r ni H H H j(1 nrr A VOL. VI. No. 140. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1860. DOUBLE SHEET TIIREE CENTS. 7 MAPHo (jovtrnor Pattern's Meniift-Action of the Legislature. Tb special message in relation to the Consti tutional Amendment which the Governor of Alabama communicated to the Legislature ol that Bute on the 6ih Instant, is as follows:- Kxbcdtive Department, statu op Alabama, Montgomery, December . Gentlemen ot the Senate and Houso ol Kcprescutatives: Events of vast importance are now transpiring which bear with peculiar force upon the jelations which Alabama sustains to tbe Union. To these events we cannot be indifferent j they are of so vital a charac'ei that we should give to them a cairn and deliberate consideration. As the Chief Executive of the State, 1 deem it a duty under the Constitution to express in form the apprehension, which, you doubtless shaie with me, lest tbe stability of ourutJairs be suddenly broken up. There is an unmistakable purpose upon the part of those who control the National Legisla ture to enforce at all hazards their own terms of restoration. The means they propose threaten to at once reverse our pi ogress towards the establishment ot that permiinent tranquillity which is so much desired by all. To dj so is to immeasurably aegment the distress which now exists, aud to inaugurate contusion the end of which no human prescience cau foresee. Today the cardinal principle of restoration seems to be favorable action upon the proposed amendment to the Constitution, which I trans mitted to you in my annual meage. Upon tbe merits of fiat amendment my views are already known. Tbey are founded ou prin ciple, and'aie unchanged. The necessitv of tne case, I am dot con strained to think, is different. We should look our true condition full in the face. I, therefore, recommend anew to your con sideration this measure in the light in which it now presents itself; or such other measure as your wisdom may suggest. Should you see proper to ratify it, and our full restoration should follow, we may trust to time and the influence of our Representatives to mitigate its harshness. It, on the other hand, admission be delaved, tbe warning to our sister S'.atos may be relied upon to prevent that concurrence oil their part which alone can give ttie measure practical effect. Having done all, we may then commit our cause to a just God. It. M. 1. tton. Action of the Legislature. The correspondent of the Mobile Adoertiser thus alludes to the effect produced by the re ception of the message: The reading of the message caused considera ble excitement In both Houses. In tbe Senate, Mr. Felder moved t hat thtt boty should ero into Conimittee of the Whole to consider tue prac ticability of rati Mug the Constitutional amend ment, and urged its adoption in strong terms. He said he was ready to vote for it at ouce, and that its ratitication was a necessity. Mr. Barnes moved to reler the message 10 the Committee oo Federal Relation, and 9aid he b.dievert it de rogatory to the hish character of the Legisla ture to abandon President Johnson's restoration policy. That policy wa founded on right, jui tiee, and equality. Mr. Kdpatrick spoke in the strongest terms against the amendment, and in .support of Mr. Barnes' motion. Mr. Svkes lol, lowed in support of the amendment, au.f ealil he regretted to say that President Johnson woull, in his opinion, be defeated, and the State, in all probability, be thrown back under a in litary government. Mr. Barnes' motion, to reter to the Committee on Federal Relations, was car ried by a vote of yeas 24; nas 5: Msrs. Bell, Felder, Garrett, S,j kes, and Woodlief voting in the negaiive. ' In the House, it was f roposed to reper the Message to the Committee ou Federal Relation-. Coi piderable con'usion ensued, and Mr. Oranc. managing to eet the Moor, urged caIuiuc-s, ana insisted that members should look our true con dition full in the face. Unless some proper measures were taken towards the establishment ot that permanent