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PniLADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 16GG.
DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS.
MEXICO.
Movement of the Liberals,
By tht JVew York Associated Press,
New York, December 10, The Tribunes
Brownsville (Texas) special bays, that the joint
forces under Escobedo and t Canalcs number
about 4000 men, and will move through Mon
terey, gathering reinforcements as they march
on Han Luis Potosl, Durango, and Zacatecas.
This roncentrative action on the part of the
Liberal throughout the country now promises
the speedy deliverance ot Mexico. General
Sherman, upon the recovery of two-thirds of
tire Slates, will probably urge the I'.eeting of
the Republican Congress, to select a President.
Canalesto Act Henceforth with Escobedo
A Combined Movement on San Kiitls
Projected Kacobedo Hopes to be In the
Capital by Spring.
Erowhptille, Texas, December 3, via New
Orleans, December 8. By the terms of sur
render, though nominally subject, yet virtually
.afe from trial, Canities with ail his force incor
porated will henceforth act with and under
Escobtdo. In four days the conjoined force,
numbering about four thousand, will move
through Monterey to unite with other forces on
the road lor iho recovery of Ban Luis Potosl,
which, together with Durango and Zacatecas,
are promised deliverance by next January. Gan
centrative action throughout the Republic now
yr poses the speedy de,mrance-of Mexico.
Juarez, 1 learn upon the authority of Esco
bedo. moves without reference to this force
Sherman Is probably already on his way to Du
rango, there to await the consummation of this
plan. Upon the recovery of two-thirds of the
States it Is probable he will urge the meeting of
the Republican Congress. Toe rumor here of
the progress in the direction of Mcita with an
Imperial force, and of a late rout of Liberals
on the road, under Xarungo and Treveno, is
ridiculrd by Escobedo, whose intormp.tlon of a'
later date reports a small fight and victory by
those Liberal chiefs, who are now in a small
town about twelve miles this side of San Luis
Potosl, awaiting the arrival of the rest ot the
corps.
Escobedo himself will linger here but a few
days alter his command, when, leaving behind a
thoroughly pucilicuied frontier, he hopes by
spring to rest with his restored tri-color in the
capital.
Crowds of refugees throng the feiry here each
clay since the surrender, returning with their
etlects. Conlidcnce and commerce, under the
happy restoration, promise all such a new and
betier life on i he border. N. Y. Tribune.
LATER FROM MEXICO.
Interview with Officers of Maximilian's
-Oovcrnment Whnt They Say of the
Condition of the Country The Impe
rial Farce Near the Close of the Last
Act Maximilian Waiting at Orizaba
lor Something to Turn Up What the
Mexicans Think of General Sherman's
Mission Singular Stories About the
French and Austrian Officials The
Colony of Southern Exiles Broken Up.
Yesterday evening we had an interview with
i number of gentlemen, Austrians by birth,
who arrived in this city by the steamer Man
hattan, from Vera Cruz, late Saturday evening,
on tbelr way to Europe. They were all of them,
somcdiiectly and some indirectly, intheera
. ploy of Archduke Marximiliau's Imperial Gov
ernment in Mexico, aud bring some very sad,
some very amusing, and some very interesting
tales. Among them are Mr. Joseph Wirth, a
lailroad contractor on the line load from Vera
Cruz to the City of Mexico; Mr. Atponse Bes
kocbkn, a civil ensriuter; Messrs. Kaiuel,
Albert Schadeberg, and Stanislaus Sablz, otlicers
of Max's "Imperial Guard," and Mr. V. liraud
staedter, a topographic drnughtsmnn. Mr.
Joseph Werner, formerly gcnetal aeeut of the
above-mentioned lailroad at Pucbla do los
Angeles, and for a time ca-hier for the same
company at Orizaba, also gave us some inte
resting information, though he had given the
cold shoulder to the "Rmpire of Mexico" several
months nuo, aud resided tor some weeks In this
country. " Without vouching for everything
that these gentlemen have told us, we give
their tale in a connected form, and as near as
possible in their own words.
They say that the further continuance of tho
Imperial lorce is an utter impossibility, though
Maximilian Btill clings to the belief that the
complete anarchy which he expict6 will follow
his exit from Mexico, in consequence of the
rivalries of contending partisans and military
chiefs, may jet create a strong party favoria
his recall, lie is said to think himself perou
ally popular, and he seems now to hope that the
clergy and the clerical party gent-rally would
yet rind means to turn matters in his favor.
With this belief and this hope, our Informants
say, Maximilian, though contemplating a
speedy retreat from Mexlian territory, has a
palace to be put in readiuets for him at Havana,
where he is said to expect to lemain for some
time, a waiting, like Micawber, "lor something
to turn op" tUBi may bring him back his Im
perial purple. During his stay at Havana, we
.are also told, he proposes to make a tour, under
a strict incognito, through the United State?, of
which country he is a great admirer. Ho often
expresses his wish to see the North American
republic and its people, whom- he often called
the greatest practical people of the world.
Yet however strong hi owu hopes may be, it
seems that his brother, the Emperor of Austria,
does not share them, and did not do so quite a
long time since, for, as Mr. Werner informed us,
Captain Naute and Lieutenant Graves, of the
Austrian twgate Vandolo, lying in the harbor of
Vera Cruz, told him nearly a year agotbat their
vessel had been specially tent there to bring
Max safely back to Trieste or Miramar.
Neither is the trust which Maximilian puts in
his assumed personal popularity or that of the
Duchess Charlotte, as we are told, well founded.
Maximilian, soon after be arrived in Mexico,
let grouud with all parties. He inust have had
h very in: perfect knowledge of the character of
the Mesicans and of tho prominent characterise
i lies of the partisan lite of their political and
military leaders, for he mnde it his avowed
object to conciliate aud unite all parlies, aud to
make of the Mexicaus a congruous and homo
eeueous people.
