rm Tf'tfTTTi ' TTTi "ttf TO TT1T TXT,
fy FUN !l .N
U
n
I?IIII,A.DBLl?I3:iA., MOJSTIDA.Y, JANUARY 15, 1866.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
VOL. V-No. 13.
ION. JOHN BELL, OF TENNESSEE.
rln Tltw rpoa tu
Mfrt the Cuaatr-
n.lua Now
Dear S'r: My health was not so fully restored
I fluttered myself, when I saw jou in Novem
ber end promised to reply to jour letter, re
Itifstin' me to state the mibsiauce of my cod-
eiMith n with you, on the subject of public
flfulre and the condition of the relations between
he Southern States and tin- North. I soon found
hut I had undertaken a taste beyond my
ttrinth; at leift, that I co ild not, comply with
rour wish within the time promised. It was
nly at intervals that I Could attempt, to conccn-
ato my thoughts, so irritable Lad ray nervous
ivetcm become somotiines short, and often re
quiring the roposu of a whole day bjfore I could
fresun.e the labors of composition.
Vou may remember, that tho reluctance or
aviiitiOJH which the people ot the (South had
nuiiiicRie.d in complymi? with the wishes or re
mlsiticiis oi the President, on certain points
Jjctii.id by him nccess-ary preliminaries to the
luurus of bis pcJV'V in restating the States
Jatelv in revolt to luJr proper constitutional
elntinr.s with the Union, was n manor 01 equal
fi i iprmc to us both, audit was to reason or-re-jmi.nt-triite
rith ti'cm upon that subject, if I
jeould te supposed to have sn.y mieht or influ
ence with tiiem. that I undertook fr comply
with ' our wishes. lint it so happened tnat,
lit fore I linrt finished ttie careiullv considered
..v . . L T .n. twlnrl r r, l , I i.,a a tr thorn
views u:ju i unu iiiu-liivu .j ttvun-w bnuj,
with the hope of beinq able to hasten their
novcmei.tr., ihe Stnles wuieli lint at urdtshown
iomc reluctance at last acceded to tue most
nateriiil parts of the President's requisitions.
Uut tue southern aiaiea navo uui muy acocucu
o the President's wishes. The State of Missk-
iMippi, which had at first moved oil promptly and
with graceiui onmiiy in acr-cpiiua iue c iuhiuuu
imposed upon the people by the result ot the
war, halted at the proposed amendment of the
(Constitution of the United States abolishing
i slavery, on the ground of the use or abuse
which) it is leaved, would be made of the second
;:lause, which empowered Congress to pass all
nrtnrtrviatn liiu-n rn ninint.mii tlio Ivppilom mijiran-'
:ea to the Airican race in me nrsi clause oi me
meudment.
appears to me that trio power conlerred
ron t onprress in the first clause ol the araend-
1 . . r i j, At... i .. it j An
ient inciuacu hii ui uult nuu'ii-u hi mu
ccona, inasiiiuch as Cousress bus the poer to
mass all laws necessary io carry mra em-ci any
Specific erant ot power. Should 1 be mistaken
Jin tils View of the Question, ttio construction
friut upon the second clause by Secretary Seward
f i .1 l .1 . 11.-.,. Vi rnnM r , ilin noAi.1 j nf
lll)UU UUVC Uiri'cliuu Hit ituio ui ui
Mississippi on that score, inasmuch as the con
struction he piacus upon it snoweu ,nat no aouse
t tt at clause would probably take place, at least
lurine the nresent Administration. But if the
radical ltepnblicans should succeed in defeatiug
.he policy ot P resident jonnson, ail tue abuses
that could arise, under that clause of the amend
nent, in their hands, Mould lade into shadows in
comparison with the erosser oppressions they
wuld practice, in the pratilication of their
thirst for the further punishment of the South,
under other grants, or without any grant of
Jpower in tne Uonatitution.
rHE PBEStNT BELATI0N OF TUB EOUTH TO THE
GOVERNMENT.
It is needful that the people of the South
ulinnlH rprnnnip nrirl iindirRtRiit1 that.riin nnfurA
)f the Government under which they now live.
J.ieiore they can judge correctly of the expedi
ency or sound policy or many xnmgs tnat appear
fio them, at this time, to bo uncalle.l for, or car-
frying with them a depree ot humiliation they
knight not to sifbmit to. They may not be dis
posed to think or talk so independently after
hey shall have considered well the turther
nrestion What doubt is there, at this moment,
r no change has taken place within a tew days
n some ol the States, that the wlnle South are
jHubject to military rule, or, in other words, live
lindir a desf ot'c'Government, and that, what
ever civil authority is at any time exercised, it is
toy the courtesy or permission of the military
lutnontiesT
As a justification for this state of thinzs, it is
ulleged that the war is not ended. For the same
ireaton, the suspension of the writ of habeas
;orpus is still continued over tne Soutn. Let me
illusuate turther the true character of the Gov
ernment under which we live in the South: For
my ollense comn.itted against the United States,
r lor urn thin? done which the military authori-
!ies may regard as an offense, the citizen mav be
irresUd, imprisoned, tried, and punished by a
nilitarv commission, organized under the direc
lon of the commander of the military division
r department in whicn tne supposed culprit
e.i-hlps. without anv anneal or redress bv anv
ivil authority except the President, as coiriman-
ler in chlet or tue army, me people oi mo soutn,
t is true, may be said to have a choice of evils;
or the present they may select one or many
or their rulers; they mav take the Prest
.lent or the radical majority in Congress for
heir dcFPots. but it is certa'n that until
be issue tnat is now maue neiween me radical
iepub! icans and the President on the subject of
estoration Is decided in favor of the President,
he people oi the South should bear in mind
bat they can have no permanent relief. The
brm of eovornment is despotic, undoubtedly.
