GIBSON PEACOCK. Edilor. VOLUME 209. THEI EVENING BULLETIN' Puzusexe EVERY EVENING, (Sundays exceetal). 11111 E 'FEW lIVLILETIN BUILIIEme. 61Y7 Cheetasut lltreet, Philadelphia. EVENINCt BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. IMOPTLISTORS. 211s8ON PEACOCK. CASPER, - L. 1•11111E1161 1 )N_. THAPB. tVII4I4B , MoON. • • ..WaLLS, ,The butuktro" I. mormi to outoartbotO the city la 18 cents per vase*. Oxyablo to the carders. or 188 per /mom . . IargDDING CLEM,, INI7I lONS FOR' PAU Hee, New stiles. • MOON & • • .1107.4Uneetnat street; WEDDING INVITATIONS ENGRAVED IN Tue. Neavent and best manner, Id Mid DIZEKA. Sta tioner and Enaraver. Cbsatnet street. tab =di AtARIALED. WARD-BTOEY.-04 the, 25th of Septerab ,or 1884, by Mayor. McMichael Mr 'ihounosT. Ward to MIAs iiarah bideYs both of ttily city. ' : • 1 iEU. COLLIER, -Suddenly. nn :: . the afternoon of the lath inst.. hoe. Eatah wife of Williauf Colito..aud daughter of the late LIOPea Atutln, in the Lath year of her ego: The tel all ves and Meads of the family are invited to attend her funeral. the residenceof her _husband, No. br'b Tnent.fiftli et' e 4,, on Monday. 11th hut., at 1 o'clock P. M. 1 proceed .to St Panes B trylog round, rfa h and Cathattue etreets., (Chester and were Loon 7 parer! , friOtolle COPY ' FA lin* hTOt.K.-Bticeletl‘ , ..on the 4th inet.Geome W. Fahnestock Mee Grace Mnsey. daughter of the late George , W. Fahnodock • ITAIIVEY-=.6dd tor on - the - 10th Ingtifef paralysish - George N. Harvey, rind 70 rears lib relatives and friends of the lama. are reeneetfally Invited to *Weed h a funeral, from his tate residence. No. 614 North fliateenth street. on Monday afternoon. WS 14th Wit , sad o'cioAr.. KIM}.--On the , 6th imet.. at Layette. Sullgau catuaty, Ps.. In the neth year of hta ape. charles Murray King. a member of hill on Lodge., yo. 2641. A.Y. 3L. eldest son of the late Robert P. King Iho n lettuce and f lends' of the family. also Franklin Led.e, 20.104 n. Y. 'Land kin Masonic brethren in glue rat, are imbed to attend Ire funeral. front his mother's residence. No. 022 donna etreet. cs Battuday afternoon. 12th lu.t . at 1. o'clock. l TAYI.OII--vs' the Bth Wet.. Albany= Taylor. in toe 24th year of his age. 'l he relatives end frferds of the family are inyPed to attend the funeral, from his late rerldcnce, No. 1.124 Mt. Vernon NtlCtt. on .atardekl Morning. at 10 o'cloac. Dant at Odd Fellows' Cemetery. . , • MAbO •IC NOTICIt—THE MEMBERS . OF r ranklin Lodge. No 134. a.. Y. M., are req seated to meet at the Masonic Temple.Cheetoutetreet, 04 nal:. UhllAY. the 12th fast. at 1 o'clock, P. M.,, for the p^r.o o of attending the funeral of Brother 4.3 b AB. ,lf 'NO. of Milton Lodge. eltto,t eon of ow - ro roe. Part Master. tho late Robert P. King. The Brethren of the fraternity are respectfully Invited GD par tirltste. JOHN gent/LIN. W. If. liouschold Word--Colgate de CO., In the tnanuf acture of Toilet Soaps have attained a tuitional r. h-brity 71eirliame Is a household word.— Philcutt ightajklitWiel Maw JournaL de4 t m tt'.l3t4 112 - 11.ACK POPLINS.—PRICD REDVGEO.- 11 BROTUERS & tiO.'S Plain Black rop. redtteed t rea IS A YARD. BMWS & SON; Mnarning Pry Goods ilow3o, IScr. 918 Clieennt moot. For elite by 7•Trii; FRENCH ALPACEBSoN dub; have jlestrrcelv&t a new and atiperior make of Bieck Alpaca. %at 76c.. 6750. sad $1 a yart. Thh tax good. are &noun iu the Baton mark an "The French Alpaca," nd have Oran entire fait faction. et.9,11t. IBIOURISING ISTORE, 918 (111 EST ST. A Arl 00D BLACK AND COIAREDSILIIK i_T our DLA. CIRDED SATIN PACE GRO GRAIN. PURPLE AND 011 a EDGE. BROWNE &ND BLUE GEO GRAIN. MODE COL'D PLAIN SILKS. .ctsltt EY RA & LAN DELL, Fourth and Arch. Sale of Useful and Fancy Ariielts • MO OF Bulking Fund of St Matthew's P. E. Sunday School, At Spring Garden institute, • N E corers Broad and Spring Garden U,. CLOSES AT IU.) TaN tour. Wir JOHN B. GOUGH •5111 deliver his new Lecture. "CIRCUMSTANCES," At she Academy of Music, MONDAY EVENING. Dee. le. Admlesion to all peals of the bonne. FIFTY CENTS. NO EX IRA CHARGE FOE SESERVED BEATE— Ticbete for sale at Gould's. fel3 Chestnut street. and at the door on Monday evening. dele-ttrp ear EGILADELEIIIA EXCHANGE COMPANY. At a meeting if the Corporatoliclirthe Philaiei. phis Exchange ConevanY. Mid on Monday. December 7. um the following gentlemen were duly elected Manager, to term duifrat the g eneuin y«ar: new AHD o. HANDY. THOMAS S ELLIS. M MAHONY, COFFIN COLKFIE HEN NY D. SHERIIERD, DERT W. itYEllk, CHARLES S. LEW WILLIAM LIPPIN. A T. • WILLIAM W. IXiLIT.E.T.. UEukGE b . - i3OKKR, Chairman. Attest: • litnur L. GAw, t secretaries. JAMES A. FZIOLMAIC,I • And at a meeting f the %Tanagers elect, held on 'Wed. need ay. the 9thuerant, ED WA ND S. HANDY. Fon was unaniurone/y rt.elected President. and Elkitittl D. BItERRERD, It Secret...es. and Trecsarer. GRAND Cl O' ING.— TAR FAIR NOW BEING h td by the North Broad Street Baited Preadr e that Church. in their new Castel, on Matter @tree, be. low eitternth, will closlY F , lll Band in at tendance. A autendid Mock of useful and fancy articles wiU re closed out at auction. ‘, it ifir NATIONAL BANE OF TDB I , NOItTIIERN PUILADYLNIGL. Dec, 11,1869. The Annual Election for Directors of this Dank will be held et the Banking Douse no WhDNESD A.l . the 18th day of January, 1869. between the home of 10 o'clock A. and 3 o`tleclt Id. dell.l m w to ja12,3 W. GIIMMERE, Cashier. NATIONAL DANK. Pnu.sum,ruta, December IslBoB. Tne Annual Meeting of tha tstock holders will be held at the tunking House. ou 'IIIEBDAY,, January 12, 1.69. at 10 o'clock A. M.; and on the same day. betwaen the lours of 11 A. M. and 9 r. M . an election ITIU be held for nine Directors to servo during the ensuingyear. GEtt..l'. dell.f&e 'jai% Cashier. sifir COMMONWEALTH NATIONAL BANK. ' PILILADYLIPUIA. Deo. 11,1868. . . . Tho annual elector' for Directors of this bank will be' held at the Banking time, on TUESDAY, January delletween the hours of 10A. M. and 2 I'. M. ', mar,tjal2 M. B. YOUNG, Cashier, 1111rPENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD 0 JiIeANY.- Treasurer's Department. 