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;> ' vThz ; iPnEsa., of -to-day/,is•; at model, newa
’ ypaj&fand contdips an amouhtof pdtfortising
t :«hdsfe&dthg ltd . great popu
larity and prosperity. The ;inoreaßiDg-num
ns to Issue a soproiassTf iylrioir will bo served
*-to ; all-Tjur subscribers. -Tn* sPnsss loft'era exj
traordlnary Inducemente to all those wtib da-
- sifo’tft lefrtiie community know what they aro
.dpiug ln the yforld'. ?s>, ??“?
'"-■part, of and- the, States of Now
v . ; ' Speethof M. Rnis(6ll Thayer,;Bsa'» ,
’:. Afuir ireporlf.ot’liiiojeutnfc'gßeeoli of,M.
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“will to’eV^ound-upon.,itno!, fourth page of, this
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morn-.
'lpg‘wlU/ ; ha found; under' the headofLlterary
•■'l ot'liatejnttUiig
■hoOkajo oommnnloatlon In regardto the. Amer-
;Religtona
; lntolligenoe ;. ,Report of 'a. Berinon by Blflhop
'' "Bowman f Mlapellaoeoaa Items; -Weekly Review
.''lfjthii^b'llj^jiplUtMe^’eie; X'Wtter, from New
• York-; The Steamer Olt/of Rlohmond ; Cnrioua
legal ltenm;eta. 7; '* ' - j
- On the eeoond page of the Supplement,will be
{band as Intonating. letter fiom Genova,Bwit-:
■ Borland,, written a taleßkeS 'Jodng Phlladel
/'twaSi the ;Etiiop«;
V .of ou.r\ .rogniar’U|ao Trill
bofoundafaU■ report of ths opening- epeooh of
in dofonoo of ThomiaA.,
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■ On the first page'will’ bo found anedltoriabon
, iho Tariff, : No 2. :
—■ ThebNews. -.
?4-TKo^J“ffi!4' : St||M l EfenS<o : w»a. not in session
yesterday, having adjourned oyer until Monday.;
;and Mr..
Washburn,.of Wiaoonß jn'i. baud. a seneation oontro
veray;l At a meeting of thellonso Committee on
fo amend the
Kenate’a Oregon bill,; by a' provision repealing
the r'estriptivo clause in 'tho English bill vrhloh
prevents Kansas from Coming tntotho Umonuntil
she baa attained suSclont populalion to entitle her
to a member of Congress, under (he oxistiog ratio
of representation, -was defeated by; a vote of five
against It to four for it. ; _'V, .
■ The Supremo Court of Mew York has derided
t,found against the; editor of
tile Nenioiklteraid, at the suit of Hon. John
B/'-Haskini by; the Grand; Jury-. of Wei (Chester
oountyrßhbuldho.trleiin.the.bitjbfNew York.
.The Official vote for Governor, at the late elec
tion In' NewYor k,WEB as follows: “ ! - •' ;
F..D. Morgan,Eopubiioan .217,953
A. J. Parker, Doinoerat .....230,441
L, Burrows, Amerioan .............. 60,880
Gdfrit Smilh, Abolition and Temperance.. , 5,470
A boy, seventeen years cf ogo, confessoa to
haying seytroto a. Hqnor store .in Hew York, and
’ alleges'that hediditat the urgent EoHoHatlonof
hlauhrioj' to whom the store; belonged, and;who
iikct'.if .ininrei; He' gibes’ the following; aocount
of bis modo of procedure, with his confederate,
who, he ailegoß, wasinduced to assist hlin by his
nnoies-’.',7.f.y s .a’; -v • .. w.'
: l( Botween'nihe and ten' o’clook, ! went' into the
cellar and brought up a barrel containing some
Shavings. At 'twelve, o’olook, I turned out Of the
store two or throe'old bummers,'and then, looked
tho door • Lynch wes in the store with me. At
about ten minutoa. pest twelve o’olook, myself
‘and'Lynoh began to. prepare the store by placing,
shavings around tho'barrels'and oaske i Lynoh
went odt and bronght in a two.oent tallow oandle;
he.cut.it in two, and atuok’ one piece between the
slats on the' floor'behind the counter, and the
other piece he; placed on a-.pieoa of wood on the
floor'by the liquor casks, about’ the oentro of the
store'.' ’ X then ponred'out sbme -fldfd into the two-'
gallon' moasuto;'and’spread,'it on th'e‘shavings
pnd floor, and. on, the slats , behind. the coun
ter. . After propariog.tbe store inthisway, X
lit one caudle.and.Lynob lit the other.; w'e then
turned off the gas and left the storo, looking the
door.?’ <. , .
Lato advices from Havana, .Cuba, state that on
tbe-2d Inst, there' took pjeeo quite a mutiny on
board'the bark Taoony, Captain Hardy, of Phila
delphia, in that harbor.' Two of the orew. threw
billets of wood at thS oook—Robert Soharly—
knocking out'one of his eyes, and tben, aa he lay
BODfelcsa on the galley, one. of,them wenttbero
and beat bim with a slung shot. - He Is nowinthe
hospital In a Tory precarious condition. The two
jailors—Francis Harrtiond'Tliomaa Norris—have.
Wen orderedsby.Consul General-Helm to be sent
horn* prieonorS for trial.-"'* f ’ ' ■'
Tho Director of tbs Mint, Ool.' James Bose
Snowden, in bin ■ annual report-etates the. total
goid coinago of tho lJnltciJ Stateo, indluding barei
for tho fiioal year ending Junei3o,. 18S8,- to havo
amoU»ted; 10 J 52 882)800,29; ;Tbo eiiyer ooinago'
for the feme period amounted to 58,233,287.77.
The number of dente coined oran 28,400,000. Di.
vjded,among tha’prinoipal mthtoandifa hrsnehoa
aafotlowa:.-,! ./; '-'.'..i'-Vi.iiVj' Vv.
‘ ■ ■''* ■' Piaeef. -- .. Amount.
Mint, Pbiledtlpblt..; .44,53 t 768 - *15,427,669 67
Branch Jllnt, N Orlew).; 1 .10,218.000 • 4,767,000 oo
- * “ •' B Pr*n4lioo. 1)862,028' j 19425,663 21.
-=: ii j ;r-Draionage:; ■ ' 21.763 100,1,7 00
,11. Oh»rlotte..v»i 40)122-: ; ■ 177,970 00.
AM»yOffle9 I N,KYork....J | 7M« 21,970,662 83
t8,«91,656 - $61,857,088 06
, In view.of the .inoreoslDg abundance of diver, :
tie dtrcotor Inquires whether tome measures can
not bhpdpptedwberebybanknotea.undef tha.de
nomination 6ftwenty,orafcleect teu doilers, niay;
bewlthdrawn from oiroulatlolij'andwbetherit
be' eipbdienf jio,
which; tbc,.ellyej"eolnage,ieeutriuted'ee'» legal
tender, to’fifty, or l even one hundred dollars.' In
' relatlohtdthe seotlonoftho Mint aot, which aa
jhorlset the leaue of oertifioateefordeporiu of the
precioae meUla,'the i director, makee the following
6agg'«ction:: v ,:'-7. *,
<The director.of the Mint In hlaUte report eeys :
‘'3¥itbfatte'la3^Jei^^,aolp^new.Vaript^eBof()al-■ ,
lionhave been brought to bar’noUee.' (The goldof
thuFreaer rive?'region, of iwhiehy however;.but,
lUtlejj i §a Ma«hedM,''ia one of tteae varWUeV. It !
ie found to be considerably alloyedwith silrer-*-:
more aotthan the.average ofCeUforniagold,- With
our present hoenty knowledge, we' cannot' rate'* it'
higher thanB4o thoiißandths flne.on the average!
whioh; allowing for the silver, wonld be Sl7 60
j»r6nnoe,'after mining.' 'Another yarlety* whioh,
haa been broaghito oarattention is the gold from
Platte river, of which we have had bat oneeam- 1
pie.v'iThie Waaof hlgh jficeaeai, equal- to that of
ABst»lia,and;alUOOaupefior:tp,that,whlch;waa:
formerfy ~reoeiyedj, f rp4, B»Bi*r?e, through* the.
overland sample adloded.to gaye a
flnenoaaofOOf thouaahdtha; equal.to’Jl9,92 per’
phhoe, after melting. A deduction of from two
to four-jfer- eentowpon <tho; Valoeo; above stated
will give-a prorimate valnatlon'of fcatlve'uniuelt-*
eS'gtSfpa,”
ataooe. JJ < As’,/ >■ V,,.... ~ ';t\ I, ■,
** This sect ten mfghf,' r groatpropf iota* and 1
with advantage to the pdWonjft ht fa
permit the oertiGoatoa for gold to hoir
saed;ih' snob-autos M tfto' defiosfton'may de
sire, reatriotedto'smnailot/Jera
and made
issuing Buph.«>rUfioate4,wonldr fndhoe.ft' more
gonerar usa"of- gold'coins- andftieirundoubtod
. eaoivaipotr and,prepare theurgy ter the expuJaten i
paper nipijey, which. coif, of
Thoevldenoe on thaljjatfpf.tho Eroeecntlonln
tbs Allibone mJ Hewhall easowas closed jester- 1
day , and' thedpenlng' speeches of the, defenodwere
• made by Mr.rßrewster ftr' Allibone, and Mr.
Thayer for, .IfojfbsH,, T :..
.foreign l, jrar-TeWls are hovering around the ■
eoant.crf Mexico almost as thickly as oarrlon'around
a onicass; ■■ A Breiiohfidet.oonslstingbftwo steam
ersi-t«r<!' abdiwinsdat
eaertflilisV hisar Vera Ortiz,,and ten otSor Frenoh
soon.'.‘ At last'advices
from Vera Ora* four Spanish wrfr Veiselaweio t\§!>
tloned thetejand'threi tnbrt were daUyeip'ected.
n waealao suppbsedthat three Britiahwarvesseia
'
™ ! »i,th»t ,port,; .lnthe interior the frar-r
iikompTeinontapttho contending parties continue
TTithvariedimcC.sjanditjasaldthat'aiittack
will shortly l,e Vera/Orus
tlsaai of ; Zuioaga. The Ocndlsh Splrff lo which
this,oml war is conducted ia.etrikinglv lUnstrated
>y the prooiamatidnof Sanera! Koheagaray after
thaoepturo of Porote./ Hosays .-],:, . ■■
'‘.A„h'onlblo spectacle will'disturb your fcratiit
oation<,;.X am .or those’ Mexican# ’Wb» : nisserve
■ theirnatUral igood feelings;iyon cannot'He with
■ iodltfarptisetbo doath.of oUr^brethrehyaUlioigh
Ve* 10 - f I ! 6rra<>nE ‘OrlmeSof Whloh’tkey.are
Sauty. rhare commanded the: offloefs- and ier-'
5rSSff l UScef«j»M ,> W?” XftbftlMtot; andonein'flVo
• Vera Orbs exnoMiW®'
iWTttattefitl i Vivd
ii 7-ciW^
'■ ‘'f\7 -ioocryj?^^•* '&?£!
Oar Relations with Foreign Powers.
Tho ample tolegraphip summary of the va
rious documents reletting to our relations I
with certain foreign Powers, scpjNjy the Pro
sidont'to Congress on'i.l’hnfsday, contained in..!
Tins Press of
with satisfaction by |uhth(ftisandl'pf' reisers.
It is unhecessary 'feeap : itulate .J
Evhnt has boon so’wollatatedia thoso ddspatches, I
beyond calling attention to the following I
paragraph, accidentally omitted in the tele
graphic report, from tho minutes of the con
versation of the Earl of Malmesbury, of the
f office, ’with ’the American
(^mister) .'our 3 ,feUow'Oitizen, „ Mr. Dali as,,
The'liarl said: - (i ,
' (t 3'The iivo Governments harmonised per
fectly in their.determination to arrestor crush
the ravages of General Walker and bis assooiatea
Nothing'could be more entirely just and satis*
fliriOry than'the President's proclamation.” j
" A few days ago we npoke with some empha
pis of the hazardous folly of newspaper illi
bußteiring on these questions, trying to create
a warpanic at* such atime.rWe stated that
thefe.Beamed to us no immediate or remote
apprehension of such ’ a catastrophe—-that
not only were ' the' causes of a collision
wanting,'but that it was to tho interest of ai
the parties to strive for peace and good will.