md in pome localities it is, I believe, oppressive
ind galling, while in others it is milder and
more tolerable: but that is not the most serious
ind forcible view of the subect for considera
Liou. Thev are now in the possession and en-
Ioyment of many rights and privileges, by
vhich they may be able, crippled as they are in
beir resources, to make a comlortable living
or their families. Have they ever reflected how
tiong these privileges may bo confined to them 1
ir how soon they may be withdrawn ? Haye
Ehey ever reflected that they have no security or
guarantee lor their continuance even for a day r
frhey know perfectly well that they are utterly
iielpless; that they navo no means, in their own
stands, of redressing any wrongs or injuries,
iiowever small, that may be inflicted upon them.
NECBO SUFFRAGE.
The President has expressed no wish and made
no requisition as in other cases regarding the
concession of the right of suffrage to tbe freed-
Jinan or negro, and this because he believes that
5'ach State has the exclusive liuht to regulate
i hut ouestion lor itself; but doubtless he would
Hie gratified by a prompt and liberal exercise of
n forming their constitutions, as such a course
would tend to satisfy the North that the South
ire not disposed to actjdliberally or unjustly by
i hr. fninrn(i nnnnlation. Now, as to the basis or
fr standard of merit or qualification by which
ha orniniiny of the richt of suffrage shall be
leculated. iur.ly the most liberal basis or test of
I ' . - - ' . . 1 1 XT . - . AM 1.'
Viuailncaticn anopiea uy bujuuhuviu w cimkiu
kfi.t niioi.t tn Vir satialactorv to the whole
North. I am not informed what qualifications
are required at the present time in Massachu
setts; hut a lew years ago, I believe, property to
the value ot two hundred and fifty dollars, and
Ya niii n roml nnd write, enti'led the tree
linen of color to a vote. A grant of the right of
lauffrage to the SoUern free men ot color upon
ffmch a baHis or standard of merit cannot be nan
feerous. I am persuaded it would be entirely
isale and proper.
j KEQBO TESTIMONY
1 The question of granting to the negro the right
;to testify in courts ot justice or before magia
t ae-, whether for or agalnft white men, in all
ca ee in which toe rights ot black men a "
irK yed or "ioncerned, Is one of tbe most repul
sive, not to say abrorrent, propositions toat can
be i rewntcd to the Southern planter, and to
whi e n.en nenerally, who a-e acquainted with
the trai's or points most marked and noted in
the African race. Tnere is nothing that fo
shocks the feelings and rouses ihe prejudices
into more intense action amontr the msssc of
the Soutnern people than the sugeestion that
their l ie anil property st.oaiu oe exposed io iie
hazards to v.hich the admission of negro testi
mony, a Ihc.v think, would necessarily sublect
them. Much of this nbhorreicn f the idea of
kil to testimony I believe to be the result of pre-
lUre. I have observed the pemilianties ot the
jnce with care, and I have seen some frcmen
timing them, and some in a state of servitude,
and trom a knowledge of whose character I would
credit their testimony in a court ot justice as
readily as that of a white man of no hipher
jrrado of intelligence or capacity for close obser
vation; but it U nevertneicss true man me great
mass of the African race appears to have a
low estimate ot the value of truth as an element
ol clmracier. as a means of advancing their In
terests among thelp te lows equally as among
the whites. It is certain, I thiuk, that no suth
rient allowance is made by those who object
n.cst strongly to tho policy of conceding this
j rivilepe to tho black mn, for the degradation
of his condition while i.i a sta'.e of slavery, and
the absence, lor the most pail, of any stimulant
or inducement to 6xeite their ambition, to culti
vate the virtue ot truth ami regular habits, the
foundation of character. With the ereat mass
of them there has been no lair field for the culti
vation ol truth and honestv. Alter all tho re
flection I can give the subject, I believe that
ttie concession ol tins rtgtit to tastnv id oil cases
v here the black ir an 1s concerned, is necessary
to the security of h's own personal right; and,
it is my opinion, if he were all wed to testify in
all cafes, it would not be attended with the in
convenience or disadvantage 1"Vit is generally
apprehended. The we ght that is given to ail
testimony by witnesses depends chiefly mon the
character ol tic witness, and the penal' ies
against perjury, operating equally upon the
black man and the while, woald soon produce a
perceptible retorniation.
KETROHPKCTIVE TnE DOCTRINE OP EQUAMTr.
1 think it Important at This perilous juncture,
to point attention to tho remarkable character
of the proceedings of the Republican Conven
tion assembled at Chicago in 1860 their plat
form and what they called the declaration of
their principles and views. I think that we may
discover that there were Fome men engaged in
the handiwork of thnt platform who had already
stronely conceived the idea of tho permanent
asrinUaucv whicn their party micht attain to, if
thev could only succeed in appropriating to
f heras'.'lvcs the exclusive property in the name
or title ot champions ot tne equal nguts ol man,
Vtithout distinction oi coiur.
