4tio of tta. Psh.
THE EXECIITTVE.
Arden of a Slavetrader.—The President
has directed the issue of a warrant for, the
pardon of Zeno Kelly, convicted'at the Octo
ber term (1863) .of the United States Circuit
Court for the district of Massachusetts, of
fitting out a' vessel for the slave trade, and
sentenced to four years' imprisonment antlto
pay a fine of $lOOO. —During the past week,
says the Ledger's special despatch, President
Johnson has had audiences with prominent
gentlemen from all sections in' relation to the
present condition of political , affairs. Chief
Justice Chase, General Grant, and Major-
Generals Sickles and Dix, among others,
have freely given their vieWs, all of them
being actuated by a sincere regard for such
action as may be best' calculated to fully re
store the late insurgent States in all their re
lations to the General Government. The
idea seems to be that so long as the executive
and legislative branches are divided in opinion,
the South must remain unrepresented in Con
gress. Hence the desire is to effect some ar
rangement to accommodate the differences
between them.
THE STATES
Maryland.—ln the Court 'of Appeals,
Nov. 13th, Judge Bartol delivered a decision
in the case of the Baltimore Police Commis
sioners, sustaining the action of Governor
Swann, and directing the release of the new
'Commissioners and the Sheriff.
Illingde.—lt has been resolved to erect a
monument to the memory of Elijah E. I4ove
joy.
Tennessee.-7A bill was introduced in the
Tennessee House on the 19th ,inst., extend
ing the suffrage to negroes, and was tabled
by a vote of 39 to 29. Another bill was then
introduced, striking out the word " white"
in the 'present " franchise," law.,
Lonisiana.—lt is stated positively in well
informed circles in New Orleans, that' Gov.
Wells, in view of the recent elections, aid the
President's policy in the Baltimore affair, has
determined on immediately' removing the
sheriffs and other officers who have been dere
lict in the discharge of their duties. Steps
are also being taken to arrest prominent
parties accused of aiding in the July massa
cre, and unless protected by the interference
of the President, they will be brought to jus
tice. Judge. ghannon, the United States
Commissioner, has returned from the North,
and is preparing for a rigid enforcement of
the civil-rights bill. The ' loyal people are
petitioning Congress to pass an enabling ad
for this State.
In Kansas, Wisconsin;`Minnesota and
Michigan, during D0tg1i5ear,413,9.34 acres of
public laud were diiposed of, thd greater
part for actual settlement. -
THE CITT.
- The Taxable Preperty returned by the
Assessors as the basis of the city's finances
for, 1867, iunoiintsTo $175,000,000—A fine
marble bust of Richard Cobden, the renown
ed English 'Liberal, `has been received and
placed in due position, in the house of the
IJnion League.
POLITICAL.
`The Constitutional Amendment:—lt is
vossible that the Southern States may yet
'change their attitude toward the Constitu
tional amendment, not from any reconciliation
-of feeling, but from the return of just enough
plain sense to'refiectthatin spitting against
the wind, they are spitting in their own faces.
"This staying out in the cord 'for the sake of
'spunk may be very nice for awhile, but when
it comes to a regular out-door living, it is
another matter. Washington will soon fill
up with Southern men, coming with creden
tials of election bearing the broad seal of
their respective States, and they will want
'very much to get a chance at the mileage,
the salary and the various perquisites of
members. The Washington Evening Star,
a paper which has applauded President
Johnson in his whole Southern policy line,
and which is devoted to Southern interests,
has an expostulary article addressed to the
'South, which, intensely unfriendly as it is to
the party in power, nevertheless gives some
-reasons for accepting their programme for
reconstruction, which, unless madness rules
the hour, must excite some sober thought.
We give the portion which follows :
" 'The governing classes at the South, for - : .
getting nothing anthlearning nothing; resist
the proposed amendment, because they would
sooner have the South, continue ignorant,
poor and deprived Of 'State equality rather
than give up their individual and class ascen
•dency in their own local affairs. If the niass
•of the Southern people elect to continueitn
power among them the men who forced•
them into rebellion, they elect by that act to
continue Messrs. Thaddelis Stevens, Charles
Sumner & Co. in power over the action of
Congress. In so doing they elect to intensify
the ,harshness of' the policy toward them
selves of the extreme Radicals, certainly for
the next three years; as (thanks to the
heartless treachery of the, Democratic party
letidersin the recent elections) the President
has little more power to defend them than
Maximilian of Mexico. He is bound to
faithfully execute any act of Congress bearing
on their case passe.d over his = veto; even if it
be an act of general confiscation and a
qsweeping appultuent of every. pardon he has
granted. has no authority to go behind
the, edicts of Congress until the Supreme
Court may' have nullified thetri, Of which
there is no prospect—none for years to come.
The Democratic party is,even more powerless
'than the President to aid them, and is pot to
be truOted tolhat end, di no sensible deduc-
tions can be drawn from its conduct in the
fall elections. With the South represented
- in Congress by the reduced number of mem
bers in the House and . her full share of Sena
tors, contemplated by the proposed Constitu
tional amendment, she will again make the
Presidency a power in the State for her own
defence. She will so take her affairs out of
the cycle of politicalmncertainties as to double
the selling value of- every acre of her arable
lands, and increase a hundred-fold that of all
her mineral landkand her every water power.
