEING CLOSED, French EmbroWered Sets, Lace Sets. Linen, Hem. Stitched, Embroidered and Lace Hdkfs. Lace and Embroidered Collars. ace Veils and other Lace Goods. Ladles seehlueblirst.class articles at a low price will find this a rare oppor. tunny to supply their wants. de234t4 VERY FINE AND OLD IRISH AND SCOTCH WHISKIES, howled (slimily for our Sefatl laic,. LONDON DOCK JAMAICA RUM The finest in the 00 - untry. H. & A. C. VAN BEIL, WINE, MERCHANTS, 1 1310 CHESTNUT STREET. (Yea tu tb 10t P ROOKHILL &WILSON, PRICES REDUCED. 1 - ' CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER, ,A ,GENERAL'IttitCTION' ;(#4 ALL or on coops. 608 AND 605 CHESTNUT STREET. RE RD, President, 11, Secretary. LADIES' NOTICE. GREAT HE L ECTION a PRICES Ar/ JOHN M. FINN'S, S. E. 'Cori Seventh and Arch Streets. Ditt SS TRIiIMINGS. • BEADED GMT'S. WOESTED rnmor.s. BUTWNS. BUTTONS. TUBBONS. 8.D380N8. ZEPHYR GOODS. ZEPHYR GOODS. Embroidered Blip ere, Goma of Beauty ' Tufted Homes and Flowers on glippere, Z. phyr Cushions, icugs and Scr e Tufted Zephyr work, novel desfoi STOCKINGS. STOCKINGS. ' LOWEST PRICES. LOWEST PRICES. Our 85 and 40 cent Stockings arc full, regular 'and dm* ble. Our prices for the genuine Iron ,Framed (oads arli the lowest In the city. ERINO UNDERGARMENTS. Ladles' Merino Vests. $1 00 and up. Misses , Sterino Vests. good, Be cents and up. Children's Merino Vests. in largo variety. COLLARS AN]) CUFF . A large and elegant apeortment of Callan and beautifully embroidered with late inwting; also, 1 , 14.1 n, very handsome, SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS, OPENED 7 0-DAY AND MONDAY From - New York Auctions. Stocking ..Yarns. Stocking Yarns in largo variety of colors and grades, at lowest prices, Linen Ilundkerch lets ; 10,12, 14 cents and hemstitched Handkerchiefs, 25, 28, DJ cents and up. ZEPHYR SLIPPERS! a o lrig ib 'f . ' ; e i p d l e ly i : e r d S vi li i rre, will find a very Birds, klowerH, and Set Patterns: in plain and tufted work, at Mr. F 1 1 R. Xil2 stork LY pull, natty large and contarne tonne of the latert novelties lite prfrea vary from nil 00, 61 60. e. 00. Uh_to_titi 00 per pair, according to , . S. E. CornerATICII and SEVENTH Stlienti... defl,Partu.2t4P SPECIALTIES LADIES' FINE FURS, NOW OPEN, The choicest selection we have ever offered. consisting of FINE RUSSIAN SABLE, HUDSON NAY SABLE. HAS CERN AMERICAN SABLE. ROYAX, ERMINE AND 4111Niamx A. FINE SIbERIAN qUIRREL. ASTRACAN. GRAY. CRIMEAN. Besides mazer other varieties. REAL ASTRACAN ABC TIC SEAL CLOAKS. FINE SABLE CLOAKS. And other largo Fur Garments. J. W. PROCTOR & CO,, r, SPECIALTIES IN Ladies' Fine Cloaks. . • • . NOW OPEN. i r ... THE ANDSOMEST STOCK WEI HAVE EVER Ei. HID ED. ( n MPRISINO 0 , RMENTS IN TilE MOST DE MABEE MATERIALS, AND OF THE MOST FAtill lON ABLE COLORS, IN GREAT VARIEFit AND. WHICH Vt E WILL. SELL AT • POPULAR PRICES. . J. W. Proctor & Co., 920 CHESTNUT Street, * SPECIALTIES . _ IN Rich Black Dress Bilks.‘' Wo have Just received a Case of FINE LYONS SILKS, Purchased under advantageoul Olreonsfoloool, of qual ties varying from $4 tOll5 50, To u tieb we respectfully ilk the attention of ladle& Mete goods will be sold for less than UM' would coot fa Import. J. W. Proctor& Co., EV CHESTNUT Street. D RESS -MAKING DEPARTMENT. All the Favorite Colors in PLAIN CORDED POPLINS, BENS. EPINGLINES. VELOURS RUSSE And other Web Fabrics for WALKING BUl'l' Which we will sell by the yard, or make to order. LA PIES l) Et ESSE S, MADE IN TWENTY•FOLR DOUR& A large variety of LADIES* WALKING SUITS; - At all times ready-made to put on. J. IV, PROCTOR Si CO„, 920 Chestnut Street. Ain 174 ,1 411.4.1-N WITH 'INDELIBLE INK, EMBROIDER ivP tug, Bi stio Mg, Blum Ping. &c. • • M. A. TORRY, • . IHOO,tYlbntt tstreet. 1 1., )1 I LOOK 1,g•OB I—WALL PAPERS I 0-10• 1 cd , ced. Beautiful etylue 1.01, 16, Al and 250. Aho, 601 d Bud Hain. l'apere. Hung ceap, Window t , , , dt•i• at int,l pfuct lucre prices. JOHNSTON'S' Depot ; • , • oe Garden etreet. ..R6CIinitL4:VirILSON-,. READY-MADE CLOTHING, In Endless Variety, To be closed out before the Hoiidays. Ba►galnß! Bargafpal Pargainsl 603 AND 605 CHESTNUT STREET, JOHN 31 FINN, P) CfIESTNUT StreeL CHOICE GROCERIES, UMBRELLAS! - " FOR 11P4 r9WESEN - rh4. SILK, ALPACA AND GINGHAM And NOW Style Swiss Carved "-I 'Ladles WILLIAM A. DROWN - it CO., 246 MARKET STREET. DEAD BLACK THREAD DADE POINTS AT RR. DEAL DI , CED I'RICFS.—I have in 14 tock. nu assortment of to avail Mown-Ives of tbn Rich, Real Blackl hroad Lace Poh,tit To Pin ties present at: aeon,. and preaent deproadon of prices—l will wake prices at an important' retladitti from my LOWEST GOLD PRICKS. OEORCE W. vockEL . 1016 Chestnut'dreet. ROOKHILL &WILSON, BOYS' OVERCOATS. TS. 603 AND 606 CHESTNUT STREEL. DELICIOUS CHRISTMAS GOODS! !, THE Oldest Established House is the Tra.4o 'lo....the' Cit y. : SIMON COLTON & CLARKE, Si W. Oor. Broad and Wablut, Offer to families and. ,all.lovors of good th ngs the most choice stock of FINE FAMILY GROCERIES Ever opened and dieplaped in hiladelphia. We are prepared to meet in prices and quality tuo most fastidious buyer of the time. OER TEAS, COFFEES 1110 ALL STAPLES ARE OP TM BEST. FINER DELICACIES, SUCH AS Prpfl anti PreFierved and in RAISIN% CI: HA arra, HONEY, C ATLI ON, FIGS/ PAU pi ELLAS, SAIICES, FRENCH PEAS. I ► III U6BROOII.IS r PATES DE FOULS GUAM, iTtUIFTLE99 GAME in ginst vailety. N 11316 in great variety, OLIVE OIL. • Our Cheese Stoek:Coporiks FINE OLD STILTON, CI4EDDAIZ, ROQI Thleo RT. 13RIE, ,GRUYERE, , PA ItIVIE-!LIN, PINEAPPLE, UTO I-1 HEAD, e,to. Our Wines Comprise the moat Popular - Brand ik Of Chanipagne; EUPFUBERGS VAULT% 116.ELLN 4N noiN; CLARETS OF OUR OWN lIIPORTATIONv Aud our welLkuOvrn TABLE SHERRY, Port and Fine Old Brandy; In small cask' of 20 gallims, or by tho domi;obn. Fine Cordials, In great yariety and genuine Fine Havana Cigars,. At tow prices Alxneiria (grapes, 40 Cents Per. Pound. SIMON COLTON & CLARKE.- dt19.6t41) Thompson Black's Son & Broad and Chestnut Streets, • re prepared to famish Fardi ies with very vatioty of At the lowest CASH PRICES. UMBRELLAS, With Ivory, Partridge, Bamboo FOR SALE BY tit 31 Ot4p ELDER FILAVIIV EH 941/4.P., 11. P. 82 - , U. It. TAYLOR, No. 641 North hluth otroat, 'elß 6ti'i BOYS' CLOTHING of all kinds. • elling Very Low. PRUNES/ IPteItLES, CAITSIUIPAI. BIACCiittONI, th r tt Veiling Very LM .E,COND-EI)ITTON. BY TELEGB,APH. To-30 ay 9 sWarAiiingto News. The Parker Wedding Ex- citernent. Thee Pubtio Outmanoeutmed by the Happy Pair, NEWS FBON THE BRAZILIAN SQUADRON. LATER CABLE NEWS. From 'Washington. • (Special Despatch to the Philadelphia Evening Bullettn3 Wien rieoroN, Dec. 24.--Nottee was' given out yesterday that Colonel Parker; Of General Grant's staff, who has figured, Otte extensively in the papers lately, would be married •this morn ing. This caused a large number, Including the creme de la eteme -NVashington society, to be •prosent ' St the , Church where the cerernonywsts to be perfortned. As it was expected that General Grant and staff and quite a number of military men In the city would like wise sanction the proceeding by their presence, this but added to the interest of the occasion. But the hour came-, and neitAter bride nor -bridegroom appeartii, and again the strange stories circulated as in the first instance. A military movement had been tondo, toweverv_and_Col.