From the solemn and formal manner in which
they announced themselves, their convention,
and its purposes, to tne public, we may inier
that they looked upon themseives as coinmenc
ire a nevy era in the htory of party triumpha,
and of their o in party in particular, xney do
not say, in termr, that thev mean to put forth a
declaration only second in importance to thit
of 17711; they do not, in their preamble, quite
assume the' pomp ot style nor the imposing
arrangement of subjects of our Fathers, when
they preluded their declaration in the following
language : "When, in the course of human
events, it becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve th3 political bonds which have con
nected them with another," etc., etc., "a decent
respect to the opinions of mankind requires that
they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation ;" but they pro
ceed, with quite sufficient 'solemnity .and
simple dignity, to resolve "That we, the
delegated representatives of the Republican
electors oi tno united Bt(us, in convention
assembled, in dincharge of the duty we owe
to our contltuenrs and our country, unite in
the following declarations: 1st. That the his
tory of the nutton during the la6t lour years has
lull v established the propriety and neces-ity of
the organization and perpetuation of the Repub
lican party, and tho causes which called it into
existence ' are permanent in their aatnre, and
now, more than ever before, demand its
peaceful and constitutional triumph. 2d. Tnat
the maintenance of the principle promulgated
in the Declaration of Independence, and em
bodied in the Federal Constitution, 'That all
men are created equal; that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain inalienable nguts;
tnat amonir these are life, liberty, and the pur
suit of happiness; that to secure these rights,
governments are instituted among men, deriv-
governed,' is essential to the preservation
of our republican institutions." The Repub
licans at Chicago, in 1800, seized upon the
above passages in the Declaration ot Inde
pendence in 1776, and assumed it as con
taining an announcement, ior tne urst time, oi
certain practical truths of that day, ihe equality
of human rights being the principal one ot them,
and intended to be the basis or fundamental
idea ar principle of the new government they
meant to found, for the assertion and mainte
nance of which the fathers of the Revolution
had exposed their lives and their fortunes to the
hazards of war, and the declaration of this prin
ciple was a justification of their conduct before
the civilized world in tnrowing on weir alle
giance to the mother country and bringing on a
war of which the wisest could not foresee the
termination or consequences. It is admitted
that this great principle was not carried out in
the Revolution, nor adopted in the Constitution
of 1789. because, say the Republicans, it was
choked and smothered in the bud by the slave
interest: but during the whole period of the
Revolution there was no disavowal of the senti
ment contained in the Declaration of Independ
ence. Thus, by the testimony of these latter
day reformers, tbe first men ot the Revolution,
I may sav all .the great men of that day,
with 'Washington and the Adamses at their
head, stand convicted of a deliberate fraud, a
hypocritical f alsehood in the declaration of the
principle which they announced as the cause
and justification of the quarrel of the colonies
with' Great Britain, appealing to the God of bat
tin fnrthn lustice of their cause, and invoking
His blessing upon it; for, in fact, thej equality of
human rights, by tne law oi nature, was ueimer
the cause, nor the violation of it the justification
ot the quarrel with Great Britain. But it may
be, and probably it was the lact.that the Fathers
of the Revolution gave no such interpretation to
tlia canlitripnt. nr Ihn finetrine of the eillial
rights of man by the law of nature, that their
wiser successors of this day have given to it; not
Supposing that it ever could become the dogma
of a school of politicians. Now, the truth is that
i ho tHfft of the "eoual ritrhts of man." the theiry
of the "equality ot human riarhts" by the law of
nature more line tue creation oi lauc.y, ur mo
dream of the sentimentalist, that the axiom, or
aphorism of philosophy, or practical statesman
was announced by one of the Kings
of France, some two or threr cen
turies betore Jefferson's time. I have
not the authority beiore me. but the savins that
"all men were born equai," and have enual
claims by the law o nature, though in the
humblest condition of life, upon the justice and
sympathies ol tneir lellow-meu, even in the
hishest rank of power and fortune Is found in
an old ordinance of the Kinir. addressed to the
Prinoes and lords paramount, whose rights ot
property in tneir sens ne naa no ngnt to inter
fpr with. or. if he had, was powerless to en.
force, appealing to them for some amelioration
of th 1 ard condition of the serfs on their doma' p,
annr uncing at tbe came time that he bad eman
cipated all that wrre on his own domain. It is
proper to say that tbe sorts of France were whi e
men. snd that the claims of the negro to be con
sidered equal in his rights to those of the whi e
race were not probably in the royal m'nd, he not
having heard ol the horrors of the middle ages
or the severi'ios of negro slavery in the Wc.t
Indies, there being no African slavery then
on the continent ot America. Ti
sentiment, ' therefore, could not have hem
intended to embrace the negro, and it is highly
probable that, if it had occjpied a place in h s
thouehts, his unsophisticated mind wuH have
led him to the conclusion that the natural
equality of rights even of white men, in the
low e-t condition of life, and their claim ?o the
justice, protection, and sympathies of their fellow-men,
in the highest clases of society, or in
the higher stages of civilization, neither quali
fied them to become l"gislators, rulers, or oitlcers
of Government ol any (trade, or to select others
as their delegates, without other qualiriculous
than those with which nature had endowed
them. The conception, however, or tho equal
riahis of all men. by the law of Nature, was a
beautiful one, and it struck tho fancy of Mr.