.Shewill' et larget skill&L and Moneyed emi
gration from every„desirable ,quarter of..the
globe, and wilt neCeas'Ailyl:speedilY'so elevate
her own white laboring population as to make
it in a single generation or so equal in intelli
gence, indnatry andi k skilbtOrat - ,ofthe North:
In mirtNtlleusly-short time4he -will regaid ,
ascendency in national affairs i , and under cir
cumstances in which all patriotic men will
itteapt-heri,aSeeti.den . o,as`•beituktuittbjectiona--. !
blap.k Alviitgae 50:4 tha , result ofthe
deVacipitaintr , hersivermi resources of
every ,p944NP....flescription, her greatly in
-creaged' popillation; the more thorough train
ing of. her-public-meuizand
,the fact that her
influence in national affairs will be directed
to check the growing power or centralization,
which threatens the entirtlidestruction of
'every feature of Ameficart'-;.governmental
principles wherein the latter differ from those
prevailing in despotic governreents. Surely
these ends are worth consent on the part of
the South to, shake off the, influenceof her
rebellion leaders,' military 'and civil, in the
condict of her local affairs. Surely, in her
present strait, it is better that she be fully
represented in the United States Senate, and
represented upon really equal terms with the
North in the House of 3epreseptatives, than
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER - 42, 1866
to be in no way represented in either House
of Congress, and utterly at the mercy of
Messrs. Stevens, Sumner & Co."
The recent Majorities.—The Cincinnati
Gazette computes the average Republican
maintities of the nineteen States which voted
in October and November,' at 408,000. On
the other hand, the aggregate majorities for
the: President in Delaware,
and Maryland
were but 6000, leaving a clear Radical ma
ity in the North of 402,000.—Fernando
WWood denietrthat.he is in favor of negro suf
frage or the Constipitional amendment.
.
City Votes.—The ;following were the votes
polled during the recent: elections i in the large
cities :
New York, . . . .
Philadelphia, . . .
Brooklyn; . . .
Cincinnati and Hamilton county,
Baltimore, . . . •
St. Louis, . . . •
Chicago,. . . , .
Boston and Suffolk county, .
O. IL Branscombie.returned to thO Mis
souri Senate over Gen. Frank P. Blair,
the
State Attorney General having decided the
vote cast after, the closing of the polls to be
legal. This deeiahin'also secures a Radical
Senator in anotherdistrict.
Gdod Advice, but a little Late.—J. H.
Briabiri Chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee of Minnesota, advises the
South to adopt the Constitutional amend
ment.
Crose.—Nathan H. Tyrell, Republican,
has been elected , to, the New Jefsey. Legisla
ture from Middlesex county, by a majority og,
one yote.
FINANCIAL.
The Issue of. National Bank Notes last
week was s97B,9ss‘inaking the total circula
tion $297,665,059. The Ledger's New
York letter of Nov. 17 SaYs :—An uncomfort
able feeling continues to prevail in business
circles, growing out of a vague apprehension
of coming, financial trouble—an apprehension
which is encouraged by certain cliqUes and
combinations, that are supposed' to find 'their
account in a panic that will suddenly bring.
down prices and precipitate a revulsion. This'
feeling is mostnoticeable among the dry-goods
dealers and the bankers, who are anxious to
raise the rate of interest; but at exists also
aniong the great body of the merchants:—
The Secretary of the Treasury is determined
to contract the currency, as fast as Congress
will allow. The revenue fund of $50,000,000,
which the law authorized to be issued to re-
deem temporary loans,, and the $10,000,000
allowed by Congress to be withdrawn within
six months from the 12th of April, have been
retired, and also the first. installment of
$4,000,000, which the law provided might
hereafter be withdrawn monthly, leaving
about $386,000,000 of government legal ten
ders now in circelation.—Of receipts of
cotton, the total since the Ist of September,
so far as knownlast week, was 264;000 bales,
while the weekly exports to Greai Britain are
'12,000 bales, with 2000 to the Continent.-
Georgia, has been visited by several killing
frosts, and the crop season may be `considered
closed.. Results, it is believed, will not vary
materially from a third of a full cre e p, or
about 1,500,000 bales, though many :,good
judges think it will approximate 2,000;000.
The London market for IL 8. securities, on
the 19th inst., stood-5-20's, 70i ; Illinois
Central, 78f ; Erie R. R., 50. There wasno ;
material Change inrthe, Liverpool quotations
for cotton or provisions. N. Y. advises of
Nov. 19, say that flour is from 20 to 30 cents
lower ; wheat, three toVive lower, oats and
corn, one cent lower each. Some speculators
in the cattle market came well nigh to bank
ruptcy.
IWISCELLANEOIIS
The DieteOrs. - -The great astromomical dis
play expected to come off Nev. 12-14 of this
year was not up to the predictions of the
savans who anticipated a repetition of the
marvellous scenes of 1833. An unusual num
ber of meteors were seen, but the display was
not remarkable. In New York eitY; from
three o'clock until half-past five_ A. M., the
meteors was both frequent and brilliant—at
times they appeared in massive clusters, and
were sufficiently luminous to enable one to
read fine print.