tranquillity so essential to our existence as a State, he did not believe that this Legislature would be aeain permittel to assemble. Such an expression of opiuion could not have been hazarded at tue commencement ot tbe session, but now the tact must be patent, to all. Several of the members expressed them selves opposed to any action being taken on the Constitutional amendment until alter the re assembling of the Legislature in January ; and Mr. Savage, of C.ark, moved to suspend all business before the House, to introduce the fol lowing resolution, which was refused, after it was read for information: Resolved, That in the opinion of the present General Assembly of this Htate.no action cm bo constitutionally taken on the proposed amendment to the United iitaes Coustituliou, until the State is allowed to exoreins all the prtvl egos conferred by the Constitution of Iho United States, believing that it' the Blato bo rcarUod by Congress as bolnst out ol tbe Union, no action on the part of this General Assombly will give any validity to Bail amendment. Mr. Doster, of Autauga, asked pcrmls-don to offer the following resolution, which was not entertained: Resolved, That tbe Committee on I odoral Ro'a tioiis be instructed to report to this dou-o at the hoar of 8 80 o'c ock this evening, upon tho joint resolutions referred to said Commit eo, proposing amendments to the Constitution ot the United States. Various motions were made to adjourn, and questions of order raised, aud the Hone finally, at 230 o'clock, adjourned in contusion. On the following day tho Committee on Fede ral Relations, to whom the Governor's message was referred, reported that they "had duly and maturely considered the same and deeming it unnecessary and inexpedient to enter into an argument for their report, the Committee are of tbe opinion that the General Assembly should not ratify the proposed amendments." They therefore reported a loint resolution that "the State of Alabama refuses to ratify" the amend ment. This resolution was adopted by a vote ot 27 to 2 in the Senate, and G9 to 8 in the House, Tbe two Senators who voted in favor of ratifica tion Messrs. Ftlder, of Montgomery, and Sykes. of Lawrence made lengthy explanations of the votes they were about to cast, while similar statements were made on the put of Senators who voted for concurrence iu the report. On tte reception of the Senate's action in tho House, the resolutions were immediately taken up for consideration, and there was consider able display of parliamentary tactics, duiing which several effort! were made to postpone final action uutil after the legislative recess. Mr. Morse, of Choctaw, submitted a resolution to reler the subject to the people for Instruc tions, while Mr. Potter, of Cherokee, desired to postpone in order that Congress might submit an ultimatum, to be further submitted to the people of the State, which were voted down, it being tbe evident determination of the majority to dispose of the main question at once. Dur ing the proceedings in the Senate, it was stated by Mr. Barnes that a telegraphic despatch had been received from Senator Parsons, at Wash ington, urging the rejection of tbe amendment by the Legislature. In the House, Mr. Potter gave notico that on the 161 h of Jauuary he would move a reconsideration of the vote adopt ing the Senate report. A complete set of American coins will bo sent to the Paris Exposition. We are glad to learn there is some coin in existence. A Lcipsic journal is entitled Keue AUie meine ZeUtelirift fur Theater und Matik. It is edited by Herr Yourig von Arnold. Red Jacket, when he gave his blessing to a friend, hoped he might live where whisky was less than two shillings a quart. Tho Hundred Dollar Worth of Tur vcydrop. Deportment is a good thing, as all good schoolboys know, and Turvcydrop has his mis sion as well as other people. But Turvcydrop in the Department of State, pulling out his ruffled shrt-front, and adjusting bis wrist bands at the expense of the Treasury, is a spec