And finally, that those who, for the more "pur;
pose of mischief or ambition, sought to dis
regard the monitions of tho timeß, will surely
encounters most fearful'respouslbllity. We
are, therefore, ’greatly gratified to know
that our relations with certain loading for
eign Powers are so auspioious. England
to ' Mr. 1 Dallas, on the ono
hand; ahd to General Cass on the other, and
intennediately' to’ Captain Mclntosh of the
Home Squadron, with noble frankness, while
Spain addresses' onr country through Mr J
DobaE, ohr representative at Madrid, with
friendly dignity and handor. These conversa
tions reach the two immediately sensitive
points, and will go for to tranqniliso the pnblio
mind.. ’ ,
. The President deserves high credit for the
part be has taken, in - these affairs. Jnstice
requires that we should add, however, that
; mnah had been done towards the preparation
of the English as well as the Spanish .mind,'
for the determination"of.the American people
on the anbject now approaching a settlement,'
by 1 tte'Administration, of. President Pieeoe.
Governor,Miaor was a vigorous and far-see
ing statesman, as bis course on the right of.
search ” so plainly " established, and the , re
buke of the enlistment blunder by the Execu
tive under .the same was hold
and 'well-timed. . Mr, Buohahan has acted
with equal fir mneas and sagacity, and, in this
at least, Kas qarnod the consideration of his
countrymen.' =,,
Mr. Cobb, and Reciprocity with the
. - ,i ,-Canndns.
!- By tho. reciprocity treaty of 1854, which
went'into operation In 1855, to continue ton
years/botween tho,United States.and the Bri
tish provinces ,of “ Canada, Newfoundland,
Nowßriinswiekj Nova Scotia, Prince Edward’s
the several islands, thereunto adja
cent,’* free trade was established in the prin
cipal "raw staples of both countries.
Mr. Cobb, it seems, has.decided that flonr
and lumber must be treated as. manufactures,
and thereby taken out of the free liat and sub
jected to the import duties of our general
tariff. .; .
Wo havo . seen in one or two of our ex
changes, where least of all we wonld hare ex
pected to.ffnd it, complaint made against the
Secretary on account of his action in tho mat
ter. But it does not appear to us tiiat ho Is
censurable, nor; that his,motives can be justly
put under suspicion, •He was hound to con
strue the treaty justly ahd.strictly, and if even
the intention, of imposing countervailing
restrictions' upog the Canada trade, to meet
somo impositions which they bad made upon
ours, . .was among the inducements, they may
have been well warranted. That treaty was
unquestionably got lip in favor of the menu
factoring interests of New England, with no
regard whatever to the Interests of the agri
culturists "of the' Western and Northwestern
States* . It tiftod the gate to let in a flood of
the p raw produce of; the Canadas upon the
market of’our fanners;.While it "did nothing to
release them from the tariff charges upon the
manufactures 'of; Great Britain. It was all
one-sided,’ as between the farmer and the ma
nufactnrer, and every way prejudicial to the
welfarp of, tho former—operating to let in
competition against him, and not touching
that competition which wonld have been bis
compensation. ’' ,
Whatever was Mr. Csbb’s feeling or aim in
the matter,, .the treaty is just that sort of a
on* which should be most strictly construed
in favor ef the interests" injuriously, affected
by it. • ■ ; f
. Opr farmers and lumber-men of the. North
and West are merely mocked by a duty jn our
general tariff upon wheat and rye flour oi fif
teen per cent, and a duly of toonty-four per
cent. 'upon the manufactures of wood hud
lhe*wopd,. if flour and finished ,lumber are to
be let in upon them from the Canadas by a
lCdße ctmstriictiohpf the reciprocity treaty."
rMri CCEB’s' 'proclivities are not to be im
peached with-’favoritism to protection. His
daclSidh on these points is friendly to the in
jtbrests of classes,of tnen.not tqo mnoh favored
■bythopolioy of the and, in tho ab
sence of, ’ all probabld motlve that is excep
tionable; all proof of misconstruction, and of
jany wrong iri the effecis produced, he’desmes
;fcl,bp.fl|iBtai9e’d; in Itto cpniv
'plain of; -hat, on the contrary, until we are bet
|terad vised, 1 we; Shcil ’hold him notcnly right,’
eritUled to ;crefli£,fbr what' Be has done in
■ the premises.:-
' When we catch manufacturers, or thsir spe
jolaladybcales,-working for froo trade in the
things which they consume.as provisions, or
Jlnraw material Which our own soil can pro
duce, they will hear from us. We are not for
ithoprotection''or monopolies, but of all the
;iji|erests of induetry. Jttost assuredly wo will
•notcensure; a . free-trader for an act contrary
tohlsprejudices, whon his official judgment
[obliges him'to .'execute his' duties favorably to
the rights:and 'interests of our agriculturists.
; Osj jpntrary, whether he who does fight is
SHr. Ur Surra, foe or friend, he shall
•have the gbod WordofTiiE Pkebs.
! ' Mfia. BiiKiHKo’s BoOK— u Tus Pes asd tSk
iP*SoUi’,',’-r;shlsiB the pretty and appropriate name
i«fif tho most elegant Gift Book of the soason. Mrs.
Balmanno's Pen has supplied tho literary matter,
land her j Pehett the artistic illustrations. Original
fatten, important. In English History j Artlatto
fAneodote|,, Bemiplaoenoetf; of Tyitsand. Poets.
iArehmblogioaljlnqulries, Poems, ifc o<> Ao., form the
opntentsof thtspharming volume. Mr. ami Mrs.
B.were the Mends and gtmstaof the distinguished
parSonsftHdy dewrib'o—Hood, tomb, Fuseli, Sir
Thornes Lawrence, (to whoso instruction, we un
derstand, Mrs. B, owes hor suporior skill In the
representative art). Mrs. Cendan Clarke, i0.,A0.,
live again In the grateful pages of the fair memo
rlaliitl _Her. book; null bp an acquisition to the
Jibrary,and an ornament to tho draniug-room,'
pfSiohOß Blits —The anlertalnments of this
iaondorfttl maglolan continue to attraet full
audiences. , In' addition to its learned banary
birds, Spirit yappings, And' vehtriloi)ulam, ho is
conhtanUy .'iaddln'g heir novelties to his pro
gramme. Thieaftbniooh ho gives an eutorUiu
jnent. The jovenllos should atthnd
. Ladies’ Fslr attfonnt Airy, Gtfrman
iown, In&id of the Episcopal Ghdroh in course of
&t that'plaoo,olosos this evening. ft is a
rno<tp*Tlse worthy undertaking, and wo cordially
commend It to. those who know the neoessity of
Baoh a* place Of. worship in that part of our city.
Thd'-fair , will bo open all of to-day, and we hope
tho fair potroneasea will find that they Hard been
well'rajrarded. for their disinterested exertions.
| fcy We desiro to bear testimony, to the exoel
jencoof tho bitumlnous coal offered iof salo by
Mr 'DunlapViloliaugbliti, at his office, No. 142 i
Booth'Fourth street, in this oity, having used lt in
Ourdnelliog. ■ It'makesaoheetfhl and pleasant
fire, end leaves ho ashes. We should liko to see
tUfaartiolb offuellAtroduoed into general use.
S pjsXhfSiSlEAr.—Weare under obligations to Mr.
Ottonkirk of the Exchange Hotel, late Jones’S; for
eomesisars/sies, out, no doubt,’from that Ursa
Major"that lately astonished Mr. Brown, in front
6f hla jojmler Kostolrie. ’ ’
l**s*°* Mblodjsons rop
9otf£»d, Bbv«ptfa and Oheotnut streets, bos an elo*
guit stocks ftasan and -Hamlin, ilolodeons, and
Rarwr-Bactfy and 0 0., HaUett, Haris, & Co., and
other Piacos. j • ' *
■ | -'•ir-i } t ).
j BAidSrocM, ■ OnoiJSD . Kbnts, ' MoßlqidßS,
Bstatb, ai on Tues
.4*7- jejit, ?Jat in«t., Bill opfnprito a largo amotmt
■ ; 4>a VirloJlof, pp '<«>, ,k jo'ri penmptoniy,
Jfy executors, - and others. See
pamphlet. OatalOgne.isaoeitb-a&y;'
, i 4a’asi'itho. attoatlon of phrohnsera to the sale
pt Frohohaml Gorman toys, byß.Ssctt.Jr., auc
itoneer, 431 Chestnut street, ooinbrlsing; a gene
ral’smbrtmont'pf frph ItopofieiJ suited to
ojy BaleS. . • 1 , 4 ,--i ht .'.v<.
THE PRESS,—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1858.
B Y MIDNIGHT MAIL.
Letter
[Oomspondence of ' \ '
, Wi-BUINGTOH, Dec. 17,1858.
{'EUe Uniofofi ha') ap tho ta*
rtf?question deserves to bo ooinmonded fot thb
general and?unexpected modotatibii or Its tono.
Few ©xpeot : 'proteotion -fot the aako of proteo
tllon, and none that tb6 duties should all -be spo
oifio. If the Uniojt is at all ahthoiized to speak,
its artiole indioates a‘ better spirit than we have
been led.toexpeot. Certain it is that Gov. CJobb’s
report has impressed the Country that he is hot
only against Bpeoifio duties, but disposed/tb dif
oriminate against ,Amerioan. labor. Suoh is the
impression it has made hero and elßefrhoro. I
should greatly Vejoloe If by his notions ho shows
a disposition to yield to the requirements of tho
times and the demands of. an enlightened pub
lic opinion. This much I know—that there is the
.best feeling hero among the-Southern men on
this important, sabjeot. Mr. Oobb need not be
afraid of them. Congress may not give either
extremes all thaUt may expeot; but if Secretary
Cobb chooses to do it, he can assist in the con
summation'of a revenuo bill that will stand the
test of many years. Bat will he do it ?
I have never known a moment In Washington
when, with any kind of prudenoe, the revenue
question could be more satisfactorily settled than
at the present. Thero. are, partisans who would
like the question kopt open till the Presidential
eleotion In 1860, but the general disposition is
good. The unity In Pennsylvania on thissntgeot
has <*one muoh to create the favorable feeling bow
existing in this*oity.
The usual New York squabble is going on.
Many of the sachems (or sachems) are oh hand,
and great is the hubbub. For yearsoffioo has
been the gilded bait which the New ¥ork poli
ticians have followed, it has never been a ques
tion ofprinolple with them. When John Van
Boren, Cassidy, and tho rest, defeated Caes in
1818, it was beoause the Van Bnren father did
not get an offioe. This they proved by joining
hands the very next obanoe with their worst foes.
When, under Pierce’s rale, Sronson was hnrled
out of the l eolleotor’s offioe, the resulting row
was about offioe. This lasted for two or three
years, every train bringing a fresh relay of ob
jectors and advocates. Then Mr. Buchanan oamo
in, and Schell got to be oolleotor, and now nearly
two years have gone by in another flouffitaboftt
place. Whether Schell goes out, or Sohell
stays in,' is now the question) Ido not think that
in either event the Government will go down.
My surprise has always been, however, that so
many able men as aro to bo found in New York
should be tearing eaoh other to pieces about this
miserable business of office-
The speculations of Bomb of the Washington
correspondents about the probability of difficulties
with foreign Powers have always been absurd.
There never was a moment token o'uy relations
with foreign Pamirs were moYe auspicious than
at the present moment. Bven the usual war spirit
so common in Congress heretofore, has got to be
unfashionable. The South wants peace. The
West wants emigrants. The East wants trade,
and evoryhody is looking lor good times.. There
will bo some difficulty, it Seems to mo, to* oook a
war out of this sort of temper.
, The Dred Soott deoision, it is thought, settles,
without a doubt, the unoonstitutionality of the
proposed protootorate of Buy Territory outside of
the territory of the tJnited States. The Court thus
states the question :.