JeffV rscn, whose mental organization, rich and
cxi.bcratit ns it was In all the higher lacult.es of
the inir.ii, ol'en exposed him to the de'.unons
ot vion b ry schemes and speculative theories,
and he mnde the most ot this idea in tho embel
lif.rjictit of the Declaration of Independence.
Lut the tlMucht which now rules our modern
entlimiasts, the radical Republicans, is, that
witt oi.t any previous training or experience iu
ublic nt!Hir3, or any cultivation ubovo wnat
he corn or lice-Held stippl es. the negroes in
or.th Carolina and .Mississippi, or wherever
thev may be found in the majority, are tit and
(limliilei by niiture to have the dominant power
over any other people, though possessing greater
cultivation and experience in alfairs, and that
th?y should rule according to numbers, without
other qualifications. '
But 1 cannot lenve the Chicago P'aform with
out calling attenti'-n to the fourth declaration of
principles. Will you tell me, my dear sir, why
this number in tue series has not been oltener
quoted and relied tyion as an obstruction in the
lath of tho radical Republicans, who sect to de
prive the States of tho right to regulate their
own domestic affar'-such as the qualifications
of the electors of the members of their Leglslo-
turcf. admitting that tuey may be restored to
their constitutional rights at any future time,
enrlv or late? Or am I mistaken as to thi use
which has been made ot that part of the Chicago
declaration of principles, as I admit tbat I mav
be, not having setn the consecutive numbers of
any leading journals of the North on either side
of the question of restoration. I will i-ay no
more on this subject, than to quote tne declara
tion in my letter, and make this further remark,
that the authors of the Chicaeo declarations must
have made a mistake. They contemplated a
chanf.e of the constitution by reducing tho
Staces to the condition of municipal corpora
tions, as tne radical Republicans seem new re
solved to do in order to effect the further humi
liation and punishuitit of the Southern people.
The 'ollowiug is the fourth resolution of the plat
form :
4. That the maintenance inviolate of the
rieht? or the States, and especially the risrht ot
each Slate to order and control its own domestic
institutions according to IU own judgment ex
clusively, is essential to that balance ot power
on which perfection and endurance of our politi
cal fabric depends; and we denounce the law
less invasion bv an armed force of tho soil of
any State or Territory, no matter under what
pretext, as among the greatest of crimes.
1 win reserve auy luruier remarks ior a suuse
quent article. Respectfully, John Bell.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Woodward and
Justices Srrone, Thompson, and Agnew. Opinions
were delivered tnis morniu in tne following
cases:
By Thompson. J. James W. Claghorn vs. The
Commonwealth. Error to Quarter Scssioub.
Indiana county. Sentence reversed.
.ing & uo. vs. renier. rjrror to uommon
Pleas, Erie county. Judgment bel'jw stricken
off, and writ of error non pross'd.
Grinner et al. vs. the School Directors. Error
to Common Pleas, Greene county. Judgment
amrmed.
Drake vs. the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Company. Error to Common Pleas. Erie county.
Judgment affirmed. Woodward, Chief Justice,
dispents.
The Treasurer of Jefterson county vs. Shannon.
Error to Common Picas, Jefferson county. Judg
ment reversed.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company xa. Isaac M.
Pennock. Error to Common Pleas. Allcsrheny
county. Judgment reversed. Chief J ustico Wood
ward and Justice Agnew dissent.
Echollcnbereer vs. llrinton. Mervine bailer.
In ihe matter of the rule made June 29, 1865, to
show cause why the decree entered in the above
case should not be charged to a decree re rersing
the decree below, and dismissing the bill at the
cost of the complainant. Rule discharged.
The list lor Chester, bucks, ueiaware, and
Montgomery counties, was then taken up.
Fredericks, appellant. urror io uomnion
Pleas. Montgomery county. M. Mitchell on
paper books.
Darlington vs. Dampman, Error to Common
Pleas, Cbffltcr county. Argued by William Dar
lington, Esq., tor piamtiii. amitn ior aeiendant
in error.
THE GIVEN AND WEAVBR CASE.
Court op Common Pleas Judees Thompson
and Ludlow. The City Commissioners case was
again before the Court this morning, but it being
stated that all tha evidence on benait of tne con.
te6tant, Mr. Weaver, which was being taken be
fore Mr. Coins, tbe rJnaminer, naa not yet been
taken, Judge Thompson Bucgested, that in
order to facilitate the case, it would be better
that tbe contestant's testimony should be
concluded, as it had been begun before the Ex
amiuer.
This was assented to by both sides, it being
understood by the Court and counsel that not
halt the tune would bo consumed in thus having
the testimony taken, as would be required if it
were taken in open Court.
The case thus again goes before the Examiner
under an order ot the Court, that he shall sit at
least three davs this week, from 10 o'ciock till 8.
for the purposes of the case, and on such of the
three remaining days as may be agreed upon by
counsel.
It was understood, in'fact Mr. Phillips stated.
that the contestant's testimony would be finished
this week. Messrs. Simpson and Sellers, on be
half of Mr. Given, said that within twenty-four
hours alter notice ol the tact that contestants
had closed the answer of respondent wovld be
filed. The case will then proceed regularly, and
will donbtless be pressed by the Court and the
parties rapidly to a conclusion.