QA nation torn by continuous revolutionary
strife for over lorty years, fully of petty chiefs
aspiring to supreme command, cannot very
t-asily be made to forego its habits of plunging
almost yearly into renewed revolution and
suaiyhy. This was the great stumbling-block,
audit leqnired more statesmanship and wiser
discrimination than Maximilian apparently pos
sessed to remove it from his path. The Mexl
muis themselves appear to recognize this detect
. the Archduke, lor they declare that, like a
young maiden surrounded by flattering ad
mirers, he coquetted with all parties; aud
thereby lost the support and favor of alL
Kven the Church, a clerical party, whose sup
port be still hopes will carry him back to tUu
throne, is not unanimous in his favors and at
the departure of our iulormants frm Mexico,
they say it was no secret that a large aud
the most influential portion of the clei teals had
ottered Mlramon lately returned to Mexico a
kubsidy of from six to eight millions of dollars,
11 be would assume the reios of government,
aad continue the war against the Juariats and
the Liberals.
but all parties, even those hostile to him from
jbe beginning, give him just credit for good
intentions. He eschewed state pomp, dressed
like a Mexican, and was the most laborious man
ot hi "Government." They say, however, that
be spent his time and labor on unimportant
natters of detail, and was unable 10 compre
hend and direct the grand whole of what ho
tJkwl bout as bin "mUivn,"
When the Manhattan sailed from Vera Crut,
Maximilian was still at Orizaba, almost a pri
soner, under the surveillance of Marshal
Bazaine's officers. He had, up to that time,
declined to abdicate, so it was reported at Vera
Cruz, though it is generally believed that his
remaining In Mexico any longer is entirely out
of the question. In fact, the authority of the
Imperial Government, and every semblance of
respect for it, is hardly to be found any
where. Even in the only four ci'les Mexico,
Puebla, Orizaba, and Vera Cruz where
the empiie is still maintained by the
French garrisons and Austrian or Belgian volun
teer corps, the Imperial Government is a mere
name, the Prefects caring very lUtle for tho
orders or decrees of the Emperor, obeying, from
fear of force, the French officers in command.
Maxlmrtlan has discharged his entire ''Imperial
Guard," of which, as we have stated above,
three of our informants were officers. He also
dismissed nearly the whole Btaff of his house
hold, retaining but few. Met of these have
already left for Europe direct in English and
French steamer".
The "Empress" Carlotta is paid to have been a-well-intentioned
lady, completely possessed by
the conviction that she had a "sacred mission"
entrusted to her by Providence for the regenera
tion ot Mexico. Yet, though amiable and con
descending in her personal intercourse, she was
hauebty, proud, aud domin ing, qualities
which her consort could not f .accused of; and
thuB, while possessing erca' , energy and more
than ordinary mental capa'.y, she could never
reach to even that limited degree of popularity
which Max for a time enjoyed.
The departure of Mr. Campbell, American
Minister to the Government of President Juarez,
accompanied by 6uch a distinguished military
hero as General Sherman, for ttieir destination,
i said to have made a profound impression lu
Mexico. The native Mexicans, so the gentlemen
named report, hate the "Yankees" like deadly
poison.
They, we are told, fear some grand scheme of
annexation, and in the event that anything look
ing to the realization ot their fears should be
attempted, would, all parties never so hostile to
each other, unite to oppose, and, if possible,
to expel the "rapacious invader from the
North." This may be so, or it may be, as pro
bably it is, merely the wish, which is so often
"father to the thought," of our Austrian
friends, who found tlicir Mexican career so
suddenly and so unpleasantly brought to a
close, and all in consequence of the fixed deter
mination of the American people and the firm
stand taken by our Government against the
creation of a Mexican empire under the influence
and even the lash of the French Emperor. Be
that as it may, we give this piece of information
imparted to us for what it is worth. .Veto
York Times.
LOUISIANA.
The "Picayune" on the Congressional
Investigation of the Massacre.
New Orleans. December 9. The Picayune of
this morning, in an editorial on the Congres
sional Committee to investigate the New Orleans
riots, savs:
"Such an investigation affords the people of
this city an opportunity for collecting, organiz
ing, and presenting fully their whole plea of
ueiense. we nope mat. ciuzeus win cumer to
gether on proper means lor bringing out all the
testimony in the case for tho use of tlie Com
mittee when it comes. The proceedings of the
Military Commission, which have been always
known here to be unfair, prejudiced, and
interested, being made in exculpation ot the
share of the military administration of the De
partment at the time for having done things
which it ought not to have done, and omitted to
do things it.ha.i engaged aud was trusted to do,
inclined more real responsibility for what hap
pened than belongs to thj much malignant city
officials."
The city press are bitterly deno'incing the
Ben. Butler clubs which have been recently
organized in all parts of the city.
The death ot Colonel Murphy, who arrived a
day or two since from Washington, claiming to
be United S'a'.es Marshal, vice McKee, is
reported to day.
The Poisoning Case lu Berlin, Connecti
cut Suspicions and Surmises.
From the Ilartford Times of S iturday evening.
All the surviving sufferers by the arsenic
poisoning in Cornelius Pecks family, at Berlin,
passed a comparatively comfortable night last
night. There Is some hope now of saving the
lite of the servant girl, Eliza Fox. Mr. and
Mrs. Peck are also in a 83raehat less critical
condition. The son and daughter are decidedly
better.
The body of Nelsou Taylor, whose sudden
death three months ago caues suspicion now,
was disinterred to-day. Professor Barker,
chemist, of Yale College, was present. It wis
found to be not wholly decayed, but somewhat
preserved in a dessicated lorm. The stomach
especially was well preserved, ai-d Dr. lills worth
expressed the opinion that this is due to the pre
sence of arsenic in it. The report of tho chemi
cal analysis of the stomach and viscera of the
old lady, Mrs. Peck, for reasons unexplained,
ha not transpired.
