ran VOL. V.No. . 76. :pi-ii:ladeli3i-iia., thuksday, march 29, i&gg. DOUBLE SIIEETT1IREE CENTS. n LL II A II A II MM 13 I! O, HA II UUo i WORLD OF FASHION. Milliners' and Mantuamakers' Modes for Spring. VERNAL OPENINGS OF OUR LEADING MODISTES. Keweat, Prettiest, and Best Things in( Bonnets, Hats, Dresses, Cloaks, Jackets, Etc. THE PHILADELPHIA LADY'S VADE-MECUM. 32tO. XStO. X2tO. 2t0.s XStOa Spring, of all others, Is the season In which fashion Is moHt Interesting. Wo have a bright sun to display the varied tints, we have fine weather for our belles to display themselves. All over the world which, fashion civilizes spring is the time when new ideas seem to ' germinate in the minds of fashion's approved and authorized ministers. : Religion first instituted this spring court; of fashion, and in -Paris consecrated Passion Week to the fiats ol the important court that directs ,;the feminine world. Longchamps, under the imDrovements of the ! great architectural Emperor, has vanished, the long allee has become interminably magnificent ' with palaces, groves, and fountains; but the name has not pased away, and the modes de j Longchamps, that if, those first revealed in Pas e ion Week, are the modes that rule Paris. j EJBut these fashions, though revealed only at ' this time, 'are, of course, composed and manu- . factured many months before, so that, thanks to our enterprise, gold, and steamships, they arrive here at the very same period in which they are j! displayed In Paris. The opening days in Phila- " 'delphia are the same' as the opening days in Paris, and the very sacce style of hats, bonnet?, silks, dres9 goods, and all that go to make the wrndrous creation of a "grande dame," are gazed at simultaneously by the flashing eyes of . oar own belles and the dark orbs ot the elegant Parisiennes. , 1 All sorts of grotesque absurdities have been the fashion, and in their day have been re corded, worn, admired. This year is a special one for simplicity, and good taste appears to lave presided over the composition of all head gear, the designs of all dress patterns, and the grace of the trimmings. There ia a freshness . and simplicity about everything that appears ' as if the becoming and the graceful had been studied; there is no aiming at magnificence; it fOUld seem as though the racs of shoddy had jpassed away. TO begin with the first desideratum of a lady, 'a love of a bonnet." There are this year seve Tal styles: the Gipsy, the Japanese, the Marie . tuart. Miss O'Brlan, of Walnut street, has Ome pretty chip hats, that would make . an ugly face look pretty. Tho charming lace, so- ' "bcrly employed on it, looks heavy, has taken the .place of Brussels lace, and is applied with great i effect, with colored ribbons urder it. Messrs. Wood & Cary offer an immense choice -of hats and bonnets. Here the Empire shape, with its. several subdivisions, appears to reign. 21 any of these bonnets have no crowns, allowing the hair to be seen, the ribbons only of the bon Bets encircling it. Tt e good taste of this house is ' well knwa; the assortment of colors admirable. Many steel ,nd silver ornaments enhance the bonnets of the -day.rbut they do not overpower the lightness -and airiness of the elegantly made structures of illusion, straw and silk. lire. King, in Chsunut .street, above Twelfth, has. this year excelled herself. Her bonnets and hats are renowned for their stylo, because ilrs. King's Parisian modes come from the first sources 'in Paris, and her taste modifies the ParUiao.modes to our climate and our require, ments. There the bi hi bonnet is In perfection. Imagine a small graceful frame lor the face, .shading, yet displaying its outlines, with a Ijouquet '.just coquettishly op one side a thing to dre-am about. We noticed one in pink silk trimmed with Jonquils, the crown composed of transversal bands of ribbon and flowers, leaving the balr to complete it that was espe cially original. A decided novelty was that the strings were held, not by a bow, but by a bou- 1 quet of the same flowers that were on the bonnet. . ' Here, too, are the Japanese hats, to which we should give the preference, rom their sim plicity. We saw several in white chip, trimmed with a mere wreath of flowers, varying only in color. For instance they Lad a wfeath of violets; , .another ot forget-ine-nots; and another was wreathed with ivy. Some of the straps have a tiny silver thread in them, which is not gaudy, but gives a flash m ,x tho sun that ia all brightness. One rich Ja panese, trimmed with straw cord, and tassel to match, and tho aSdition of French blue flowers, was a charming style. '" '.,''' A Marie Stuart hat, for evening wear, white - satin, with a