At the Washington Observatory the reg
ular observations commenced at 11 P. IVI
and continuedcuntil half-Past four o'clock on,
the morning of the 14th. At first the: me ;
teors were small, and very few:in number
but, as the night progressed, they gradually
increased, and by 3 -o'clock quite a shower
had set in, the meteors, coming at the rate,
of about three in one minute, and, as' the
average fall is but eighty per hour, it will be
seen that this was more than an ordinarY
shower. At first, contrary to the prediction;,"
the meteors radiated from, the constellation,
Orion, but as,they got more numerous,' by far 7
the greater number radiated from Leo,
was according to previous. -calculation. Bev
eral large meteors were observed„ and: the
time of their appearance- carefully recorded'
-by
-by Professor. Ferguson and Professor East:'-;
man, who had charge of the chronoineter,
which was kept in the dome. The division
of the heavens was such that there was no;
chance of duplitAtion in the meteors obServi
ed, and it is f'arnsore likely that the nuinber,
is underestimateZtlian otherwise. The nuni
ber of meteors Observed was 407, being at the
rate of eighty. per hem., which is ten times'
the number seen on an ordinary night. ;
TROY, Nov.'l4.—At half-past seven o'Clock
last evening a !meteor of most brilliant ap
pearance, =labour the size of a twenty-01nd
shot, came directly from the constellation of
Orion, and travelled westwardly until its dis
appearance. Its flight was accompanied by
corruscations, that absolutely glittered along
its entire length. At. eleven o'clock another
brilliant meteor of the first magnitude shot
-from the ball of Orion, traversing about
forty-five degrees of the „liorizon, accompa
'tied with nebulous l* 1 1, similar tot that
which' contrary bedies eXhibit. It came front
the east, and took .a southerly direction, leav
' ing a long trail. - During the, evening, up to
half-past twelve o'clock, seven of these me- ,
.teors, inostly"from the Constellation of Orion,
liaised in a southerly direction: . These were
all of %the first ; !magnitude, ( and traversed
South with long :trails. At a dual-ter to one
o'clock,a . very,large and brilliant meteor,
accompanied with a phosphorescent light,
appeared at the end of the cycle, and instant-
ly passed north, marked with all the colors of
the raiiibblr.
LETTER FROM PROFESSOR LOOMIS. •
YALE COLLEGE, November 15.
To-ytlat Editors. of : theAeitiv Posts?-:
nigh 4yerabq .2, a: cora
panyao Otlserveis - at' thii , ,plice counted six
hundred and ninety-six shooting-stars in five
, leuri ifid. 'Welty minutes; which is 'about
four times the average number_visible forthe
same period - thrleghout the year. Tues
,day night, November 13, another company
counpd7eight hundred and eighty-one shoot
ing staitin five hours, which is five times the
average number. On Wednesday night the
sky was overcast, so that no observations
'could be made. We conclude, then, that
the number of shooting stars visqe about
the 13th was very'remarkable; nevertheless,
this display is not to be compared 'with that
of November 13th, 1833, in which the num
ber of meteors was variously estimated at
from ten thousand to thirty thousand per
hour. The grand display, therefore, which
it was supposed might possibly occur this
year, has not been witnessed in the United
States, and probably not in Europe, or it
would have been announced to us by tele
graph. It may have been witnessed in Asia
or the Pacific ocean, but if such had been the
case it seems probable that the number visi
ble in the United States would have been
greater than it was. The telegram in this
morning's Herald, purporting to have come
from Greenwich, is evidently spurious. It is,
therefore, probable that there has not been
witnessed this year in any part of the world a
display of meteors at all to be compared with
the grand display of 1833.
As an unusual interest in this subject ap=
pears to have been excited, some of ;your
readers may wish 'an answer to;the questions,
what are shooting stars? and, how do we an=
count for their periodical display in unusual
numbers? Shooting'stirs may, without much
impropriety, be called little comers. Eiob
meteor is a small 'body, generally of very lit
tle density, revolving about the sun in au el-,
liptic orbit, and governed bythe same lawS as
the larger planets, Jupiter and Saturn. I The
average number of these bodies which 'en
counter the earth every day is several
millions, and• still there is no perceptible
decrease from year to year. The total num
ber of these bodies, therefore, belonging to
our solar system must be reckoned by mil
lions of millions.. The earth in its motion
about the sun, with a velocity , of nineteen'
miles per second, is continually encountering
more or leSe of these bodies, and they plunge
into our atmosphere with velocities varying
from ten to forty miles per second, by ,wictt
means heat is developed sufficient to ignite
ahem,
and they entire,, °With
.gene
rani 'in a snigle seceent'arldit - 11 elevhtfon o£
about fifty miles above the earth's surface.
Occasionally we encounter bodies of greater
density ; which Oiniibf be sili,.eadily consumed„
and they reach the eirtli's surface, sometimes
entire, and at other times in a fragmentary,
condition. Samples of such meteors are bile;
found iti , iar th - eategi,JldiEbrialo g ical collec-;
tions of this country and Europe.