Last night Mr. Peck made a statement to some
friends and acquaintances. He believes that
the murderous act was done by a person who
has an interest in a member of his family, and
he names that person.
What foundation there is to the theory of Mr.
Peck himself a suffering victim to this dark
riot caunot as yet be ascertained. It will be
seen that It Is a different theory from the one
in volvingthe la wsuit,the death ot Nelson Taylor,
etc. One unusual circumstance in connection
with it deserves, peruana, to be mentioned.
On Monday night last, after the death of one
of the victims, Dr. Stone, one of the physicians
piesent, discovered a man who seemed to be, in
the darkness, prowling around the bouse, and
calling to him he ran, the Doctor pursuing, but
unsuccessfully. As we are told, the same thing
happened the next Bight, or the one succeeding,
with a similar result; and again last night, the
chase proving unavailing. Who the interloper
was, or what he was after, hanging around the
back part of the house in the night, is not
known. .
Senator Wade on Female Suffrage.
The following letter was read at the recent
roeetingof the American Equal Rights Associa
tion: Jefferson, Ohio, November 14. Susan. B.
Anthony, Secretary American Equal Rights
Association Madam : Yours of the 9th
inslant is received, and 1 desire lo say, in reply,
that I sin now and ever have been the advocate
of equal and impartial suff rage to all citizens of
the United States who have arrived at the aare
of twenty-one years, who are of sound mind,
aud who have not disqualified themselves by
the commission of any offense, without anv dis
tinction on account of race, color, or sex. Every
argument 'hat ever has been or ever can be
adduced to prove that males should have the
right to vote applies with equal, it not greater,
force to prove that females should possess the
same right; and were I a citizen of your State, I
si oul.l labor with whatever of ability I possess
to engraft these principles in its Constitution.
Vours, very respectfully, B. F. Wape.
Not Appreciated. The tables which had been
used by General Washington in 1774, and were
told at auction ou Saturday, by Messrs. J. II.
Digges & Co., only brought 2'60 apiece. Thoy
were of solid mahogany, and, divested of the
associations connected with them, were well
worth more money than was paid for them.
Messrs. Digges & Co. exhibited at the sale
authenticated documents fully establishing the
fact ol the tables having been used by the im-i
Mortal Father of bis Cyuntry. M'hmoni Timet,
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Hons of Representatives
W ABRinoTOit, December 10.
Under the ealt of the State lor bills, the follow
ing weielntrodneed and referred i
jjy.Mr. Ward (N. Y.), to gnarantee to eortsin
States that have been in Rebellion a Republican
foim of Government.
By Mr. Dai ling (NY), granting the right of land
to the Submarine Cable ot Aminos and Atlantio
le egraph Compan.
By lit. Rogers (N J ), a bill to repeal the neu
trality law.
By Mr. Bingham (Ohio), to declare valid and
conclusive eortsin procl-ir 'ions ol the President,
and aoti in pursuance thereof,
TUB SOUTHERN STATES.
The Republican Party and the South
Letter from Horace Greeley.
trom the Port Gibson (Mm.) Standard.
Borne weeks ago, a gentleman from JetTerson
county. Miss., addressed a letter to Horace
Greeley, asking him, as one ot the leaders of
the Republican party, what the intentions of
the party were with reference to the 8omb.
Mr. Greeley very courteously aud promptly
ieplied in the following letter, which we pub
lish by request:
Kochestsu, N. Y , October 28. Doar Sir: Yoor
letter hues me away from hoin, engaged in our
i oliucal canvass. Leaving, with many others, 1
must ai.swer n.irricdly :
1. 1 know of iio eonidera"Oe or Influential portion
ol the people, Mortu or West, to expeot or do lire
any general (or ottterl coutlrcatiou of nouibern pro
perty. 1 sm peisoual.y acquainted witn mot Abo
litiomttsof uott beiriU ouiiih, lhur.es umner,
(overiior t.base, eto , and not one ot ikem lavurs a
policy of conUxcation Iliad Stevens and Oouorat
lSvtltr may be exceptions, benorat Uutlor being a
new convert from the Deiuocraoy.
2. Even the tax on cotton though I think it falls
(especially) mainly on mo consumer, not the pro
duceris certain to be taken off very soon. It is
enstained oniy because of the need of a local
revenue.
8. 1 am vory snre tnat no Southern man wbo
remains qoi tlv at home and at ends to bis business
will tver bo uoLbltd because of lis part in the late
licbeliion. Asassns and house-burnors may, some
limes, be prosecuted; nut oitener those who pro
lessed to be I nionils than thoso wbo word UoDois.
1. 1 think the general prevaent senumont ot the
orth was adveise to snv exaction ot toe South,
with repard to politics r glitsot t eblacks,ii I atier
the Kev. Orleans roU effected a d ciiiod chance, ana
1 think it Is now the more prevalent opinion hore
I but the Letter oortion of the Southern whites will
nivor protect tht l locks trom outrage aud murdor
at the Ls.no s of tt low-ca te wui es, and hat the
riubt ot suffrage twr the blacks is indisps sablc to
their gaiety.
5. 1 think you mts'ead your.-elf by a misuse of
terms when you talk of the "equality of the white
and blacks " la fivo ot the Now England otatos
their Constitutions aud law make no d fforenoe, aud
Vtiow none, between whites aud Plaoxs; and vet, I
thin tfiert is lar less intercourse or political inter
mixture between whiti s and blacks In Barton (lor
instance) than in New Orleans.