plume, is extremely elegant. From ' Tarls, direct, we saw a black tullo bonnet Fan. chou-Empire, the only ornament bolng a spray of green grass that was the extreme of severe good taste. The-long veil was studded with bright green and fastened with oxydized cameos. A fair fresh face beneath such a cupoto would be Irresistible. On all bonnets heavy cameos, velvet, and steel ornaments of all kinds will be worn. Fashion bat gone back to the Josephine Em- pire days buthas added grace and elegance to it. .Also, Mr8 King's we noticed a chip hat sim ply trimmed j with blue velvet; another with black &nd piok, having the crown surrounded with designs in velvet on the straw. All most simple and therefore elegant. Here we saw the hats that are to be worn the Bailor, the Derby, and the Spanish all are most simply trimmed, sometimes a crape-like veil is wound round and fastened with a silver ornament or a bouquet; sometimes, merely a ribbon with a cameo. These hats are in tended for young girls from ten to twenty-five. But the Gipsy bonnet, round and open, Is almost as youthful as the hat, and will be much adopted by our Juveniles. Mis. Kins's bonnets this year have the stamp of style and originality. Miss O'Ro irke, Chesnut street, has abeautlful display, both wild flowers and tho long illusion, veil, in tho best style. The Mioses Splint, too, display the greatest possible taste. Mrs. Kinnear has several Gipsy hats that are charming. Mrs. Dillon, No. 331 South street, offers an im mense variety of children's and misses' hats. Flowers are universally employed as trim ming to hats. They never were more beautiful. A fine selection of flowers will bo found at Messrs. Tabor & Ilarbert's, Market and Fourth streets. Tho taste of the budget in this establishment is well known. Most of the flowers come from this establishment. To see them in their boxes one would imagine to be in the field, and that, as "Lady Teazle" said, "rosea grew under our feet," Here, too, are thoso beautiful carved ornaments and charms that, seem to have actually been excavated out of Pompeii. Every variety of frame is here, and the variety this year is bewildering. The prevailing colors in all our first class establishments this year are emerald green, violet, buff, tor d'aliza (a sort of violet), and white, of course. So much for the head; let us proceed further. The beautiful assortment of percales and chintzes indicates that they will be much worn this year. In suits with fluted trimming there is not 'a fresher or cooler dress for spring. Percale and piquo robes come, too, Mid in a novel style. They consist of a skirt, with a full Garibaldi waist in linen, spotted with black, over which a long, half-fight casaque, the same as the skirt, is worn. These robes are found In perfection at Fryer's, at Hafleigh's, and at Evans'. Messrs. Hafleigh have some specialties in or gandie and grenadine robes, with black ground, and patterns round the skirt of flowers, that are perfect pictures. The cloaks displayed by this house are extremely graceful and rich. Black Bilk, of course, but varied in shape, though the half-fitting paletot seems to be the prevailing fashion. Guipure and Jet are employed, but cameos and long ribbon bows are worn. ; Hafleigh has also a variety of poil de chevres and derai-toilclte dresses that are charming. Messrs. Evans display magnificent silks, that are reduced in price down to wonderful figures. Here are the ready-made skirts in every variety, all in keeping with the taste of the bouse. Curwen Stoddart has an opening of black mantillas that includes all styles, This esta blishment is a perfect emporium. Proctor, of course, comes in at the head of the cloak department. His domi salson sacques are models of taste; For useful goods we have II. Steel, No. 715 N. Tenth street, who displays a lot of challies that are very taking. ' ' : Price & Wood, Ninth and Arch streets, offer white goods at prices that are tempting, and Marseilles are to be universally worn. J. Strawbridge, Eighth and Market streets, offers muslinB, sheetings, damasks, at prices that we had in those good times almost forgotten. Warnock, now Lee's, is too selling at fabulous prices. Who doesn't know Lee's,' in Eighth street? Here are moire antiques at four and five dollars per yard, and here is the celebrated Gabrielle Bkirt, made expressly for gored dresses. Day's skirt has this advantage, that while it produces its effect it conceals itself; a great charm lor a hoop is not to be apparent. Day's Gabrielle skirt is madd of a combination of thread and wire that is everlasting. Boutilller, .in Chesnut street, has some beautiful and very cheap spring silks. His chintzes, too, are beautiful. 