The periodical display of shooting stars in
unusual numbers indicates that they are not
distributed , :uniformly throughout the solar
Oy'oteinilkear66llegfe,din vistinumbeis in
certain regions, White in 'Other regioni there
are comparatively few. Shooting stars are
annually seen in great numbers on.the 10th of
August; and since each meteor is moving in
its orbit with great velocity, while every year
we find large numbers of them near the same
point, of the earth's orbit, we conclude that
they are arranged in- a ring or zone, inter
setting the, earth's orbit ato a point which'the
earth passes, on the 10th of August. '
'ln order to explain the recurrence of an un
usual number of shooting . Stars year after
year, about the 13th of Noiember, wesup
bose that there is another ring of these minute
odies, somewhat :itkliner to the ecliptic.
Throughout the different portions of this
ring the meteors are distributed in very Une
qual numbers ; but there is one portion where
the number is immensely great, and it is this
portion which the, earth encounters at inter
vals of about thirtyAhree years.
' According to Prof. H. A. Newton, the rea
son that this display returns only once ,in
thirty-three years is the, following:-Each
meteor of the Plovember, group moves in an
orbit which is nearly circular, with a mean
distance from-the sun either a little less or a
little greater` than that'of the earth, and a
period about eleven days less or greater than
one ' year. The -, earth-lencountered the
densest portion of this group in Noveniber,
1833, but the next, year this portion passed
eleven days before or after the earth re
turned to that point of its , orbit ; the follow
ing year the difference amounted to twenty
two days ; so that at the end of about thirty
three years it must' gain •be lose one entire
revolution, and return nearly to the position
Where it must encounter eatth. If we
receive no accounts of an, unusual display of
meteors this week in any. part of the world;
we shall look with considerable confidence
for such a display on November 14th, 1867.
E. L.
113,585
103,500
48,919
40,448
21,600
21,135
20,945
14,570
Thad. Stevens was lately presented With
a handsome ;umbrella, which was shortly
after Ward bdirowed WithOut4ave. The great
Commoner,was soon caught .in a shower,; and
meetings:Trim:id with an umbrella, asked the
.privilege of 'sharing `part of it - on the way
hopm. The request was cheerfully granted,
but the two had not proceeded , fir when Mr.
Stevens cast his eyes up , and .savri name in
full. "Why, bless me, ' said'he;'`q."l. believe
I am in my own house, after at" The
Umbrella was returned. • ''
In Baltimore (in - he 19th inst-,31.r5. Geo.
Clegg, living in East galtimOre'street, while
in a fit of insanity, cut the throat of one of
her sister's children with a table, knife, and
severely wowaded her own youngest child.
•
The Governor of Colorado reports favor
ahly as to the disposition of the Indians
region, and 'thinks .theie;will be no, war
with them this winter.
' Marching ? On.—Jefferson Davis has beenl
removed - to the' quarters'fitted , up f(ir himin
.Carroll Hall.
Iffexicoe—A correspondent, wrieing from
the capitaV Oct. 20, says :—This :morning ;
there was a rumor that possiblyAaximilian
might reconsider his deters inatieu to aban
don his throne, and return to thi‘city. 'ln .
case he does so,Marshalßazaide.iiilll'at once
send under :";Cruz' and..
cause him to "the' :Austrian.,
steamer now in that harbor. As soon as this
is done, Bazaine be:will p i rioclaimed dictator.
Castelnatk figares .11tifAii$ in: -tide Mexican
business. 'Bazaine gives Aderatand
that a French field marshal outranks a siniple
aid-de-camp, and treats him accordingly.
Castelnau.attenipted to questiOn the Marshal
upon the conditioh of affairs;bift Bazaine
tartly replied that he was not here as instruc
tor of subordinates. To-day Bazaine is mak
ing new contracts for array supplips, arid for
a length of time Which indicates that his
troops will remain even longer than June
next.—lt is stated by, parties authorized to
speak for the Republic of Mexico, that it, is
the firm • intention of President Juarez to
order an election, in accordance with the k'on
stitution,. for a President and members of
Congress, as soon as it shall be practicable to
do so. It is doubtful whether Juarez Will'
allow, his name to be used as a candidate for
re-election. "
The city of Jalapa and the fortreia of .Pe
rote have been.captured by the Liheral Gene-,
rals , Alatorre, Canino - and Calderim. ; Two
'lmperial chieftains in the State of. Vera grim
have submitted'to the National GoverOnent.
Maximilian, contrary to-'universal'exPebta
tion, instead .tof embarking foi 'Europe, has
returned;from Orizaba Ito the*ital..' One
account says that he was corn Riled 15 , the,
French to return, o the city of Mexico; where
they want'to'have hith abdicate in . a , solenan,
manner before leaving the country. ',lt is
said that,General Castelnau . intends to Organ
ize a , 'provisional government, composed of
Lares, lately one of Maximilian's ministers,4
as a head of the Church party, and Senor
Lerdo de Tejada, now_Minister ,of FOreign
Affairs of Juarez, as representative-Of the
Liberal. party, ,the said, persons to cons* the`
People. about the forth &government and the
,man'- who ,should preside' over.. it: Rumor
says this combination sup Ported by the
United. States in accordance . ' withsFrafice.