—Parker-waa-prl vately married last evening . at 'six o'clock, and Immediately ai torwards left the city for Syracuse, New - York. Only _a few perstins wcm present, and the whole affair Was conducted with great secrecy. Dcspatches, received this morning at the Navy liepartment from Rear Admiral Bell, command ing the Brazilian squadron,' state that on Nov. 4th, Dr. Jose Bonifacio Maseentez De Asambaja, President of the Province of Bahia, Brazil, had visited the American squadron in vice-regal Style, and bad been remixed with appropriate honors. By the Atlantic Cable. Tice. •21.—The steamship Percire, from New York lice. 1 1 1th, has arrived. )irrl 1.4.3 t PTON, Dec: 31. — 2 rile si - 6.lin - 111p Weser, from NEW York Deo •I::th,.arrived at 9 A.-81.-• , P.l It Dee.A.—ltentes flat. Losn.,,:. Dee. 24, 11.15 A. M.—American secu rities flat. Illinoli Central, Others un changed. Livr.nrool., Dec. '2l, 11.1:1 A. M.—Cotton dull and unchanged; sale 4 to -day will probably reach 10.00 bales. BTeadstuils Lospos,, Dee. 24th, 1.20 P. M.--Consols for money. 92;;. United States Five-twenties, 721!-16: Illinois Central, 873.1,. Erie W.I. I.tvenvom, Doc. 24th, 1.20 P. M.—The Cotton market is heavy.and the sales today will, not exceed 8,000 bales. Breadatuffs—Corn is quiet at 45e. 9d. Wheat firm at 15a. 2d. for California White and 13s. 7d. for No, 2 Red Western. Peas have declined to 40s. Barley and Oats unchanged. Provisions—Bacon, 418. Tallow 445. Beef, 11.28. for winter cured. Pork, 475. lid: Cheese, 525. The Produce market is *about change. The Allegiance question. CI-E% LIAND, Ohio, Doc: '24.•—A,'gloating to con sider the rights of naturalized citizens ,was held h. re last night. The principal feature was a sPecch by A. G. Thurman, late Democratic can didate for Governor. He spoke at considerable length, urging protection to naturalized citizens wherever placed, and denouncing the Idea that allegiance to any government survives naturallza don under another. • . A praimble and resolutions were adopted look - - log towards the protection of foreign-born cid yer,g of the United States everywhere, and re commending the subject to the early , attention of Cow:toss. Fiona Fortreill Monroe. Fon rer:s MoNr.ot:, Dec. 21.—At about four o'clock this morning, the alarm of fire was heard inside the Fort, anddupon rushing to the spot, we found it to be Carroll Hall, in the room for merly occupied by Jeff. Davis, but now occupied ny COL Fltnry, of the First Artillery, Chia En gineer John Baulch was promptly on the spot with his steamer, No. 31, and soon succeeded in checking the dames, which were rapidly spread ing. Theflre originated by some coals dropping out of the grate on the floor, setting the carpet on fire. The damage done to the building was slight. Arrived—Brig Fidella, Captain White, forty seven' days from Rio de Janeiro, with coffee. She has been ordered to New York. Captain White reports speaking November 10th the ship Ellen Southard, one hundred and three days from San Francisco for Liverpool, in salt trade, 10.50 south longitude, 32.15 west. November 12th, English chip Phomix, Captain Collins, from Car diff for Shanghai, thirty-four days out, ltiejtude 8.12 'sanity longitude 33 west. All on ?board well. Left in port the rebel ram Stonewall, to scud on November 2d. The following vessels •were`loading - at Rio when the Melia sailed: Barklasac Davis, Captain Hand : John Bolton, Linsey and Amazon; • destination is not yet known. Theshlit Shatinittc was discharging a cargo of coal and would sail in a few days for San Franelsco. , Arrived in distrese,tbrig Model,,Johason, from GeorgetOwn, 8.,,C., for Boston; lost deck load on the ltith an ti had a man washed overboard (a Portognese) on the 14th instant, in a gale. Schooner Richard Inll, from Pensacola via Ravana,,lost sails in a gale off the:coast. In the Roads—Julia C. Pratt, from Baltimore, with c orn, and oats, for Boston; John Farnum, ditto; "David Collins, ditto; Isabella Alberto, from Alexandria, Va.,' ditto, for New Bedford; Mary A. Tyler; ditto, for Providence; Charles McDou gal, ditto, for Dennisport, Mass.; A. S. Free man, with oysters, for New York; Levina Bell, for Providence; brig Julia A. Avery, from Ban tor, for Washington, lost a boat in the ' gale of e 14tb; brig Yankee Blade, Coombs, from Bal timore for Charleston, S. C. - ..Marine intelligence. . • Ni w YoRK,Doc. 24.—Arrivtd—Bteamliaip Cam.- bria,from Hamburg. . Hon. The Hon. C. S. Hamllton, of Ohio, J 4 Bled by tdoi son. Comminns, Dee. 23.--CornellaS S. Hamilton, the lb publican: Member of. Congress from the Eighth DiNtrlel 'of Ohio; was killed by an insane eon at Mtuysyllle,"yeaterday morning. It appears that .the son Who committed the dreadful 'act had been" 'deranged for porno weeks. The father left Washington to see Lim, and ' had made arrangements to bring him 'to the Coliimburi Lunatic Asylum to-day. While feeding the stock yesterday (Sun day) morning on hie farm near Marysville, the boy stepped up behind him. and with a piece of board struck him on the back of the head, killing blm instantly.; get theh covered up the dead body with fodder, and started to -kill- his mother. Seizing an ase l he made tovrard , 7 her, when a younger brother, seeing the axe in - ,the maniac's_ and, shetiUd' to his mother" to run or Thomas ,wonld kill her. , She 'did No and escaped. ' The manfic then', started ter', the brother who gave the alarm, and litruett ldin dangerous blow on the shoulder. Anolgtibar, alarmed by the outcry, Ivo thO , boy, &night the Axe, and succeeded, With the aa. eirtance of others who had by that tlne reached the scene, in ,prtiyenting Wo ) oo3 : hid:def. The insane son:is now seemingly,; nnenn, eerned, The 'present was Mr. , H indium's first term in conven. 'Flo' was' eleetod in Pcieber, 1866. Aspirants are already named die eager rto be Bucceosor,:' —One advsntage of wearing 04604- slaves IA that you will always hays a bigger stocking to hang by the chimney on Christmas eve. .TIIIRI).'''..,TDITION.- By;TELEGRAPH., From' Fortress Iltouroe: FORT 310:51101C, Pee. . 