11 There is certainly no.power given by the Con
stitution to the Federal Government to establish
or maintain colonies bordtfiiig bfe the United
States or at a to %e rated and governed
at its ottnipleasure f tlor, to enlarge its territo
rial limits tit atiy -teay, except by the admission
of tun States That power is plainly given; and
if a new Stato is admitted, it needs no furthef
i? gi fI a .' ion by oo »Svess, because the Constitution
itself defines the relative rights hid powers, and
duties, of the,State,.and-tho citizens of the State,
and r the Federal Government. But no power is
given 10 acquire a Territory to bo held and gov
erned permanently in thatoharaoter.
“And indeed the power exeroiaed by Congrefis td
acquire territory and establish ,a government
there, according to its o*n tthllmited discretion,
was viewed, with great 1 Jealousy by the leading
statesmen of the day. . And in the Federalist
(No. 88), written by Mr. Madison, he speaks of
the acquisition of the Northwoßtern Territory, by
the eonfederated Statea, by the cession frtm vir
ginia, and the establishment ttf a government
there, as an oxerolse e| ho#or not warranted by
the of Ootuhderation, and dangerous to
the liberties ef the people. And be urges the
adoption, ef the Constitution as aaeourity and safe*
gear'd against such an exercise of power.
“ We do not mean, however, to question tho
power of Congress .In this respeot. The power to
expand Hie territory of tho United States; iy the
admission of new States , is plainly given; and
in the oonstrnotion of this power by ail the depart
ments Of tho. Government, it has been held to au
thorise the acquisition of tori-itbi-y, not fit for ad
mission at the time, pat to he admitted as soen as
its population and entitle' it
to admission. It is acquired to become a State ,
and not to he held as a colony and goQeintd by
Congress with absolute tuuMril V; and as the
propriety of admitting tt now State Is oommltted
to tho sound discretion of Congress, the power to
acquire territory for that purpose, to bo held by
the United States until It is in a suitable eonditioh
to become a Statu upon an equal footing with
the other States, must Wst upon the same dis
cretion.” - v • . ,
[!?**«- frfnolplo upon winch our govarnmanta
rest, and ppou wbiob alone they oonttuue to extat,
is the union of Statek, Bovefelgn and independeat
within their own Halts in their internal and do
mostio.oonootns, and bound together as Quo,people
by.aGonoraJ Govornmont, posaeaiing certain enu
merated and reatrioted powers, delegdtbd to it by
the peopleof tho eeveral Status, abd oxeroislng su*
preme authority within tho scope of, the powers
granted to it throughout the dominion of the
Lotted States. A power, thereforo, in the Qah
oral Government to Obtain and hold Oolonies and
.dependent Territoriw,. oiroi' whioh they might
legislate without foatriotion, would be inconsistent
with its Own existeboo in its present forln.”
It will thus be soen that the Supreme Court de
nies the right of tho General tjovernment *o hold
any “oSlony,” or “Territory” outside of the
United Slates, or any Territory for any other pur
pose than to niake it a State at a proper time.,
< Under a protectorate, would tile people of those
Territories remain In htlhgionoe to the Govern
ment ef Mtkteo, and bo oonsidotod oHisens of that
itepublio ? Or would they bo in allegiehoe to the
United States, and considered eitinen# of this Ke-
P uMi ° ? .These,are queoHohS that may involve
some difficulty. I merely throw out these sug
gestions for what they aro worth. . This sabjeot is
likely to'bo one of some cons,qaenoe, and I
thought “Dred Soott,’’ Who Beehis to be in great
favor jast notv, might have some inflaenoe In its
deoision.
Mr. Vice-President Breckinridge is living ih
Sixth street, near Louisiana aVetaue. Hlsfatniiy
are not with him. Meeirs. 5. £, Olay and Mr.
Stevenson, both members from Kentuoky, are of
his household. Pioneer.
- Elegant Walnut-street Residence anß
'Furniture to be sold on the premises on Monday
nextr-one of the finest single yceidencee in the
city, third house east of Mr. Dundee’ spleniid
mansion at the corner-.
Sale ofRARb A»b Curious Books on Monday
and Tuesday, now arranged for examination.
See advertisements of the three sales.
Valuable Farm at Public Sale.— Messrs.
Thomas & Sons will’ soil on Tuesday next, 21st
inst.,at iho Philadelphia Exchange a valuable
farm, on the lino of the Delaware railroad at Leip*
slo Station. The land is in a good state of culti
vation and advantageously situated, and is woll
worthy the attention of those seeking farm pro
perty'.
-Bilßop Eleoant FVRMTtitife.—shla morning,
atlO o ( clook, atfco. 912 Chestnut street, will be
sold a stock ‘of ' fittt-olasa cabinet furniture, in
cluding parlor,'chamber and dining seta of the
latest and most superior finish.
Alsd. an elegant rosewood piano-forte, by Soho
miokor & 00., and an invoice of rich silver plated
ware, the whole to ho sold without roserve.
The Beep and Mutton Contract,— Tho
special committee appointed by Select and Common
Oounoils is Investigate the particulars oohborning the
beef ahd mutton contract with. Mr. Jdhn Jobes hive
made the following report, which will to the
r eader at bncfc the lobSe, corrupt, and censurable man.
her In which the public business in that department
h*s been transacted. It exhibits the fad that the eon.
tract .was awarded to this individual at a price exceed.
Ins $5,000 over and above the sum at which other
butchers were anxious to furnish the same article, and
concludes with the following paragraph;
•• After a cartful examination of all the facte thecorn
mlttee are of the opinion, that as the wise restriction!!
of the Consolidation Act. providing that Coubcllb shall
direct the manner in which the Guardians of the Poor
Shall make all contracts, were hot embodied in the Or
dinance making the annual appropriation to that de
partment, the cootrsct with John Jones Is binding on
the city until the end of the year 1858, and no locgefr,
as section 6 of the Bdpblemenc to the Consolidation Act,
hooted April 21, 1868, expressly forbids any depart
ment from enterics Into a contract, or inourriog any
debt whatever, until aa appropriation shall have been
first made by Councils.”
The inhabitants of the quiet little borough
Of Darby experienced considerable excitement by the
'uhannounbed appearance in their streets of a p&sßepger
rallway car, which was placed on the Philadelphia and
Darby railroad, as a precursor to running regular trains.
The ear was driven at the usual speed of oity railways,
and accomplished thedonble trip without Inconvenieoce
or mishap, much to. the sathfaction of every one who
witnessed it. The location of the road is entrusted to
Mr. Alexander Eastta,- civil engineer of this city,
whose sucoe'sfal operations should satisfy the advocates
of onr Germantown and Baltimore.street railways, and
others, that they need not fee deterred by heavy grades
or sharp curves. Messrs. Smith A Leonard performed
the work of laying the trsok, very much to the satis
faction of all ooncerned.
Fatal. Accident old man, named
Benjamin Toffait, aged 72 yiars, yesterday morning
fell from a Scaffold of a church which he was painting,
at Eleventh,- and Wood streets. He was dreadfully
braised and rodeived severe Internal* injuries. He was
taken to tbe Pennsylvania Hospital and died a short
time after he was admitted. ; The body was removed to
the residence of hid daughter, No 9*B South Tenth
street, below Christian, where Coroner Fenner will
hold au inquest this moialcg. • , - ,
A Proclamation^—Mayor Henry has issued
a proclamation forbidding all lhlndre from'ranniug with
fire companies,>nd authorising the policemen Id arrest
them.' This Is a very fine arrangement, as not upfre
quectly acts of incondiiriAm' have beeu traced to' tbe
fast youths of, our oity, who have fired buildings for
the take of getting up an excitement The proclama
tion-will go into effect on Monday next.
Fatal Casualty. — A young boy, Lamed
Thomas Deooursay, aged about ten years, was playing
on the Readirig Railroad, on Thursday afternoon last,
near the Columbia bridge, and was knocked down by a
train of cars and very muoh Injured. He died at the
-Pennsylvania Hospital yesterday mdrnlng Hie body’
•was taken to the residence of Ms parents. • < 1
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELE&RAIPH:.
THIKTy-ni'TH CONGRESSi,
Se’cobd Session*
SENATr Sn, ' ,<,ioS ’ I,eCl7 '
The BenaU is not. in session to-da;, havlog adWrnei
over to Monday. v .
HOUSE OF BBPftBBfiNTATtVEg.
On being called 1o order, the House took tip the nri
rale calender, and are cotuldeting the bills from *thn
lakla«Mion.
A lengthy discussion took place on the bill to nro
vide Tor the examination and payment 0 f 'tho oliiffia/fefb
the ciUzebß of Georgia and Alabama, on account nf tnn
losses sustained by the depredations #f the Greek in
dlapfl, involving about a million and a quarter of dol
fc fijr**. of Alabama, mad. a apesoh In rapport
Mr. WAOBBOtaSB, of Wisconsin, replied hr makio. »
remark not complimentary to the bravery of the «iti
zenfl of Alabama and Georgia, who fled iti fear fibm the
lnaiana,
tlMdoroU* 111 * ch " r “ rt ' ,r,z " 1 th,t *»<ortionmlalie and
Mr. Wasbborsb raplled that Uie gentleman from
AlabamafMr Shorter; had given an ilTuitration of hln
bravery here, to-day. B
ofraotS 1IU! “ ‘“ ns,Hon *“ P r °4aoed by thle exchange
The Chairman {Mr. Sherman, or Ohio t Whbli.
called the gentleman to order. ’*
MoJdly fUrth ° r adjonrat* till
From Washington.
• WißHinoios, flee. 17 —The mombere of Oongre.e
have drawn np their pay mole closely to date than
usual, an evidence that,money is not abundant evarv-
T ! 18 » 8r * 8 »“i at-arma has disbursed, aWertha
4wv ‘’nf “““““t »f mileage and arrears ofstlary,
*127,468. His total disbnrieinents, for the present
Oongreae.up to Wedueeday last amounted to 11,435,292
Not a little excitement exists among some of the
lo! “ n “L°!' heart.g that certain par
lies, said to be Federal offlco-holdera. propose publish
ng nnw Admlnlatratloo paper in Philadelphia t> the
Injury, they anppoae, of the Fen».ylcaniim and Artcui,
when both of these journals might be 1
Benor Mata has reterned to Washington, as minister
of theJuaree Administration in Mexico He has pleni
potentiary powm to make treaties and settle all difficul
ties between this Government and his own.
The House Committee on Territories.
Washington, Deo. 17.—The Konse Committee on
Territories, at their meeting h.ld this morning, re
jected, by a vot<« of five to foUr. AD. Grow’S proposed
amendment to the Senate’s Oregon bill, to repeal that
elMiße of Mr. English’s Kansas bill which prohibits
tho people of Kansss from calllog a Convention to form
a Constitution until they shall have suffieieot popula
tion for a Bepreseotatlve in OoDgreio, according to the
Federal ratio. The bill, as it came from the Donate,
Vrafl ordered to be printed.
An Omission Sappiiett-in the Central
American Documents.
WxsniNOtoN. December 17.—The following la the
third point in the converaaiion between Mr. Dallaa and
Lord Malmesbury, accidentally omitted yesterday :
, ‘‘Third. The twoGoVetnments harmonised perfectly
in their determination to arrest orcrash tho ravages of
General walker and his associates. Nothing could be
more entirely jnst or satisfactory than Ibe President’s
proclamation.”
The Paiagnay JEfcpedition.
WissmoroM. Deb. 17.-The Secretary of the Navy
has »rom three vessels on ths way to the ren
dezvous of the Paraguay Expedition. The Chapin was
spoksn at aea on the 7th inat.; the Pultdn reaohed
on the coast of Brazil, on November 10.lh:
and the Harriet Lana arrived at the same place «n No
vember 13lh. The officers and crew were all well.
South Carolina Politics.
THE INAUGURAL OP THE NEW GdVBBNIJft—EXPRES-
SION OF DISUNION SENTIMENTS— L. it. JtEITT.
Washington. Leo. 17.—Hon. Mr. Gist, the new Go
vernor of South Q&roUna, In hia rnauaural addreia,
says:.