But no one believes-that Senor Lerdo would
accept of .such, a combinatien,„incompatible
FOREIGN.
with his loyalty to the -national government
of the Republic.
Among other items brought over from
Paris by the steamer which left Havre on the
Ist inst., is the following :—" The Mexican
Government, so far from entertaining feelings
of anxiety or hesitation, is redoubling its
efforts for carrying out energetically, the task
undertaken by the Emperor Maximilian."
, The Liberalist partisan, Tapia, attacked
Matamoras on the 9th inst., and was gaining
the advantage, but he died on the night of
the 10th, of cholera.
Effects of Inundations in France.—lt is
estimated--that to repair, the injuries done by
recent inundations to the pnblie works alone
in diitlay of $2,400,000 in gold Will be required.
Twelve miles of the road across Mount Cenis
have been destroyed ; one of the chief bridges
of the Victor. Emanuel railroad is broken
down-; and for sixty-four miles along the Alps
communication between France and Italy is
interrupted by the destroyed roads. The
dimage, done to private
. property almost
inoalculable.
.The Alai)4ua, Claims.—A Washington
desriatch of NoV:.18, says that our Govern
-ment 'has not received a direct replyfrom the
British Government to the last communica
tion from the. Secretary of State, demanding
immediate. settlement of the Alabama claims.
The. responsels expected during the week.
A -.Visitor Expected.--Information . has
been received at Washington, that. Admiral
,Tegethog, of the Austrian navy, the hero of
the battle Of Ma, is shortly to visit this
. Cou'ntry, to inspect Our iron-clads, naval arma
.
ment, docks, etc.
The Cretths:-.60. , - correspondent in the
LendonNeins, of.the 3d instant, ridicules the
latent lof' three thousand' insiirgerii Cretans
being drowned by the:rising of the tide in a
,caye wliere they . ha& taken refuge. ,He says
there is no tide in Candle, the Mediterranean
being a tideless sea, and if there Nies, it could ,
anevetteaeli MAidona, which is"situated high
up in.iliezineimtains: -He says the .story inust
:be:a fabiication.emanating from Constantino-
Emigration.-J-During the month ending
October 7-7, there sailed to the United States
tWenty 7 four ships,from Liverpool, with 7,091
Passengers, of whoM 606 were cabin, and 6485
steerage. Of this number, 2612 were English,
208 Scotch, 2454 Irish, and 1211 were foreign-
The Canadian Government has positively
determined to commute the sentences of the
Fenians that have been condemned to death ;
and on Thursday, thirty Fenian prisoners held'
for trial in Toronto were discharged from cus
tody.
The Deposed King of Hanover.—The
Monein g Post says the Queen has placed St.
James' Palace at the disposal of her relative,
King George of Hanover.
Spain.—As an instance of popillar feeling
in Spain, it is mentioned that the Queen was
lately 'hissed. at a theatre.
BY' THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
The Cable Tariff the revised tariff
for messages through the Atlantic cable, tele
grams of twenty words, or less, including the
address of the sender andeceifer, and, not
exceeding one hundred letters, are charged
$5O in gold ; and each additional five letters
are charged $2.50 in gold. Mr. Cyrus W.
Field has announced that the Company con
template a further reduction of the, cable
tariff to one-half the above rates. .
Nov. 12, LoNDoN.—The Jamaica coral
rnittee has unanimously resolved to indict
Governor Eyre for murder.
Nov- 13, LONDON.—In spite of the many
denials, rumors of a Prusso-Russian alliance
continue to prevail. It is even said the treaty
provides for the admission of the United
States into the alliance, with a sovereign es
tablishment in the Mediterranean sea, and
guarantees that nation highly . favorable com
mercial advantages.—Evening.—lt is said
that the questions pending between the
United States and Messrs. Fraser, Trenholm
& Co., have been amicably settled, whereby
the steamers in dispute now lying at Liver
pool, and all the other property attached,
have been released.
Nov. 14; LoNDoN.--In the' case of the ex
rebel cruiser Rappahannock, seized for the
United States, the Admiralty. Court has de
cided= that Coleman is entitled to her posses-
Nov. 15, LONDOI.—The holders of rebel
bonds are about bringing their case under the
notice of the British Government as a set off
against` the Alabama claims of the United
States.—lt is reported that - when the
French troops evacuate Rqme, the Romans
will immediatelrirote in favor of being an
neized„to Italy. -
Nov. 16, LONDON. The _Mining _Herald,
the. Government ,organ r urges the, arbitration
of, the questions pending. between England
:and the 'United States. T. S. Consul M.ors&
publishes in the newspapers to-day a letter
in which he ex Plains the- agreement bet Ween
the American erovernment and Frazer, Tren
holm. & He .states that the.title - of the
United States to:all Confederate property is
ther9in fully recognized, and such property is
sultiect to,liens for dvances.
Nov..l.7,LolsmoN.The London Times of
this zarmng, in an. editorial, says :-=The;:
Gcivernittent has ne'firesent intention to refer
the Alabama claims to: the consideratiornot a
royal commission. The design is, the limes
oii4inues . , to empower_such a commission to
institute inquiries,in tegard to the neutrality
laws, without' prejudice to the Alabama
claims,- which are still' under consideration.