4 4 . , —Arrived, bound for Baltimore, tbo brig Blue WaVe, friO , D ,, e , m2rara. Whydat; from Turks' Islantl;W; ,_____wrio:ktis.. Passed up, brigs Vrang4B,4ne irugl iVenonah, elssippl, from Demarara; schooner . ditto; ship. Huron, from Londonderry. Paesed out, strip ',Leurbut," for Liverpool; brig Cyclone,.for Boston, Victoria, for4ntwerp; Her ald, for LiverpOol; THE EMIT lIANN. Letter from John ltlitchel—The Pres'. • dettcy—lrlite Coeilucill of 11 , 111teen—cox.1 Roberta Iletlres, ac., - During the past six weeks there has been un usual activity hi Fenian circles, looking to a union of the organizations presided over by Messrs. Roberts and Stryage,under ODe tried and reliable chief. The committee appointed by ' the Senate - to„ , negotiate . With' mr.; tiaVage brought its Labors to a close in a most creditable manner, the utmostgood feeling being 'mani fested on both sides after the first ;9 - broadside" was fired and returned. Congresses and Con ventions were proposed ; and rejected - on the grounds of being too etpensive. Finally it was decided that Colonel Roberts, should have the Sower to. appoint seven gentlemen, and Mr. avage the same number, to act, as a cormeil, the' fourteen to appoint an additional' ember, after which they should at once proceed to elect a President of the 'halted Brotherhood, provided ~the office was refused by John Mitchel. Messrs. Roberts and Savage, in accordance with the agreement for union, tendered the office of chief to Mr. Mitchel, who, after mature consideration,- sent the following; letter to those gentlemen -vlttisn Crrizers" °MIX:tr.; No. .11, Barclay St., isirav Yonx, Dec. Ifs, ('el. Win R. Ro bells and John Savage Eggs.: Gestrtestest—Ptte _ tender you have made to me of - the - Presidifar of the re-united Foam Brotherhood, though it has embarrassed Me, could not Mil to be gratify ing on three Counts—first:that it proves confi dence bx me personally—and next that it marks the moment of reconciliation between two bo-, dies of patriotic Itishmeti having the same obiect< in view. On this reconcihation, brought about by your own efforts, gentlemen, allow to etym. gratulate you. But, after sufficient time taken for molders dont after reading ILK, Constitution,' and holding . some conversation with some of, the: leading ', members of those organizations,' must beg leave respectfully to decline the honor tendered, and the responsibility which they would pay me the, compliment of imposing upon me. And 'I have' the less regret In coming to this concluslon\tis it cannot be said that I throw any o_bstaele way of a'reunion of our countrymen: That re union is already effected, with a orovuilov, for electing a President in case of my refusing. I f It Is useless to enter here into any account of the various reasons (some of a public, EC= of a private nature) whieb compel me to decline. My countrymen know very well that I have the full est sympathy with the objects of Fenianism, that is the destruction of Britian domicion In Ireland; and, therefore, I expect they will give me credit for valid reasons without -my entering Into detail. With thanks for your courtesy, gentleman, in the execution of your mission, and assu rances of respect for you personally, I have the honor to be Your obedient servant, ' Jones Mrrcin.m. The ; Council will meet some time between now and the first of the new year for the election of a President. Colonel Roberts,, it is understsod, not anxious for any further executive honors, and the prebabllities are that Mr. Savage will be chosen Ghlef of the 80-united Brotherhood. When he accepted the leadership cf the almost defunct Stephens organization, he did so for the purpose of bringing about a union in spite of all opposition, and he hasfaithfully carried oat his object. EXCITING SCENE I 1 A RAILROAD ANladinan Attempts Suicide. [From the Memphis Post, Dec. aLI A gentleman who arrived in the city yesterday from St. Louis, has given us the particulars of au exciting affair which occurred on the Illinois Centrarßaliroad.. On Wednesday night a man got on the train at Centralia for Calro,and on en tering the car, instead of taking one of the seats, sat himself down on a box by the stove, which was very hot. He had been seated there for some time, when a passenger told him there were seats forward in the car, if he Wanted one. He made an incoherent answer, indicating that he was drunk or deranged. The conductor came along and endeavored to get him to a seat, when'he drew a revolver and placed it almost in contact with the body of the conductor. Just as he was in the act of firing, a passenger knocked the weapon aside, and the ball grazed the conductor without doing him any injury.' After After considerable dMicalty, the deranged man was secured and taken into another car, and two men engaged to watch him.' After- a time. , he managed to get away from them, rushed out of the car, and swinging his body by the railing on the platforms of two' cars, dropped himself be tween the cars and upon the track. The train was stopped and backed slowly, while search was made with lanterns for the unfortunate man. He was found in a sitting posture by the roadside, seriously cut, and covered with blood, and one of his legs mashed almost to a. jelly, the car wheels having passed over it. He was placed in the baggage car,and taken on to De Soto.where he was put oi,and a surgeon obtained who amputated the limb and attended to his other injuries,but he was not likely to recover. The man gave his name as Edward Ullery, and said he was from New Hope, Lincoln county, Mo. In his rambling talk, he spoke of having been , once tried for warder and acquitted; and said the conductor was trying to arrest him to have him tried again. He said also that ono of the pas sengers was Surratt, who had get him into trouble, and he was going to shoot him. The Opinion of the passengers' was that he had com mitted or been charged with committing some crime, and the affair had so preyed upon his mind as to deprive him of his reason. DIURDDIR IX CINCINNATI. Man Shot In the Street. ' [From the Cincinnati t nquirer .g the Lld hut.] For the firstilame in nearly half a year; our city was, last evening, about 6 o'clock, disgraced with a murder, as cruel as it was, to an appear ances, unprovoked. The particulars, as we have ascertained them ) are as follows: About the hour mentioned the victim, Herman AllmOre Smith,-drho resided on the Alexandria pike, near, its jniretion :with Monmouth street, Newport, left a saloon near the corner of Fifth and Main.streets, for, the purpose of going home. Passing east on Fifth street, and when near the corner of Sycamore, he me t„ according to the , statements of two boys who witnessed the terrible occurrence ' large, powerfully built map, who had just turned the corner from Sycamore street. As they approached 'each other, the two stopped and a conversation of a half a minute's duration occurred, The man who came from Sycamore street was then heard to exclaim, in a loud,voice, "Go awayr from. we, G--d d:--n his Smith, however, paid no attention to his words, 'and kept on talking,' but what ho said no one knows. The other,in a .lotid tone,' again told Smith to go away, and just an he was in the act of doing' so, be pulled a pistol front his pocket, and tired twice. •Thedrst shot took effect in Smith's' left breast, on a line, and about One , inch to the right of the nipple. Having receivid the first ball, Smith staggered and fell into the street, and the second, although aimed directly at him, failed to reach its mark. The assassin then, seeing the terrible result'of ran to the alley which runs between Main and Sycamore streets, from Fourth to Fifth, and made his escape. Smith was inunediately taken into Pete saloon, In front of which he' was ellot[ and, upon - the arrival'of 'the poke; 'was - conveyed 'to' the Com me rola Hospital, 'Hearing °flits removal, we repaired to the Hospital, and;, there learned from his own / lips what hid natrup Wasond wham be lived. In repirto a•euestlon as to the name of the assassin' e said it Was Hoover, but he was unable to tell bis first name. lie, also'_fiald that ` Hoover rt sided in Covington; and had worked ,In the sumo' shoo With him. He was also asked about the caustiArlifo difficulty, but von ER) weak from loss of blood; ac., that it WAS .impossible• to hear. what , 4 4 , died it exactly belf•past 7 o'ebnik,'thre&qtiarters of irti bon, after be bad - bake ielnaltted't4lhe_Elospital. §ralth was an imn finisher' by, octinpallon, and tlaß. we are Wormed, lately been employed; In Swift's rolling mill, IwNewport. • The rnurdorer, Hoover, if that be his ,patue was employe! in he mune mill up to a short time duce, and it In THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.--PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY; DECEMBER ?4,; 1867. 2:15 CYOlook. TIRE CAMDEN FlriE.—Tlie following are the in surances on the Camden Rolling 311lht, destroyed by Lire yesterday: Etna $3,150 Mechanics, Philadelphia ......., • .... 2,500 Home, N. Y . . 2,500 Bottle, N. H • 3,150 North British • 3.150 :Merchants' and Mechanics'Baltimore.... ',150 Hartford 0 ,500 - Anthracite ' 2,600 k Girard., '-. '2,500 Pb fen's, Philadelphia 2,500 Union Mutual ' 2,500 The Rev. W. R. DeWitt, D. D. ' died. sUddenly this morning , at .7 o'clock. lie had been failing for some months past—more decidedly so, in the last month; yet no immediate danger was appre. hended by his family, as he was about the house every day, maintaining his' wonted cheerfulness, and enjoying the society of ` his family and friends. Last evening ho retired rather- better than usual;- and this morning was about to rise, apparently as -well as usual—but suddenly lay back on his pillow and expired without a struggle. There, had beet a development some mouths ago of an organic &ease of the heart,_ which no -- doubt was the cause Othis deatli.— Thus has pissed away one of our most venera ted and useful citizens. He had ncarly..attained the age ot 76 years, and had been a resident here about fifty years—assuming the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church here in 1818. Dr. 'DeWitt was a full pastor of that church till 181i1, when Rev. T. H. Robinson was called as 0-pastor, and continued to preach,' perhaps once a Sabbath. till about two years ago, when he - relinquished preaching, but still gave a good deal of .attention to pastoral visiting, and assist ' mice in the religious services of the church. ,Over the long period of his ministerial service herattintained the reputation of being one of the finest preachers of our country. In his positibn • here at the capital of the State, few men any where have bad such audiences of intellectual hearers—especially many years ago, when our Legislators not having the opportunity now presented of going home remained over Sunday andlistentd to his preaching. This gave him a Stato•wide reputation; and the announce ment of his death will carry regret to many of his old hearers in distant places. Bere there will be sincere mourning 315170M4 many whose religions character was moulded by his influence; and' by very many others, who had looked upon him as one of the ri presentative men of Christianity. Ho stood among the strong men in his denomination. out living most of his ministerial cotemporaries. Until quite recenuy he kept np his attendance on the 'different Judicatories of his denomination— throughout the whole of which he was well known and highly esteemed—and indeed, through other branches of the church. But he has "come to the grave in a full age. like_asa shock of corn conieth his season." • Qt ram SEsstoNs—Judge Brewster.—The case of Dr. Roesch, chained with the larceny of a number of bonds, was concluded last - evening at six o'clock, with a verdict of guilty. Sentence was deferred. The whole of the morning was occupied with the trial of a defendant charged with committing an indecent assault upon a child twelve years of age. STATE OF THE THERMOMETER THIS DAY AT THE BULLETIN OFFICE. 10 A. M... 40 deg.. 12 M.... 40 deg. 2 31....40 deg. Weather cloudy. Wind Southwest. FINANCIAL' and comorEncrAL. The Philadelphia Money Itliatket. Sales at the Philadelphia Stock dattbtotre. MM. BOLD. $lOOO S 10-40 a cp 10144'100 sh Readß c 483,1 2000 do 101?; 13t sh Leh Nv stk 29 , 4 1000 Cam &Am 6:4*a 93 100 ah do WO 30 Ctoe9 City at new c&t. 99 100 eh do 83Own 291. 5000 Phil As Erie Cs ltd 92 CO eh do b 5 291.1 Ish 31ech Bk l3llf Beh Cam & Atoll c 127, 1 :( 56 eh Cum'! Bk 54 CO sh Dela Div 52 30 eh Penns it Itec 50;'; 100 eli Ocean 011 AFTER ROAMUS. ' 1000 Pena R I mg 6s ' t 100 eh Read R 48U" 100 sh 13th& 15th St 11 19 1 1 00 eh do b3O 483.-c„ seh Penns R 50";,100 sh Phil &Eden 28 tir 26 eh do roo.: ;400 sh Big Mountain c 3 3 , Ish do 51: - ' 3 lOO nh do 35/ PnrLAnn.r.trtA, Tuesday. Dec. Sq.—The money market Deasy, and the supply of unemployed capital is steadily increasing. 5 to ti per cent. are the rate for call loans, and there is not much inquiry even at these figured. The business at the Stock Board this morning was email—the Brokers were in their merriest mood, and at the close,of the First Board adjourned until Thuredey, singing. as they separated, **The Bag man and the Bag . • man." Government Loans wore stranger. with more demand for investment, State Loans were without quotable change. City Loans sold at AO for the new, and 96 for the old lames—no change. All of the better class of Railroad and Canal Bonds were held with confidence. ' Reading Rail load advanced ':—closing at 484'; Cam den and smboy Rail Road sold at 1314--an advance of if. and Pennsylvania Rail Road at 60,f,; —an advance of !i"; 57. washld tot Mina Rail. Road ; alfor Lehigh Valley. Bali Road; 33 for North Pennsylvania Rail Road; =V for Catawissa Rail Road prtfen - ed, and 4.936' for Northern Contralßall Road. In (;anal shares the only change waa.in Lehigh Naviga lion, which sold at V.:430. Bank and Passenger Railway shares wero steady. Smith, Randolph & Co.. Raikkerk. 16 South Third street. quote at 11 o'clock, as follows: titdd. 1633 i; United States Se. 1881, 1124€436:' United States 640's. 108.4®100154:: 340'. 186 i, 106",;(4)115:',i: 6-2u's 1885,103351@10e.i; 640'4 July, 1866, IlB@loat4 ; 5-10's. Jul,. 1867,4083:@10844; United States 1041's, 10134®1015i: United States 7.30 , 42 d series. 104., , 5®10451; tid Dories, 160A104U; Compounds, Docent. ber. , lB6t. 11935 bid. Messrs. De Haven & Brother, N 0.40 South Third street, make the following quotations of the rates of exchange, to-day, at 1 P. M.: • American Gold. 13117.i@1311T4; Silver, 1.2731,(413934; U. S. 6's of 1881. 11240112;i; do. 180,107,1.0 108 i:;: do. 1861, 1050105.'4, ; do. 1866. old, 105)8 @W.A. ; do. 1866, now, 108@letPli ; do. 1867. 108®108',i; U. 8. Teitlortios, 1014®101;';;; do. 7 3.10'5, June. 1043i0 1041.'; do. July, 104:1 @KW.," ; Compound interest Notlitf,— June, 1864, 19.40; July, 1864, 19.40; August, 1861, 19.40; Oc. tober. 1861, 19.40; December, 1864, 1.1.40; May 1865 ' 17017'_; August, 1865, 16 1 ;,(?)1630' ; September. 1865. 163,',® 15.?.; October, 1865, 15:16%. ,Jay Cooke 4t Co. quote Government seemities. &c.. to. day, as follows: hotted States 6's, 8681, 113'.,..e.?"112-ki; Old 5-W Bonds. 