238 Bluth, Third street Pnitannt.rat Penne,. Dec. 3.1088. NOTICE - TO CODIEHOLDEIIi. The Second Instalment en - the now Stock subscribed for under resolution of r the Boardof Di: actors of May, UM Is now due. • Unless paid on orbefore the 15th instant the instalment will not draw its proportion of Dividend due May, 1869, a nd those pa ins up all the remaining Instalments will receive full Dividends on May nex THOS. T. FIRM Trans , : rer. Ear SCIENTIniIti ei ohm ' TO'SEVENING. HALL YOUNG MEN'S VEIRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, N 0.1210 oliftS..NU'r CREi. T. • Dr. P. D. KEYatild will lectnrethin (Friday) evening, at 8 o'clock. • , Subject—" The Anatomy aid Phyelolnky of the Eye." Dec.mber ki—Dr.E. R. iiIITOII/NS. autleut—"Mealth; Bow to Preeervelt." January B—GEORGE W. MEARS. EA. Subject—"A Rio e Through awituorlaild " it —OE viljti E. LEX. Esq. Subject—' gunge; Ita Origin members." Tickets free to Terms of membership, el per annum. FANHERS' AND MROHAN/US! NAT/ONAL, Tntianni.rlllA. December 11,1888. The annual election for Mee urea this Bank will be held at the Banking House, on WRUN4SDAY. the 13th day of January mxt, :between the hours of 11 o'clock A. Pd. and 2 o'clock P.M. dell,tJal3o . ' W. RUSHTON. •Ta.. Cashier. NORTH BROAD STREET PRESBYTERIAN Cho, ch.--Servioe preparatory to Oomtnuniou;"th,a (Friday) Bvenina; at 8 O'Cluok. , The Ordination and In• titillation of now Elders. Sermonhy Rey. Dr, flumphrly. the of Calvary Church. All welcome lt• WILL CLOSE ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER IM r. l2th, at HOWIHJULTBRAL HALL., -(BWOA.y BELOW tiOCUdT). A GRAND - stPaHt)DISP FAIR, IN AID ON THE HOME FOR THE AGED AND INFIRM OM THE M. E. CHURCH, A grand display of useful and tmoy articles,glvitm a good opportunity to elibose troll the almott endless vs. riety on exhibition of things suitable for Holiday Mita, and to aid a good work. Come, and brthg all your friends with vom. Single tickets, faventa A siplendid Gallery o' Paintings. beautiful Fountain. tine Music. capital Refreshments. Como all and aid the good °Aliso. . . ' . , • . ' . + ' ... ' ' ' , . ... , .. . .... . ~• . .', ...; ... , , ~...., 1 , ' . . ' . . . . 4 .. . ' . . . .. . . , The Next secretary of the Treasury: The Washington correspondence of the N. Y. World contains the following: It is now well understood in well-informed circles that Hon. E. B. Washbarne, of Illinois, is to ivSecretary of the Treasury in Gen. Grant's Cabinet. This is the only Cabinet appointment decided upon, but upon this yon may rely. The fact that this decision was arrived at was passed around among the guests at Marshall 0. Roberts's the other evening in your city, ann telegraphed to Washington to-day, in the most autboriattive manner. Grant has no hesitation In saying to any one who speaks to him about it, that "Washburn° is a thoroughly honest man." it is this belief on his van, together with his per. sonal Indebtedness to Washburne, Which has in duced Grant to come to this decision. Washburne laid a large addition to the number of his friends to-night. His Excellency, C. C. Harris, late Envoy to wnsbington, invited a number of sugar planters d regents of plantations to meet at his office ou fl,nreilay last, Ocf. 8, at 11 A. M. The meeting Nns well attended, and he laid before it smut facts regarding his mission to Washington and he efforts to secure the ratification of the Reel , procity Treaty, and how the me isure now stands. Ho stated that he has still hopes of its passage by the new Congress. ,r,tl that Senator Sumner alto had. Nothing new or important was developed at the Confer t•nee, and the general impression appears to be 'hat much uncertainty attaches to its ratification, unless the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty ie brought forward and received with favor, when it may be wise again to make special efforts to eCUTO the passage of our treaty, by the employ ment of a special agent and by enlisting the sup port of the Pacific Congressional delegations, hich arc. generally in its favor... The Chicago Tribune of. Wednesday says : The storm which visited this vicinity with such force, last Week, and which has given no pupplementary editions nearly every day since, neB visited a greater part (A - Michigan with less wind, but a greater amount of snow. The move ment of trains on the Michigan Central has been atu nded with a great amount of labor and has peen a work of time and patience. The express train which left - Detroit about 10 o'clock Monday night, and which should have arrived in this city at 6:30 _yesterday morning, did not arrive bore until about 6 o'clock last evening, being twelve hours behind time. An other train came in at about the same time the two being propelled by seven powerful engines. At Kalamazoo, the snow was of such depth that it was found necessary to place two snow plows upon the track, and with the aid of these the trains were enabled to drag their slow lengths along until this city was at last reached after the tired and impatient traveler had spent twenty-live hours en the cars. Naw Yorm, Dec. 11.—The Erie Railroad war was up again before the Supreme Court yester day Judge Cardozo presiding, on a re-arZument of the motion heard before Judge Sutherland, on which he granted-an order appointing Es-Judge Davies receiver. A largo number of affidavits were read, being substantially the same as those read before Judge Sutherland and previously published and the case was adjourned tdSatur day morning, when Mr. Stonzhton will address the Court in support of the motion to vacate the order appointing Judge Davies receiver. The block of buildings known at( the Lafarge property, on Broadway, opposite Bond street, was sold yesterday at auction to several parties for the aggregate sum oftEl7l.ooo. Five decrees of divorce were granted in the cohrts of thkr.eity yesterday, all on account of adultery:. SPECIAL KOTIVEndo . . . siem. .U 1.41014 L EACIUn 110USt.. 1110.4.0 STlth ET. PuttAnnt.enta.. De.. 7.18 d& The annual meeting of the Union League •of Pa!lslet able la 111 be held • at- the League House on 'IIO.uDAY EVEObeen .14th. 7 o'clock. at which re ther e at I election tor °Mears