Lorci CranWOrth, it was' thought, 'Would be
chosen. President of this commission.
• "FLORENCE, Nov, 19.—Baron Ricasoli,
Prime Minister to the Italian Government,
has.issued a.circular, discouraging-the agita
tion of the Roman question. Italy, he says,
will be neutral and await the certain triumph
of her rights.
LONDON, Nov. 19.=-The report is confirm
ed that Chili and Peru have consented to
accept'the mediation of the governmetits of
France and England in the settlement of the
questions pending between them. Reports
are in, circulation that fighting has been re
sumed in Candia between the insurgents and'
the Turks.'"
TAB MASON H"LIN_ CAERIST..OEGANS.
For churches and all public uses these Cabinet
Organs are 'admirably 'adapted having great
PoWer, and'beirig furnished-in plain 'cases at
.very moderate cost. t 13ntstheir widest tides is
in_drawing-rooms and private houses. 7 Unlike
the melodeons, they are .adapted to , secular as
well as. sacred music, for their action is so
quidk tWat the most rapid music can be per
upon. thud, while' from their unstained
Jtones they,-are capable of a variety 'of effects
_which cannot. be obtained on any, other single
instrument. Most opera music, and music ori- .
ginallY, written for orchestral instruments, is
better upon the Cabinet Organ than upon the
piano.forte: — .A. great advantage of these in=
strumeataris , ,their'quality of keeping in tune.
u
One May be' sedfor years without needing to
abetnned.l They are made-exclusively by Ma
lion' Hainlirc,' who are the inventors of seve
,ral oftlie improvement from whidh they derive
their fine qualities. Other reed organs are
i made, more, or less resembling the Mason &
Hamlin Cabinet Organs,. but there are impor
cant differences of construction which seem to
give them' aelitowle.dged superiority. Nearly
,all the artists, of note pronounces them supe
*rior tb alt others, the best instruments of their
class in the world. The popularity which these
ilikruments have acquired in fashionable
circles has led to their manufacture in very
elegant cases, and we have not seen more at
tractive, pieces of furniture than are some of
them.—New York Day Book.
&t.
MASON & HAMLDT,
MiLMTACTURERS CF
CABINET ORGANS,
PORTABLE ORGANS
Adapticl :Peg and Sacred .11iusic •
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for Dromtng-rooms,., Churches- Sun
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day and Day-Schools Lodges, ed.
.Uniting toga eceseiderabie.ekstent the capacity 4:o' She
Piano Forte with that fif the .'ism-Organ, an ',being
mach "Ws thits4'either. Thrkp- °sail:ly kW* trittee;. are.
elegant as.jarssitscre; ntkl'liabli to vet out of order, and
are sieurehibikiitt, so that they eon he tent Ruinehorpbsi
ordinary freight routes, all wady for site: •
c ioßri" STYLES,' plain or elegant esaes;' One to
Twelve Stops ; Prices. $l5, $9O, $llO, $125, $l3O. $l4O,
$1.50, $160,4170. $2OO, $225, $250, $3OO, $125..5509, $550,
$6OO and upwards. Circulars; with full particulars,
and list with illustrations of styles and prices, sent
free to any address. - • • '
Warerooms: 596-BROADWAY, NEW YORK: 154
TREMONT STREET; BOSTON.. 1066-eow3fd3t
CARHAIT'S BOUDOIR ORHANSI
CARHARTIS CHURCH HARMONIUMS
CAIULUIT'S MELODEONS !
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Reid laitimilinate &Vie arerld
, Also •Patent • IsOlated :Weft ' bates
Pitipoe. alio'', and beautiful inetruraeut:, Sole
• , , ll.:)1., MORRISS.
• 728 Market street.
• • G``Y NAS,IUM
For Ladies, • Gentlemen , and Children,
lii E. Corner Muth ninl4 Arelti Streets.
Thelnstituta, which again has been greatly im
proved for the :coming :season, is now open for sub
scriptions all day and evenings.
Bodily exercise iritparta 'health and strength, and
is •highly-recommended:to. both sexes and•all, ages.
Terms for instruction, 6 months" t 'OO
Terms fox.Splf % practice, 3 months
For partictdars, send f a cirettlat or give u*call.
"' - Professors HILDEBRAND ac LE I S.
Ayer's Pills.
Are you sir*, feeble and complain
. ing ? Are you out of order with your
system ..deranged and your feelings
nil comfortable? These symptoms lire
often theprelude to serious illness.
Some fit of sickness is *creeping linen
you, and should be averted by a time
ly use of the right remedy. Take
Ayer's Pills, and cleanse , out the disordered humors
--purify,the blood, and let the fluids move on unob
structed in health again. They 'ttimulite the func
tions of the body into vigorous activity,. purify the
system from the obstructions which make disease..