tacle more sumptuous than satisfactory. We have little doubt that the stationery account ot the Government would prove that tho ex penses of tbe civil war were considerably increased by Secretary Seward's passion tor plating Turveydrop In bis uespatches; aud 1 is certain that the country has been made to piy a good deal morn money than it will cost to keep John II. Surratt on his voyage Horn Egjpt to America, for the sole purpose of enabling oecretary Seward to strike an Imposing attitude In his corresdonaence with our Consul General at Alexandria about the arrest of that individual. Despatcnes by the Atlantic cable are paid for at the rate of half a dollar in gold per uttir, and anv public servant, thorelore, who ban such despatches to send, will taire at least as much pans, if he has any proper sense of his lesponsibilUies, to use the lewest possible words, as be would il he were telegraphing about his pri vate ' alla rs. Consul-dent rul Hale, who ar letted furratt at Alexandria, did precisely tins thing. Hib despatch by the cable was couched in thfse terms: " t o toward, Wa-hlnirton : "Have uriested Joliu .uiratt, one of President Lmcoiii'B afsaeslns. Tso doubt ol ideutty. Halb, "A'exaudna." Here was all that needed to bo sail, clearly and briefly said, and lit tbe least possible cost. Now mark Secretary Seward's reply, de-patched by cable the same day: "Sir: Tho becictary of tho Navy has instructed Admiral Uoldsboroutth to send a proper national a med vessel to Alexandria to roouive from vou John H. t-urratt, a citizen of the Unitod States, who is in your custody as an arrested fugitive, and charged with tbe cr me of assassination ot the late Abiautm Lincoln, President ol the United States, ana ni an attempt to BEsassinxte William H. Sow a, (Store ary oi Sta e ot tho United S a;es, in the nionui ot April. It-05. You will deuvur tho beiora named to the commander of toe vessel upon nis reporting to you bis arrival at Alcxandna. "X am, sir, your oi.edknt servant, "William tl Skwauo. "Io Mr Charles Halo, of Alexandria, Eypt. ' Here is a penn'orth ot words to too purpose, drenched wiih an intolerable deal of washy vcr hlaae, to the tune of more than $100 iu trold for its transmission from America to England alone. A bill o; items might be probably miue out upon tnis despatch, as follows: The People of the United States, To Turveydrop, Dr. To calling Mr. Hnlc "Sir" . . . 51-50 To describing a ship as a "national armed vessel" . 10-011 Te reciting the birth, general behavior, and alleged crime of Surratt, and in- forming Mr. Ha.e that Mr. Lincoln was Pies'mont ot the United S'ates . . 13700 To protesting that Mr. Sew;ird is Mr. Hale's "obedient servant," which we do not believe h" is .... 1250 Total for deportment. . . . $l(il00 A couple of hundred dollars in gold, it will be said, is a small mutter to a naton which has bmit up a bigger debt iu rive years than any other people ever did in a century. Precisely so. But somebody has to pay tf.cso two huu dred dollars iu gold; ami that soineoody, or those somebodies, if the liberty of choice were allowed them, might possibly tlud a more re munerative employment tor their dollars more remunerative to themselves aud to their coun try. And the vitB I point of the mutter is thij, that an official who was con-i lerutcly honest and, in an otlicial, want of consideration is want ot honesty, would have rememberod that these two hundred dollars in gold which he was spending on his shirt rullles were r.ot his t spend. Ol comse, however, it is belittling and worthy only ot Copperheads and ordinary Chris tians to expect that a man, or a party ol "great moial idea-," should have any tune or thought to waste on a mere matter of common honesty and timple official duty. From the iV. Y. World of this mot num. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Court of ttuarter Sessions Judo Pence. Tins Court is mil vcrv busy with orison cases, and overcrowded. It a person who hm business at Court (iocs not bi rive ton ruiuutos before tho crier opens 'be ourt, he Bianas a poor chance of getting into t- e room, and it so fortunate as to get in, be has not even tbe posibilitv ot achnnco tojjct a s.