» VP hoped that no occasion will arise ro
quiring the State to call upon her sons for the defence
of her rights and institutions;” bnt believing this
hope will prove fallacious, he continues: ”We should
not only endeavor to unite the Btitv,’ but the entire
flouth, bo that when we can no longer retain our places
as equals In the Confederacy, we will be preparel to
forpj a jttore perfectUuion, under the stylo and title of
1 The United States of the South.’ ”
The Charleston Courier t of Wednesday, states that
Hon. 17. M. Keitt will close his Congressional career
after serving out the next term.
Wieck of the Brig E. K. Kane—Safety
, . of the Crew.
' Nbw Yobk, Deo. 17.—Tho brig E. K Kano, of Philo
delphia, from Richmond, Va., bound to Bio Janeiro,
was wrecked at sea November 28th. The c-ew were
saved. Three pf the number have arrived hpre, and
the remainder are on the bark Ctabs, bodnd to Sa
vannah.
Counterfeit Notes on the Western Bank*
York, Deo. 17 —Conuterfeit Qve-doliar nates,
purporting to bo on Wentorn Bonk or Phll«4e!nhlo, ora
oironioting in thlo oily. '
Arrival o'f the Overland Mail.
Sr. Lon'S, Detombor 17 —Tho overlond moll, whloh
mrt Boh Fronctaco on tha 21« l alt., arrived here to.day
with two through passengers.
The nows from California is only one day later than
Tarnished by steamer, and lausimporitnl.
Ihe paasorigdra report that tho roadft continued to be
in good condition?
Mr. Pardee, the expressman, who has the President’s
message in chargo, was met flfty miles east er Poet
Belknap. He waa then thirty hours ahead of time.
The Filibnsfer Schooner Snsan.
Nbw tied. 17.—The schooner Fanny, whloh
has arrived below, reports having spoktn the filibuster
schooner Susan on the 10th Inftaot bound to Grey
town ; lat. 24,40, long. 87.81. All well.
Tlio Case oif Swan A Co., Lottery
Dealers.
Abouavi, <)»., Deo. 17.—Tho presentment before
the Orand Jury of thle olty, sgtlnet Bwra & 00.. lot
tery dealers, alter an examination of two days, has been
retarned with no bill.
Tire at Carlisle, Pa*
HABRifBORo, Deo. 17 —A fire at Carlisle, about
three o’clock this morning, entirely consumed four
QWelilngß, apd damaged aSrtk.. Three of the houses
were new briek buildings, just about being finished, the
property of j„.Bbe'em, • Th^,other two were frames, the
property of Charles Moore and*JMtfHarder..\Th6 fire,
originated in one,of the new buildings, and was un
doubtedly the work of an'ineendUry.
' Markets ‘fly Telegraph.
BiLTixoas. D««,mt»r 17.—Flour firm; l.tlOO bus
raid at f6.12g. Wheat arm; 10,600 be, sold, quota
oaa unchanged. Corn unsettled j white 660; yellow 600.
Prorlelona quiet. Whiekey firm at 200. Coffee firm :
1,200 bags eeld at llife for Bio.
Marine Intelligence.
■ Arrived at Ban frebeisoo, ship Silver BW, from New
Ya *-
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
*■*' The Blotter Market.
, PiULADILTniA, Ifoo. 17,1868.
Tbe market, to-day, was ralher dull. The sales
cover 961 800 of loans aud bonds, and 222-share's of
stocks. The fancy stocks are very dull, and the princi
pal sales at ths stook beard are of tho lower priced rail
road bonds. There was little or no change in prices
from yesterday's sales. Norristown Railroad sold at
65# for five shares, a fell of from the last sales, with
dividend off.
The State Treasurer will buy from the bidders, under
tie resolution of the commissioners of the sinking fund,
one hundred thousand dollars of Pennsylvania five per
oent. bends, at the following prloes :
$0,400 00 at 60* per cent.,. s6d7o
12 000 00 st 95* r " nteo
42,202 78 at 95 91-100 per cent 40.489
89,397 27 at 9T * •• $216
$lOO,OOO 00
By this purchase, the State eaves $3,670, besides the
annual intsrost from thi? time forward.
The whole amount offered was $244,682 61. inaeven
bids, as follows:
No. 1— < $8,400 00 at.. 66* percent,
2- 12,000 00 at Oflw u
3- 42,202 78 at 05 944$ “
f"T JMP? 9® at......Eg per cent,
0— 6<,d49 /8 at........... . 97 ii .
0— 14,600 00 at 98 «
7 100,000 00 at 97* it.
The Bohoyllkill Navigation Company, brings down
17,494 tons of coal for this week, against 7,414 tons in
the corresponding week of mt—an inorelio cf 10,0 m
tone, which brings up ibe aggregate tonnago lor the
year to 1,318,864—44,239 tons ahead of last year. The
Reading Railroad Company is working upon U| new
year, and has fallen behind the early weoks of last year
thus far, 0,026 tons, For the week there Is a gain of
5,250 tons over tbe corresponding week of 1637.’ The
Hazelton Coal Company transported 6,282 tons during
the week,
At the last meeting of tho board of directors of tho
Carlisle Deposit Bank Mr. Richard Parker resigned tUe
presidency of tbe bank, ond the beard appoltted ft M
Henderson, Esq ,in bia strad. Mr. Parker'hmilns i
member of tbe .board.
, Imlay & Blcknell’s Ratk A f c/s Reporter furnishes
the-fol|ow*ng deebriplion of the new counterfeit five
dollar bills on tho Westons Bank of this city, just put
largely into circulation. They are a very close imita
tion of the genuine. At present they may be detected
as follows • The centre foalber in Indian head-dress on
upper left hand corner of tbe note, in the genuine,
touohea the line above; In the counterfeit it ieslightly
short of the line j on,tho lower left corner in the genu
ine, tho engraver’s name, Dauforth, Bald,; A ,Oo ,
Pfiila And Ndw York, almost rest upon the line below }
In the counterfeit they set nearly an eighth of an inch
above tbe line. The same line on the genhintj note Ik
almost touched by the point of tbe waves of the orna
mental work at the bottom of the note, in which the
word Five is inset tad} in the counterfeit these points
are nearly an eighth of an inch distant from the line,
The tint color of the counterfeit is sligbfclygresn. The
genuine is in bine. The counterfeits that we have
seen are dated September 1, 1867.
The following is the amottntof Coal transported on
the Philadelphia and Beading Railroad during tho
week ending Thursday, December 16,1868:
From Port Carbon
“ PottatiUe,.*
** Schuylkill Haven.,,.,,..,,.,
44 Auburn ...
14 Port Clinton... J
Total for week..,'...
Previously this year.
Total
To same time last year...
The following is the amount of Coal transported on
the Schuylkill Navigation, for the week endiug Thurs
day, December 16,1868:
From Port Carbon
•* Pottsville
41 Schuylkill Haven,
14 Port Clinton
Total for the week
Previously this year.,***.
Total
To same time last year..... 1,274,665 00
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE BALES,
December 17, 1868.
BBPOITID BT MANLST, MOWN, A 00., BANK-MOTII, STOCK,
AND BXOHAHdI BROEHRB, EOBTffWHST OQENBft THIRD
AMD OBBBWOr B TBS STS.
JIKST BOARD,
2 Penna R ~ 42#
4 do 42#
4 Commercial Bfe .. 50#
5 Reading R...2dy« 26#
50 do ».,. b&wn 26 IT
100 do ... 25#
5 do ~.,,.2dyB afifc
4MlnehiU R 61#
6 do .......... 61#
6 Morris Cnl Prf.bslo7#
10 Lehigh Nar.CO
2 Phileda Bk ~..,.118
0 Lehigh Scrip,,2B
8 ’ do 28#
2 <|o 28^
16000 Penna 65....,b6 06
2000 City 65.... CAP 99*
2000 do ..R CAP 00*
4000 Elmira Ist 6175,
86 76
1000 do Chat 10s s 6 76
1000 do “ fl& 76
600 Cataw Chat 10c 69*
SOOLeh.gh Nar 60.. ,90
1000 Huntingdon A B’
Top 7s. .b 5 18
1000 Missouri 65.... 89*
1000 Reading R 6s ’47 95
8 Penna H 42*
2 do -.}% 42*
3 do 42*
BETWEEN
Oataw 7a. .«6wu 6lk 1
COOO do wtßfiwn 61 %\
dkOOND
600Pcan»5s, go
1000 City 6s CAP 99J<
: 200' do ....O&pggv
80 ....O&PfigJ
1000 do Now O&P 103
100 City 6s ’6O .••*••'97
1000 Peanaß 2dM 6s» B2W
W9P dd g^w
JXJO Catawisea R 7a.. 6iy
i2 n 0 Lehigh Nar 6s .. 98 %
3000Harr]sbgR6s..s5 67^
GLOBING PRI
Bid. Asked.
PhH»os
«o ,R. 99*«99«
do New. ,108 103 X.
PennaCs 99
Reading R 2 6%
do B4s’TO.,BBX 84 '
do Mtg65>44.96 08.
do do >88.76, 76JT
Pemiatt.... #2i' 42? i
do 1etm6f1...104 106
do 2dm <ls....p2Jk 92k
Morris Oaa Oon, .17 49
do Pref......i07 108
BchaylNav6s ’B2 7O
Boh Navlmp. 65..74 76
CITY ITEMS.
Interesting Anniversary.—One year ego a
move was made by a few worthy young men in this city
to organize a society, under the title of Pennsylvania
Literary Union, w'th the view of self-improvement,
which ( * now nntnWe about flfty memlwrjl, and,
from the prudent e»d ( tiianiy course that has cha
racterised effort*, the popularity of the soc’ely
bids fair, at no distant dsy, to place it in tbe very front
rank of those praiseworthy organizations In this city,
both in point of zmrobers and ,ability of Its members.
Laet evening the first .anniversary of this society was
held, at Musical Fuud Hall, and waa, in point of au
dience, no less than in the creditable character of the
several parts performed, a most interesting cccaalon.
There was a fide orchestra engaged to oaterforthe
musical taste of the audience, whioh it did with spirit
and evident aa'tiafaetionl The literary exercises of the
evening Vr6re Introduced with an address by the presi
dent, Mr. Wm. H, Miller, after which essays were read
by Mersrs. Charles H. Cols and Henry O. Ldkens, the
former on “AJijth and Melaochofy,” the latter on
“ Modern Society.” Addrßaies were also made and
essays read by Messrs. George H Roberts, Edward J.
Tlel, O. D. Martin, and J. T. Audenried, the subject of
the latter being <’Printing—the lever or the age.”
After-rthe grand finale by the orchestra, the andlence
retired, having exhibited in the course of the evening
humerons marks of applause.
A Holiday Suggestion.—Wo took oooaslon,
not long since, to call tbe attention of onr Teaders to
the Stereoscope, and its adaptability to the family cir
cle. Our reference to the subject was suggested by
the very perfeot specimens of these instruments which
we then had the pleasure of examfxiag, at Messrs.
McAllister & Brother’s, No. 728 Chestnut street, to
gether with the finest collection of accompanying views,
we presume, to be bund In this country.
In View of the approaching holidays, the thought
basocourred to us that, Just now, wh»n presents are,
with the shopping community, emphatically the topio,
we could not give a more timely hint to those who are
puzzled to know what to hay, than by oalliog their at
tention to the variouk grades and costs of Sterirs.
McAllisters’Stereoscopes, and the scores of other opti
cal instruments of use ind beauty to be found in their
splendid stock.
We have no hesitation is saying, that a more appro
priate, pleasing, enduring, and in every way sensible
Christmas gift could not tie imagined than one of these
wonderful instruments, by which scenes from all parts
of the habitable globe ore delineated with a fidelity to
nature so striking as to startle and oonfound those who
look upon them for the first time, Tbe human figures,
also, whether ef representative characters, distin
guished strangers, or personal friends, brought out as
they. by the Btereosddpe, in the moat perfeot and
life-like relief, are marvels, which in reality obsenre
the moat costly paintings from life that artist ever
drew.