and Directory or thJ enndnß ear,. GEO. H . DOKE K. de7.7t ref, 04erotary. ter 1114POItTANTNOTICE. I tprebv y,:ve notice that lam no icroiter connected with the Colton Dental „ astoriation of thl , l city e 4 their opera tor. Persona wiehtna teeth attracted absolutely withaqt pain by nitrous 0.21de gag, will, liad mots my new D:o or/ Walnut street. _ n 623 Xtra DR. P. it. THOMAS. ger WANTED—A - RETAIL'I3 &LEAMAN. ON IX thrto wise have bad sonde-set ts o:peri•nco need sp• ply. Baton , *Limper year. nadrea4 tidos tuiute and reierencor, I. u actin c lt* 34r Alr • ifi ld t to l ik P tlfgh t OfWg c 9 O V.3ITILTAL d 1.71nal Di-eases and Bodily Deformities frosted P A:PIy dailY at 12 fVni.ck. nog an.11:41 stir gratlVllllTAhuN.Department—Weds ir al treatment sad modlcbio famisuest gratuitously. ti air crry NATIONAL, BINE. ' Putr.toccrate. Dec. Oth.M. Tl,O annual eioctlon for in octane' will be hcld.nt th. 4 Et.elll. g limes on WEDNESDAY. the 13th day of Joao r . 'INV. between the holm' of 10 o , cloc< A M, and 2 o'clock P.M. ' G. ALBERT LEWI4. delo jalk - Cmhicr. TIVIPQI - 3TAT/OES. - Ibmorted for tberlllll, mom. rombut Baffethi.-. - GAOL' 2—ftrie Anna, M Knight. Knight-420 hboLe 229 bss 1 Once 1 bbl sugar to hbde molaeses George G Gorgon & Go. AtIMIISLPIE BULLETIN. m 7 ,71 . • 7.ffs;lT3,:f.Pm.lni Sir We e Marine Duaurin .n Image Page. ARRIVED TATS DAY. Bark JennylN(f). Henries ,_ 3 days from New York. in ballast to L Weeterimard & Co. n. 3 days from New York, - Bark Atalanta - MG,. Rosema In ballast to Workman & Bag Anna M Knight, Knight. 8 days from Swig. with sugar and mols to Geo t; Carron & Co. Bar Pte English. Newport Elebr j ot S Brawn, Providence. Behr Hannibal. Cos: Providenve. Behr H N Miller. Miller. Boston, Moan tog Ameilca,.Yirdem-1234 tours from the Capes of the Delaware; brought up barks Jennie. Atalanta and brig Anna Knight Saw bark .J L Wickwire. from Greenock. off the rapes yeeterday. coming tn. Lett at Rts atiwater, brig J Given. for New York. wits salt; bad been on ?mere heal. but got oft without amiatance and ono' emir without - Ammeters. - (=ABED TIM DAY. Bark "Valkyrie (En. McKenzie. Antwerp. J E Bazley&Ca. la ig Mechanic. Dyer. Portland. Warren & Gregg. t*.br Jes 8 Watson. Houck., fteort, Bostwick & Co. tehr itenj Strong. Brown, Providence. I. Atidemicd di Co. Behr Haunttrat Cox. Boston, Iftommel. Jr. 3ehr b h Millar. Miller, Boston. Wannemacher 14 Co. rA E Valentine. Bayles, Mc:encl, Andenried, Norton & Ca. ehr Jos Long. Perry, Portland. do Behr V Shaw. Beeves. Dighton, do CM HA NDA Steamer Bunter. Harding, hence at Providence 9th Instant Steamer Yazoo. Efodges, from New Orleans 24 Instard. at New York yesterday., Brix 0 T the of and from Philadelphia is reported etrranded n the court of Julia. d. Brie Abby hut c har from Bangdr . Metcne York. we, at anchor in bland harbor. Rh with lose of topsail and main etayeall. Ecbr Emma 0 (Br). Webber. hence at St John, No. 9th initant 8c it Addle Byerromflonghton. cleared at St John 9th for this oort. Behr Amanda MI Flantgan,eoilina. 21 days from Matsu. Zs! , . at New York voctowlay. . . . Bohn Eivie Davis, Jobacon: Polly Price. Yates. mad ,%Id. Smith. sailed from Prariftnce Bth hut for this mrt. Rehr Joseph Maxfield Iday.hcoce at Gionceeter 9th Behr John 11 Perry. Belley. hence et , New Bedford 9th io.faat. Behr Julia E Amy. Babtridote. from Portland for this tort. Was anchored in Dutch leland lumber 9th hut. Memo buscirmaiy. -- • Behr Geo Brooks. Kennelly. trom New York. of and for Porten:l (before: reported ashore on Batul.:Beaeh and h•iaed). Beata an ease position. ; and convenient for die tharging cargo; L 9 fall of water. but not bils.d. as sbe fa wally full at low tide. Pburita Uttto started et the stem r oat and the deck nearibonaeaft also started; main sleek and bottom all right as far as can be teen. Brig Neva. CapelitchetL from Havana for New York. which arrived at Newport 9th lust. dragged ashore at Breakwater. but was hauled off by Steamer Whatebeer. withoutdamsge. Brig Virsinia Dam. earn Leteurnan. from Alexandria for New York. which arrived at Newport 9th inst. B r as leaking badly. bad rails relit. &C. The rebooner reported ashore on the Roamer ia th. Ali rixo C Austin. Several tugboats tried to get her off but did not encased. and ehe was abandoned by the craw on Wednesday night. POLITICAL. Ihe Sandwich Island Ifteciprocity Treaty. (From tho Honolulu Commercial Advortiter, Oct 10.1 Heavy anon, Storm In Michigan. FROM NEW YORK. FRIDAY,'DEQEMBBR 11, 1868. The tit Cubit. The New York Tribune says: %are permitted to. make the fellowing tracts from the translation of a private lettarjalt 'rteelYeillrorn a`Wall-in+ormed lady in Cuba,' woo mingles there 'among" persons of all shades of opinion ,!_llsvast - A.4ooooriftr .166}f• "The insurgents here muster - already 15,000 men, and, hoid in check all the Gnversnvnt lot ces,'who eattnot'advance at all. They have Santiago do Cuba besieged, and have cat MY Its supply of water. They hold the villages of Co ble, Holguin; Yam; and Tanos,, possess all the suburbs of Puerto Principe, beslegitig the army in the ccnvent, and besiege also Manx onto. where the inhabitants are,starving, so,' much that the American Consul tilers has come to klivana. At Bayatno, which they,hato fortified, the inertr= gents have established their newspaper, El Ca bala° ,Lihre.-whLett they issue every day. , "The goiernment hero 'has armed all 'the Spaniards. 81111Aven the men tufa% and formed regiments of them. From Spain 3,000 men are coming, and those without arms- for them their Jams must be purchased in the United States. "All the steamers bring arms and atnatuniticni . from New York for the government, but I think! all of this is of no •avail—that' the itirturrebtion will terminate as did the San Domingo war. "All businees is stopped forwent of confidence. word;_novr, iu bettalt_off_Citbm freedom_ and annexation to the United States, uttered m your Congress,,vrould Are the heart of every-native- Cuban, and bring about, ultimately, the total ab olition of slavery, and this 'Ever raittutu into the casket of j . i p iivels of your bles3ed Union." * * Tbe of tvaevittuire-4. Vleetipg 116- tweet,' the eiitivernese and the t'orelgaa Consuls. HAVANA ; Dec. 3.