On Monday next the Examiner will report to
the Court the evidence taken by him.
Cocrt of Ouarteb Sessions. Judge Allison.
Assault and battery cases only were before the
Court this morning.
TUE GBEAT RAILROAD CASE,
Nisi Trips Coubt Judge Read Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company et al. vs. the Atlantic and
Great Western Railroad Company. Hon. Judge
riniwVi in nnenlns the arerument tor tne Atlau
tic and Great Western Railway Company, said
thui. strnnoftr liHtenine to the arguments of the
opposing counsel, would have imagined that
this Court was organized merely to advance the
local interest of this city.
The Atlantic road, io far as Pennsylvania if
onenrnfd, only extends eiahty-eight miles in
length, with some thirty-two miles of lateral
road. In 1857, a charter was granted by. the
I -iriylBtire ot Pennsylvania to the Mealville
Railroad Company, as It wasthen called.
it authorized a road from Mead vi lie to Erie,
and also from Meadville to one or more of the
coal fields of Mercer county. It further autho
rized the Company to purcha-e the lateral Iran
chisfsof the li tsburg and Erie Rod, except
tbe 1 ranch extend'ne northwest to Lock 2H.
In lbdH tue name of (he Meadville Railroad
was chanced, by act of Asccmblv, to the Atlantic
and Great Western Railroad. In 1859 the Com
ranv as authorized to mortgage, etc. In May
o' the same year a contract was entered into
with the Pittsburg and Erie Company.
I'nder t he provinlons of the charter and of the
general law authorizing any guaee desired, tho
contract was fulfilled.
The Atlantic and Great Western and Philadel
phia and Kite roaus were accordingly con
structed. Their tracks crossed each other, and
the iron "(roes," at the points where the tracks
cross, were placed there by tho Atlantic Com
pany. At this junction, which was then a di-mal
marsh, the thriving village ol Corry has since
tpmngi'p.
There Is but one mer.ning to tho words "rail
real, connection'' it is the connection o! the
business ot two mml. It is one of Blackstone's
rules for tho interpretation of statutes that their
language is not to be taken merely in its strict
etymological meaning, but in its common gen
eral acceptation.
In April, 18C3, two months after the comple
tion of the line of tho Atlantic road, the Lctis
lature passed a law that any road making a cou
nectiou with the Erie road shout I be of the
same giinse as that road, but tnat the law was
not to apply to any road wholly or partly con
structed. This could refer to no other connecting road
than the Atlantic. We have not claimed that
the connection is such as to enable our cars to
run on the Erie road. Neither our charter, nor
the laws ot the Slate, require such a thing of us.
If we consider Philadelphia's interests alone,
which ot the parties in this suit wouid be most
likelv to advauce the interests of the city ? Is it
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the plaiu
titls, who pay a premium to shippers to send
their goods to New York f
It is a common but erroneous impression that
it is an advantage to a company to have a con
tinuous line ot road, necessitating no change of
cars. We claim that, so far as guage is con
cerned, we have violated no law, aud that it we
had. the remedy would not be such as the plain
titl seek. They could, at most, ask for n
injuncrion compelling us to do what we failed
to do.
The old companies incorporated into the Atlantic
Company are dead. They were consolidated for no
purpose out to save the expense of four offices and
Jour sets of clerks. Thev were united under the
General lnwsof Ohio and New York, and a special
law of Pennsylvania. The Atlantic road was
built ectoss Pennsylvania In 1HC2. and opened
about eighteen months before the Philadelphia
and Erie rosd.
Hon. Judge Black followed.
The plaintiffs iu their bill make a quasi denial
that we are a corporation. They say we profess
to be a corporation by virtue of some law they
oroless never to have seen. " In reply, we say to
the Pennsylvania Railroad, it is none of herbasi
ness whether we have a corporation or not. in
a controversy between private parties there can
be no question raised about the duties one of tho
parties owes to the public.
r Since the beginning ot time there never wa3
such a sinsular attempt to commit legal suicide
as tnis. The Pennsylvania Railroad company
first, attempt to prove tbat no such organization
as tbe Atlantic aud Great Western Railroad exists,
and then the court is asked to drawn an in unc
tion against it.
If you say that two roads cannot be "con
nected'' because one is broader than the other,
you miaht as well say that they cannot be con
nected because one Is longer the other. In fact,
tho word "connected" implies dissimilarity. If
two things are perfectly similar, we cannot say
they are connected, but they are united.
NAPOLEON AND MEXICO.
An Interesting; Uoport Mexico Co be
Abandoned, Etc.
New York, January 15. A special despatch
from Washington to the Tribune says: "A pri
vate letter from a trustworthy source has been
received from Paris, stating that the legislative
bodies of the French empire will assemble about
the 18th inst., and the Emperor, in his opening
address, will express the most amicable and peace
ful sentiments towards the United States, and
unless in the meanwhile the relations of the two
countries become hostile by menaces on ques
tions of honor, will evacuate Mexico as promptly
as practicable." '
FROM CAIRO.
Cotton Passlmc np Tbe mobile and Oblo
Knllread, Etc.
Cairo, January 14. 1270 bales of cotton passed
here yesterday and to-day for Cincinnati.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad has commenced
running daily trains, making the trip to Mob'.le
in thirty-sii hours.
' Accident to a Philadelphia Vessel.