You do not as me for advice rutsHe your ques
tions; vet I venture to protTortnis counsel : Lett tie
Southern Otatos resolve to establish nd maintain,
benccfortn, a thoroughly goo i understanding with
tho Southern blacks, kncotirape the 'a-ter to holj
convention and select then best men to confer with
your best men, resolved that a correct good under
standing Detwecn the two rac-s srall be bad
I tru t there is no more trouble ahoad ; I'Ut In any
ease suo'i an understanding i nf the rravesi consa
quence to all. Yours truly, Houaok Ubbblbv.
fhacges in the British House of lor s Tha
number of Peers of Parliament has incteased
since January last by riitceti, and has been
diminished 'iy s.-ven. The additions hav arisen,
lir-d, from creations, of which there have been
eieht, viz.: Duke of Edinburgh, Viscount Hali
fax, tiarous Burroeili, Hvlton, Lvtton, i'eursn,
Homilly, and Sirathuairn; secondly, by Engliali
titles having been conferred on six lr.sh pe.-rs,
viz.: Baron Clermont, previously Baron Cier
montin the Irish peerage; Barou Brancopeth,
previously Viscount Boy net. Baron Uartismere,
previously Lord Henniker, M. P.; Barou Keury,
previously Karl Dunraven; Baron Monk, pre
viously Lord Monk; Baron Meredi'bi previously
Lord AtQlumne.v; and thirdly, by oue peer
becoming entitled to take his seat, having,
attained his majority, viz.: the Duke of Ham
ilton. Ibe Earl of Harrington, who would have be
come of age this year, died shortly altr the
meeting of Parliament. The total addition,
fifteen recis, makes the number of peers of
Parliament, exclusive of thirty spiritual peers,
four hundred and thirty-nine; from which must
bo deducted three peerages which have become
extinct, viz., Baron Bayuing. Baron Glenelgand
Duron Pon'-onby. The chaDgcs by secession
have iurth r diminished this number by four,
the heirs of deceased uoblemen being miuors,
viz., Vicount t iiiden (sitting as Lord Dover),
Lord MouteMele, Eurl Don.mghraore (sitting as
Viscount Hutchinson), an J Lord Rivers. During
the year twenty-three peers, have died, viz.,
Marquises Camden arid Lansdovne; Etrls
Barburst, Chesterfield, Craven, Gainsborough,
llarrlnerion, Kinnoul (9itting as Lord Hav),
Donoughnicre, Rosslyn, Lauesborough, Ll iie
rick (silting a Huron Fox ford), and .Bcauchamp;
V scount Clilden ; Lords Bayning, Clinton,
Glenelg. Noribbrook, Monlea?ie, Plunket, Pou
sonby, Vernon, and Rivers. The Upper House,
there'ore, at present consists of lour hundred
and sixty two spiritual and temporal peers.
A Fortunate Fimily. The telegraphic an
nouncement of the illness of the Princess Dag
mar, lately married to the heir of the Russian
crown, would seem to forebode an interrup
tion in the wonderful good fortune which has
been accorded to her family within the last
eight years. Christian IX, who is the fourth
poo of the Duke William of Sonderbourg Glucks
bnrg, succeeded his cousin Frederick VII, who
died childless. Before his accession to the
throne his eldest daughter married the Prince
ol Wales (March 10, 1843), and shortly after
wards bis second son was elected King of
Greece, wheie he now reigns as Georee I. Vor
did fortune, which had given a rich kingdom
to a Serene Highess, with $10,000 a year, a
crown to a sou, and one in prospective to a
(iaugbter, tire of her favors, for only a year
nco the hand of his secoud daughter, Dagmar,
was demanded by the Czar for his eldest son.
This Prince, however, died before the ceremony
was performed, whereupon, with a haste which
may strike Americans as peculiar, the yonug
lady was eueaued to the present heir, whom
she married only a few weeks ago.
John Morrissev. The Boston Commercial Bul
h tin has the following conundrums about the
Hon. John M., M. C.:-
Why did the Government never have to pay
b m mileage? Because ho travels on his muscle.
Wbo is his favoiite poet ? Beal-Xio.
Why will he be popular with the working
men? Because he is in favor of strikes.
What is his favorite snuff ? Jtapp-e.
What is the difference between a vat of beer
aud John Morrissev ? None; one Is a brew, and
the other Is a brew-sir (bruier).
Are there as mony fightitig-nien In this Con
g)' ss as tho last? More-I see,
Wintry A letter from Mewbury, Vt., on the
Ciiiuectieut river, dattd December 5, states
tli at, notwithstanding the poweiful warm ram
forms trom the southeast on last week, and
aeain on Tuesday night, the mass of snow on
the huge mound ot Moosehlllock, plainly in
biui, nas not oeen uimintsneo. rue great
mouotain is covered wiih a glittering white
mantle to an extent of a thousand feet below
its tuuimit.
Strange Rumor A t ihoouer, laden with arms
and munitions ol war, is reported to have
sailed from Eltzabethport last week tor an un
known destination. Rumor says that the arms
were intended for reshipment on board a vessel
in transitu. On Monday afternoon a revenue
cutter made a thorough search of Jail vessels
in the vicinity of Ellzabetbpoit, and those ball
ing from Am boy
THIRD EDITION
DEXJItOlPE.
By Atlantio Submarine Telegraph Cables
SATURDAY'S COMMERCIAL AND
FINANCIAL NEWS.
To the Xtu York Atsociattd Prett.
London, December 8 Evening. Consols have
been very firmly held to-oav, with sales tor
niouej at 88j. Panama Railroad bonds are firm.
American securities United Htates 6-20 bonds
ot the issue of 1805, were again rather higher,
with transactions at 69j0Si.
Krakkfort, December 8. United States 6-20s
rule very bteady in this market at 75j75 cash
and short time.
Liverpool, December 8 Evening. The mar
ket for breadstuffs generally closed heavy, and
with only a moderate attendance ot buyers.
Wheat was offered at Id. decline per cental, and
Corn at 3'Js. tid. lot handsome American white.
Arrival ot the "Rising Star.'
By the A ew Yoik Aociated Preit.
New York, December 10. The steamer
ising btar, from Aspinwall, rrived here this
morning, and br ngs $l,2Gd,113 in treasure.