1080l08'1; New 5-20 Bonds, 1861, 1664 185 1 6-20 Bonds, 1865, 105;',A105%; 6-20 Bonds, July, 1865, 10 , 3(a109!1 ; 6.20 Bonds, 1867, 1088108',;; 10-10 Bends, 101;' 73.10, Juno, 1049,i3101.',3; 7 3-10,July, 104),® lou,; old, 133:@133).1:. • 'Perspex - , December lit —Trade Is chnost at a stand to day ; the attention of the mercantile community. and the irest of mankiud,heing engaged in preparing for the Christ `mas festivities. There in a steady demand for Quereltron Bark, and fur ther tildes of 15 'hog9heade, No, 1, wore repo.ted at $56 %t ton. Cloyerseed ranges tram $7 to $7 75; Timothy is worth 030 5010 bushel. '1 here is a good demand for Flaxmed, and taken en arrival at d 0 5 0 . There la IL I tend , : b -nie consumptive demand in the fultvr glade both Winter and' Spring Wheat Family Flour a• tuivates,,la Inferior &seri la ar The ir geb yfs entirely for nwnll lots 'forthe anon. vof t• clay. trade, ctls7. 96gx,f9 50 cer barrel for superfiee; $4 6Q3',59 69 toe or tr n . for' Northwest..rn Fxtra f3kiksl.4 25 for Pennsylvania and 001', do. 1 1,: . u . 6 . n .L a tn ily n . " ; ;;.7Naki.3 for fancy. H,ye, flour steady. at ""...2: 0 . 0 'ON'AIM 'Myst there. is moth pg 401ng.. • • Tile to heat hiAikok is qo t, and prices stead V : sof 1,7(0 t oshnls,rime Penua?lvant Red atsois}s2 65 per bushel.. Ileo lanteady at 75. Cora quiet, with small wiles of old yellow a, sl42(dsl V; tom do. at iii l 0 a;sl 12, and we quntu pew nixed Wut..to at $1 I10:5AI 33. acts , ten dY• and farther sales of 200 bushels Petinsylvas nlu were made at 90c. ' Tile New York . ("honey no.rket• • '(root. )Formenn M. Jibe' following letter from. Searetery Ai t u u no t h put• arriind tO to hi. 0)11 "o noun the qm.stion of • coetroefing Futoll States not.Nl, '1 hr reshonx for h o o. ool3 trhotiew might have boot ramie Pirepg. 7.. The HerrotorY 4.91814, Imve stAte.l thAt for niter v mouths there, ~woulgt,,,lNV,:•no surulas revenue nvuifolde for.: the nrsylel'efv,ll6lted States notes, 11 1 11 , joardt,,equal tit" 0 7' d. nmtiou kbeA,lllet..,:olit end, vnte. A pant deb sloresi•! toior poss , jnent, .UntrtihoiCilol 10 ' 5 rfiud'll end Ise Vompoundsr-ftet rtt'of, I:contraction ow', rt pa, ; at pro'bobly node w 1:1.ho 'attempted this silo pp Deet inbor. 1868. After anotherrroo iii gethorA throogh= out the felon snd the short debt le pnt Into 1 the ideas, as will be the case in December. leee, the attention of said was seen In Smith's company yesterday morning. As soon ha the above . facts were known, two of the beet officers on our pOice force vvore detailed to arrest Hoover; but up to midnight they had failed to get any clue of hie whereabouts. As he is well know, however, ho can scarcely make his escape. Between 11 and 12 o'clock last night, the wife of the deceased came, over the river, 'and re- MainEd at the Commercial Hospital all night, watching over all that remained of the husband and father. Coroner romert will hold an inquest this morning, when It is hoped some now facts may - be elicited. CITY BULLETIN. Death of a Venerable Minister. [Front the Harrlrburg Telegraph, Dec, 2141.1 THE COURTS. Philadelphia Product) 31arket. Congress can be given to the contraction of the cut rene g with n preimect of seceesis wholly wanting now. 31. P.l` , /' /IV I)IM INT If 1"). T.' bre. 18, 18t17. : dour favor f this instant is reeetees. "it t,. z. o my intention to retire and cancel any more 'nited titan:smiles this inorith, bor will the condition of the Treasury WWI of the country.justify me in making the usual contraction la the month u, January. It may bo proper for Mb further to say, that while I entertoin the opinion that an' early return to apeclo Pay iu hi ir dispeusable to the national proaperity. aud that specie _payments cannot be restored without a curtail ment of lire Paper circulation of the country, I shall not continua to exercise the powered reducing the circulation of I.lofted Staten lintel conferred open MO by the act of April 12. 1808,iintees I have reason to suppose that 1 shall he austalucd in doing so by Congress, nor Instil Congress shall have full oppertunity for determining the future stagnant policy et the Government. You can, therefore. say to your 11 ouneittee that there will be no contraction of the . Currency by the Secretary during the' present month or the next. Ivery truly yours, " 1 11:411.310UULL01.31, Secretarrp "lion. John Sherman, Cbairman, die." The dayet business at the office or the United States Assistant Treasurer wan ma follows: Total Receipts, 84 e ; 2 0 2-3 , 3 1 total l'aYimenta.,.. $34101,884 01; total Balance. $1n1,064,342 30. (From Tmday's Herald.) Dgerattll:r: 23—The gold market evened this mein ni at a decline of from the closing price on daturdav, an afterw.rds remained steady, the extreme range o the day, prior to the adjournment of the board, having been trout 183 to with the cloring transactions at 138.3,1. Subsequently it became stronger and the quotationa advanced to ete,,i , 514,51. Tierethotliiinterest ts enormous, nearly all the operators in the room being bettiv, and the borrowing demand is corresponding!, active. beaus were made "flat." and at rates varying from two to pix per cent. per annum and 1.22 to 146 per cent. at per diem - in favor of the leader of she coin The gross clearings amounted to. $52,420.000, .the gold rhalanees . to $1.2411,275 and thenutrtricY balances to iiteeltiril. The firmness' of the rates of foreign exchange favors the ex oectati in of, centinifed shipments of specie on ...scale correaponding to those of the last fortnight, and the present low range of the premium is calculated to make theaelarger than they otherwise would ' be, ' '1 he bears in gold are argu- Mg that • the effect of the disbursement of the thirty .of gold to the bond hoidens from the government on the Ist of Jane-, ary will be to cause a further decline in the market; bat if we ninny judge by the extent of the "short" intarest tido. poyment hos already been more than discounted. If the price of gold was likely to remain permanently as low twit it now there would be nolreason for distatisfactionivith the result of the &Torte of the seeculls„tors feria tall; but as it is. highly probably that it will range considerably eigher for at leak two or three years teCome,this artificial depression unsettles values without serving any good purpose. Sta bility in the value of the currency in its relation to gold is what the nacre.% of the &entry demand,-and it is ono of the great evils nr irredeemable papereurreacy.thatits: . - value is exposed to fluctuations lin mated by speculative causes., 'the imports of geld arid sliver at the , Pert, last: week amounted to $38,741. Money was In superabundentsu plyatairpar cent' to stock - houset in good credit, and large ,amounts were loaned-in not-a-few -Instaneee-mt- five. --At- the.itame - time a few exceptional transactions for email 'amounts were reported at ,even per cent., which rate tee hooka still ask flow borrowers , miscellaneous -col -Wends, although they"willing - - bike - Six' as a rule. 'rho discount line Is quiet. and first-class commercial paper missetitfreely in the open market at 7*,. 