In conneotion with the large collection of these
goods now to
the liberty of mentioning ( their Polyoramas— an enter
taining Instrument for the family cirole, by which one
painting will dissolve Into anott *r, by viewing them
through the medium of reflected or transmitted light.
The gold spectacles of their manufacture have also ob
tained an enviable reputation, and should not be over*
looked. We noticed, also, in their stock, nose specta
cles, in gold, of bbautifnl patterns, nod last, bnt not
least, their elegant pearl-mounted opera-glasses would
make a gift for a queen.
Sewing Machines.—Our Hew York correspon
dent, (n e recent letter, referred to th& great number of
sewiog machines that are now bring sold in that city.
Borne months ago, in order to apeak advisedly, we were,
through tbe courtesy of Mr. Davis, permitted to make
a personal examination of one of Mr. Singer's Instru
ments, entitled his Family lowing Machine, at bis .of
fice in this City, No. 602 Chestnut street, hnd of which
we then gave an account, that, in probably every other
respect than the priet , would havo induced the majo
rity of our readers, yet nnsupplied with a sewing ma
chine, to give it a trial frhe price, It will be remem
bered, waa then on\ Kundud dollars y and even at that
it would not be difficult te demonstrate the amount thus
spent as an economical investment, even in a pecu
niary point of view, to say nothing of tbe far higher
merits of the sewing machine, Ha health-saving, and
cooaequently life-prolonging qualities.
This admirable instrument of Mr. I. M. Singer A
Go ’s, no less an ornaraot l for tbe parlor than it la an
implement of utility anywhere, has, since oUr former
notice of it, been reduced from one hundred doliirs td
the moderate sum of rirTT dollars, at which price
we would advise onr readers, who have families, to sa
curo one, as tho moxt substantial and (on our word)
welcome gift tor the approaching holidays that money
can buy?”
We wonld not be understood aa making auy invidi
ous distinction in thus recommending Mr. Singer’s in
strument, but haying taken Vome paini to lest it, we
can speak with the utmost confidence as to its merits.
Christmas Goods.—Wo have ono rcquosfc to
make of the Indies, aud that is, that they should not
purchase a single present for a gontlcmaq before calling
at the Gentlemen’s i’urniftblng Store of W. W. knight,
No. Arch street, and examining his stock of wrap
pers, scarfs, cravats, gloves, handkerchiefs, hosiery,
uoderclothlog, Ac. In all these things Knight’s stock
is a perfect model. Our advico for aintltmeh is re
served for Monday’s issue.
"WiisßE to buy your Oandies.—There are
probably more oonfeotlons consumed during tbe holiday
week than dating toy other six weeks of the entiro
year, in view of whioh it should be made a matter of
serious inquiry where these delicious eatables may bo
bal m thoir greatest purity. Beyond all question, the
confectioneries of Meßsrs..E. G. Whitman A Company,
Second street below Oheotnnt, are the finest in every re
aped, manufactured in this or any otper country. This
fact la well attested in the,larg6 orders they are con
stantly receiving for them from all parts of the Union.
Their store is now being constantly thronged with pur
ohisers.
• Ho, for A Wrapper !—We* don’t believe In
buying what property belongs to tho claims of affection,
bat if wo wore called upon for tho bast direction how a
'(darling wife” might bask in the sunshine of her
((love of a Iltisband, ,) fbr h year tb come, we should
give It as our deliberate opinion that the way to do so
most effectually wou!d be for her to present her liege
lord on Christmas ere with one of those elegant dres.
slog gowns manufactured and sold by Messrs. R. 0. Wal
born & Co., (now) Nos. 6 and 7 North Sixth street.
Their stock is & perfect repository of everything in the
furnishing Hue.
OMlVaniq Experiments —This ovening, Dr
Boynton lectures at Concert Hall, on the formations and
deposits of coal, and at the olose Introduces the bril*
Hant experiments with his great l ron galraoic battery*
The price of 4 the last half the course—four lectures—
hah been reduced to flfty-oents.
The Confections A*f > Fowler *fc Townsend’s,
1610 Market street, have always been popular, from
the fact of tholr excellence and being free_from sli in*
jurious properties. The materials used in their manu
facture are first-class, They have an assortment on
hAnd Whloh is unrivalled for its purity.. Just received
a fresh importation of foreign fruits.
LEcirfiK by Hon. Horace Mann.—Tho nu
merous admirers of this distinguished scholar and
author will be ploosed to learn that he is soon to ap
pear before a Philadelphia audience. He will lecture
at Concert Hall, on Monday evening, ou *• Politics, *’
and on Tuesday evening # a"t the same pi Ace, of whloh,
however, the subject has not yet been announced.
Christmas Presents. —At this season, whon
ench a variety of Christmas tokens are offered as to
perplex those desiring to make a presentation in tho
choice of gifts, to the utilitarian there can be no better
article suggested thsn that of a good umbrella. Aless's.
Vim. A. Brown fc Go., No. 246 Blarket street, effer a
large va r iety of the choicest kind. The stock of this
establishment is unsurpassed, and we would advise
those whose good sense prompts them to seleet au um
brella as a gift to pay them & visit.
To insure having sound, pure, nutritious wines,
you will have to purchase them of Grboo & Bntdsb,
630 Arch street. Their Brandies and other imported
liquors are of very fine quality.
Holiday Presents, 714 Chcstnutetroet.
35. W. Oarrvl’o Furnishing Store.
Silver Plated Tea Knives, 714 Chestnut street.
Silver Plated Butter Dishes, 714 Chestnut street.
Silver Plated Castors, 714 Chestnut street,
Silver Plated Cups, chased and gilt, 714 Chestnut street.
Silver Plated Goblets, 714 Chestout street.
Silver Plated Cake Baskets, 714 Chestnut street.
Silver Plated Tea Sets; 7 4 Chestnut street.
Tons. Owl
11,658 06
3.608 00
10,289 07
1,861 00
6,860 02
Silver Plated Tea and Coffee Urns, 714 Chestnut el.
Silver Platod Dinner Knives, 714 Chestnut stroet.
Silver Plated Napkin Rings, 714 Chestnut street
8 lrer Plated Toast Racks, 714 Chestnut street
Silver Plated Ware of all and every kind, of the finest
and best quality, and at moderate prices, manufactured
by K. W. Oabrsl, 714 Chestnut street.
41,779 14
65,686 02
97.304 16
103 369 10
Secret Love.
The fountains smoke, and yet no flames they show ;
Stars shine all night, though undlacern’d by day;
And trees do spriDg, yet are not seon to grow;
And shadows more, although they ssem to stay;
Tone. Cwt
4 888 10
337 01
9,217 00
3,061 00
In winter’s woe is burled summer’s bliss,
And love loves most when the object of It is atUsed
lo a graceful and becoming winter suit from the Fash
ionable Emporium of Urakvjllb Sroxss, No. 007
Chestnut street
• 17,493 11
>1,301,060 00
Christmas Presents, suitable for the Little
Folks.
.<..1,818,853 11
Knife, Fork, and Spoons, in eases.
Plated Toy Tea Setts, in Boxes.
Plated Chased and Gilt Cups, in great variety of slr.es
and prices.
Boys’ Sleighs and Velocipedes.
Pine Willow andßatan Table and Rooking Chairs.
g, W. Carry 1, 714 Chestnut street.
Was a Message ever RncniVEn Tnnouan
tub Cable 7— The question is again started aB to
whether a message has really ever been sent or re
ceived, per submarine cable. Wo reply in the affirma
tive, and we are prepared to h'nt further, thatmeisa.
ges are cow sent dally by tho same medium! We have
before us a copy of a despatch fairly printed .by a
Hughes Icstrnmont, which rans as follows: »‘Tho
best ard mod elegrat garments in the world are those
made at the Brown Btono Clothing Hall of P.ockhill
A Wilson, Nos. 603 and. 006 Chestnut street, aboyo
Sixth,”
A iiEBAL Testlmi.— A friend neks ub how muoh
or the present standard silver currency of the Unletd
State* is a legal tender } We don’t know, but think it
Is $lO only, in consequence of the alloy in the metal.
We would state here, however, thatall sumß,ffrom one
to one hundred dollars, will be taken in payment for,
choice Clothing at |!.H, Eldbioob’s “Old Franklin
H&llOlCtbJng Emporium » No, 821 Chestnuf street.
tSb ChristHAS Festivals are drawing near,
when everybody is endeavoring to be pleasant) when'
old scores and annoyances,are wiped out; when Papas
and Mamas think what they oan ,do ti pletfe their
little ones. In.these dilemmas Edward A.Hunts, S<
W. corner Aroh and Ninth street, is called upon, and
advocates tbe propriety of supplying the Obowd with
his fine confectionery.
BOARDS. .
11600 llUntiij .don ii; D
' Tip f». .b 5 46
BOARD.
1600 N Ponnu-R 10s.’.
1000 Busq Oraal 6e... 88 -
lOOomuionw 8k... 2l
. 1? do ..'..21
Ii MirfehlVl It*llV
6 Norriltowh 8.. 6as
8 d 6 6&k
16 Plant Bk," Term.lo7.
60Sohuyi Nav Prf.. 16#
tOES-BTEADY.
Bid. Asked.
SchNav Stook./. 8# -9
• do Pref.l7
Wmsp’t&Slmß.lOx 10*
do 7elatmtg.74|( 76
do 2d 66* 60.
ItOngl&U** HS llti
Gltard Bank \\% 12
LehGoalA Nav.. .60 60u
Lehigh Scrip 28 28«
N Penna R 8U 8M
£o 6s 68
New Oyeek % %
Gatawissa R.... 6 6M
Lehigh Ztno %
Thb Herrick Patent Sweeper sweeps
olein and fast—doe£ oDt wW tbe carpet, nor raise a
dust. Th«y axe sold by B. W. Oarrvl, 714 Chestnut
Holiday Prubentb for Ladies and Children.
Fine WIUow Wortataoda, Id a great variety of series
andp&tt'rna.
tidies’ apd Children'll Rask.fita, .Wil}ow bhairai’&c.
Pine Plated Castors, and Plated Cake <ind Oatd fia£
:ets.
Plated Onpß for Children, of raripn* patterns
Pine and orAtnsry Cutlery or all kinds.
With many other useful Goodsuitable for presents
at the new House furnishing Store, southwest earner
of Second and Hook streets. , 35. S. Farson 6c 00.
, Buy Thflm’s Pateut Case Shoe-brush,for a
Christmas -prepeut. They are tht neatest and most
cleanly shoe-brush yet invented. Sold by Grocers and
Shoe-dealers. OHARLEB 1) THUM, Manufacturer)
160 North THIRD Street. It#
£. McClain’s new and choice extracts for tbo
Handkerchief.
E. MoOLAIN’B California Gold-drop, prepared at
884 North SIXTH Street.
BrWoOLAIN’S klsi-me-quickly, prepared at 884 N.
SIXTH Street. ,
£. MdOLAIN’S Prangepania, prepared at 834 North
SIXTH Street.
E. MoCGAIN’S Bobo Bui, prepared at 334 North
SIXTH Street, above Wood
E. MoOLAIN prepares one hundred different kinds
df extracts
B. MoOLAIN’S vegetible llair 0.1 Is warranted td
restore, darken, Invigorate, and A ;ften the hair, add
entirely ertdioate dandrdff. * it#
« Modern Aristocracy and True Mobility.”—
A lootdre on the above subjeot will be delivered in San
som-Street Baptist'Ohutbb, on MONDAY EVENING,
December 20th, at 71£ o’clock, by the Rev. J. DOW
LING, D. D , for a benevolent object.' Tickets 26 cents,
A Public Singer Cured of BrdnchltUef Long
STANDING.
Dbar Sir : Thanks to yonr « Hoofland’s Balsamic
Cordial,” I atn now, I believe, thoroughly chred of that
soreness in the threat which has distressed me for so
manyye&ra You may not know that I am mainly de
pendent upon my salary as a leader of a choir for a sub
sistence. About eight years ago, t first felt a weakness
In the throat,'which, as I supposed but tempo
rary, gave me no uneasiness.; But it soon became so
painful as to’'incapacitate me, for a time,from filling my
situation. I therefore desisted from pU vocal exerolses
fdr a month, when my throat becamobetter. Resuming,
again, tlie coreness’ returned With,increased violence. 1
I now had recourse to medical advice, and afterwards
to several advertised remedies, with but slight effect.