A cold settles somewhere in the 'body, and deranges
its natural, functions. These.if not relieved, react
upon themselves and the surrounding organs, pro
ducing general- aggravation, suffering and. derange
ment. While in this condition, take Ayer's Pills, and
see how directly they restore the natural action of
the system, and with it the buoyant feeling of health
again. What is true and so apparent in this trivial
and common coMplaint is also true in many of the
deep seated and dangerous distempers. The same
purgative effect expels them. Caused by similar ob
structions and derangements of the natural functions
ofthe body. they are rapidly andniany of them sure
ly cured by the same means. 'None who know the
virtue of these Pills will neglect to employ them
when suffering from the disorders they cure, such as
Headache,-Foul Stomach, Dysentery, Bilious Com
plaints...indigestion...Derangement of the Liver, Cos
tiveness, Constipation, Heartburn, Rheumatism,
Dropsy, Worms and Suppression, when taken in
large doses.
They are - Sugar Coated. so that the most sensitive
can take them easily, and they are surely, the best
purgative medicine yet discovered.
Prepared by J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., and
sold by druggists generally.
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS
CAREFULLY PREPARED AT
. W. HARRIS'
DRUG STORE,
No. 1320 CHESTNUT STREET,
'PHILADELPHIA. [1067-ly
PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD
WINTER ARRANGEACENT.
The trains of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
leave the Depot, at THIRTY-FIRST and MARKEI
Streets, which is reached directly by the cars of the
Market Sfreet Passenger ,Railway., Those of the
Chestnut and Walnut Street Railway run within one
square of it. • • ° -
MANN'S BAGGAGE EXPRESS will call for and
deliver Baggage at the Depot. Orders left at the
Office,:No. 631 Chesnut Street. will receive attention.
TRAINS LEAVE DEPOT, VIZ.:
MAIL. TRAIN at B'oo A.M.
PAOLI A CCOM., Nos. 1 dr. 2. 10'00 A.M. & 11•20 P.M.
PAST' LINE and ERIE EXPRESS... at 12'00 M.
.PARKSEURG TRAIN POO
HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION, ... 210 ...
LANCASTER ACCOMMODATION— ... 406 ...
PITTSBURGH' and ERIE MAIL— 900
PHILADELPHIA EXPRESS • 1100 ...
Pittsburgh & Erie Mail 'leaves daily, except Satur
day. '
Philadelphia Express leives daily. All other trains
daily, except Sundays. -
Passengers by MAIL TRAIN go to Williainsport
without change of oars, and arrive at Lock Haven at
810 P. M. d.
Passengers by MAIL TRAIN go to 'Carlisle and
Ohambersburg without change of cars.
Sleeping Car Tickets can be, had on apilicatiOn at
the Ticket Office. 631 Chestnut &feet. • •
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DEPOT, VIZ.:
'CINCINNATI EXPRESS - at 1.T50 A.M.
PEILLADELPHIA.RXPRESS..- 710
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PAOLI' ACCOM.,Nos. 1 & 2, 820 A.M. &7'lo P.M.
PARKSBURG. TRAIN • at 9'20 A. M.'
LANCASTER TRAIN ... 1240 P.M.
FAST LINE 1. - 30
DAY EXPRESS - - 5'50 ...
HARRISBURG ACCOM_M9DATION. 9 - 56
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•
Philadelphia Express arrives daily, except Monday.
,Cincinnati EXpress arrives daily. All other trains
daily, except Sunday.
Passengers leaving Lock Haven at 7'oo A. M., and
Williamsport at 8 - 40 A. M., reach Philadelphia with
out change of cars, from Williamsport by Lay Ex
press, at 5'50 P. M.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will not as
sume any risk for Baggage, except for Wearing Ap
parel, and limit their responsibility to One Hundred
Dollars in value. All Baggage exceeding the,: amount
in value will be at the risk of the owner, unless taken
by special contract:
For further information, apply-to
JOHN C: ALLEN, Ticket A.gerit, 631 Chestnut St.
SAMUEL H. •WALLACE. Ticket Agent, at the
Depot. .
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An Emigrant Train runs' daily (except Sunday.)
For full particulars as to fare and accommodations,
applyto ' . FRANCIS FUNK.
.No 137 Dock Street,
TRUSSES SUPPuRTERS
BRACES
And all other Surgical AppHammes -
;Atha most approved kinds, infinitely superior to all
others, at
No. 50 NORTH SEVENTH STREET.
Ladieii attended by Mrs. Dr. McgLENACHAN.
Male Department by a competent Surgeon.
DO YOU' WANT REAL GOOD r itE,,Li TEAS?
If so. call at WILLI AM INGR AM'S American
Tea Warehouse, 43 S. ._'-econci btract, belt,* M.4rket,
for Fresh Green and Black Teas, of the latest impor
tation: consisting of Lipson, Young tlyson, Imperial>
and Gunpowder Tea. Finest Japan Twig imported.
-Black Teas of all grades. from 80 cents upwarA. Cof
fte from 25 to 40 cents. Remember W 'INGRAM,
Tea Dealer. 43 S. Second St., Philadelphia. 1058-ly
boom einupitits.
INDEMNITY FOR
LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY
ACCIDENTS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION:
EMBLEM' INSURANCE CORM
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
bash Capital and Assets. Dee. 1, 1865
8596,33 S 12.