8 per cent, most of the boldness being at 7y,.. !dollar sig natures are, howe.er, out of favor and it is, therefore, difficult to tenant , loathe beet qual ity eveu at high rates. The favorabls character of the last bank statement, and rile prospect of a largely incrensed supply of Inanable funds arising from the payment of the January dividends Mimeo confidence among hank officers and private money lenders. and there is some pressure to let d in comtquence. It is generally expected that the limply of money will be so largo in .January that call loans will be made mainly at five per cent.. The 'Western evchatige are, notwithstin ding the active deorand for loan. and discounto in the Western Atka, slightly in favor of this city, and those of the South are so little against us that tie re are no considerable remit tonere before made to that section; neither is it probable that there will be, owing to the smallness of the cotton crop mid the low price - of the staple. The trade `of-the - country is E 0 touch depressed that the_- &nixed fore money from - - mercantile conimiteity to very light and lenders are distrustful of • all but first claret houses. i here is only me field for its employment under r uch circumstances, and that is, hr speculation on the stock Ex lunge. Hence, while trade continues to .1, °op, apecul ,tion is likely to beceme active tinder the stimulating hultiences of a concentration of idle capital at this c• ntre, and. with the opening of the New Year bushier% in Wall street will receive a fresh trapetus, how over it may be r Moocher°. $30,100 The following letter I om lion. uavid A. Waite, Special Commis/honer of the Revenue, was rend during the men den of the Ifanutacturers' Convention, in Cleveland. Ohio: It.E.A SUET DEP.% CTKEN T,O FTI 0 E SPECIAL CO (MISS I ONE IL OF NEVFLI r, NEW Dec. le, led7.—l have the boner to acknowl, dge the receipt of an in Fation to attend the NIL:local Convention of Ilanefac-urers, at Cleveland, on the 18th imit, and regret that my official engagements will not permit my accep tance of the same. With the object of the . Con vention, however, I am fully in sympathy: 'When Chairman of the Revenue Cornmisscon, in obtained 'tech evid .nce resperting the hilarious influence of the so.called industrial taxes on the warren and development of the country, that I then urged in a report to Congress their Immediate reduc tion. or entire n peal. The same recommendation, for- tified by the remits of another year's experience. wits again made in my report to the Thirty-ninth Congress, /1.6 Ispecialtiommietioner of the Revenue. In my next re .porh to be. submitted in a few days, I shall renew my recommendation to the same effect, and ehall endeavor to submit a practical plan whereby a repeal of all the taxes in question may be made, without in any way impairing the requirements of the Government to meet its oblige, Lions Lir intereist and other necessary expendlturst....------- I am, Sir, yotre, very respect! ulty, DAVID A. WELLS. Special Commissioner of the fte;enae. The following correspondence between certain' gen tlemen connected with New Orleans banking inside - none and kir. Charles Case, appears in the New Orleans papers: NEW OILLEANB, Dee. 11 1867.—Chlrles Cam, Esq., Re ceives' of the First ,Vationai Bank qf Sew Orleans: the undersigned: representing claim's against toe Flret National Batik of New Orleans, would bee leave to aal you as to when you- are likely to be in a pisitiott to declare a dividend to the creditors of said bank. As, also. if compatible with vour duties nalteceiver, we beg yen would Inform us as to how muchluade`you may have realized. thus far, which is (mi be applicable to said dividend ' The time, now six months, whit h has el speed since the stoppage of the Find National Bank, will, we feel,guard mi against any impute f.lol3 bring imi ortunate in thus requesting you for in formation which interests us and also many of the poor depositors of the t first National yank. Trusting that you will find it convenient to favor us with an early reply, we beg to remain, sir, - Your obedient servants • GLI4II - ZGE JONAS, President Canal and Banking Company. R. B. )IANNION. Representing N. M. Rothschild it Sens, London. J NO. G. GalNCfl, President Citizen's Bank of LOllLitatla. REI El V's OFFICE, NATIONAL HANK Or New 01ILL %NS, lame tiotits.:.s, free. La. 1867.—Gentlernen: In reply to yours of the date, I have to bay tnat I am, and for WM' time have been ttgaged in preparing a report of the condition of this bank up to the let teat., which report will chow all nip collections and disbursements to that date, u ith many other impotent details. This report is being pi epared for the Comptroller of the Currency, but an abetract of It will probably be furnished for the preen and a copy will be retaiued by me,w shall be pleased to submit to any cn ditor of the bank. B. reference to section 50 of the national currency act it will ho seen that I haven , thing to do with divi dends. he Comptroller declares them and the 'heal. urer of the United Statespays them; at tee least the . Treasurer atone has the funds, to pay them, aa I Pay all moneys into the united States Treasury as fast as col leen d. • V. ben the Comptroller will be able Ul:lee/we ÷nd is nucurthin. o ,me.balf, in number, of the creditors of tire bank have sui3 tit made legal proof of their claims. I treat Gm gress will soon so amend the law as to enable the Comp. troller to miecriee a time within which claims shall be proved or barred. lo di clans ae. ividend to the creditors who have thus far proved their claims, would work injustice to many of the poor depositors a ho are deserving though tardy. Again, the United States Government sets up a claim against tbolitink will 1 have declined to .allaw._ If it is a valid claim it will cover more money than I have es yet collected. Of the nature of this claim I have in. formed every creditor who has called, as well as of the fact that until its validity shall have been passed upon judicially, no dividend can l declared. The tlooner this mutter Is to ought before the Court and decided, the soot cr will the Coleidrollerhe able to divide tvith gen eral creditors. . . I have gone as far is I can by declinicg to allow it. Furthennure,there are large sumo, proceeds of Pales of cotton. due this bank In Liverpool Creditore holding the protested sterling of this bank threaten t as I kat assured, to institute chancery proceedings in kngland to 'detain these buds, and enforce, if possible, payment of their claims In full It is to be hoped they will think butter of the matter, and desist from a measure which Would be as unjnat as illegal; but if they do pet it way cause le. riona delay as I cannot consent, without a contest,to give foreign creditors ao great an advantage over those at home. . For theBe and other reasoner Icannot tell you, tor could the Comptroller, when a dividend may be expected. It is true, as you may, that six months (to a day) have elapsed since the stoppage of this hank. I doepl+ regret that within that time I have not bon able to settle pre cisely the liabilities of the • institution, or collect assets amounting nominally to over $2,000,000. Some of these assets arc not yetdeu •• Intim' others were past due when the bank stopped, end will probably main ro forever. Many mote are in suit, and are being Fuelled to judienint and execution as rapidly as legal machinery will allow. As to all, it should be borne in tram), pei home, that within the time specified this city has been vitt. d with au epidemic which prostrated or er le,(01.1 of its -citizsts. exiled temporarily an eq , a 1 number, consigpcd over it Olt to . their final riot, and for ner rly three mouths almost literally impended teisimps. het n yet, ex you well know, the city has not recovered from this thee of universal gloom. Very respectfully, you' obedient servant. MIAS. CMS, Receiver. • To Sirens. Geo. Jonas, rreelderit Canal and it orking Company ; It. it Memnon, • Eery., representing Roth child}Loudon ;land John(:. Cia nes. Premident Citizene Bunk. The Latest Reports by Telegraph. Inv Vona, Deo. 24.