New York, December 10. The Rising Star
brings dates to the 2d from Panama. There
was much talk in Chill about making war on
Spain. The allied squadron was stilf at Val
paraiso, preparing to go to sea. It is believed
tuat the destination of the lletit is Manilla, to
intercept, at that place, if posible, some ot the
Spanish vessels that put in for repairs after
the defeat at Callao.
A i-ligbt shock of earthqunke was felt at Val
paraiso on the night of the 8th of November,
but caused no damaee.
Fiom Peru there is but little of interest. The
Dictator seems to bo conducting alfuirs In that
Republic with great ability, i'he different at
tempts at revolution seem to have failed.
The five republics of Central America are at
jeace, consequently there is no news from there.
The recent sittings of the extra session of
Congress, in Chili, terminated In the defeat of
the opponents ot the Government.
A disastiotis lire occurred in Santiago. Chili,
on the 2d of October. The market place, with
all the stalls, etc., was destroyed. Tne amount
of property testroyed was very large, and the
losses fell chieHy upon the poor tra ling people.
Co.fnel Bulto, and tne other expatriated
reruvions, have taken up their residence in
Santiago.
The i teamer Cyc'one, which was reported to
have been captured by the Spani irds, arrived at
Valvar ko ou the 5th of November.
By the United States Associated Prese.
The forty-tilth anniversary of independence
of the Isthmus has been celebrated during tbe
week by a reception by the President, military
reviews, Balutes, masquerades, etc. The frigate
Foujuilan saluted the Colombian Hag, uul
Admiral Pearson visited the President.
There was a heavy gale at Aspinwall on De
cember 1, but no damage is reported.
The British steamer Danube arrived at Aspin
wall. November 22, with three cases of yellow
lever on board.
Ihe s esmer California, from Liverpool, had
arrived at Aspmali ; the ship Aroostook, with
ice, from Boston, had also arrived.
Messrs. Jane & Co., of Guayaquil, have not
suspended, as reported.
The steamer Nouoeau Monde, from St. Na
zairc, France, arrived at Aspinwall on the 30th.
Dates Irom Lima, Callao, are to November 15
and 23.
Peru was tranquil. The Government has
definitely declined the arbitration of England
and France in the Spanish Imbroglio. The
Peruvian Minister had returned from Chili.
The allied squadron wa3 at Valparaiso under
sealed orders.
The Peruvian revolutionists have been ex
patriated to Chili.
Central America was quiet. The coffee season
had commenced In Costa Rica.
Fire Near Hurling Ion.
Iff the Ntto York Associated Press.
Hurmngton, December 10. The extensive dye
house of the Burliueton Woollen Company, nt
Winooskl, was totully destroyed by tiro this
n oiuing. The fire was discovered about 5
o'clock, and the flames were only prevented
nom reiiclih g tbe main building thiough the
rtrsiftent efforts of the Eihan Allan Enqiue
Ccmpony, of this city, and the use of four large
force pumps in the mills. The dye-house con
tained a lr.rge quantl'.y of wool, and, though
'u!ly insured, the lo-s is estimated to be about
fi 0,000. Some slight casualties occurred by tbe
tailing of the dye-bouse. These mills, which
me amongst tbe largest In New Eneland, and
have employed about eight hundred hand", are
necessprily obliged to suspend operations for a
few weeks in order to repair machinery. The
origin of the fire is supposed to be accidental.
Fire In Columbia.
By the Few York Associated Press.
Columbia, December 9. A destructive fire
occurred at this place last night, about 10-30
o'clock. Several buildings were destroyed;
among which were the business houses ot J. M.
Houston, dry goods, a total loss; Messrs. Wil
liams' drug store, partly insured; Herstcin &
Co., dry goods and clothing, a part of the stock
paved; Burch & Aiken, dry goods, a part of the
stock saved and fully insured; and Ballard's
Saloon, the name ol tho owner unknown.
The total loss is unknown. Owing to a lack of
fire apparatus and water the flames spread
rapidly, and were checked only by tearing down
( iir frame buildings. The aearregate losses are
cttimared at $100,000 to $150,000, with compara
tively little insurance.
Fire In Nashville.
By the Aw York Associated Press .
Nashville, Dece nber 0. The extensive sssh,
blind and door manufactory of James Simons
was destroyed by tire last night about midnight.
Siveralof the adjoining buildings were badly
damaged. The loss is about ft JO.000, aul no
insurance.
A IIAPPV DESPATCH.
Snfely of t lie Steamer "Brltanula"-Five
llumlred Passengers on llowiil.
By the Xew York Associated Preis.
New York, December 10. The Steamship
lovoa, from Glassrow, Is now com I nor up the bay,
having in tow the missing steamship ISri'annia,
wutch sailed from Glasgow November 30, and
hi'd been given up as lost.
Tbe Tennessee Legislature.
By the Sew York Associated Press.
Nashville, December 9. The impression
abroad in the North, that the Legislature has
adjourned line die, or will do so in several days,
U all a mistake. It will adjourn on the 17th
inst., to convene again on Jauuary 14.
Sudden Death.
By the &tu York Associated Press,
Boston, December 10. Charles Mluot, Esq ,
formerly Superintendent of tbe Erie Railway
and B iston and Mtne Railroad, died suddenly
! paralysis of the brain.
Argument on the Test Oath.
By the New York Associated Press.
Washington, December 10. Lorenzo Sher
wood, Efq., late of Texas, appaared on the open
ing of the United Sta'cs Supreme Court this
morning, and requested permission for General
Hamilton and himself to reargue the constitu
tionality of the law prescribing the test oath.
His arenments commanded the most respectful
attention, and permission was granted to him to
tile a motion with ihe Clerk in pursuance of h's
request.
Markets by Telegraph.