Boston, January 15. The schooner Frank
Herbert, Captain Chaise, irom Philadelphia for
Boston, has anchored off South Yarmouth, Mass.,
with loss of her deck load of oil and tar, sails.
boat, etc., having been driven off to the Gulf
stream during tne late gate.
Market by Telegraph.
New Orleans, January 13. The Cotton market
is lively i sales ot 6000 bales at 49 aiLM) tor uuddhunn.
Com active: sales at SI ltkaJl 17 j. ifolaases ULil
Atw York. January 16. Cotton Is quiet at 51o.
Flour dull uuclmuped; rales ol 4KX) bail. Whoat
duh. Corn dull. Beof quiet. I'ork buoyant at
a0 7.rK81. Lard quiot at U(l84o- Wliiaky dull
and nominal.
Ntw iouK, January 10. Stooks are better.
Chicago and Kock Island, 104? ; Cumberland pro
furred, 441; Illinois Ceutral, I'M; Michigan South
ern. ii!)J; New York Central. 983: Koadinir, 10j :
xiuuson River, 105; ( antou Company, 434 i Virgi
nia lis, 73; Kne, MlJ ; u. B. coupons, inoi, iu; uou
pons, 1802, 104; uitto 1804, 101J; Ten-Forties, 93, j
Treasury 7 80s. 1 Oue-Year Certificate, BSJ;
Gold, 139J. I
The Parts Patrie says: "France 'and Eng
land have not ollered mediation to Spain in the
Chil an question, but their good offices only,
which have been accepted by Spain."
At the funeral of tbe King of the Belgians
Queen Victoria was represented by Lord Wvduey
and five Generals of tho English army. Prince
Allied and the Prince of Wales were also
patent.
The Kine and Queen of Portugal have ar
rived in London aitor a pleasant visli to France
and Italy. Tho King is twenty-five years old and
the Queen twenty-one. They are the guests of
Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle.
An industrial exhibition has been opened at
Glasgow. Tho Duke of Argyle delivered an in
augural address on "The agencies which have
been and are brought to bear on the condition
of labor in the country." m
THIRD EDITION
FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
INTERESTING FROM 31 E XI CO.
Recapture of a Steamor from
Outlaws.
AFFAIRS IN TEXAS.
A New Telegraph Instrument.
Tho Banishment of a Rebel.
Ctc Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc, Kt., Ee.
Ntw Orleans, January 13. The steamer
Alabama has arrived from Liverpool.
Accounts from Brownsville say that the re
cently burpnscd Liberals were captured through
the treachery of one Of their number. They
were en route lor Fernaldo with thirteen wagons.
W hile a party ot Crawford's men were embark
ing on the csptured gunboat, moored near Ma'a-
nioiai,. a musket was accidentally discharged.
whicli Veated tome commotion and resulted in
the exchange of several volleys from cither side.
The intendpd capture was thus frustrated.
Thcftateof affairs in Monterey is so alarming
that the better part of the inhabitant are emi
grating to San Luis Potosi v,ith their specio and
all their movables.
The Mobile Register says the steamer Lillie,
which waj captured by outlaws, was rescued at
Montgomery by a detachment of the 21st Mis
souri Regiment, after landing about seventy-five
bale3 of Government cotton. The outlaws left
the r.flicers of, the boat, who were in "durance
vile" during its possession by the guerillas. It
is sa'd that the outlaws have exprecscd a deter
mination to prevent any Government cotton
from coming down the Alabama river.
A large fire took place at Tulladega, Alabama,
involving a loss of $75,000.
Four tar-loads of cotton were burned on the
Texas Central Railroad, en route to Houston.
The loss amounted to $30,000.
The 3d Michigan Cavalry were disarmed at
Ban Antonio for mutiny.
A i.ew National Bank has been organized at
Galveston.
Tho Liverpool and New Orleans Steamship
Line are building new vesseh, to malte the trip
in eighteen days. The Agent of the French and
Transatlantic Ship Company is here, anl has
obtained ample wharfage facilities for a steamer
to connect New Orleans with St. Nazaie.
The Picayune notices very approvingly the
tests of Dr. Everett of this city of an Aconatic
telegraph he has Invented. No electricity is
used, no insulators, no batteries or chemicals,
and no poles. The apparatus is very simple,
working easy and certain. The alphabet is
easily learned and based on scientific principles.
Captain Coleman, late of the C. S. Army,
grardson of Crittenden and nephew of General
Pillow, left to-day for Havana, having been
banished by the Military Commission for some
act of steamboat burning whilst under Forrest's
command, and offered the choice of expatria
tion. Owing to the exorbitant demands of the New
Orleans Gas Company on the city for lighting
the streets, the Mayor has authorized a call for
proposals to the 1st of March for lighting the
streets with the best quality of petroleum
About three thousand lamps are used.
Tho steamship Carolina sailed for Liverpool,
and the Neshannoclt, Cvyler, and Costa Rica for
New i'ork.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Office op thf Evbnino Telegraph, I
Monday, January 15, 1866. 1
The Stock Market was dull but steady this
morning, there being very little disposition to
operate Government bonds are firmly held at
lull prices; 7'30s sold at 9809j 103J was bid for
old 1U3$ ior ds ot 1881, Interest off: and 9t
for 10-408; State and City loans are without
change.
Eailroad shares, as we have noticed for some
lime past, continue the most active on the list.