1 Bcsson's mourning store contains cheap and pretty goods. The white and black alpacas -make a most elegant half mourning. Meyers has ornamental mourning, such as recherche collars.cuffs, underskirts, and beautiful bonnets, for now we mourn none the less that we mourn gracefully. Vogel has his usual exquisite liugeno and laoe. Mr. Proctor has, too, with his other cloaks, admirable lama, lace mantillas. Lama lace is a fabric that does not crush or create. It Is a charming invention. There are such things as under-garments to be considered, and thoso are to be found in perfec tion at Misses Thornhill & Burns', No.1205 Ches nut street. They have French Imported gar ments, that are nameless, of mo3t beautiful and comfortable patterns, as well as a new hoop skirt, of which the skeleton branches are con ccaled under a petticoat. A great improvement, Mia. Keyser, No. 1227 Chesnut street, makes a specialty of children's clothes.' j Of all graceful and pretty things, these lilipu tlan garments are the prettiest. ' Mrs. Keyser lias true art, lor amidst embroidery and fan ciful ornaments, she never forgets the age for which she Is providing, and avoids all that 'is jheavy, keeping to simplicity and good taste, j Mad'lle Grosjean, Chesnut and Tenth streets, hum a specialty of, those white bodies whloh mu ft, in our climate, be worn in summer with almist every dress. The.T are Interspersed with ribbons In a most novel manner and are in themselves a toilette. At Campbell's, Chesnut street, below Twelfth, we noticed lawns of new and original patterns. This house has large opportunities for the bost selections. 1 In regard to the shape of dresses, we should say that suits all of one color and muterlal will .be worn, with thAs novelty, that the petticoat will be of the sa.ua material as the dresses, looped over It, and the sacque worn with H. ' Bradley's duplex skirt to be found at Haf leigh's, and Maxwell's is also a kirt to te highly recommended, for it yicles with the pressure and prevents any unnecessary display of the tops of the boots, etc. Maxwell has a fine selec tion of sacques for white dresses, and sac ues are to be universally worn. For all patterns and models of dresses Mrs. M. A. Binder, No. 1031 Chesnut street, mut be re sorted to. Not only will she make everything in elet ant style, but she will also furnish the pattern of every fashionable garment of the day, a great advantage to those who have taste, but Whose means are limited. In Paris, and we take our taste from Paris, the Parislenno looks to tho fur niture of the rooms in which she ia to display herself, and great care is taken to make the fur niture a fine back-ground to the picture. A Philadelphia belle should take a walk through Hentels' new store, and see the marvels of carving in walnut and oak that he displays. The Louis XIII style, so long the rage in France, of carved black walnut, upholstered, has at last reached here, Though we havejuo chateaux to ransack for heirlooms, we have artists here that can rival thoso of old. With this furniture heavy satin draporlcs, such ai Walraven can display, are to be used. Their carpets of d'Aubnsion, such as Orne, No. 902 Chesnut street, can show, aud the delicate miniature-painted Gobelins tapestry that takes one back to the Pompadour magnidcence. Such are the chronicles of the present spring. The spring and summer will be brilliant. All is prosperous fathers and husbands Included and the money will flow easily, and good tempers will open the purse-strings. Our belles will be more beautiful, more elegant than ever, and the lame of their beauty will go forth to the capital whence cdmea our embellishment. Only in Paris women are fascinating without beauty, whilst here we have the beauty and fascination to gether. CONGRESS. Washington, March 29. , Neuiite. After the reading of the Journal, Mr. Sumner rose and said: Mr. President I move that tho Secretary of the Senate be directed to communicate to tho Governor ol the State of New Jersey a copy of the resolution of the Senate in reference to'the scat of Mr. Stockton. The motion was agreed to. Mr. Poland (Vermont) then rose and an nounced in a lew words tho death of his col league. Mr. Foot. So bnct a time had elapsed since this great sorrow occurred, that he had not had time to prepare an appropriate address; but he would ask the indulgence of the Senate to deliver one on some future occasion. He offered a resolution, which was adopted, that the Senate attend the funeral at 1 o'clock, and that the Senators wear the usual badge of mourning during the remainder of the nession. The Senate, on motion of Mr. Trumbull, at 124 o'clock, took a recess until 1 o'clock. A 1 1 o'clock the funeral services commenced. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. The Snnday Question Disposed ot in the Senate. IIasbisbubo, March 29. The Committee on Vice and Immorality reported with a negative re commendation the bill allowing Passenger Rail way cars to run on Sunday, and asked the adop tions of a resolution declaring that the laws reerulating the first day of the week, commonly called the Lord's day, be left unchanged. After considerable debate, the resolution was amended by Mr. McConnaughy, so as to read that the laws should not be altered so as to allo w the running of cars on that day, and the resolu tion then passed by a vote ol 23 ayes to 7 nays., Iloaae of Representatives. A letter was received from General Meade, regretting his inability to be present at the ceremonies incident to the visit of the orphans of soldiers to Harrisburg on March 16. . Mr. Thomas made a personal explanation. He had related in debate on Wednesday evening that, in 1866. when the news of the Democratic victories had been received, the Democratic Bide of the House had not applauded; this statement hart been questioned, and he now desired to substantiate it by the written statement of Re- puoiican memoers m 18U5, ana Dy an extract lrom the Harrisburer Telegraph of the same year. Mr. Pershing denied the cnarge on behalf of the Democrats, so far as the item in the Tele graph was concerned. The same paper had twice asserted that Democratic members in tended to resist the last inauguration of Governor Curtin by force, and would have done so but for the presence of tho military. This charge was utterly false, as was also one in refer ence to the silence of the Democracy when the news of tho victory was announced. i Mr. Sutterthwait then presented a written statement ol tho Democratic members of 18U5, denying that their side of the House had re mained silent when victories were announced. The Speaker, in view of the personalities which had been indulged in by sundrjr members, positively refused to allow any further personal explanations cither by Republicans or Demo crats, The Mexican Empire. New Tobk, March 29. The UeraVVs Paris letter gives the text of the secret convention be'j-en Napoleon and Maximilian, concluded at thtJJaty ot Mexico on the 23th of September last, fixing the pay and position of the French agents in Mexico, the number of whom is large, for five years lrom the above date. f Burning of a Steamer. ' Cabtine, Me., March 29. The steamer II. Johnson, from Deer Isle for Castiue, was found to be on fire yesterday, and was beached upon Holbrook's Island. Sho was totally destroyed, The passengers and crew were saved. The vessel was insured for $2000. The Foreign Mails by the ''China." Boston, March 29. The steamer China, from Liverpool via Halifax, arrived at 1045 this morning. The mails will be despatched by this afternoon's train, and be due in Philadelphia at noon to-morrow. """"Arrival of the Steamer "Moravian. Pobtlamd, March 29. The steamer Moravian arrived at this port at five o'clock this morning, bringing 251 passengers. She was detained until1 Saturday, at Londonderry, for Government despatches. From Toronto. Toronto, March 28. Orders have bepn Issued to muster out the surplus volunteers over 10.000 which number will be kept as a standing army of observation on the frontier, THIRD EDITION WVSIIIIVG TON. Special Detpatches to Tht Evening Ttlegraph. Washington, March 29. Maty Interest of Flve.Tweratlea. Secretary McCulloch states that the May In terest due on Five-twenties will bo paid early in .A pill. The amount of gold required is 122,000,000. New Jerty NemUoranlp. The non. James M. Scovel was on the floor of both Houses yesterday. He assured members that the New Jersey Legislature might be relied upon to send down a thoroughly trustworthy Senator by Monday next. The Mew Vacancies la the Senate. The successor of Mr. Foot will be appointed by the Governor, and the political situation is so interesting that rumor and speculation are already naming the possible man, among whom are mentioned ex-Governor Smith, Judge Hall, and Hon. Justin S. Morrill, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the House. In the New Jersey case, the Legislature Is in session, and the general belief is, that if the Joint Convention is held that Hon. Alexander G. Cattell will be elected. In both caes, gentlemen will be apt to be selected who will oppose the President's policy. ' The Pout Office. During the last year of the war the Post Office Office earned a net profit of over $8GO,000 from mail service in the loyal States. The first three months that mail service was resumed at tho South there was a loss in tho