New York, December 10 Money active at 6 per
cent.; Gold, 1373-; Exchange, 9j: U 8. Five twenties
1802. coupons, 107 i; do 1804, 10 (J; do. 1805, new
issue, 107; do. 1807. nw issue, 10Li;'U. 8. leu-forties,
100; Beven-thirties, 106. Stocks are aot've and ad
vancing. Missouri 6 01; Canton Company, 46J;
Cumbirland, 60; Western Union feleeraoh Com
print, 7: New York Cen'ral. Ill; Erie Kaliroad, 72;
Uudpon Kiver Railroad, 121: Heading Raiiroad, 10ft ;
Michirsn Central, 112; Michigan Southern, 80;
1'iUsbnrg and Cleveland, 851; Rock Islandand Chi
cago, 108J; Northwestern, 63; FortWayne aad Chi
co, 106J.
Nw York, December 10. Cotton Is stead at
SS'a 35c. for nuddlinop. Hourdu'l and doclinod 10
16o ; Maie. e7 4(Xnll; Ohio, fl0 06rtl3; Western,
91 40(all-60; SouthVrn, 910 75.al1. vneat doll and
droop'njr. Corn has declined 1 r2fl. Oats advanced
lo Pork is a shade easier, Me s, $20 75; prune, $18
(318 60. Beef quiet. Lardtteady. Whisky dull and
unchanged.
Baltimore, December 10. Salos Chicago extra
Flonr at (11 75 a 12. High grades are stead r. Wncai
is firm, with small receipts; Corn is steady: Oats
dull; Seeds inactive, with a downward tendency
Groceries inactive and heavy; Provisions vory dull;
Cut Meats and Lard nominal. Pale9 of Dressed
iter 9 a 10c. WbiBky quiet; Pennsylvania $229
!J280.
FINANCE AND COJIJIEKCE.
Office of the Etknini Telegraph, I
Monday, December 10, I860, f
The Stock Market opened very dull this morn
ing, but prices were without any material
change. Government bonds were weak and un
settled. New 5-20? sold at 1074, and August 730s
at 105, a slight decline; 905 was bid for 10-403,
and Uli for 6s of 1881.
Railroad shares continue the most active ou
the list. Catawissa prelerred sold at '28i28J,
un advance of 3 on tho closing pi ice Saturday
evening; Reading at 64Tft?i34 81-100, no change;
Camden and Am boy at 130, no change; Pennsyl
vania Railrond at 54J, no change; and Northern
Central at 48, no change. 34 was bid for Little
Schuylkill; 0 for Norristown; 58 for Mmehill:
85 for North Pennsylvania; C7J lor Lehiuh Val-h-v;
28 j for Elniira common; 42 tor preferred
do.; and 30 for Philadelphia and Erie.
City Passenger Railway shares were un
changed. Hestonvillo sold at 14.J; 19 was bid for
Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 741 tor West Philadel
phia; 30 for (Jreen onJ Coates; 27 for- Girard
College; and 29 tor Geraianto n.
in Bunk shares there wns more doiuej.
Manufacturers' sold at 31i; Union at 63; and
Farmers' and Mechanics' at 13Hy!l35; 135 was
bid for Third N ittonul; 150 for Ph'ladclohm;
loo lorSouthwark; 60 for Girard; and 081 for
Corn Exchange.
Canal shares were in ftir demand. Schuyl
kill Navigation preferred sold at 33j, a decline
oi 4, and West Brauoli Canal at 28V, no change.
24 was bid for Behuylkill Navigarion co-nmou;
5r for Lehigh Navigation; 85 for Morris Canal;
14 tor Busquehanuo Canal; 501 for Delaware
l ivisiou; and 53 for Wyoming Valley Canal.
Quotations of Gold 10J A. M , 1374; U A. M.,
137: 12 M., 1375: 1 P. M 137.
The Comptroller of tho Currency hai just
forwarded to the National Bmk ot the Repuo
li ! of this city, William A. Rhnwu. Esq., Presi
dent, four hundred thousand dollars in circu
lating notes. The bank, in their new buildina,
Nos. 800 and 811 Chcsntit street, is now fully
prepared to conduct an extensive business.
The New York Ti-lbune this morning says:
"Money on call Is in better supply, and is
quoted at 67 percent. In commercial bills
no change. Best are quoted at t).V3!7. Natiouai
bank notes are in excessive supply, and at a dis
count as compared with legal tender of a few
dajs' Interest."
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAI
iieportcd by De Haven & iiro , No. 10 S. l'hird street
FIRST BOARD.
$5960 Lch 6s. 84. . . . 91 1 6 sh Man Nat Bk. . 31
11MX) 6-208. ti00)U6vnU.i . 1U sn L 111011 UK Wl
I $4000 U S 7308 Au?.105J
i as. in inri
loo sii war cn.. Did zi
lOOsh&ch N pf..... 83
800 sh do lots S3j
UU LVU
1 1060PaVVarLncp 0.103
$1000 Read nit 6s. 2d 93
ausni;& a..iow..iw
6shFar& MBk..l351
23 sh do 131
20shIennaU 61j
100 sh do 511
100 sh lata. pi... 80 28
. 100 sh do 28
: 2( 10 sh do lots 2S
i 100 su Reading 64-8
1 100 sh do o 64:
50 Bh N Central.... 44
100 su llost'y 141
Brother, No. 40 bomb
i 20 sh do 65
I Messrs. De Haveu &
i Third street, report the
folio iviug rales of e-
! I hnnrrfl trt.rlaw fit-. 1 P tit A m rl1inn trrtl1 1M7 1
(VrU37J; Silver Is nnd Is, 131; Coaipo'ind Imoiest
Notes, June, 1804, lfi; do.. July, 18-Ji, 1;; do.,
I August, 18G4, 15J; do., October, lSiil, 11; do.,
I December, 1804, 13'; do., May, 1805, 11': d .
I Aucrust, 18C5, 10 J; do., September, 1805, ! ; do.
I October, 1805,
i Messrs. William Painter A Co., banker-', No.