- Information of a highly in teresting character comes to ns from Nuevitas. On the 25th nit. the rebels held a council of war at a half league distant from this place. The Governor called a meeting.of citizens at his pal ace, to which be invited tneConstds. Mr. - Gibbs, &eerie in Consular Agent, accompanied by the Prussian, English, and French Consuls,attended. His Excellent. , v , rePif 4 Xlov - Or the meettries ; slid he was afraid the town would be at tacked, and he had not a force sufficiently strong to netted ; Wait It Wan Qua to hu manity and the interests of civilization to say that he had received advicea from his superior,The Captain-General, to this effects that in case of an attack by the insurgents on Nue vitas, then the commanders of the two war ves sels off Nuevitas were to bombard Me town-and reduce it to ashes. Mr. G. requested - the Governor to suspend the meeting till he could retire with the other Comas for consultation. This was agreed to; and these gentlemen left the room for a few moments." - The rat - Suit of theirdeliberatioes was: That being neutrals and the representatives Of their separate mationalitiee, they were entitled to the protection of the Spanish' Government, at least, in their own horses, over which floated tirele respective flags; and, also, they had a right to have ._pro tected and to protect, as far as within their power, theilves and property of their own citi zens; and.they further stated to his Excellency their, willingness to shelter and pratect,all the noueenmbatante the Governor, assign them. His Excellency saltine had no coutrol over the matter, tte.; that after making as sviod a defence us be could, in ease of attack, if unsuccessful he should retire his men and-put them on Ward the ships of war. but would place the - .Jenny , Clark, a sailing vessel, at the disposition of the Consuls ard their fellow-citizens, and such others, non combatant% &a., as he might deem - preps+. if they preferred, he said, they could send for vessels of war of their own Governments. Beyond this he could neither Pay nor do .anything. The meeting then appointed a com mission to go out of town and wait on therebels. They returned with one of the leaders, Colonel Lopez, under a flag of truce. Independence, said Lopez, is what we agree to. nothing leas, and an unconditional surrender. Further, he would not do responsible for anything that might happen, Sze- He advised all the Consuls and non-com tratantB to immediately leave, as the town might be attacked at any moment, The interview then terminated. Mr. Gibbs has written here asking that an American man-of-war be sent to Neuvitas, and, Admiral Hoff has :,,ready despatched the Penithscot to he coast; he suggested that the Admiral take possession of his, Gibbs's, premites, which em 'trace a dwelling house and warehouse, to the end hat the respective belligerents may respect his rights and property. He, Mr. G., further con riders himself a rained man; has, he says, ad arced about 504,000 on account of sugar, and use about $20,000 worth of that article in his warehouse. He has determined to send away his , amily, and thinks of remaining himself ar long * possible. Mr. Gibbs bad, at last accounts, gone on board the Ocean Bird, an American vessel, with his family and some 20 others. • Dec. 4.—Several gentlemen lately visited the Moro and the Cabanas, which are the fortifica tions on the left at the entrance of Havana Bay. fbey saw gun carriages being taken down, and others put up; parts of the old wail torn down, .nd new breastworks beieg built in ilea thereof; a considerable number of new guns were inside, awaiting their being placed in position. These were Parrott's and Dattlgren's ordinary mortars, and 24 lb. howitzers, with carriages attached. There are, as far as could be judged, now in the , tort some 800 pieces of artillery. The work was beire done bs negroes of thethain gang under eur eillance of a body of soldiers. Visited the cook ory and general barracks of the soldiers; found them all in excellent order; the cooking appeared to be of the first-class, and everything clean and site inside the forts. It would be impossible for .none, unacquainted.with the subterranean pas- SuCCO, to find his way out of. these. The- case watts are built in consecutive sections of uneven height (four in number), the highest one on the outside, and are very strong. There are some 'bree hundred prisoners (political) in these forts. They saw some six teen inside who came out on n New York steamer several weeks agn. These were arrested in Havana as soon as they landed. - Bow several -prisoners whei had lately come down from Nuevitas, others from Puerto Principe, and there were stall others who had been captured at other points. Several of the prisoners reported tins action as flaying taken place very recently at NatiVitat..., and that Col.. Lopez, the commander of the rebels, was taken 'prisoner at the same time then. They say that Lopez killed both 011114 guards while being carried into NCIPlittU3, and, escaping by night, rejoined, as they suppose, the insurrec tionary forces. Lopez claims to be an American citizen- was, as is reported,Aid-desCamp to Gnus. Cadivalader and Franklin, respectively, during our great war, and is well known in Philadelphia. taiseners reported that they were well treated. and.'eald they had, for -their • money. everything that they desired brought to them. They setrmed to be in good spirits.