—Stooka ;Met. Chicago and Rook 'eland. 90'.; Reading, 'MN; Canton t ompany, 50; 70t.; Cleveland and 'toted°, 90; Cleveland ,tad PittAmi eh, 87N; PRtaburgh and Fort. Wayne, 991,;; 311 t Mean. Central, 110; 31.1ehlg.tn Southern, 80; Now York Central. 11171 i; 111101. !eutral, 130; Cumberland preferred, ; 511-am irl Sixoe, 117:1,;;Iludon Moor. 1143.4'; U. 8. Fleet we tittee,lB6l/, 104 1 ,i; do., 1884, 1054;'d0. 1804; 1454.; Ten•Fortien. 1013 d Beven--Thirtien, ' Gold, 151.0:', ' • 'honey,, ti per cent:: Excliange, 110'.. Cotton out* at IttO.,01,11”.„ Flour dull; ' RAO barrela aohl; Stat.). $8 4tk4;9.20; Uhf , $0 104 Uulifordla, $l2 0413 9.4 . t•tatotherit, tk9 90@14 50. Wheat dull. Corn mta beahot veld; WOateen, 04e. Ripley firer; 7. eOO lmaltele rotd; Wuatrrn, tslBs. Roof dill. lot dot , ; new one., $2O Pb. La' d &ll Whielty qutot ft.kiximotm, Dec. 24.- Cotton quiet It 11V. - o:15 . -i.e. klmlr steady;a.teao low gradea City Milk alltopow xtei at 410 70, 'Wheat art° eo; Red $2 . BO®s2 iblor urban to dolt. I ern very firm tit about yeaterday% priced. Data 't' 'tie. Nov Ldnuins übeb aimed. '1 het u la" num° demand to. bulk meta.; thoroughly eared name. • —AU quiet aiono :the huesltely,, hut., ttrii . will be coneideigbib weik with, the elbows (l . 4 thei iI m i_u e c eii i r ) 1 s t to = morrow . ; T it R or i r e o w w s. . h " a 4 , aving. ertva y s e e, a ,2 S a t? t i m un a t in . o R a . 0 VII 6lt ' ' 3 riU s d p ! ti lbs . lt 411414nbril4td.°441' 71114 : 1 5 1 14 %111 4 1 41 1 7 t' C" :" : 13 1 :IY 7 :;Ro blifl k i ii_ol T v h t i o , 0 - d pt , d a y. ii col i: o , not t, excite nswich uttoit r io 'r n u t r l l li a l• 'l 4k ti ltir C le l t ‘ L P44l:74l°7:°l: ::. finds '''—'—'4' :to the , r ig,:Ngli r il ti o ' 3ll oPermilln)Vtlitt )ll l both torkey.iod,•oo4yl ii <' sAii , Aemnt, a u 4,,tt, lb •f i3 " l 13"8811 T & Ind unwe'P Wast g:lt i l : 6° Prr uth on; s : th ar st e r b; Tinv)lll4)l.gl:BBBltOl'ta4ftke•arn t "r t , ltt '4 ;P x. gi l Vl ti et n tli ll o 4l f l tir li al l'l' ,!:511E"II4R?illiF`"M-1-."(i-iil4‘ pris-2rii%TiltrindinNlirs•adlB'.. tbo g Iti re . e f r • , • / " nnic' l• ' ''' 4'4:` , or ,o,uks. ~..„.. , _ , ,otle pi 8 t , Mt* att. t euthrte),,w4 7 l -Aren t) , Pg. el pc,loo, hag ' 1),v38 : i I TA 7A13 Ztv it ` ( lA < Pgßit did ~..01,1 A i t ch e d lb o ( zt ier o lli i t: i ll e al au tl t . ii Fo ge n t g e li a d u ti li M p birl acki bt , k t l li ll t j li r t ite ll ada ro i w u I te ir i mi tlit h Bff u r ta l . ro lstp h t0... -- antlit . im - rl . -1 6- 4 , ll .6 , l ,' N " 4 , l ,s v"r* ni. Pektr : u f rout ." lla , casks. - , , h . UoTee. ImmA 01' gale 14 M. 13. BUB IE.II . wice web • mum.") avenue: ...FOUR,Tiff.,: - p . ro Q: BY TELEGRAPH. LATEST IW THE CABL More. Deetruotion by the Fenian, LATER FROM WASHINGTON, Naval Intelligence. By 'Atlantic Telegraph. Loxtiox Dec. 24, Noon.—The aro still active. The newest sensation is an effort made last evening to destroy the 03S Works st . Glas gow. Attempts had been made the night before to destroy the Gas Works at Warrington, in Liverpool. In both cases the efforts were unsuccessful. The authorities in thotie cities are doubly watch ful, and.no further trouble is apprehended. De- . spatches received from various parts of the king .dom report everything quiet to-day.' The eruption of Vesuvius Is Increasing. • From Washington. . WAsitrNarox, Dec. 24.—The Navy-Department is in receipt of despatchea from Rear Admiral Davis, coMmanding the South Atlantic Squadron, : dated at Bahia, Brazil, :November 4th, InfoiMing the Department of having received on board :the' flagship Guerriere, with the proper honors, the President of . the Province of Bahia. ' Rear Admiral Davis also reports the condition and employment of the vessels belonging to the South Atlantic Squadrott u as follows:The-Guar. — . riere was at anchor In the harbor of Bahia, in ex cellect conaltiOn. ' ,the Pawnee and Wasp ,were also at anchor atßabia, both needing repairs., The Kansas was at Montevideo, the Huron at Rio do Janeiro, and the Shamokin at anchor off - Buenos Ayres. :titan or.r)Em9 Brevet Major-General J. B. Mclntosh, Lieu tenant-Colonel 49d Infantry, has been appointed Deputy Governor of the Soldiers' Home; his for mer appointment of Treasurer being revoked. Surgeon C. IT. Lamb, In addition to the duties of surgeon, has been appointed Treasurer and Secretary of the Soldiers' Home. Major H. W. Wharton, of the retired list, has been ordered to report to Gerr:Van Inlet, Depart-7 meat Quartermaster-General, Baltimore. NAVY DEPARTMENT The following named midshipmen in the U. 8. Navy have been ordered to ordnance duty: Frederick W. Crocker, John C. Foley, Henry W. Lyon and Charles 8. Sperry, at the Boston Navy Yard; William H. Parker, at the` Washington Navy Yard; M. B. Field, M. S. Day, George W. Costar and Rufus Waterman, at the New York Navy Yard; and Asa Walker, at Portsmouth, N. H. The following officers have been detached from the U. 13. steamerMotiongahela, and placed on waiting orders: • Lieut. P. H. Harrington, Ensign T. A. Lyons, Midshipmen L. W. Housen, A. Blarter, Ed. Woodman, J. V. Hemphill and B. S. Richards; Second Assistant Engineer C. J. Habigonst and Carpenter A. G. Thomas. • THEASIIItIr DEPART3IENT The 'Treasury Departmonkwas closed to-day at noon, to remain dosed until the day after to morrow. SKATING PAIIIKS. SKATLYO SKATING ! • WEST PHILADELPHIA SKATING PARK., SKATIM I EVEIWI T IttIAtiIViTA t t PAY. Ice in splendid eondition. Park open until 10 o'clock at night, and Illuminated. FINE BAND OF MUSIC. ' Skates to hire. Season Tickers. $3; Single Admission. 24 cents. it. LACE CURTAINS UPROISTERY GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Attention is specially asked to the quality of the Goods offered. Being selected peirsonally of the beet menu thoturers in the *onion markets, pur chasers may rely on getting articles of prime quality and at only one profit on first cost, there being no intermediate profit to pay. I. E. WALRAYEN MASONIC HALL, 7119 Chestnut Streetr HANDSOME LADY APPLES. Neuchatel Cheese. Almeria Grapes large clusters. Havana Oranges.' Extra Large Raisins. Princess Paper Ahell Almonds. English Walnuts. Presh Pecans. ROBERT DONNELL & BON, 7tii; Walnut Str eet.; BOVERT SHOEMAKER dt CO.; •WIIQLEBALE D.liggiFte. N. corner Fourth and , RU4) eteoebr-.. jnvite OW attention of the Trade to theirlaree,etvit of Fine Drugs and 't;henitcaie... EAttnA l iti4v-00 4 11 Corte. dro. ' ' • ft (WWl'B' OUNDKIES.