! 6 8outh Third street, report tho following rates
I of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock: U.S. Cs, 1881,
coupon, 112t3112J ; U. P. 5-20s, coupjn, 1802, 1071
?il07i; do.. 1804, 06(ai0(i; do., 1805, lOGO
i 107; do., new, 1805, "1084109; U. S. 10-40s,
coupon, 99!100; U. 8. 7-30s, 1st series, 105.1
(7105J; do., 2d series, 1054105J; 3d series, 1054
! w 1054; Compounds, December, 1804, 1313j.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Monday, December 10. The dulness noticed in
li e Flour Market lor some time past has been In
creased by a furtler decline In gold. The home con.
muei purchased very cautiously, and only to sup
ly tbe immediate wants of the local trade. Bale of
400 bbls., fno'uding superfine at 88L0.8 50 tbbl. ;
f x iras at SB." 10 60 ; N orth western ex tra family at 911
C"l'i25; l'euisylvania and Ohio do. do. at $12 aj
ic iA); and fancy brands at f 14 50al6 60, acoordiug
to quality. Rve Flour is selling at $7'26&7 60 tj
t bt. Nothing doiug iu Corn Meal.
Ibe Wheat Market coii'inues to be character'zod
Li extreme quietude, and the only salo reported -vsa
4(K) boeb. New Pennsylvania red at 82 65.' White
i jugea lrorn S3 20a 8 80. Rye Is du'l, and in the ab
sence oi sales we quote at $1 2O V40 $ bush, tor
V.f stern aud Pennsylvania. Corn is source aud
Lie her. bales of 2000 bush old yellow at 1 17 aud
IK 00 tush, new do. at Si. Oats are quiet, with sales
at 67c. Nothing domtt in Barlev or Aait.
lneky is quiet, with small sales of Ohio at $2 43,
Pennsylvania is held at 2 8du2 67.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
MoitDAT, December 10. Beef Cattle were in fair
demand this weok, but prices were without any
material obange. 2400 head arrived, and sold at the
Avenue Drove Yard at lrorn lS'.felOo. for extra i a
lew choice at 16e ; fair to good at 13 a 14c. ; and
ccinmon at 10&12o. 4? lb , as to quality. The fol
lowing are the particulars of the sale :
1 70 head Owen 8mitb, Western, 14'S 15.
60 A. Christy fc Bro., Western, 14 5,10
71 " P. McFilIe.il. Cheater county, 6', "Bj, gross
15 P. Hathaway, Western, 1410.
M) " Jsniei 8. Kirk, Chester countv, 14al6.
60 " Jamea McFillen, Western, lfrajlO.
VJS " Udman k Co., Western, 14 H.
60 " K. McFillen, Western, 15'alO.
S2 " Martin, Fuller 4 Co., Western, IB 18.
200 " Mooney & smith, Western 14104.
125 " T. Mooner k Brother. Western, 6 j?9 gross.
60 " H. Chain, Pennsylvania, (.84, gross.
74 " L. Frank, We tern, 14 J16.
30 " Frank ft Snombur:. Western, 12(116).
10S " Hope A Co., Western, 7811. cross.
112 " B. Hood, Chester countv, 12ei;16.
Cows were dull. 40 head sold at 40, 66 lor
rprinpers. and Sdt i.B0 i head lor Cow and Calf.
Sheep were unchanged. 0000 head sold at from
4,e. to tt jo. lb. cross, aa lo condition.
Horn were dull and lower. 6000 head sold at S8
(&9, and few choice at tv 20 Ult 10V lbs. nett,
THE CITY PULPIT
Sermons by the Rev. Phillips
Brooks, Rev.Ceorge W. Smiley,
Rev. John Chambers, Rev.
V. D. Read, D.D., Rv.
S. A. Mutchmore,
and Rev. H. S.
HorTman.
Etc., Etc., Etc., Ktc, Ktc, Etc.
SPECIALLY BErORTXD FOR KVK.MKO TELZQRAFU.
BUFFERING TRANSFORMED INTO JOY.
A Sermon Delivered nt tbe Church of
tHe Artveut, York Aveune, above But
tonwooil Street, by the Rev. Phillip
Brooks.
The announcement that thn pulpit of tho
Church of the Advent would be filled on yester
day morning by the Bey. Phillips Brooks, of the
Church of tho Holy Triilty, caused tbe lormer
pluce of worship to be tilled to overllowing.
The Rev. Mr. Brooks selected as his text the
sixth verse of the 81th Psalm, realing as
follows:
"Who passing through the Valley of Bica make,
it a well; the rain also Oileth the pools."
The beauty ol this and of many other passages ol
Scripture, said the minister, springs from the beauty
ot the land whose history It illustrates. In the
world's croat heart thore will always be a Holy Land
of pilgrimage; the names of the particular spots in
Palestine have occome so intima'ely associated
with certain ideas ot .our religion that they wou'd
still be representative of them, evon if these places
should be blotted from the map. This Psaim is the
yearning towards (Jod ot an earn- st and devoted
heart, and was probably written at a time when
David was not able to go up to Jerusalem witu the
rest of the pilgrims to worship. - But tills cou d not
dumpen hm joy, as in tho lOtn verse bo could ex
claim, "A day in thy courts fs boitoi- than a thou
sand. I had rather be a ooor-keepor in tho house of
n y God, than to dwrtl in the tents of wiotcedne-s "
This valley of Baca is evidently synonyniom with
the valley of misery or suU'uring, and the lesson that
it is intended to teach is that ol turu.ng sorrow into
joy.
Two grea' theories of Hie have been arooed -the
theory of compensation and tho theory of transfor
mation. The first is based on tho idea that this
world is full ot evil and discomfort, which must be
borne, it we would come to happluosi by-and-by.
It Is a farurlto doctrino of the present day, and has
been forcibly de'meatcd by morson In his essay
on Compensation. An endless up and down is the
law which tuis phi oophy adopts. Tho present
world fs the great 'down ;" tho next world tho
rreat "up," which is to.muke it all good. And,
according to this theroy, the deeper the present
misery tho more complete will be the fj'ure joy.