--Trifiene. The Hester Vaughau Case trtom the New Vert Nation.) An agitation has been going_ort in this city during the greater part of last vreek4lucluding Public meetings, speeches and resolutions—the conductors being ladies prominent in the, woman's rights movement, to secure pardon for a young EngllBb girl, named Rester Vaughan, lying under kntence of death in Philadelphia for infanticide. The Philadelphians kept very quiet, so that our orators had things all their own way. The case was winked up till it began to wear the appear ance of the utmost barbarity—reflecting the greatest 7 fileeredit, first on modern civiliza tion ; next on the male sex ; next on Pennsylvania law; next on the Governor of the %ate; and next on the Philadelphia public; finally, the girl's counsel was accused of pocket ing her money and.tbewprofesilonally betraying' aid deserting her. The requisite amount of speaking having been done, and the boarink of the ease on woman's rights having been fully pointed out, a deputation of Jaciles started for Harrisburg to see the Governor, with a petitinn. It then came out that there was hardly a single fact connected •with thtftrial which bad not bean misrepresented or dlstorted.at thelneetings• that the orators had kupt themselves in such toljasfai OUR. WKOLE COUNTRY. Ignorance that they not know till they got to Ilarriabarz that thousands of persons in Penn sylvania had done In the matter what charity re quired cf them, anti that the Governor had not -Ito) least intention of sending the girl to execu tion: that nearly all the picturesque parts of the New-York narrative were but pure fiction; and thaby the testimony of the. judges who tried the ctO•e, - andref'litaiyera who witueeed the prisoner's counsel had defended her to the, last with zeal. skill. and ability. Now. Wife) is one thing which the ladies owe it to modern civili zation, the male and female sexes, and the cause.• of charity and the cause • of morality and -of woman's rights, to do—aud that la to call another meeting, with Mr. Greeley in the chair, and then and thereresolutions; with appropriate pass ; p specches,apologizink to Hester Vaughan teconnsel tor the a!tack on his character, expressing sincere revs! for it, and [pledging- themselves individu ally and collectively to be more careful in the Ifs:number of women who occupy themselves inceesantly with the work of reform in the press and on the platform wildly , and recklessly accuse lawyer like Hester Vaughan's counsel, who has done his work well, ,of the last degree of personal and professional 'giggly, and,.when the false hood of the charge is exposed, take no more no tice of it thati if they bad only made a slight er ror in the date ; or in the name of a place, of course that large band of legal scoundrels who cheat-the friendless-wbo, --- tor - instance; make a trade of getting fraudulent divorces, of Width women are - a lmost invariably.the.victims —will bid dtflance to the exposures of women's rights agitators and all other kindfiof agitators.ln fact,tbero,is nothing more admirable, in the moral order of the world than the efficiency of false hood, on the whole and in the long run. What Is gained by it this year or in this place, is sure to be lost next year and in sonie_other _place. The liar, no matter what the cause he seryesy holds only theground he camps on. The great and permanent conquests for justice and hu manity are made by troth only. . .nistsicHOllS PIMA CHICAGO. Business E stabliabituents Burned. The Chicago Republican of the 9th says:— This morning, about a quarter after 9 o'clock; flames broke out in the basement of the build ing, No. 178 Wabash avenue, and known as the Ralson Doree billiard ball. Ile building was seVerely damaged, and the fine fresco work inside totally ruined. The ap neititments of the hall, very elegant before the fire, were badly damaged, excepting a feir chairs and side-tables which were saved at an early stage of the fire. The seventeen billiard tables which stood in the establishment were drenched with water and damaged by the smoke, which will necessitate their replacement by new ones. The lessee of the establishment, Mr. 13. C. Cummins, Is insured for about $16,000 in all, of which amount about $lO,OOO are placed on the tables. . Tbe buildin g has Insurance for $B,OOO in the. Security, of New York. Mr. Cummins's leases cannot yet be accurately estimated, but they will probably approximate $lO,OOO, while an outlay of perhaps $2,090 or $3,000 will repair the build ing. _ _ At a few minutes before debt o'clock last oven inl wag oiscovered in the building No. 73 Lake street. Messrs. Cushing 4.t Sunder occupied the bascnient, first and second stories as a dry „•roods establishment; Mrs. Goldsmith, a milliner, .the4hird.floor, while J.. P. Dalton dr Co. • used the upper floor as a storage place for etoveo, nfildwate, etc. The principal sufferers are Messrs. Gashing dr. Bauder. Their shelves were filled with tk• great variety of staple dry goods, the value Of their whole stock being. roughly esti mated-by.the firm: at 160,000. The stock was badl};damaged by water andimoko. It would be impossible for a few days, bud until stock rhall,have been taken and the goods appraised, to while the losses sustained by the firm, which May range all the way from 15,000 to 020,000. The other occupants of the building suffered but slight loss. Steamboat Explosion and Loss of Lito all !Mobile. [F'rom the Mobile Reighter, Dec. 4.] This morning, about 9 o'cloek the steamer C. W. Dorranee lying at Dauphin street wharf, while havin g her boilers !inspected by Mr. J. B. 011 Is, United States Inspector, exploded the doctor boiler with a tremendous noise, smash mg up the forward part of the oat and leaving her almost a complete wreck. Immediately after the explosion it was found that two negroes had been killed outright and four wounded, one of them mortally. Two ne groes were blown into the river, one of whom succeeded in reaching the shore in safety, and the other was drowned. Large pieces of the boiler were hurled with great force in almost every direction. The steamer caught fire, bat the engines soon extin guished the flames. The upper works of the boat, immediately over the engines, and extending about sixty or seventy feet aft, were completely torn up, fragments of a ood, pietv4of machinery, boat furniture, Jce lying about ih every direction. L'he after portion of the steamer was iminjaree;but such was the force of the exp'osion that pieces of wood from the wreck of the forward part were hurled to the ex treme end of the saloon. The Dorranco had just been thoroughly overhauled, or rather rebuilt, and was to halo left this evening on hor first trip for Wetumplta. She is owned by the Mobile Trade Company. From