Despairing of a curd, I relinquished my situation, and
had turned my attention to other bittiness, when one of
your-cirenlats fell Into my hai-ds. I determined to try
the Cordial, and bought a bottle with that view. I
could not see that I wes'any better, after taking it, yet
determined to persist. I accordingly bpught a Second,
and soon after a third bottle, by which, time I fait so
much better that, I could scarcely afford it, I determin
edto purchase a half dr ten. When I hhd taken the
sixth bottle,! felt that 1 was cared, and 1 havelaken
po more since. Six months have passed away, and I
have'elt no return of the disease. I have resumed my
old situation, and the future looks bright before me. I
thlnkyouare entitled totals certificate—lt is at joufc
service. Truly yours, • ’
Prepared only by Dr. C. U. Jackson, 418 Arch St., Phi
ladelphia, and for sale by druggists and storekeepers
throughout the United States and Canada. Bribe 76
ceiits per bbttle. it
To Druggists*—Jlostoiit December, 1858.--
The inventors of the original and genuine “ 00
COAINE,” beg leave respectfully to caution yon against
imitations of tbo yame by unprincipled persons.
“ COOOAINB ” was invented by us, its same was
adopted as our trade mart r, (both as it addreises the eye
and the eat-,) and yvery bottle dent into the marketing
been sccompsntrd by a printed notice to that effect.
Our object has been, firstly, that the “COOOAINB ”
should be In duality beyond competition ; and scohd
ly. to offer it at a prick within the reach of all,depend
ing upon largo kslos for remuneration.
We have advertised the ” OOCOAINB ” in the United
States and Provinces at an expense of many thousand
dollars; thus its very name has become a valuable
property, and now, before the half of our outlay has been
reimbursed to U 9, certain mean and unscrupulous per
sons have pirated that name, and are attempting to rob
us of our property, and our’reputation.
We diroct your attention in particular to an article
manufactured sed fiat up by certain persons in New
York, cai’etl doODINE,* name obviously adapted to
deceive the unwary, (the letter A only omitted;) this
compound, if mistaken tor ours, will tend to breakdown
and destroy tb? reputation of the genuine article.
Legal redress is somatlmrs slow, and we appeal to
you atocoa for your moral support by your directdenun
o!ation of snch dishonest invasion of our rights.
P. 0 —Retail Druggists, and dealers generally, are
oautloncd, for their own interests, to avoid the spurious
compound, the genuine is labeled “OOdOAINJS,”
and is prepared only by Joseph BOrnstt & Co., No;
2? Central Streei, Boston. ' It
Holiday cum l-Snitable and appropriate pre
sents aro the << Ears for tub Deaf.” Over sixty va
rieties of Instruments to assist the Hearing, at P.
Madeira’s Ear Instrument Dkpot, No. 103 Booth
Eighth street, four doors belotV Chbslnut. dlT.&t
Delaware Farm lor sale, at Leipslc Station,
on Delaware Railroad, containing about 360 acres, In a
high state of cultivation. Raised about 76 tons of Ha/
this season. Is admirably adapted to raising Peaches,
and iB now in proper order for planting orchards the
coming spring. To be sold on Tuesday next, December
21st, by M. Thomas Sc Sons, at Philadelphia Exchange,
at 7 o’clock P. M For particulars apply to THOMAS
& EONS. See handbills. Adjoining lands tare sold for
$5O j>er adrb. . * dIC-fit
Gold and Silver Watches, Gold Chains, SIN
ver Plated Ware, Ladles’ Bets of Coral, Garnet, Cameo,
lava, and Mos&io Jewelry; Gold Bracelets, Pencils,
Pens, Medallions, Rings, Breastpins, &0., Ao., are
daily given to purchasers of Books at Evans’s Gift
Book Emporium, 439 Chestnut street. AU the new
Books on hand as soon as published, and sold as low as
they can be had at other stores Call and examine our
immense Block of Gift Books for the Holidays. Com
plete classified catalogues free to all. dl3-6t
Office open daily, from 9 until fi o’clock, and on Mon
day and Saturday until 9 in tho evsulng. President,
franklin Fall } Treasurer And Secretary, Charles If.
Kerri*
850, 850, 850, 850, 850, 850, 850, 850.-
SINGER’S SEWING MACHINES-PRICES DE
DUCED.—A now and elegant Family Bowing Ma
chine for $5O, and the general scale of prices greatly
reduced. All who want a substantial, si rple. and re
liable Sowing Machine, which bas an established repu
tation for doing the very best work ou every kind ot
material, are Invited to call at our office and essmta*
the new machines, at the reduced prices. They can
not fall to be satisfied. I. M. SINGER lb CO.,
cO 2-tJ22 No. 603 CHESTNUT Street.
Special Notices.
PfcihADKtralA, May 17,1863.
DR. C. It. JAOKSON
Very respectfully, your obedient seeVants,
JOSEPH BURNET* A CO
Silver’s Gas Consuming Stovea-N-Unless these
Stoves are made in a proper manner they are no better
than the common old-fashioned heating Staves.
I employ none but thebeßt workmen, and use the
choicest imported Russia iron.
I Warrant every Gas Consumer I sell to be fully
equal to those I bad on exhibition In the Franklin
Institute, and which attracted the attention and
admiration of Tialtera generally The Committee
conceded that GALLAGHER’S make of SILVER’S GAS
CONSUMING STOVES were the best in the Exhibition.
I oall attention to tho following letter:
“ i have examined the ‘ 81iver Gas Consumers ’ ma
nufactured by Mr. A J. GALLAGHER, and pronounce
them fully equal to any I have ever seen. The Rdtisia
Iron ia the vsftY best, the workmanship unsurpassed.
The whole stove fully embraces my invention. I ro
commend with pleasure to my frieadß and the publi
Mr. Gallagher’s make of Stores. J. S. BiLVKa.”
A. J. GALLAGHER, Stove Manufacturer,
No. 805 N. SECOND, above Vino
Fine Clothing at Greatly Reduced Prices*
Closing out the entiro Stock of flue Pall end Winter
Clothing, at a reduction of from fifteen to tweuty per
oent. on the former moderate prices, to prepare for
6pr ny business. Every garment manufactured of t'**
bent materials, and cut, made, and trimmed in the moat
Elegant Styles, at
Ron*. 11. Adams’ New Btorb,
dll-d tjal s. K. cor. of Seventh and Market Sts,
-ttyspepsla.— There is probably no disease
wbloh experience has so amply proved to be remedia
ble by the PERUVIAN SYRUP as Dyspepsia. The
most inveterate forms of this disease have been com
pletely cured by this medicine, as ample testimony of
some of our flrst citizens proves.
For sale in this city by F. Brown, corner filth and
Chestnut, and Uasnsrd A Co., eorner Twelfth and
Ghostnnt. dUM&Wtf
Saving Fnud.—Firs Per Cents Interest*—
NATIONAL SAFETY TRUST COMPANY, WALNUT
Street, 8. W. corner ol THIRD, Philadelphia. Money
received in any sum, large or email, and interest paid
from the day of deposit to the day of withdrawal.
Money is received and payments roods* dally, without
notice. The investments are made in Real Estate,
Mortgages, Ground Rents, and suoh firat-oiaas securl*
Urs oath charter requites. Office hours, from 9o’olook
in the morning until 6 o’olook in the Afternoon, ndon
Monday and Thursday evenings until 8 o’olook. feO
Grover & Baker's Celebrated Family Sewing
MACHINES.
A NEW STYLE—PRICE $5O.
730 Ghsbtnut Stbbst, Philadelphia,
These Machines sew from two spools, and form a
seam of unequalled strength, beanty, and elasticity,
which will not rip, even if every fdurth stitch be cut.
They are unquestionably the best in the market for
famfty use,
oold-tf 10-SRNn FOR A OIROULAR.
Seamen’s Having Fund—Northwest Corner
of Second and Walnut streeis. Deposits received
in small and large amounts, from all classes of the
community, and allows interest at the rate of five
per oent. per annum.
Money may be drawn by cheoks without loss of inte
rest.
ftot. 0, 1808.—‘Another Trltimpli I—Messrs. ‘
JAMBS p. SPEAR.A,Co.—• Recently suf
iering’iffie my store destroyed by I
fire, a nnsjor part of my stock of
having my" Safe, (of BVANB & WAT-;
gON’S .celebrated fephe,) whilst nearly everything else]
was dflitrqjod. ; TlUSafe, though staudlog in an ex*!
hosed position, subjected flratio the acting of fire, and;
thsin of water] 1 (of which an 'immense body,fell upon it’
from the upper story,)^ 'ptes'emd Us vttluduU tohients
i% perfect condition, and I have it now in my store!
ready, if needs be, for another trial. I glsdly testify
to the superior qualities of these Bafes, which I regard
as the best security from fire and, burglar.yet known.!
To all who may want * truly reliable Safe, I would lay,*
get oneof A WATfiON’fi. t- U. i i
- ' ; W.ttttfeer '
The abqve is taken from the Daily .Exchange, De
cember 19, pf Baltimore, and addressed to Mes rs.
,O. BPEAR A 00., Agents of Evans A Wat
son there.
ROBBERY- OF THE WONDERFUL WORLD’S FAIR
LOpk, THAT itSADUBOUT.'
NoßßisiowN, Dec. Ist, 18^.—Some tli&e last night
the flouring mill of Mr. Joseph Fezone, ln porristown,
Pa', was entered, and one of Farrel, Herring, A Co.'s
beat patent Powder-Proof Look and Safe"
WAB BLOWN OPEN WITH POWDER,
and $1,600 Ip cash taken. out ant)' qarried away. This
safe jshojr in front ofEvans A Watson’s,store, No 20
South, fourth street,.where we mo&treqpeetfajlyinvite
thb pdbUo to call, and examine how Yorkers
make theiyaafes. They screw their doors together with
the smallestkmd bf cußt-iron screws; arid from the ap
pearance of this safe, it could not have taken more than
one musket load, of powder to blow the above safe open.
October 18th, 1868 —Three thieves entered the
Flouring Mill of Messrs. Dorrance A Doron, In Bristol,
Pa., and tried all night to blow open their Safe with
powder, which had $2BO in cash, hat did not succeed in
gettinglt opeir; Their Salamander Safe was manufac
tured by " '
Tkey hare a felt-’ moreibr sale, of the same kind, at
thdlr itore, No. 2# BoutU fottitlfc fittest, Phllidel
phia. • , - .
N. B.—We find in TAe Prm, of December'4th, the
following: - ' •
“ All our feafes are warranted to give perfect satisfac
tion, or the* money will b 6 returned. ~
“ Fa&bbL, Hbibiho , A Oo.”
We, EVANS A WATSON, would ask all parties
havlifg Farrel, Herring, A Oo.’s Patent Champion
Safes td take adv&htsge bf the above offer, and
return them and get their moody, as they will find
that the composition With which the Safes are filled
(a large portion being oil of vitriol) will eat oat all the.
iron. A specimen of their Champion Safes may ,be seen
in front of our store, which Is eaten full*of holes
how. dl6«3t
Holiday Presents.—Now that the Holiday
are upon ds, we cannot advise our friends to do a wiser
thing than to call at OHARLES DUMMIG’B, Nos. 86
and 37 North Eighth street, corner of 2&&e, and select
their presents. 'ln • hie extensive stock will be found
the most varied and complete assortment of Fancy
Articles ever offered to this eouotry; inch as
FANOY GOODS AND TOYS OF ALL KINDS, -
Parian MabAlk and Alaaabtbb o«ha«srts,
Baoaza Attn Berlin Iron Goons,’
Boheuian Glass anoLava Wars,
Pbrra Cotta and Fasndn War*,
Papier Haobb Goods, Oabas, Bags,
PtJBSBS AMD PORTUORAIB )
FiMx Cctlbbt,'CarsgMSM, AMD
BacxoaHKoh boards ; > »
Writing Desks, Wobk-boxss, Dbissiso Cases ; .