PHILADELPHIA BRANCH OFFICE
409 WALNUT STREET,
THE. - tPIONEER ACCIDENT INSURANCI
COMPANY IN A lifEltlOA
Where policies are issued covering all and every de•
soviption of accidents happening under any circus.
stances. An institution whose benefits can be ea
Toyed by the poor Mall as well as the rich. meth
cal smunination required.
Policies issued for amounts from $5OO to slo,oooi o
cases of death, and from Si to $5O weekly compenn.
ti on in case of disabling injury, at rates ranging from
$3.50 to 560 per annum, the cheapest and most praui
cable moda,of Insurance known.
Policies written for five years, at twenty per eek
discount on amount of yearly premiums. Ilazardm:
risks at hazardous rates.
Ocean Policies written, and permits issued for tral.l
...
in any part of the world.
Accident Irisurance to persons disabled by accide :
is like the Sanitary Commission to wounded soldie
in the field, providing the means for comfort and
healing anti supplying their wants while prevented
.from pursuing their usual employment.
The rates of preraiunt are less than in any oth
class of insurance, in proportion to the risk.
No better or more satisfactory investment can
made of so. small a sum. Therefore--insure in
Traveiere.
OLDEST' ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO I
PANY IN AMERICA
T. CEATT.ERSON. President
•
RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary
HENRY A. DYER. General Agent.
WM. W. ALLEN & CO.,
General Agents for Pennsylvania,
409 WALNE r STREET'
PHILADELPHIA
GIRARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
OFFICE ON WALNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA
CAPITAL PAID IN, IN C I ASJI, 00.000.
This company continues to write on Fire Risk
only. Its capital, with a good surplus. is safely in
vested.
Losses by fire having been promptly paid. and me;
than
$500,000
DWbursed on thiiaccount within the past few year.
For the present, the office of this company willre
main at
415 WALNUT STREET,
But 'within a few months will remove to its 0
Building N. E. CORNER SEVENTH AND CHEST
NUT. Then, as now, we shall be happy to insure on
patrons at such rates as are consistent with safety.
DIRECTORS.
THOMAS CRAVEN ALFRED S. GILLETT
FURMAN SHEPPARD, N. S. LAWRENCE,
THOS. MACKELLAR, CHARLES I. DUPONT,
JOHN SUPPLEE, HENRY F. KENNEY
JOHN W. CLAGHORN JOSEPH KLAPP, M.D.
SILAS 'ERNES, Jr.
THOMAS CRAVEN. President.
ALFRED S. GILLETT. V. President and Treasure
JAMES B. ALVORD, Secretary. 1.023-1 y
INSURE YOUR LIFE
IN YOUR OWN HOME COMP
AMERICAN
OF PHILADELPHIA,
S. E. cor. Fourth and Walnut Streets
Insurers in this Company have the additional gna
anteirof the rJAPITAL STOCK all aid up IN CAS
which, together with CASH. ASSETS, now on ban
amounts to
$1,143,874 15.
Invested as follows :
$100,600 11. S. 5.20 bonds, 1
100,000 City of Philadelphia Loan 6's.
new,
70,050 11. S. Treasury Notes. 7-30,
25,1)00 Allegheny County bonds,
15,000 U.S. Loan of 1881, ,
10,000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds,
12,700 Compound Igterest Trim/n.3 0
Notes,
10.000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
bonds,
10,000 Pittsburg, Fort Wayne Sc CM- ,
cago bonds.
6,500 City of Pittsburg and other
bonds. •
_ 1,000 Shares Pennsylvania Railroad
450 shares Corn Exchange`National
Bank
107 shares Fanners' National Bank I*
of Reading,
22 shares Consolidation National
Bank,
142 shares Williamsnort Water Com-
Mortgagek all 4Dound Rents, and Real Es-
Loans on colla,teralamply secured
Premium notes secured by Policies 37,0 4
Cash in hands of agents secured by bonds. a- , • -
Cash`on deposit with U. S. Treasurer,...... . . 20, 00 f;
Cash on hand and in banks 155.. 5 21
Accrued. interest and rents due, Jan. . 10 = 2 . 2.
- 4
.1-1 • . • ...-----
INCOME FOR TILE -YEAR 1 865,
.;>
$544,592 92.
Losses pii l. during die Year amount/I
$87,636 31.
- LOSSES 'PAID PROMPTLY.
DIVIDENDS MADE thu. , aiding
the insUred to paypremiums.
The last DIVIDEND on all Mutual Policies fr
January 1, 1866. was
FIFTY ER CENT•
of the amount of PREMIUMS received dating
year, 18652 ,
Its -TRUSTEES are well known citizens ID.
mast, entitling it to more consideration then
when' Managers reside in distant cities.
Alexander NVbilldin, William J. llcwa
.l". Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine.
George Nugent ' John Kaman,
Hon. James Pollock, . Henry K. Benner_"E. M. Whilldin, ' ton Joseph
P. B. Mir.zle, c Haskatntst.
Albert C. Roberts.
ALEX. WHILLDIN, Pregident.
GEORGE NUGENT, Vice-Presider
JOHN C. SIMS, Actuary.
JOHN S. WILSON. Secretary and Trea.;trer.
0. G. ROBESON, Assistant Secretors.
A few first-rate canvassers wanted.
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