Mr. Ben Harris, engineer of the boat, we learn that at the time of the accident the large boilers were being filled with water, for the pur pose of testing them, from the "doctor," when a patch on the after end of the doctor boiler com menced leaking, and in about a minute afterward 'the exi3losion occurred. The boiler had a pres sure 01 about 185 pounds of steam. The negroes kilted and wounded were employed on the boat in the capacity of firemen, and hailed from up the ritrert Capt. Otis and Mr. Harris were both standing near the engines, but fortunately escaped without any injury. The New York Tribune speaks as follows of ( what certainly is one of the most stupendous (perhaps wholly impracticable) schemes ever con ceived; • 1 we trust none Of our readers will have their breath taken away by the following outline of a scheme of National laterual Improvement which throws. into the shade all that has hitherto been devised. We are not at liberty , togive the name of the author, nor is it material. Suffice it that such views'are gravely entertained in influential quarters, and may ultimately be realized, though not now. Meantime it will do us no harm to take a look at the Mastodon. Here is the skel eton: WAsuriarrow,D. C.,Nov. 25,1868.—Th0 demand, for a cheapist_rotithod of transportation of agri-, cultural products and other heavy freights than the llbEolllltO COO (won of that by railroad, is ono Mt most urgent and'constantly increasing nem- Shy. There is but one method by 4111 ch thinill2- pet-lona demand can be , met—that by water: viz. the improvement - of ex - lad:ay water-courses and their connection by, canals. - 1. All rivers tire • sumiptible of being made navigable by husbanding their natural supplies of water. • . 2.. The' conne'dtibia of the rivers of the West by canal with the great lakes. , 13. The connection of the great lakes by . panals with the Atlantic, - through the ISt. Lawrence, Hudson, Delaware and Chesapeake. 4. The connection of the rivers of the West by Canals with the Atlantic, south of the Chou'- , rebut). V The connection of the whole seaboard, from Boston to the Rio Grande, by canal and Improved Channils'atontt the coast. Of these NO3. 2, - 8 and 5 Jerre ono systeM; ,giVing the very cheapest transportation for the largest amount of material num d in the country. Tim necessity tor water transportation Is shown by the fact ' that - last year freight on wheat from Bad Vrtinelico ' to, New York by, alio ,wa fogs than frog 0111.01140 to' Now Yotk DIBA►STEBB. Another Fire. Gorgeous Scheme. Steam propellers can transport freight along the coasts of Groat Britain 14 one-sixth the cost b.v parallel railroad. Tic first immediate demand is undoubtedly canals. from the Mississippi to the lakce,and thence tothe Atlantic. The second,sl - equally urgent, is Safe Interior navigation from the New Buglaud coast to theltio Grapde, for which wonderful advantagea exist in Offal most con tinuons bays, sounds,creeks and bayous which border our coast. The whole dit-tance from Bolton to the Rio 'Grande, along the coast and across the head Of Florida, la 2.375 statute miles. Of this distance, 650 miles are in deep water of bays and. sounds;. 1,450 in creche, bayous, and sounds requiring improvement, and 275 miles of _cutting. varying from 3to 50 feet above tho water. These dis lances are approximations only, and and have been measered off hurriedly. Ruch water chan nels-should be not lees thanl6 feet deep and-200 feet wide, capable of floating vessels carrying 3,0b0 tons. This may appear extravagant; bat we must --conatder the great . fact that, as our population doubles—wlatett it does every thirty yearn-oar Wealth quadruples (as shown by sta tistics since 1790). The business of that quad rapied wealth Is also. pt . nlrattiv doubled ; so that it is safe to assume that ° in thirty years the bust »els of the country increases eigta-fold. There is no question that the sea losses—and pre-eminently in oar coasting trade-would` far tatted 6 per cent. net on the amount required to construct, a coastwise channel orthe size named, requlrirtgbat . an Omasbanal thre4clck fed - ficiat the ocean. absolutely free from ses d ingere,. giv ing> unrivalled means for national defence, and through which the,transportatiou of freight could be as - accnrately timed as now upon - the Hudson river. The main cense of present delays Is the totally inadequate size of the canals for the amount of, businets. Nature points to tbeee links in the great sys tem as immedlate-neeessittea : • 1. To connect the Mississippi with LakeMichi-. gan, via the Itlinols River: • 2. The construction of the Niagara Canal, and enlargement of the Erie: 3 To connect the MississitaPi•RiVer, .by coast wise channel, with the Rio Gratitie.,-;Ortitese, it is difficult to say which is Mu most imPOrtatit., 4 4 • •-,:;•..4„ - Ercritoill.AiErtrAnts IbP&IN. The Cadiz nanteirci'clion—The surgento Well Supplied with Arms and Ammunition. MADRID,. Dceezriber hue ateAreed'autore alatmingslistide eit thailivaS first reported. The 'telegrams from Cadiz an nouncing the surrender of the insurgents proves to have been erroneous. On the first diy of the revolt the Insurrection ists succeeded in waking some pieces of 'artillery. and have occupied an Important position. Gen. Cabal( rode Rods, at the he'd of a considerable military force, is preparing for a vigorous assault on Cadiz. The National Guards are employed to keep_ order and protect property in Madrid._ _ 13 rest excitement prevails In Malaga and other towns at the alarming . state of. affairs. AS yet Cadiz is the only town in revolt. A rising Is expected momentarily in Catalonia. Arms and muditions of? war have been landed In Cadiz, and it is said that the party in rev tt are well supplied with them. They have .o plenty of money and are determined on fist to the last. The American flag is respected by bo par ties,and hundreds seek protection fro.. ..o Ame rican Consul at Cadiz. There is . American war vessel in the port, and Danis. and Italian vessels are placed at the &spool •n of the Ame ticsn Consul. Many rich families are lea .