whole country of over $20,000. As the mail routes are being ex tended over the South the deficiency rapidly in creases. This is the lost day for bids in the eight Western States for transporting the mails. Conscience Money. General Spinner, United States Treasurer, has received another contribution of conscience money, amounting to $20, from a former officer of the anny, signing himself "ono who loves his country. Personal. Miss Mary Harris, who, it will be remem bered, had a trifling difficulty with a Treasury clerk named Burroughs some time since, ar rived in town to-day en route to Richmond, where she has established herself in the milli nery business. , South America. In reply to a letter of tho Collector of New York, asking whether he should admit a cargo of South American hides just arrived at .this port, the Secretary of the Treasury has given permission for their entry, if, after careful in spection, it is ascertained that they do not come from a region infected with the cattle plague. Approaching; Crisis In the Cabinet. There is no,doubt that events are approaching a crisis which will cause decided action within the next ten days, by the President, in regard to the ofliclnlB in his Cabinet and other offices who are opposing his policy. Senator Foot. The death of Senator Foot yesterday created a sensation of profound Borrow in the hearts of his associates in Congress, and all those who had the pleasure ot his acquaintance. From the beginning of his last Illness, the presentiment that tt would prove fatal seemed to take com plete possession of the deceased, notwithstand ing the fact that up to last night his physicians entertained the most sanguine hopes of his re covery. Until Monday lost, at about noon, there seemod every reasonable prospect of his recovery, w hen he was attacked with a violent hemorrhage of the bowels. This subsiding, he seemed considerably better until eleven o'clock in the evening of the same day, when a recurreuca of the hemorrhage took place; from that lime, the Senator, although cheerful and apparently suffering but little, was observed by his physicians to be gradually sink ing. Fully comprehending his condition, he calmly and cheerfully proceeded to dictate his last will and testament, even making suggestions relative to the construction of the monument to ba placed over his remains. Just previous to his death, he was; visited by Vice-President Foster, Senators Grimes and Po landthe latterjhis colleague from Vermont and several other members of both Houses. At about 4'o'clockin the morning ho was again attacked with violent hemorrhage, and from that time raplitly sank until about 8 o'clock, when dissolution took place. At 8 o'clock Mr. Foot asked his friends to raise him on his pillow and draw aside the window cur tains that he might view the dome of the Capitol for the last time. While he lay gazing, he suddenly exclaimed, "I Bee the gates of pearl beautiful beautiful," and a moment afterwards expired. A short time after his death, the President, accompanied by several members of the Cabinet, arrived to express their condolence with the family of the deceased. The remains of the Senator will be taken to the Senate Chamber to-day, and funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock P, M. Both Houses of Congress will adjourn to attend the funeral. Tho friends of the deceased will leave the city for Vermont with the body this afternoon, and it is expected that the obsequies of the late Senator In his native State will be of the most impressive char acter. Eulogies will be pronounced in both Housos of Congress at a future day. The exercises at the Capitol will be simply of a religious char acter. The deali of Senator Foot was announced in the SnpremVcourt by the Chief Justice. Tho Court will assemble an hour earlier than usual to-day, and wnl adjourn at noon, in order to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased. It is generally believed in political circles flat Governor Dillingham will appoint ex-Governor Hiland Hall to fill the vacancy oc casioned by the death of Senator Foot. Lynch Law In Kentucky. Cincinnati, March 28. A negro in Paris, Ken tucky, who had outraged a white child ten years old, and afterwards murdered her, was this evening taken by the citizens from the jail and hanged, jUls body Is Etill suspended. EUROPE. Important Mexican Document-Secret Convention Between Napo leon and Maximilian Mexico Governed from Paris Maxi milian a Puppet In Napo leon's Hands-The Irish -Army Contains No Taint of Fenlan Ism, Etc. Etc. Paris, March 12. There has lust come into my hands, in the most mysterious manner, a nost important document, which I hasten to send you. It