-itt. TUOUULB. Thomas Sheridan waB in Court once more. This n.oiiiiug he wa mod upon a charge of assault and batterv upon Mary Unity. Mrs lially said that, as the waB putsiuir slier id un t stall in market, he mado a wry tace at her. fc-ho turned, aud told him not to insuil ber iu tbnt manner, lie ina'io another wry lace, and noire words arose. Snoridan got his Irish up, aLd struck her a blow. the then defended herself by so atch'ng bis face. Just about tho time they were getting into a Kil kenny cat's kind ol a row, a "lifter," iu UU;e clothes, )ilt d them both to the S at on House. bborioan denied all Ibis, and produced wirueses who testified that Mary Daily commented the libt by jumping on him, and trying her best to oraich his ejts out. lie took It alt as meekly as a lumli, only holding up his hands in dctonse. Too LOW. James Word plead guilty to a charge of tho lar ceny ol money and a wa ch. As the captain ot a vessol was leaving Delaware Cilv, th:s man asked him if he couid come to Philadelphia with him. The captain giaaly Baid yes. When they arrived at the mouth oi tbe Schuylkill, the captain made arrange ments with tbiB niau by which be was to ship foi the whole trip the vessel was to make, at $30 per mouth, i On that very Digit be stole ft'M) and watch from ! tho captain, and went away. On the anxt day he j was sriested at Front and Brown streets, tie told ' the captain where he could set some of the money, and tbe captain recovered about 100. William A. Moore was convicted ol a charge of the larceny of a silver watch be onglng to James F. .Lloyd. Tbe jury, by their verdict, found that this boy was guilty of having picked Mr. ldoyd's pocket, at the Chesuut Street lneatre. Jacob Benson and Marcilla Saunders, both col ored, pleaded guilty to actutree of tbe larceny oi dry goods. The goods were recovered . This moriiinar again, J. W. O'Brien, Esq., called attention to the eato ot btepnenson and Wa ker, charged with fulee pretenses aud conspiracy, asking the court to order that the doloudan's shou d plead in the cause, 'the Court said that although the onw was not called for trial, yet tbe Commonwealth is entitled to have a plea Mr Cassidy moved to quaih the bills, and maue the application In writing. Th's was read to the Court, and ntxc Saturday tilted as the day for the argument ot it. Nlil PrliiM Judne Thompson. Morris, Ta-ker & Co. vs. Wil'iam W. Leiberr. Before reported. Verdtct lor plaint.ffr, $19,876 8. Felix liruner vs. James Berinr and Kllwood Bon sail. An aotion to recover damages foralallure by defendants to convey to plaintiff certain prem.ses purchased br him. Plaintiff allcnes tbat he is a physician that be purchased Irom defendants the premises at northeast coruer ot York avenue aid Cul owhill stress; that alter said DurchaKB. defendants told him trial to perlect tbe title to the house it would be necessary to sell it at a sheriff's sale. 1'lainufl put S2600 v. orth ot per. manent improvements ou the bouse. It was eo'd at tbe sheriff's tale, and purchased there by dett-ndauts, who after ardsejooted him trout tbe bouse, On tr.al. An Offer Declined. A French capitalist of fered to pay $ 1,00,000 for the admission fees to the Exhibition in Paris next year; one-half ut once, the other half on the eve of the opeuiug. This would have enouerated the guaruutors Irou ull risks, but tho offer was declined. Siberia. Among the acts of ckmency (!) per formed by the Emperor of Russia on the occa sion of his t on's marriaee, was a decree that the persons condemned to hard labor in the mines of Siberia for life shall be liberated after twelve years ot servitude from this tin?, AFFAIRS IN BOSTON. Condiulon of the Trial of Mc A vena Ho ! Vtrdlct Yet An Insolvent Debtor Se ! rrcted 9no,0OO from hla Assignees ; Intf rest In Yachting, Ktc. Boston, December 12. The trial of Francis McAvena lor the. minder