Although thi re are a lew paircs in Scripture
which wou'd seem tJ warrant suca a thoory, th
general tone of the B ble and the general verdict ot
our experience alike condemn it. It would render
the prisent life only a discipline tor, and not a fore
taste of, heaven. Souls or tuitli less intense than
mat ot othcis.who cannot carry the doctrine of com
pensation into the next world, eoinlort thomsolves
with tho assurance taut their present mis Ty will
not last forever. They have noihiuc to do on a
rainv day but to sit still and Le drenched, and then
quietly await tho sunshine, that their garments may
be dried. But patience and resignation do not and
cannot spring from su h a theory. 1'ho man who
accepts the cotnl'urt'ess comfort ol compensation can
only plod along his dusty way, hojun bv-aud-oy to
come upon a green oasis whe.e he can quench his
thirst.
The theory of transfoima'in is directly the
reverse of this. When Duvid was athirsc in tno wil
derness, he did not look forward into the tuturo, but
deeper into iho present, for rebel. And this Is
just what Jhe world needs-a prosent labor, a pre
sent lite, a present consolation. Ah things are, in
reality, just what they are used for, ihoir natnres
depending on the genius and desires of him who
would transform th1 in, A sculptor sees a b ock of
marb.e. and it becom s to him a statue; a maoo
encounters it, and it is' only a doorste;. In tbe
same vay men themselves are material tor each
other. Each one makes ot his neighbor that for
which he uses him, the testi t ot this mutual in
fluence of men on each othor depending in all
cases on thoir charao'ers and motives. So men
likewise use God, making ot Him such different and
opi ostte things that some raise themselves up to
heaven, while others sink down into perdition. The
Buulimest picture in the hisiory of the world is
presented by this faculty ot the toul, by which it is
enabled to itse to the supremacy of all thing, and
decide their natures by tiie uses to winch it wou'd
put thein. itis but a tepotition of thesoeno where n
(iod brought to Adam the tieas's of the lield, to see
what he would make of (hem, and whatsoever
Aduin called every livit g creature that was the
ui-nie thereof.
New let man. armed with this power and bavin a
the d:s osition to exercie it, go down into tae vale
of l'aea or mi ery, and he shall come out, not half
dead nom thu-t, but echoing tbe words of David:
"Lift uti vour beads, oh I ye gates: and be ye lilted
J up, yo everlasting doors, and tbe King of Glorv aba 1
! cuuie in!" Our human instinct craves something
J like Ill's. We loig for a present existence, tor a
1 pn-scnt life, for a present jov ; and these we ean re
. cove outy by drinking of tbe merciful waters of
Baca Sufloring contains tbe elements of true bap
I pii.ese, because it produces a sense of our weakness,
' our helplessness, our dependence; and, righ.ly used,
it p aces tbe soul in its happiest and truest life.
I Anything In the body, brain, or heart that brinvs
! our se t-sufTicloncy out ot ns, sets us free from our
abnormal state, and gives us the power to see the
great light of a present (iod.
While this doctrine of transformation holds true
with lespect to Involuntary surtbring, it is eveu
more applicab'e in the case ot that responsible
1 su tiering which springs irom vo'nntary and sensible
! sin. When a man realizes for the first time his
i guilt, that he i without a hope, that, he stands naked
i in the eight of Cod, be walks through the valley
' of misery, and all around it dark. But evon this
valley can break forth, like the vale of Baca, into
wells of riol est joy. Where sin abnundeth, graoe
doi h much more abound. We hare but to heed the
! iiivl ation "to every one that thirsteth, come ye to
; the waters." Through suffering Jinan is broucht to
a fuller realization of the character and love of God.
1 In bodily or menial pain, tin Is enabled to live de
Jit htful days in the Joy nffordod by studying the
wajsof God. It ia not a heaven to come that we
' so much need, as a heaven on earth, transformed
1 irom the difficulties doubt', and toils of this present
lli-. Const bath turned these Into a well of living
1 waters; aud whosoever driuketU of them shall not
thirtt anv more
t
! TUB PRODIGAL. SOS.
' The First of Series of Sermons ou this
Subject, Delivered Laat Evuulog lu till
Cohockslmk Presby tertau Church, Ger
' niRutowii, by Her. 8. A. Mutchmore.
Tbe preacher read as the general text for the serlos
ot sermons, the parab'e of the Prodigal Son, from
tho fifteenth chapter of LuV, aud I hen spoko sub
stantia ly as follows:
' Orpheus, a mythio h ro, is reported to hav a so
hnrmniLiousiv iwcDt the itriuia ot Ihe lvre that he
very trees aud rocks, togethor with the beast of the
forest, assemt'led around him, entranced by his
nieiody. llaviiig lost his wile, he .so jnded into
the lower world, armed onlv with his lvre: be en-
, fered iladea, and there, at the musio ot his go den
i shell, tho wheel ot Ixion slopped, t antalus lorgoi
i bis thirst, and the vulture cea-ed to prey on the
l vita's ol Titvos. And what Is this but the dim con
' ceptious ot His perfectfons who was the desire of
t the nations? It Is the dim expreriion ot the eoaoep-
teption that had taken bold or a lost world, mat
their ideal deliverer should destroy death, and that
if e relief ol humanity should tn some way come in
conjunction with tbe humanity to be saved. Wbat
l just sla'ed as a myth is more than realized in tne
Wonderful Being who toaobed every sympathetic
cord in the human breast, and even dumb nature
too, for tht sea aud winds obeyed the music ot llis
voice.
And as soon as misery felt His presence it was
drawn to Him by an irrealstable attraction, and tin
announces tlila very thing as Ilia mission j "And 1,
11 1 1 iiitvu i, 1 will draw ail aen unto nit," lie