Catawlssa preferred sold at 43433, an advance
of j; Philadelphia and Erie at 21)4, no change;
Caimlcn audAmboy 12GJ; Pennsylvania Railroad
65J, a decline of 4; Little Schuylkill at 3L?33,
an advauce of 2; Elmira preferred, 39; Catawlssa
common at 2942Jr, a decline of j ; and Northern
Central at 44J; &1J was bid for Reading; 64 for
Minehill; and 29 j for North Pennsylvania.
In City Passenger Railroad shares there is
more doing. Spruce and Pine sold at 38; Ches-
nut and Walnut at 62; and Ilestonville at 9ti
39; 41 was bid for Fifth and Sixth; 61 for Tenth
and eleventh; and 11 for Seventeenth and N;ne.
teentn.
Canal shares continue very dull, and we hear
of no sales. 21 was bid for Schuylkill Navi
gation common, 28 J for prelerred do.; 53 for
Lehigh Navigation; 112 for Morris preferred; 84
for Susquehanna Canal; and 31 for DvUware
Division.
Bank shares are in good demand for invest
ment at full prices. 193 was bid for' North
America; 134 for Philadelphia; 120 for Farm
ers' and Mechanics'; 50J for Commercial; 28
for Mechanics'; 85 for South wark; 93 for Ken
sington; 48 for Penn Township; 30 for Manufac
turers' and Mechanics'; and 62 for City.
Oil shares continue irregular. Ocean sold at
17. an advance of 4; Sugar Valley at 33J;
Dalzollat2j; Maple Shade at 4JQ5; and Mingo
at 2).
Tho New York Tribune this mornlnsr says:
"Money was offered in great abundince to
good houses at 66 per cent, on call, and for
want of bonowers upon the street considerable
sums were pUccd with the Sub-Treasury at 6 per
cent. Commercial pnper 's quoted- at 79 for
rho-'cc, and 10015 per ceul. for second grados.
Until Congress acts upon the loan bi'1 money
promises to become fill more aoundant on cslfl
"There is no alterat ion in Hterling B'ln, which
aro quoted nominally no follows: Bills at 60
davs sre quoted at lJQlOSj, commercial; 101
H'WH lor Danker ; do. at short sight, lOftfd)
1 1,1-' . Duiii at Gl ilnitn e.nn.' mi. J . -V l
sight. 6-1S(?a.V13!: Antwerp! 621 -17A; 8wiss,
Z(ft?5-17: Hamburg. 3Kil(a36l: Amsterdam.
40:,( 4l; Frankfort, 40J34ii; Bremen, 781:3794;
Prussian Thalers, 7147l."
The New York Timet of this mnmmcr n.vs! .
"The firmness of the Nation ul apnntino tlimmrVi.
out the past week, goes to Drove that the public
at large have unyielding faith in the present ad-
iiiiutsixaiiun ui tue national nnanccs, ana la the
ability ot the Government to meet all its obliga
tions with its uniform piomptnoss, and withmt
detriment to any vital nopuKr interest. Tiie
gold-bearing bonds let t oil steadily, on a fair in
quiry. Heavy purchases of Seven-thirties aad
( ertiticntes of Indebtedness were made on Satur
day lor ' Investment account, resulting i 'i a
turther hardening of prices. There was ' a pojl
tive scarcity ot each of these securities for im
mediate deliveries. The whole market closed
strong, w it a symptoms of a more marked revival
In the coming week. '
No new banks have been created under the
Datiounl banking system during the jiasc
week. The whole number thus authorized now
stand, os on last Stturdav, 1C20, with a total
capital of $407,609,20:1. Amount of circulation
issued to tne jsationai isants ior tue week is
stated at $2,632,055; previously, $210,01)4,565
total, $242,920,(120. There aro no additional de
positories of public moneys doilgnated by the
becrctary of the Treasury.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO DAY
Kcported by Uo Haven fc bro., No. 40 8. Third street.
FIRST HOABD.
SHOO U S7-80A Juuo. 99 1 82 sb Spruce fis Plnell
tr.00 do.. July.. PS; IOObu Ikiaple Sh..b30
ftfiOOO oo Aiur 99 6') nil do 4J
rA)00C&Aniru.67. 91 8000 sli Mingo 3
5ti0 Kli Sugar Valley. 8? 48 sh Cam & Am. Is 12i)l
200 sr. do s30. 81 20 eh Peno R 651
200th do 16 8il 100stiL:t 8oh....b80 82
Hoosn jjaizoiu.iots.. zi! loosn do 81
i
1( 0 sh Out an 15 17
l'Osh do MO 82
2C0 eh do lots 17
800 h CaUDf.118 80 43
100 sh do M0 81
60 sh Elmira It pf. . 89
60 sh do 89
100 h N Central 44J
60 sh Preston CoiU.. 20
20 sh I tic3. & Wal.. 62 .
200 sh Ilesrvllle.loto 83f
l 0h do t5 8SJ
100 sh do t80. 39
200 sh do.lots.180 43J
VIU Ml QO .1019. ID 44
l(ri) sh Cata com. . L80 2:'
100 sh do lot" .10 2t3
100 sh do. . .slOwn 29i
100 sh Ph & E 15 29
inOfh do 21U
00 sh do.lots.D30 29j
SALES AT PUBLIC STOCK BOARD TO-DAY.