of Mary Oeary was concluded this afteruuon, nud the catc is now under consideration by it jury. The verdict will Tuot be announced until to morrow. No warrant has jet been issued for th execu tion of the murderer Mornn, now in Dedhain jail. His friends are w orking hord for u com mutnticD oi sentence, but it is not likely they will succeed. In the Superior Court criminal session to-day, Mr. Jan.es Tetlow was arraigned on an indict ment alleging him to be nn insolvent dcb.or, and charging him with unlawfully societing his account books and ynO.OOO io money, the lawlul property ol the a stgnees of his estates, Messrs. William H. McKre and Seth J. Thomas. The indictment contains live or six counts one of w hich allege that Mr. TVilow, alter the service ot the wan ant by Deputy Sneriff D-'arboru, assigned and convoyed the sum of $HO,000 in n oney to one llrraoe Abbott. Mr. Tetlow fleaue l not guilty and was committed to jail in default of bail In'$70,0li0. Captain ten tar, ol tbe steam revenue cutter 1'oKlvxet. has received orders from the Treasury rcpartn.mt to ends'? until the 1st of April froth Cape Ann round Nun tucket Shials to Holmes' l.ole, and throimb the Vineyard Hound, lor the purpose of reudeiiug assistance to vessels in distrees. The trial of KUzabe'h Sue 11, for the lU'irder of her illeyi iiiiale graii Idiinghter, one ui.ui li old. begun to-day, in t no Supreme Court. Tbe in d.c liicnt charges bor wun apystematic co.irso oi siurvation in regard to the ui'nnt, an l trUnin lsteiing to it, on the 2ist of last Autrust, btilf an ounce of laudanum, as the Immediate cau.-e of its death. The prisoner is a woman of ordi nary apiiPBiance, apparently about lifty-tivc yeflTs ol n-c. Tbat section ol lloston in and around Church street has been the receptacle lor all tho offal matter of ihe city tor many years. In conse quence of imoericct drainage, much sickness has been occasioned there in consequence. A com mittee oi the Ctt.v t'ounctl will soon propose that. I lie ciiy raise Hio entire teviitory, aud rely upon the Doston Wut v-t)ocr Company uimI the s-.ate to rcinibuisu t he half million or more ofexf'Otise. Tne interest in vaelit'iia nas been largely In creased here by the great oeonn race uo-v pend ing, and seveuil heavy bets have bren made on the result by prominent yacht owners in this city. A cltih has been recently formed here, rnu now compr.ses nearly two thousand mem bers. 1). 11. Folet is the commodore. At the municipal election on Monday there was a tie on Couucilman in the Third Ward, the candidates being C. 15. Morritt. (white), Repub lican, and tt lirown (coined), Democrat. A new trial tonk place to-d i.v, and ater a spirited contoht Mr. Morritt was elected over bis colored Democratic competitor by twenty-eight majoiity. Tho model of a Freed men's monument to Aluahaiu Lincoln, designed and executed by .Miss Hosmer, cas p'ueed on private exhibition to-day utthe (lost on Atheuicum, aud is highly approved aud admired by all who soe it. Tho artii-te has scixed, to illustiate and symbolize his life and seiviccs, the tvo letulins a?ts ot his ad ministration, viz. : The emancipation ot the slaves aud the preservation of the American Union. It la to be constructed of granite aud bronze, sixty leet h'slt, and located in the Capitol pronnds at Wai-h'ugton. The origin ot the sub-i-criptiou for this monument was the contribu tion by a woman, nuule free bv Piesident Lin coln's proclamation, ol five dolbirs, immediately on hearing of his death, which was sent to u Comniisi-ion at St. Lours composed of ttev. W. (J. fihiott, Joteph V.. Veaiman, Dr. J. tt. Jouu son, Giorae Partridge, mid C. (1. Creel?, who took steps to obtain a desian, and have aioptcd the one now on exhibition here. It is probable the model will go troui here to Washington. The weather is very cold, but no sins of snow. In some parts of ihe city there is c.scol Itut tkating. Fl N A N Cfe Aft D 0031)1 E B 0 IS, Office of the Evening Telegraph, ( Thursday, December 13, 1300. ( There was moie di-positioti to operate iu Stocks this lnorniner, ami prices were tirmer. Kndroad shares continue the most active ou the list. Reading sold at 554, a slight advauce on theclos-iua puce ol last evening; Catawissa preleirod at 27 J(i V.8, uu advance of i. In City Passenger llaihvay shares the was verv little doinu'. 