`.g Spain for the Present. Gen. Prim has gone to Au , • alusia. The government is much embarrassed, owing to the nusettled state of the country, and the im poverished condition of the finances. Capture of Arms and War Materials by Turkish Irroops. LONDON, Dec. 10, 1868.—The folbwing intelli gence from Crete has been received via Athens : The Turks have captured a strong position in Sphakits, where the insurgents had erected block houses. They have also seized a quantity of pro visions and war material intended for the Cre tans, and have taken possession of the- two landings on the shore of the island nearest to Greece. It is reported that in euilecquence of these advantages gained by the Turks the instil.= victim is dying out., DRAB/ATM AND 1111181VA.b. —The circus company at the Chesnut will give a first-rate performance this evening. in which all the members will participate. There will be a matinee to-morrow afternoon. -31 re. D. P. Bowers will have a benefit at the Walnut this evening in the seneationtd play, Adri enne Me Actress ; alter which the comedy, Love's Masquerade. —At the Arch the drama Waives at Bay is continued. —The American Theatre announces a miscella neous bin for to-night. —The Theatre Comique will be open this even ing with a lively and varied performance, and to merrow afternoon there wit be a matinee, to which ladies and children will be admitted for twenty-five cents. —Tbe last quarterly meeting of the Teachers' Institute will be held at eight o'clock this even lug at Musical Fund Hall. A lecture will be de livered by Rev. B. G. Northrop upon "Tito Cul ture of the Sensibilities." —Verdi's opera Un Ballo is Hasehera was sting at the Academy of Music by a porticn of Max Maretzeh's company, includAg Miss states, Miss McCulloch, Sig. Beall, and Sig. Oriandiul. Signor Bondi sang charmingly, and carried off nearly all the honors. Signor Oriandini acquit ted himself creditably, and Mips McCulloch was quite up to her urinal standard. This evening the opera Luerezia Borgia will be given with a east including Madame La Grange, Madame Collin', Signor Brignoll and Signor Antonucci. The per formance,will conclude with the last act of Fro Diavolo, in which Madame Bolter and Messrs. Babcimann and Ilormanns will - appear. To morrow // Trorators will be given, and in the evening .Der Freyschutz. —The Ninth of the Bents-Hassler :mice of or chestra matinees will ho given to-Morrow after noon with the following programme: Symphony No. 5 OD maj0r)::..:..... Mozart 1. Allegro con spirit 2. Andante,*.. 3. Minnetto: Finale presto. Song—Beautiful Ange 1........ ...... Graben Hoffman Cumin .: -. ...... Win Ewers . Ist Finale—Lobengrin... .... . ....... ......Wagner Walla--Islarien ((list i ime)........ ...Strauss March, opidsloB ..... ... .............. ...dendelssonlf m , Arrangeente . kayo been made with several well-known vocalists and distin,gniehed pianists, who will appear in a consecutive series of bril- Hint - matinee's during , this and the following months. These afternoon concerts are of progress ing merit. Or: Saturday evening, Dee. 19, a grand Sym phony, concert will be given by Sentz Sr Hass ler's combined orchestra of fifty performers. A number of members of the Pnilharmonlc Society will assist, and the Orchestra will be rendered full and perfect in all its parts by this valuable aid. We append the following, splendid programme: Unfinished Symphony, B. minor, (second , time in America).. . . ~. Schubert 1. Allegro moderato. it. Andante con mote. , Reformidian Symphony, ( second time in Fitilauelphia. third - time in America....lierideissohn ' 1. Allegro con Noce. 2. Allegro yiyace. 3. An- ebera3—Ein , festo Demist unser Gott--Allegro vl- Ivaco.- Allegro Msestoso. Overture—lnt:4z', the lasi of the Tribunes, Wagner. —Mr. Charles H. Jarvis-announces the second of his classical soirees: the ; Natatorium Eta, 'Broad street, lnlow Walnut, ort3aturday evening, the 12th Nat.' He offers on that occasion an un- Obnally choice selection of the works of the great mustFre rieme l l,BOnara , for piano op 51, Beettto. Iveu ; „ solos from the works of Baell.iszt and Goetermann, for piano, violin. and Violoncello. the wholeiiiicOnclude Mendetssolues great E FETIFERSTOK PRIG THREE CENTS. Trio in O Minor, • Mr. Jarvis will have the hie assistance of kin. G. Gablemons, the *IOW violinist, Mr. It Hennig,tho renowned violoncel list, with whose very ,fine artistic , perfortnaneeit our musical public has already had abundant poi tunity of becoming acquainted. FACTS-Ilifllo:VakNtsiiilfi e — , —Velocipedes carry lanterne after clerk tetrads —The Siamese twins have sailed for Earope. —Tbe King of Slam leaves 2,000 widows. Thit price of mourning clothes has gone up in --Rev. Dr.Doane is ,tbe seventh Bishop that llartford Conn hatiihrniihed the Episcopacy. —The alligators of • Bayou Sara, in. Louisiana, have developed an appetite for small children,. --Madame Isabella de Bourbon is thetll4B.o the reprteentative of Spanish ex-royally.. o —lt costs 8.125,000 to fit up the Ariadne for Prince of Wales's pleasure trip. • —An old gentleman of Norway, Me., Wen; skating on his 85th birthday last week; and 'on Out ice. —ln Spain there are 81 dukes, 746 marqulserta 557 counts, 74 viscounts, and 76 barons, beside/a l 52 native Spaniarda who bear foreign titles. —Since the commencement of the war the cab Fenption book publishers', of 'Hartford, (lonia., have sold five and a half millions,worth of beaks. . —There la a probability that bitt Cent to succeed liendemon as Sexist= from ;Mitt-, --Edmonia Lewis (colored) has ref/rived an ei der from Prince Georgia of - Pruefia3B-oxecateri statue of Clio (white):, —Lord Napier will reach Bombay, a peer and a world-renowed general, less than a year attic he left it a comparatively obschre.ofticer. .; —Oar own Rev. Dr. Todd,of Plttafield,lis callo a beavy and sop:trifle moralist _by Me _Lbmint-- Athenceum. Low British prejudice. - _ • —:Rostilnt was very superatltleus,llke meat ItaV lane. Was,eright? Lie died on a Friday, and Mr: the thirteenth of the month. way , :of , riovelty, Smith of the :;.Twenty second presented a petroos yesterday in favor of salting the. Fourth and Eighth duvets