MtrStOAL iRSTaUMBUTS OV ALD KIMDS } - -
OaiCBKT AMD AsCHKRT IffpLEhEMTS.
His store is Crowded frommornihgttU night, from the
fact that it Is Well known to the public that his prides
are . . * ' -
Ashe is
< THE IMPORTER 07 HIS OWN GOODS.
He has at this time a curiosity in his stock well Worth
a visit; we allude to his Speaking .Dolls, which really
pronounce the words “Papa” and “ Mama ” with re
markable distinctness, d!4-tf
Harnett’s Cocoalne.—
A’slftgle application renders the hair—no matter how
stiff and dry—soft and glossy for several days. It is
tbi Best and Cheapest Haib Dbsssino im the
Worldi OO., Twelfth Rod CfaMtaut Bt«.
Sole Agent. For sale by dealetsgenerally, at 60 eta per
bottle. nolO-tf
0. 8. GARRETT.
Where Baldness exists, It 'causes a new
growth of soft, glossy ringletty hair; gray hair or
whiskers, by Rs use, speedily assume the pristine co
lor and flexibility of youth. It is not ft Dye,’ simply
a great ebemical discovery, celebrated as Jules Hauel’s
Eau Athenieone, or Hair Restorer, and sold by all
Druggists, and by Juio* HaueV A Co , No. 704 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia dl3-6t
Barnett’s Coboalne.
A compound bf Cocoa-nut Oil, Ac.,'for dressing the
Hair. * For effloaoy and agreeableness, It Is without an
equal.
It prevents the hair from failing off.
It promotes its healthy and vigorous growth:
It is not greasy or sticky. ■ <
It leaves no disagreeable odor.
It softens the hair when hard dnd dry.
It soothes the irritated scalp skin.
It affords the richest lustre.
It retrains longest in cffelt.
ID- Mbssrs. J. Borhbtt & Co.—l cannot refuse to
state the salutary effect in my own aggravated ease of
your excellent Hair Oil—(Cocealne.)
For maoy months my hair had boen felling off, until
I was fearful of losing it entirely. The akin upon my
head became gradually more and more inflamed, so that
1 could dot touch it Without pain. This irritated con
dition I attributed to the use of various advertised hair
Washes, which Ihave since been told contain camphene
spirit.
By the advice of my physician, to whom you had
shown yo'tfr process of-purifying the Oil, I oomtneneed
its use the last week in June. The first application al
layed the itohing and irritation; in three or four days
the redness and tenderness disappeared—the hair ceased
to fall, and I have now a thiek growth of new hair.
Yours, very trnly,
BUSAN K. POPE.
|0- a single application renders the hair (no matter
how stiff and dry) soft and glossy for several days. It
is conceded by all who have used it, to be th s best and
eheapest Hair Dressing in the World.
Prepared by
JOSEPH BURNETT A CO., Boston.
|0- Jor Mle by dealers generally at Fifty Cents a
Bottle. riS7-8m
WlndoW Draper?, ,
EBOOATELtfi.
SATIS DAMASK,
SATIN DE IiAINE,
WORSTED DAMASK,
REFS, MOREENS, AND FLUSHES,
Together with ell the trimmlnge tpperttlnlng to the
Curtain trade.
Owing to the lateness of the season, we will out
our heavy Curtains at greatly reduced rates. Cnrtains
cut, tSade, and put lower than prices elsewhere
Also, White Lace and Muslin Curtains of every deßOiip
tion, bought at auction, and selling' at btflf the usual
pries. Window Shades, Gold Bordered, Landscape,
Gothio, Fresco, Plain Linen, and Oil doth, at whole
sale and retail.
PATTEN’S CURTAIN STORE,
dB-tap!2 680 OfISBTNUT Street.
rvr=as Comraonwf»..M -nenrance Uompauy, el
L 3 THB BTATB 0* PENNSYLVANIA—Office N.
WTcorner of FOURTH and WALNtfT gtreeta.—Phila
delphia, Decembers, 1868. ..,
Notice i» hereby given, to the Stockholders of tola
Company, that the annual meeting, and an election for
tin Directors, te serve (he ensuing year, will take place
at the office of the Ocmp&ny, on tho first MONDAY
(31) of January next at 12o’ clock M.
d9-tja3 SAMUIL S. MOON, Secretary.
ry-===« Jayne’s Hall Trayer Mectlus—All will
[3^be tlad to learn that until further notioe the
BOBINEB9 MEN'S UNION PRAYER MEETING will
he held again io Jayne's Hall, daily, from 12 to
1 o’clock This Is the most central end convenient lo
cation, and THOUSANDS can be accommodated.
All are cordially invited to attend, and tho meeting
is open for all to take part who are members of any
Evangelical Chnroh. n24»tf
rvs=» Office Philadelphia Gas Works, Wov.
UJ* 25th,1868.
Proposals will be received at this office until noon of
the 30th December neat, for the sale of Stock of the
Germantown Gas Company, and, also, of tho Bichmond
Gas Company, to the Trustees of tho Philadelphia Gas
Works, as an investment to tho Bioking Fund of said
works. n25-M3O. W. PENNELL, Cashier.
rytsssm Heme lor Invalids with Affections of
IL3 THE CHEST.
urw g. W. corner PAOKJS and CHESTNUT Streets. .
n22-lm West Philadelphia
ry=u» Firemen’s and other Union Prayer
IJJS MEETINGS, under the auspices of the
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
ON SABBATH AFTERNOONS.
United States Engine, Wood, below Crown st., from
4 to 6 o’clock. „ , .
Pennsylvania Hose, Eighth nt., below Green, from 4
to 5 o’clock, .. , ....
United Hose, Brown st., belew Twelfth, from to
6 % o’clock. • . , . . .
Perseverance Hose, Quarry street, below Iturd, trom
4k to 5k P.M.
ON SABBATH, at 7# P. M.
*DUigeot Engine, corner of Tenth and Filbert ats
Delaware Engine, South at., above Nineteenth at
Western Engine, Gallovrhill, below Sixteenth at
ON TUESDAY, Att& P. M
America Eugioe, Battonwood, below Third st.
Philadelphia Engine, Seventeenth, below Chestnut,
Robert Morris Hose, Lombard st., above Eighth st.
Columbia Hoso, Ohdrry, above Seventh st.
The Athenians, at Holmesbarg.
ON at 7X P. M.
Klngseaatng School ouse, batby road.
Independence Engine, Spring Garden, near 24th at.
Southwark Engine, 8. Third, above Washington efc.
Eillgout Hoae, Madison, aboTe Kace st.
Harry Clay O.nb Boom, Ohestnut street, West o)
Seventh. _
N. Liberty Hose, New Market, above Coateß st.
United states Hobo, Buttonwood, below Fifth Bt.
Schuylkill Hose, Locust Thirteenth st.
Naval Apylum, Gray's Ferry road.
Fairraount Engine, RHge avenue above Woodst.
Good Will Hose, Wood at, below Twontj-tbird.
Club Boom, corner of Fifteenth and Fllbort sts.
Fairmounl Hone, Pleaaaot street, above Eleventh,
Humane lloae. Wood street, below Third.
ON FRIDAY; at 7* P- M.
Western Hoie, Twentieth at, above Lombard at.
Vigilant Hose. Eighth st., above Wharton at,
Warren Hose, Barker, above Eighteenth at. ,
Spring Garden Hose. Parrish, near Eleventh st.
* R DAITiT.
# Diligent Ecglne,cornerTenth and Filbertsts., from
* Ilandell and Haydon Hall, from 4 to 5 o'clock.
Medical Student meeting, every morning, from 8 to
quarter befofe 0 o'clock, at room of the Association,
1000 and 1011-Chestnut.
Ladles and Christian friends are affectionately invited
to attend.
By order of the Executive Committee of Young Men’*
Christian Association. - sell-sat tf
rw<-==» Office of tho Franklin Saving Fund
UJ§ SOOIKTYp*, iwadßlpsi*., Dec. 17th. 1868
a meeting of the Stockholders will beheld at the Office
of the Company, on MONDAY, Dec 27th. 1868, be
tween tho boon of U and 3 o'clock, to elect Thirteen
Directors to serve the ensuing yotr.
dlSElOt* OYRTJB OADwALIiADER, Treasurer.
EVANS A WATSON
EXCEEDINGLY LOW,
BURNBTT’S OOCOAINB
BURNETT’S OOCOAINB.
Boston, July 19, 1867.
BURNETT’S COCOAINE,
ON THURSDAY, at 7 % P._M
nr*3=** Lectures on geology.—Dr. BoVnt*n Will
Ik? give thq Fifth Lector*, at CONCERT HALL,
ofli THIS (Saturday). ETENING, Dec 18:b. gnbjec
‘ Coal different kinds and qoslittos, and how pro
**■?-’* 'At the close ?DrA B :>will give a serisa of bril-
Rant experiments, with his iarg» IrenGalvsnio Batre-
X J. oeafJQmtfckets {four rMßaloing-Lec ures) 60 cenfe.
2 1D ,Moiisai°n26 cents. Tooommence at ha'fp»it
I O’CIQCK ' bl'il. 3 • •!!»
Rriorm»d Pretbywrlan Chrircb;
lb? 8r8.P08.-The P.ltor,
*i f WyliC returned from his tone to
MORROW 1 “ 4 !■•»>«■. 'iO-
MosaowMOKNINQ,
thy Rev John Cookmin in the AFTEBNGOJf, at-8i?
o f cl6ek. ' - - - - v
The'Medel Men of p ne
Site Bfw“ I ! r Vm‘be ,I pr™he4
THIRD belotV WALUpf/TO-MOBEOW a ’
service fithalMiast 7/ Hen are
ylted to attend. 1 ~ ; r ■ ■ r ■ >-
, Green street M. E. Cbarch —Hot.
ALFRED OPORMAN will preach,-BAB BAT a
MORNING, at- o’clock. R9Yr JOBNCOOKUAN
at 7 o’clock io tha EVENING. ;**' • ~lx*
(Y!-?* “The Broad Ro&a*V—The s&rmau of
U 3 Rav.sDr- >t, 18» ss.pcibV'sh
EVENING, at Eighth and'Noble Btreets. . ■ -
(T j'g'rMSj P«nlDg of Chrlsl —Rev Thomas
? "“ B *A “ f Owen HiU Ohoreh, will pr«ch on
th« imS. To i? 0 ? EOW (B»bb»Ui) AFTtRSOOH, in
p'ioHSoRROW Rftsfto
Ohurch in Lombard street, above FbOT* 0 * ‘
' to. the Youn» —Thu
*3- Third ot Jhd Cou.se'-befora the YoamrMen’s
U> MhMX AMOelnfon of liw North P,c»b Jto rP»n
Church, will be rreachfd to that Ohurch. North gr\TR
Btroet. above GREEN, TO-MORROW fBabbitb) kven
ING. i.j the ROT. Alfred Ocokmee, ,! :Sk h
the MORNING, the Bey. Thomw L D D
at 10)4 o’clock. . ** It* ’
yga* Second Coming oi Christ.—Rev. Dr.
I*3 ' Berg wiJl.commecce a series of Discourses on
this subject S4BBATH EVENING, at half-past 7. in
the Church SEVENTH Street, above Brown. It#
v-qSai' Rev. franklin Meore, df Trinity
k 3 M- Churoh will deliver the Anouri Sermon
baiore the H*me Mlfialouary Society, of Pbi'idel
phia, TO-MORROW (Sabbath) EVENING, In the
Central Pre»byterian . Ohurch, corner EIGHTH &Ld
OaERBY Streets,, at .l)i o’clock. Subject—“ The
Fraying bf Jesns ” * After which, a collection will be
taken to aid in xelievli g and eleratiog thtworihr-to'T
• •, * THOS. T MASON,
,* lt» .. Chairman of Com, on Public Meetings.
The Rev., Edward F. Strickland, (late
-k3 Actor and Maiager in the Theatrical profession)
Jill pre«h in ihe Fourth Baptist ChQrcb, rlFTHacd
BUTTONWOOD Btreeis, on BABBATH AFTKRNuON,
at 3 o’olock, and in the EVENING at Ti£ o’clock.