is an authentic copy of a conven tion, as yet kept secret, which was recently concluded in Mexico between Louis Napoleon's Minister there, M.Dano.and Maximilian's Secre tary of the Treasury. It seems the number of the French officials detailed to carry on the so called Government of Maximilian Is so great, and their term of service is to be eo prolonged nwrnely, for five years from the 2!itn of Septem ber last that it Las become necessary to arranara a special convention to fix their rate of pay and prescribe their position. In tact, it is evident the whole machinery of administration in Mexico is only a branch of the administration at home or la France. This convention plainly Indicates two noteworthy facts: First. That Maximilian's so-cullcd Govern ment is essentially a French Government, inas much as it is not only sustained by French bayonets and French monev, but also adminis tered by French oiliclal speciallv detailed for that purpose from their departments at home, and for the prolonged service of five years. Second. That the occupation of Mexico by Louis Napoleou is to be prolonged, notwith standing all his assurances to the contrary. There could be no right or excuse tor such manifest interference In the administration of Maximilian's Government upon any other hypo thesis, and it is evident that Maximilian could not, witn any regard for his own dignity as a monnrch, permit these encroachments ou the atfministiacive branches of his Government for a single moment if he was not a mere creature in ths hands of Napoleon, being UBed for his purposes alone. It is evident, therefore, that some further Sressure must be brought to bear upon Louis 'apoleon before his promises with recard to withdrawing from Mexico will be better observed than have been his promises to withdraw from Rome and his oath as President I subjoin an exact copy oi me document: CONVBSHON. The French and Mexican Governments, dosirinir to fix the position ot tae French ollicioig placed at the disposal of his Majesty the Em;ieror Maximilian, die following diplomatic convention has beon aereed upon between his .Excellency Alionuo Uano, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister i'lenitioicntlary oi ranee to Slexico.oomtuanaer of the Imperial Ordor ot tho Legion at tionor, eto eto , and Don Francisco do 1'. Cesar, under tecretary of tlio Treasury and FudIio Cicdit, both duly authorized by thoir respec tive Governments: Article 1. Tbo'e stents of the administrations of the French empire wlio are or may be placed at the disposal of the Govemmocl of his Majesty the Km peror Maximilian shall be assigned to the cflicus and irrades in which the Minister under whose direc tion they may serve may think thorn most u-oful. Article 2. The Government of his Majesty reserves the right of determining the number ami qualifica tions of tne French omoials li may neou in tho different public departments: Article 8. 1 be said agents shall have the right to a faiaiy equivalent to that which they receive in France, ana to a daily compensation at the follow ing rates: Three dollars per day to tnono who re ceive Uxed salaries of fifteen hundred lrancs a year; lour doilais to those who got lrom sixteen hundred to twenty-four hundred francs; five do lurs to those who have irom twenty live hundred to tivo thousand Iranct; six dollars to tboee who get from five thou sand one hundred to eiyht thousand franos, and so on, increasing one dollar a day lor every two thou sand francs of fixed sa.ary; but tho French agents employ va in oiexico previous to the 1st ot January, 1606, shall continue to recolve the salaries and per quisites they had before that date. Article I The ollicial Mcxlcun salary in considered as composed of the European salary and tho com pensation mentioned in article three. The payment of the ordinary salary proper Is charged upon the Mexican Treasury, as woll as the contingent ex penses mentioned in articles eight, ten, and twelve. Article 6. Whatever position the French agones may have in Mexico they Bhail continue to belong to their lormer administrations. 