—GRADVATF,S—MoItTAII F Pill Ti Comlbs, Brushes; Ihtinnre, Tweezers. rut! . I . lo .KnKe.cm)Pb 8 1FICIee 'll,4oll,t44,Triuselhga-n1 3:00 CYOlocat ' Theiaxeposed,Purchusse of ft, Thireenak [Special Despatch , to the Philadelphia Wel** ihnetzca , $ WASHINGTON * December 244—Senators WM here do het hesitate to say that , the Senate disagree by a very large majority to consent'tip the purehaseof the Island of St. Thomas from the Danish government when the mat ter it bieright ' to a vote. Senator Wade• opposes a cOnsurninit.: don of the treaty, and censures the conduct 'or • , President Johnson very severely for the action ~ already taken by the Executive branch of the , government, and terms It every;broad •pleett . of _ assumption, • and 9 such,• will be , ;the means of placing one ,goiernment •in a false position to all the nations Ot the globe He maintains, and in this is sustained 6 ) 3* many Republican Senators, that if the President of the United States can secretly negotiate , and make 4 , treaty for the purChase of territlirlsehrbY Other nations without consulting Congress, or comina—, , nicating with them until after all the centrality have been completed, that ho likewise has sniffle( miiver to, dispose of any parcel or tract of the territory of the United SytteS that does not suit' his fancy to such foreign nations as , may- choose- - to purchase; Then, when this Is done, coolly ask Congress to ratify his'action:in:the premises. As the) &mate will - undoubWdlrf fall to ratify his action in this case, it will probably place the executive bran& of the _government in tin-embarrassing situation, - - rendering It difficult to extricate itself , with much honor. It appears that ,an Informal transfer of the territory, has already been made, although the money has , not been . • paid over yet, and it leaves an open and Intricate question to decide in case the Danish Govern . -' 1 meat ,should demand that the contract made,by , the Executive of the United States be fulfilled,' and the Senate continues to refuse; to ratify the treaty. ARRIVED THIS DAY. Steamer Whirlwind. Geer. 48 hours from Providence, With tudso to az Stetson & Co. Brig Abby Ellen, Orcutt, 7 days from Darien, Da. With timber to Mershon & Cloud. • Behr Cora Etta, Sleeper, 26 days from Vinalhanon,with granite to captain. Sehr Mary 4 3 Parr, Mallon 5 days from Boston, - with mdse to captain. CLEARED THIS DAY. Bark Queen of Scots, Smith, Antwerp, L Westergaard & Co. Brig Circassian, Banker. Havana, John Mason ' & CO. Brig Anna, Morrow, Porto Rico, do Sehr J Ricardo Jova. Little, Marielllea, I) 8 Stetson & Co. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, ACROSS THE CONTINENT, This brings the lite to the eastern base of the Rocky ' mountains, and it is expected that the track will be laid . thirty miles further, to Evans Pass, the highest point.on the road, by January. The maximum grade from the foot of the nyountaina to the summit is but eiglike feet to the mile. while that of many eastern roads' Is over one • " hundred. Work in the roelPoutthags on the western slope will continue through the winter. and *ore to now no reason to doubt that the entire grand line to the Par aide will be open for business in 1870. . The means provided for the construction of this Great '- National Work are ample. The United States visite Ite Sl Per Cent. Bonds at the rata of from Stomp to 4ocooo • per mile, for Wildfl it takes a second lien as security, and receives payment to a large if not the full extent of its claim in services. These Bonus o issued ea' each twenty-mile section is finished. au after it has been' ex emitted by United States Commissioners and pronounced to be in all respects a flratclaas road,^thoroughly supplied with depots, repair-shops, stations, And an the' ne9essarY rolling stock and other equipment"... , The United States also makes a donation of 12.800 age or - - of land to the mile, which will boa source of large re. vent:tole the Company. Much of this, land in the Platte , "• Valley is among the most fertile in the'world. and other • large portions are covered with heavy pine !erects end • abound in coal of the best quality. The Company is also authorized to banal its Oki Piret Mortgage Bonds to an amount equal , to the Leann of the Government and no more. Hon. E. &Montan and. ROIL Oakes Ames are Trustees for the Bondbolders.and deliver the Bonds to the Company only iv the work pro gresses, so that they always represent an actual and pre. ductive value. • The authorized capital of the CompanY it One Hundred Million Dollar% ,of ,whielt over fivu millions havo been Paid in upon the work already dime. EARNINGS OF THE COMPANY. At Imeetat. tho profits of the Company are derived only frinti its local traffic, but Mitt is already much' more than sufficient to pay the interest on all the Banda the Company can issue. if 'not another mile were built: It Is not doubted that when the road is completed the tireitsh traffic of the only lino connecting the Atlentil:and Pad. fib States will be largo beyond preeedent,and its there will be no competition, it can railway& be done at iraroiltsible rate. It will be noticed that the Union Pacific Railroad Ls, in fact, a Government Work, built under the supervision of Government officers, and to a large extent with Go. vemment money, and that its bonds are leaned ander Government direction. It is believed that no similar security is so carefully guarded, and certainly no other 10 based upon a larger or more valuable property. As the Company's are offered for the present at 90 CENTS ON THE DOL. LAE, they aro the cheapest secartty In the market being more than 10 per cent. lower than United States Stock. They pay • or over NIVEPER CENT. upou the investment. Eleb• scriptionis will be recelyod in " PUILADELPRIA BY PAIN'rElt , do Du.. No. LW S. Third kitnaeit. • DE DM EN A BAOTInEIt. No. 40 9. Third 'street. J. E. LEWA RP /0 CO S. Third etreet. 7 HE TRAVESMEN , B NATIONAL BANK. (p Wilmington. Pol.. by L. R. ROHINItoN st, JOHN hicLEAIt tt SON And in New York at the Ctomptuiredifice. No. 510 Name* Street. and hY t ON'IINENTAL,NATIONAL BANK. No 7 Nanette AS drIGE & W., Flat&eni. No. el Wags.; JOHN J. CIfICK) di SON. Bardrere, No. Bs Wand,. - - , And by the Comes/We advertised Agents throuehout the, United States. Remittances should be luadefn deaftfiny other funds par in New York. and the b0 .„.., ad0 ... t,14 , free Of charge by return eteress. - A A NEW PAMPHLET att D .MAP,75O;O4lOfi Ute ,true of the work • and reeotutes for cotititrnethekekiltV' Wm , of Bondn, may be obtained at the Col4olos4`it (Mee or of its advertised Akents,'pl , wtti'beva44' . t applicattom • • •• • JOHN J., CISGO, TroAeurf4 r - November= ' • t' • NyinoNgoar.. 618th a tu•t3al4 cßowtd l v HRAND LAlevf of i • = ; 4.-; boxes , A , to ail l i ' tO . rt JOB. 11. HU; 4 4 , t I)ol.lkivare avalue. FTH BY TELEGRAPH: LATEST 'FEW WASEMTON. THE PURCHASE OP ST. THONVO4 President Censured for His r.A.AHL! A.BII+IE BULLETIN. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA- DE041611102 VirSee Martnißiatz*Tri-iiird-Page. 525 MLES OF THE Running West front Omaha ARE NOW COMPLETED. FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS' SIX PER CENT. IN GOLD, EDITION 4:00 O'Clook..
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