Railroad. —4.1. r. Page - Wants the Maisel:if Correcticin put on Petty's- Leland. The next move wilt be to confine its inmates to- those convicted of petty offences. —The argument for \using:Abe Fanning:imamt for a House of ,Correet,ion tnatitsrMot, ho sold lor4t.her,litip' °au. Andicisproposed todispewit It'in a /writs of eons._ ...Green, the "retonned gambler," was latekr, tried in Ohio ior embezzlement, and Was honor ably acquitted. Tut) Government abandoned the having found no ground for salmi. —Of thet_. seven Presidents who had sons.to • educate, four—John Adams, John Q. AdetaNs -I,4hcoinrang now Grant—chose Harvard for that ptirpose. • - —Queen 'Victoria's ,fu*jects in - Great -- Britakt number now thirtka" mi.liens—England Scotland-more than three, Ireland more than ASO millions. —The citizens of Morristown, N. 3., are COM plaining of their dog-taxes, wnieh aniount to' frog► two to three doliars a, head. co-operatiVe santage mill is the remedy. —some Irishmen in Hartford have taken ad..: vantage of Mrs. O'Donovan 'ltossa's readings.fri Hartford to make her me truly appropriate 'and. national testimonial of a Uott's revolver. —Commodore Patty, who lately died Ift-ilono lulu, .had eroased the Pacific beLwetaa tne &Led". lelanda and San Francieco more than a hundred - times, and was thy ancient' mariner Of that mean. , , —Wendell Phillips said yesterday: " When' you get a man of one idea, he 14 not a man, - but, only a bit of a man." The nest minute says Wtll - "I want this platform to keeyto one idea:* Consistency, thy name is Wendell! . ' —Mlle. Nilsson has made an engagement for: two months, to sing in two concerts a week, for £B,OOO and the expenses of herself and three at tendunts. We doubt if more enormous terms have ever be made by any artist. —A Cleveland inventor believes that if all tkee steam engines in that city are broken np and an air engine of his own substituted, the owners wilt in the aggregate save a million and a quarter dot— km a year., —Jessie Bruce voted in Dublin for members of Parliament. Her name was on the register and , her ,vOte was received, after which. "she wan borne away in triumph by an enthusiastic crowd , of matrons and spinsters, who cheered her loudly on her way to Moore street." —The Press this morning says that 'sour roil cent war has eliminated a philosophy that hall startled anointed tyranny," which, paraphrased' According to Webster, means that "our war haw thrust out of doors a philosophy," itc.; for which our war ought to be ashamed of herself. —Another person has been arrested la Elvritzer-, land with a monomania for murder. She - U - Ir, nurse, and has been poisoning, her patients, at the rate of nine in six months, with belladonna.. She did it merely for amusement, gaining unto-;; log by the deaths and having no grudge against, the victims. —A pbtelelan of Bordeaux,France thinks he has diecovertd a plan fur the prevention of hy—, dropbobla by inoculating men and brutes with the poison of a viper wllteh is found in the,soilth of France, and whose bite is not fatal. It is a‘• theory worth testing, and the French Academy,. of tSclences is now considtring It. —Erdman, the French novelist, Is thin and pale, with light hair. Re wears spectacles, and is a great musician, besides smoking ten. cents worth of tobacco everyday. Chatrian, his assn. . cute, is a short, heavy-set, broad-backed individ ual, with a wide forehead, thick, straight, black hair, a big mouth and a bushy moustache. They live to themselves, and are scarcely ever seen society. —Hanna, the late Pollard's associate, Is dee cribtd as very tall and loose-jointed, with a hook nose and small face, not unlike that of II poll par.; rot, with an unshaven beard and a mass of dry, coarse, tangled reddish hair, covering ids tie& and shoulders, wbi.:l3 even the enormous brim of:- bis slouch hat does not bide, who goes shambling . along, a moving armory, ready to shoot or be .• shot at, If anybody has any relish for such ma , antuseintut. • —A. veteran parliament reporter, giving amac- • count of "the gallery," speaks of the days when Mr. Dickens sat with the rest as a member of the, reporting stall of the Morning Chronicle, and sari "Mr. Dickens will not,wo nope, be offended. , when he hears that the verdict of his old col leagues is that as a general reporter, he was Mt.- equalled tor the speed with which he could turn _ out great quantities of work, but that this moo =. dune in a rough and ready style, and was by no, means characierized,by that neatness which of all events, aimed at in all good parliamentary ; , reporting'!" —There are in California 62,000 Chinese nearly ail enrolled in six clubs, corresponding to the Six districts trona which theemigrahtts came., On. the arrival of an emigrant ship, agents from , the clubs proceed on board and take charge of those ' wbo have come from the districts reprosented‘by their . companics. At the clubhouse. the , grant is boarded and lodged at a small cost: until '= '> he has obtained employment. Should ha beiont of work at any time afterwards ha is permitted to return, or, should be be sick, lodging is pro.‘ v ded for him. In case of indigent, sick 'or dbus- , ' bled, the clubs , if they should ftt be proyidedfor by private contributions, find lodgings, pardoo tors' bills, and, in cases where it is necessary -for the patients to return ,to China, defray the cost of their passages. The name or , every member Is inscrieedin a book kept for the purpose. end, le . psevent the -absconding of, defaulting debtors. -' all persons- proposing to return to. China are bound to report their intention to the Committee df the club, who - only. allow - them to depart when they are satisfied that in doing CO they will leave no Jost claims nosettled. Ia most'of the clulehoust a a room or part of a room Is sat apart for the worship of the spirits of deceased meat hers. There, au 11110,r; Is erected, on which , are , pieced the offerings of. friends and relathresi r while behind it is kept the lengthening melee eholy roll of those who have died in Use isag oR heir extio. lIMI =EMI
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