1 hoy shall be en titled to gradual promotion, according to the rules ot the service to wlnen they belong. In cose au agent is promoted in France he shall immediately enjoy the emoluments corresponding wita hi new rank in Mexico, according to article three of the precent convention. Article 6. The commission or patent grantod to a French agent by the Mexican Government shad give him no right ot morit in Franco. - Article?. To entitlo him to a pension his term of service in Mexioo shall be increased fifty pur cent, above its actual duration. Article 8. trench agents sent to Mexico shall only leooive their Europouu salary from the lime they leave on duty in France till they land In Mexico, but they shall receive for travelling expenses a sum equal to half of their year's pay in Europe; aud in no case shall It be les than one thousand fiaacs. The half of HiIb snm shall be paid him bef ore he em barks, and the other half after his arrival in Mexico Ibe Government shall also pay his travelling ex penses from the landing place to bis place of resi dence In Mexico. The Mexican Government re serves the mode of recompensing the services ot tho French agents by increasing their salaries, or by honorable distinctions, as it finds most convonient. Artiole 0 The salaries oi the French agents, ao coroing to their grade in Europo, sha'l be subject to the discounts ordered by the law of the 9th of Juue, 1863, on civic pensions In France. The Mexican treasury shall have charge of the sums discounted in the offices at the time the salaries are to be paid, and shall deliver to a uount to tM French treasurer at the end of each month, together with a minute account certified by the chief agent aopointed for that purpose by tho Minister of tho Moxicaa treasury. Article 10. After three years' residonce In Mexioo the French agent shal buvo a right to six mouths' leave of absence and a free passage to and from 1 ranee. Dunng the time of the leave of absence and the voyage he shall only receive the salary of Ais otlioe in Europe. Article 11. The agont who wishes to return to France before the completion of his time of five years shall contribute to the expenses ot his return In pro portion to the remaining term of service, except in caseof delicate health or tor other reasons indepen dent of the agent's will. Aiticlel2. the Mexican Government shall place at th disposal,, of the French Government those agents it deems unfit lor the service in Mexico, iu which case they shall have their travelling expenses back to France paid by Mexioo, together with their European salary from the day of their embarkation to their arrival in Franco, and they shall aiso have a I right to compensation equivalent to three mouths of Done in duplicate, in Muxloo. on the 29th of Sep tember, 1806. Alvonbo Da bio. F. Ds 1. Cvsao,. A wax seal with the words "Frenoh Legation in Mexico " ' Another seal with the words "Department of the Treasury and Fublio Crodit." 111 i From Richmond. Richmond, March 29. A largo Fenian meeting was held lust night at Market HalL Addresses were delivered by Major Toohey and others. The colored people ot this city announce their purpose to celebrate the 3d of April as the anni versary of -thoir freedom by a procession, speeches, etc. They appeal to General Terry and Major Sanders to have good order pre served. . Arrival of a Steamer. New Tobk, March 29. The steamer Cttyof lialtimore has arrived from Liverpool. Her dates have been anticipated. FINANCE AND COMMERCE Ofpick o TnB Evening Telboraph, ) Thursday, March 29. 1806. J The Stock Market opened very dull this 'morn ing, and prices, with one or two exceptions, were unsettled and lower. Kail road shares continue the most active on the list; about 2000 shares ot Reading sold at 60 504, the former rate a decline of on the cloelug price last evening; Pennsylvania Rail road sold at65J, no change; Philadelphia and Erie at 28j28, the former rate a slight decline; Catawlssa preferred at 284, no change, and com mon do. at 27, a decline of . 119 was bid tor Camden and Amboy; 28 for Little Schuylkill; 61 for Norristown; 64 1 for Miuchlll; 354 for North Pennsylvania; 624 for Lehigh Valley; and 44 for Northern Central! Government bonds are firmly held at fall prices, but there is very little doing. 104 was bid for6-20s:10fi for Cs of 1881; 100 for 730s; and 01 for 10-403. State and City loans are rather lower. Penn sylvania coupon 6s sold at 81; new City 6s at 01JO91J ; and old do at 87j. In City Passenger Railroad shares there is very little doing; Ridge avenue sold at 12$; 70 was bid for Second and Third ; 19 f ir Thir teenth and Fifteenth; 60 for Tenth and Eleventh; 69 for West Philadelphia; 42 for Hestonville; 25 for Girsrd College; and 28 for Union. Bank shares continue in good demand for investment, but wo.hear ot no sales. 