Reported by F. T. Wa'ton, No. 208 8. Fourth street.
FIRST CALL.
100 sli Tct Centre.
100 CO Keadina. ...sBi lj
100 sh Ocean 17 i
100 eh Sugar C..s30
1(0 sh Mapie Bn.5.
100 sh do
600 sh Am G I t Co.
PHILAB'A GOLD EXCHAVGE QUOTATIONS
10 A.M 130? 12 M 180
801
it a. ai rsji ir.ii l
Market very dull.
Harper, Dukney & Co. quote as follows-
JJuuina. Selling.
American Hold ii i:H
American Silver, is and Js. 188
American Mlverll'mes and Half Dimot 129
184
131
80
par.
Pennsylvania Currency 40
New York Ezcnango 1-10
Philadelphia Trade Report.
1'onday1, January 15. In BroadstutR the move,
mcnts continue of an unimportant character, with
out much chance from Saturday's quotations.
No. 1 Quercitron Bark Is in steady domand
32-60 f ton, but there is none coming forward.
Ihe receipts of Cloverseed are light, hat tho most
of it is of an aa desirable quality, and is unsalable
except at relatively low rate. Small sales at $5 50 3
7'76 i? bush, lor common and lair quality; nothing
doinp in Timothi ; Flaxseed is In fair domand, witn
small sales at (3 10.
There Is no new feature fo present in the Flour
Market, and tbe only sales reported were 1000 barrets
North western extra family on private terms, and
200 barrels low eraue extra at $7; the home con
sumers purchase sparingly within the lanae ot 87 '25
for common superfine, up to C13 60 for fancy brands;
according to quality. No sales of Rye flour or Corn
nn al have been roported. We quote the lormorii
$6. and tho latter at $4 25.
Tbe Wheat Market is almost at a stand, bat we
continue to quote red at $2-202 80, and whito at
e!4'60Ca2-75. ftye Is steady at 96o.(n;l 06 ft bushel
lor Southern and Pennsylvania. In Corn there is
very little doing; sales of 80(10 bushols yellow in
store and irom ttie cars at 78o. Oan meet witn a fair
deinnnd. with sites of 1500 bushels Pennsylvania at
bio 62c. An invoice of 6000 bushels Canada .Barley
sold at 81.
Whisky is dull, with small sales of Ohio at $2-28
end refilled at 2 26 &2 27.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
Jakuary 16. Beef Cattle are very dull this week
and prices lower. About 2700 head arrived, and sold
at the Avenue Drove Yard at from 16317 j. for
extra, the latter ra'e for choice; Hgiejc. tor fair to
good, and 1013o. $ pound for common, as to
quality. The following are the particulars of the
sales:
100 bead J. tt 3. Chain, Pennsylvania, 1215.
106 II. Chain, WeBtern, 7m;8 rross.
83 " Halo tt Co., Western' ltahty.
62 Iryfoos & Brother, Western, 1315.
160 " Martin Fuller tt Co., Wentern, 14j(q;16.
108 " J. 8. Kirk. Western and Chester county
12C17.
160 P. Uathawav, Western, and Lancaster
county 16."
110 " P. McFilien, Western and Lancaster county,
Haiti.
105 " A. Christy & Bro., Western. 15S17J.
69 " Owon Smith, Weatom, 14(al0.
61 " Christy tt Co., V estorn, 7 j(g:8 irross.
60 " A. Kennedy, Chestor county. Hgl(J.
120 " J. McFiilen, Western, )5n l7.
60 ' E. 8. McFilien, Western, 15 a161.
130 " l!Jlmn t Co., Western, 16vU.
160 " Mooney & Smith, Western, 15 gl7.
110 " Mooney tt Itio , Western, tk a'i yross,
125 " tbomlerir It Frank, Western, liJ17.
24 " G. Cahii, Wesiern, 76,8 (rrons
47 " H. & J. Fran, Western, 1013
Hlicep are less actlo and rather lower. 11,509 ,
head Bold at from 7'&8o. per lb. gross lor good iat
sheep.
Cows are unchanged. 175 boad sold at from 8t0a
0 for BpriuKirs, aud StXku.100 per bead lor mi cu
cows
Hoirs Prices have fallen off, and the market is
very dull. 8000 bead sold at the aitluront yards at
from $12(ull the 100 lt ne'.
TO II O U E K E E T B R S.
I have a targe stock ot every variety of Furniture
which I will sell at ruduced prices, consisting of
. PLAIN AM) MARBLE TOP COTTAGE 6UIT3
WALNUT CilAMBEtt SCITd.
PARLOR SUITS IN VtLVKT PLUSH.
PAELOU 8ITS IN II A IB CLOTH.
PARLOB 6U118 IN UEPd.
Sideboards, Extension Tables, Wardrobes, Book-case
Uattiesies, Lounges, Lie. tic.
P. P. GUSTINE,
1 1 3m N. E. Cor. StX'OKD AND BACK 8X8.
BUY ALE HOUII
AT TIIE EVANS
OTE EVAK
KEOPEKED AT
NEW BOOKS, NEW GIFTS,
NEW FEATUHE8.
GIFT BOOR SUE,
J0. C2S C1IESNUT ST.
HOLIDAY BOOKS
GIFT STOKE,
TWO GIFTS FOB
THE PUICE OF OWE,