Subject—” The Relttion of the CircnmMaocesof his
Converrion and Call to the Ministry.”- Public resuect-
Inliy invited to attend. it#
rvr=» n Knowledgr, a Hindrance
Lk3 rather than au Advantage to Christianity ” R«t.
John Chambers on this subject TO-MORfcOW aV
TERNOON, ato’clock .Ohurch BROAD and
GEuRGE feta * jt#
nr» Sermon to Young Mm—By request of
the Young Men’s t briatian Assoclstien, the
Rev. W J R. Taylor with preach a Beru on to Yonnr
Men, by Divine permiision, on SABBATH EVENING,
19th inatr. at hslLpaat seven o’clock, in the Third
Dutch Reformed Church corner of TENTH and FIL
BERT Streets. ' Seats Jeserred for Yourg Men Medi
cal Students invited to attend. ’ it*
rysai Messiah’s Chnrcbf Melon Street, above
Ik? TWELTH-—Rev. J.- * ITCH will preach TO
MURROW 3, and 7 o’clock, on the ’’Reign of
Christ” and ” The Signs of the Times.” Protracted
Meetings In progress. it#
rv* Spiritnallsm.—Mrs.' Henderson, of ISew
lk3 York, a Trance Medium, will lecture and answer
questions, under pplrit control,, on. SUNDAY, at 10#
A. M. and 7# P. M.,atSANSJM-BTREET HALL Ad
mission 5 cents. *■ <■ U*
Hon. Horace Maun, LL.
LkS? of Antioeh Collere, will lecture la Concert-
Hall, MONDAY EVENING, December 20th. Subject—
“ Politics,.” Lecture comme-ces quarter before eight.
Single tickets, 25 cents Tickets admitting two, 85 cts.
For sale at the door of thehill. dlB-2t#
jyva* People’s Literary . lnst : tute.—Hon.
U 3 HORACE MANN will lecture in Concert Hall,
cn TUESDAY EVENING, December 21. Lecture to
commence at a qiarterto eight- Admission 25 cents.
dlB-3t# ’ • - . :
Notice.—The annual meeting of the
U 3 GRANITE LAND COMPANY willbe held at the
office. No 16 North SEVENTH Street, on TUESDAY,
thelltb day of January. 1859, atdjf o’clock r.
which time abd place .the election of cfficers of said
Company for the *n*ul»gyear will take pUee.
December 18, 1858. It#
lf yoif have a small Daguerreotype or
LL_5 Ambrotypa, Of a deceased or atsvnt person you
c»n have a Liie-gjze Photograph in Oil made from it,
at ‘ BEIMER'S GALLERY, SKCOND Street, above
Green. It*
ry-==» Stalentiuol tbe Caionßauk as required
IjsJj by tbe Second Section of the Act of tbe Gene
ral Assembly of this OommonireaUh, approred tbe 15th
day of October, A. D ,1857.
Amounts of Loans and Diicennts.,........
Do. Specie... i.....................
Do. Due from qther 8ank5........
Do. of Notes in circulation.
Do. Deposits, including balances due . .
to other Banks 141,986 09
| PaiLAOBLPSU, December 17,1868
OrTY M—I, James Lesley,
Cashier of the Union Bank* Philadelphia, being dal;
sworn, depose and say, that the above statement is
correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
jambs Lesley, cashier.
Sworn before me this 7th day of December, A. D.
1958. It C. BAZER, Alderman.
rvr==» Anniversary Concert.—The St. George’s
•J>3 M- E. Church Sabbath School, (Fourth, below
Vine,) under' the direction of Mr. Johu & Morrison,
will giro a Concert of Bacred and Becalar Music on
ODBIdfMAS EVENING,D*c. 25, 1859,10 consist of
Anthems, Chaots, Hymns, Glees, Ac., Ac.
D.ors open at fi j Concert to commence at 7. Card!
of admission 16 cents, with Programmes, can be ob
tained at the Method.st Tract Dtpository, 6th, abor*
Arch; Higgins fe'Peikinpine, 4th, above Market; Law
ton’s Music Store*, Bth, below Market; from the Seaton,
of the Church and at the door on the ereoiogof the
Concert. Prof. John H. Eastman will preside at the
Melodeon.. The superior instrument ustd on this occ»-
sionwiilbe from Macnutt’s Melodeon Wareroom, 108
N. Sixth St, above Arch. „ It*
.Proposals ior'BuUdlug a SteamFlre
LkJj ENGINE for the Mechanic Engine Co., will be
received until the SECOND THURSDAY in JANG
aRY. Builders will please state size, capacity, Ac-
Proposals to be addressed to. U, tt. JCKDUaN, corner
of ANN end POWELL Streets, FrancimriUe.
dl»-5t* f
Bualuess Education—Call at Bryant fc
lks STRATTON’S MERCANTILE COLLEGE, S E.
coiner SEVENTH and CHESTNUT, and examine their
Counting-House Course of .Instruction. It composes
thirty practical » iKUSCftipr 3810, illustrating Bank
ing, Manufacturing. Jobbing, and Commission busin;»a.
A practical knowledge of Accounts and good business
Writing is guarantied to every student. dlB 2t
Commercial Mutual insurance Com-
IJJ? PANY, rear of No. 218 WALNUT Street.
A meeting of tbe Stockholders_of this Company wil
be held on MONDAY. December 20,1858. o'clvca
A. M., when an election for EIGHT DIRECTORS, to
serve for the ensuing three years, will take place
d 8 JOHN McOOLLO&l, Secretary
The;Stockholders and bondholders of
LLS the SUSQUEHANNA CANAL COMPANY are
earnestly requested to attend a meeting. Id Room No.
2), Philadelphia Exchange, oo TUESDAY next, 2Ut
lost., At 12 o’clock M . to take into oonMdeiation the
present condition of the Company.
Philadelphia, Deo. 16.1858.
THOB. P.HILL,
DAVID SCULL,
J J. WOODWARD,
W. P. JUNKS,
FRANKLIN PIATT,
ISAAC FORD,
-OBN REA.
V. A lit F. GILPIN.
•ance Company of New
3YLYANIA, 409 WALNUT
12 WALL fetreet, New Yoik.
ie Stoekho tiers of tbi* Com
]a Philadelphia, on MON
>B, the following gentlemen
eof for the ensiling year:
Hon 8 B. Costing,
Charles ¥. TVatrou*,
ry‘g-» Safeguard Insurt
\S3 YOB* AND PENNS
Street, Philadelphia, sod I'.
The annual meeting of the
pfiflv, held at their tffice, J
I>3r;-December 33th, 185 S
were'elected Directors there
Jacob N. Keeler,
Praodis Blstfrbtffne,
Hebert P. King,
E. B. English,
George n. Leris,
Hubert R Clark,
Jos a ph E. Bt dfeld,
John Prentice,
Edward Wiler,
P. E.Birckhead,
WUli&m R. Forbes.
Daniel Messmore,
: of the Board. JACOB N.
Imously elected President,
•retary thereof, and Selah
d attorney and counsellor of
New York.
At a subsequent meeting
KEELER, Ktq., Waa uiianl
and Henry K Foote Sea
Squires, Eeq., was appointed
this Company At the city of
dl7-lm HENRI
IY R. FOOTE.Secretary.
ry-■-». phi Kappa. Sigma.—A Convention of
Ik3 the PHI KAPPA RIGJiA FRATERNITY will
be held in Washington City, D 0 . on TUISDAY De
cember 28, 1868 Orator—'AMUEL DICKSON. Keq ,
or the ALPHA CHAPTER Poet—WM. BAILLIE
RITTER, Erq., <.f the ETA CHAPTER. dld.flt*
University of Pennsylvania—Depart-
U 3 MENT 01? ARTS.
Tbe examination of the College Classes, at the close
of the First Term, will be held.ltr tbe following order;
TueSDiv, peoemb -r 14th --From 0 to 11 Sexro-s, by
the Provost, (Political KconcwjO and Sophomores, by
Prof. Fester, (Soinatdoyy ) widncn. From 11 to X,
Juniors, by Prof. Alien, (Sheoerfim.*)
Wednesday, 15.—Prom 9 to 11, Seniors, by Prof.
Kendall, (Analytical Geometry;} and Juoiora, by the
Provost, (Mental Philosophy.) written. From 11 to 1,
Sophomores, by Prof. Allen. (Thucydides )
TuuaSDAV, HO) —From 9 to ll ( Juniors, by Prof.
Kendall, (Conic'*Bections.) and.. Freshmen, by Prof.
Jackson. (Livy,) written.' From 11 to I,'Seniors, by
Pn.f Frazer. (Astronomy )
Fridat, 17th —From 9 to 11. Seniors, by Prof- Cop
pee, (Shaw’s English Literature,) and Freshmen, by
Prof Kendsll, (Algebra.) written. From 11 to 1,
Juniors, by Prof Frazer, (Statics )
Sitcbday, 18 h— From 9 to 11. Beolors, by Prof.
Jackson, (the Aululariaof Plautus.)
Mobpay. 20th—From 9 toll, Juniors, by Pror.
Jackson, (Juvenal,) and Sophomores, by Prof. Cop,ee,
(Logic ) written. From 11 to 1, Seniors, by Prot. Al
len, (Lucian )
Tcksday, 21st.—From 9to 11, Freshmen, by Prof.
Allen, (Xenophon’s Grecian History ) From 11 to ball
past 1, Sophomores, by Prof. Jackson, (Tac ! tuo’s Life
of Agricnla.)
Wkdsesdat, 23d.—From 9 to haif-paat 11, Sopho
mores, by Prof. Kendall, (Geometry.)
Thobsday, 23d—From 9 to 11, Freshmen, by Prof.
Coppee. ( Weber’s Universal History.)
On TBUFSDAT EVENING, the23d, at 8 o’clock, an
Exhibition of Declamation of original compositions will
be held in the College Hall
dl4-t23 GLORGE ALLEN, Secretary.
n --— The Clinic of the Female Medical Col.
1L.3 LKGE, No 627 ARCH Street, is open regular-
WEDNESDAY aud SATDRDAY, from It to 1
o’clock Ladies w<ll always be found in attendance to
examine and prescribe for patients. dl-lra
Election.—Penn Mt tual Life Insurance
COMPANY.
An election for Fine Trustees, to serve for three
years, will'be held at the Office of the Companr, north
east corner of l'hird and Duck streets, on MONDAY,
ths third of January next between tho hours of 10 and
12 o’clock A M. JOHN W. ttOBNOR Scc’y.
December 13,1853 d!5- vrsa tja3if
[y*t==» Drpartmeat of Highway*.— Office of
lks CHIEF COMMISSIONER, S V cor. CHKSY
HUT and FIFTH Streets
Notice to Goktractobs Sealed Proposals, entitled
Proposals for Cleansing the City, will be received by
the undersigned, until 12 o’clock M.. on MONDAY,
December 2iPh. Kach proposal must be accompanied
by the names of two responsible persona sa sureties.
Specifications may be had at this office, and all bidiers
are hereby invited to be present at the opening cf pro
posals offered on said day at 4 o’clock P. 81.
* 0. B. ANDREBS,
dlO-tbasmSt Chief Commissioner of highways.
fv?=» Office of the Quaker City Insurance Com*
LJJ? PANY. 408 WALNUT Street.
Nqtios —The thiid aomnl meeting of the Stock*
holders of the “ Quaker City Insnrance Company n will
baholdat the officeof the Company, No. 408 'Walnut
street, on TUESDAY, the 4th day of January, 18£0,
between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock, for the election
of Directors and officers for the ensuing year.
d4-sta&th-2m 11. R. COQQBHALt, Secretary.
$97 670.07
89 456 89
107,083 22
46,070 00
A Y. Stout,
Eliha J. Baldwin.
J A. 11. Hasbrouck,
Aafon Ucfee,
John M. Beac2i r
Henry R. Foote,
Matthew Eeiley,
M. Rader,
Alexander C. Lawrence,
Alfred Clapp,
Lboembbr 1btb,3853.