2Q3 was bid for North America; 140 for Philadelphia; 124 for Farmers' and Mechanics'; 90 for Northorn Liberties; 28 for Mechanics'; 100 for Kensington; C2 for City; 40 for Consolidation; and 6G for Union. Canal shares aro without any material change. Delaware Division sold at 45, aud Morris Canal common at 73J; 21wus bid for Schuylkill Navi gation common; 28 for preferred do.; 114 for Morris Canal preferred; 624 for Lehigh Navi gation; 12J for Susquehanna Canal; and 68 for Wyoming Valley Canal. Oil shares contiuue very dull and neglected. Ocean sold atJTj, a decline of on the closing price last evening; and Dalzell at 4- PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES T0-DAI Keported by De Havon & iro., So. 40 S. Third street , first Board 181 87 l'a 6s 66 84 , 100 sii Beading o 601 SiOUO do 8a 100 sb KiOth do 830 60 eiOOOUtv 6s old.... 87J 800 do.... new 91i do. ...sown 60 do (30 60 do. ,.s6wn 60 do.. lots s80 60 do. . . .s6wn 601 do s6wn50 8-13 do s6 60 do 6) do Iota. 60 do 66 6(1 do 60 100 sh 600 do....mun91J $1000 Phil & bun. 7s. 874' 100 sh Dalzell 1 100 sh 8-0 Bh 100 sh 100 sh 100 sh 100 sh 200 sn Del Div..ltsb5 45 100 1 h do 46 12 sh Morns CI 73 78 sh Penn K...loU 66 100 oh Ocoan.. ,.b30. 7i 100 sh Vata pf b6 284 400 Mi 200 sh 4)0 sh 100 sh do tb. 28 200 sh Catawtssa 27 86 sh Kid are av 12! 100 sh Pbil & Erie . . 28f 100 sb do.... 880.. 281 PHILAD'A GOLD EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. 10 A. M 12KJ 12 M 127 11 A. M 123 I 1 P. Itt 128 Harpeb, Dunn by & Co; quote as lollows : Miiying. Celling . American Gold W m Amorican Silver, Js and 4s 122 128 American Silver Uimoa aud Ualf Dimes 118 119 Pennsylvania Currency I 4 New York Exchango t,,.. 1-1 xu. par. . Philadelphia Trade Report Thuhsdav, March 29. Tbeieia very little trade dotnx in any department, and no essential change in prices. No. 1 Qneroitron Bark Is steady at 829 f ton, bat there is nothing dolnpin the artiol. There is a strong demand ior Clovorseed, and 400 bushels sold at $6&-76; and some F.axseod at $2 76 bushel. Tho Flour Market is very dull, bat there is no dis position to accept lower prices. Tho only sales reported are sma'l lots for the supply ol the home consumers at $6'20,a7 3t barrel lor superfine; 7 26S.8 lor extra; S8-6ii9 26 for Northwestern extra lumilrj t-9iO'60 lor Pennsylvania do. do.; aiidell 16 for fancy brands, according to quality. Prices of ttye Flour and Corn Meal are nominally unchanited- 1 hero Is very little Rood Whet here, and other descriptions are not wanted. Snlos ot common and irood red at $2:a2-40; 1000 bushels spring at $1 70; and white at 82 2&Cuj2'76. It ye sells at 8690 cents. Corn is in fair request at yes'erday's figures. Hales ol 6000 bu"h t yellow at 7071 cents. Oats com mana 49(u&0 cents bushel. In Barley and Malt no cbuniro. , V hlsky The demand is limited. Sales of Fenn sylvania at 82 26 and Ohio at 82 28. " Markets by Telegraph New Tobk, March 29 Cotton is firm ; sales at 41(a;4a cents lor Middling, i .our Is toady; sales of CwiO bbls. at unchanged prices. Wheat dull and drootiinjr. Corn quiet. Beet quiet. Pork lie aw at 26 ST 20 lor Mess. lrd .uiot at -16jl9o. Whiskv d -" ! firm New Yobk, March 29. Stocks are heavy. Chloaco and Hock Island, 116; Cumberland preferred, 43); Michigan Southern, 82: Ney York Central, 91; Heading, lOOi; Hudson Itiver, 107 j Canton Com pany, 47: Vlrifinia6s, 68; Erie. 77; United 8tatos Coupons, 1868, 117; ditto, 1881. 106; ditto, lHt2. I04i; ten-forties, 92; Treasury Soven-ihirtios, 100,sJl004; One-Year Certificates, 99j ; Western Union Tele graph Company, 69. Gold 127.&128. Stirling Ex change, 1074. . The last charge made against General Haw ley, who is now running as a candidute for Gov ernor in Connecticut, is that while in service he played checkers "with white btaus." This, of cour-e, is utterly inconsistent with the Bine lawsl , M. Glais-Bizoln, the witty opposition deputy in France, has just dedicated his play, which has been condemned by the censorship, to M. Kou her. Last year M- Rouher answered M. Glals Bizoin's speech in the Chamber asking for more freedom in France by saving that France already possessed every kind of freedom. The Correiqwndencia of Madrid gives curious , statistics of the executions which have taken place in Spain in consequence of internal revolu tions. The number amounted to twenty-three under Espartero, to fourteen uttiler Gonzales" Bravo, ninety-two under Narvaezj and thirteen under O'Donnell. The'CronBtudt Messenger descrlbeslthe opera tions lutely carried on lor the recovery of the sunken war ships at the entrance ot Sebastopol harbor. More than half-s-dozen of these huLkJ havo been raised, and ono thousand two hun dred guns have been rescued from the depths of the Black Bea, with a large quantity of copper and other available property. There does not, however, appear to be any attempt at recon struction the abandoned city even as a mercan tile resort. PATENT WIRE WORK FOB BAIUHGB, STORE FBONT8, ' GUARDS, PABTITIOB8, ETO IROH BEDHTIADS, AND WIRE WORK, In variety, mauuuoturea by M. WALKKIt & SONS, t SOCmPp So, 11 North SIXTH Btreet
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