90 was bid for Second and Third; 19 for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; H tor licstouvilie; ol) lor (Jrccn andCoatcs; and 27 for Ciirntd Colieee. Uovirnmeut bonds were unsettled and droop ing, old 5-2C8 sold at 107, a decline ol i; 9!f was bid for 10-40.-; 112 for Cs of 1881; and 105J-V; 105 lor June and Anuiist 7."0s. City loans were unchanged. The new issue sold at 9!i J. 13ank shares, nswe have noticed for some time past, continue in good dciund for invest mcnt. ut 'nil prices. Cnnul shares weie firmer. Sehujlklll Naviga tion preferred sold at 344(g!3t;, an advance oi' i; r.iid common do. at 25, an advance of 1; 85 was bid for Morris Canal; 124A for preferred do.; 13i) lor Susquehanna Cunal;"and 50 lor Del a v are Division. Quotations of Gold 101 A. 31,, 137; 11 A. SI., l:t7i: 12 11., 137,1, 1 P. M., 137$, l'HlI.AUEUPUlA &1WK rXCHANHK SALES TO" I)A) lCepbrted by Le Haven & Uro ,No.40 ji. Third stretH BEFOKE BOAR113. 100 sh Keadinu liailroad s5wu M FIRsiT HOAUO seiSSiatiGsei.... W : lOOsti Bcadinir ..s'O W.( trlOtHK) do 2i lt Ush $1000 Fa K 2d nir 0s 97 100 sh 1000 Be vikDel bus 85.5 loo gb 41000 6-208. 62 coup. 107 100 sh 30 sh MotrtBt'pt its. 125 , 100 sh do e80 551 do 65 do 55 31 do s30 6.r) do 65' do bS) 55 f jw an ileal c nj iuu sn uo i lOOshtaia lit. ...t30 27J 1(HJ sn &ch N pf. , 200 sh Hest'T e 11 m iOO'h do. lots .'80 28 100 sh 100 th tin Jill 100 sh do. ..... e 28 43 ili Ta h.... ots.. 544 &0isl: N C'en..lls..b5 48 j 18 sh Far & M hk.,135 I UkhMech Kk 2 ! do 84 do ai)0 841 Uo..loUst(0 84 Jo . .itock 25 100 sh 100 sh 100 U Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 10 South lhird street, rerjort the toliowing rates ot ex- chanee to-day at 1P.M.: American yold, 1374 (ti;lilli Silver ijs anu js, 130; uoiopound interesi .Notes, June, 1804, 10; do., July, 1804, 15$; do., August, 1864, 15J; do.. October, lsut, 14 j; do., December, 1864, 13.4; do., JIay. 1805, Hi: do., Aueust, 1805, 10; do., September, loO"i, 1; do., i ictober, 1805, J. Philadslphia Tiade Report. Thrrhday. Dponmbrr 18. there is a hitter feel iig in the Flour MerSbt, and raher n oro dumuud ! !iom the home eousumcrs, who purchase priuci ; dly ol tbe better frrades ot sprinK and winter iV heat, which command Iu 1 pr ces, Sales of 1000 : I arrets, includtna superflnn, at 88 50,oxtrm at 'i ' 10-fiO. orthwesttirn extra family at .10'60a l2. I'ennaylvania and Ohio extra family at llTjl8, and fsnev brsndt at "JU'wiO accordine t quality. Uye Flour is held at 97 26. A'otlnnjr doinu in Corn Meal. We have lo rocoid a eontinuano of the dull and uustttiBlBciorr state of the Wheat Uaiket noted for some time past, and the only aio reported was 000 bushels choice amber at $8 We quot Pennsvlvauia ted at 2 &o 2 85; Southern red at 2 90o,8 15; and white at f 8-20880 600 bushels Pennsylvania Rye i-old on private terms. In Corn, there is los dointr. tsales of 8000 bushels new yel ow at U5o 1, and old yellow, which is scarce, at $1 14n l,17 Outs are letter, with sales ol itooo bushels at 67v58o. Nothing doing in Barley or Halt. Cloverseed sells at i5.10 V 64 lbs.; Timothy t e3-25a 76: and Flaxseed at 3. Whisky ooutinuss dull, with kdirII sales at V2 43) Psnnsylyauia ts held at 2 bO. THIRD EDITION EUROPE. By Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Cables DESPATCHES TO NOON TO-DAY. The "Bolivar" to be Given Up to the Colombian Government. EMPRESS EUGENIETQVISITTHE POPE Grout Colliery lilxplotslon in Yoi'ltUive. FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE. Thicc Hundred Hrxlics Already Hccovjred TO-IAY'S PItANCIAf. AND CO.MMKIl CIAr. tll'OTATIO.VS. Kit., Etc., KtCi, Etc., Ktc, Ktu. Jlij the A'cie Vork Annciatal Piei. OK EAT BKITAIN. Ari'lvul of the Steamer ''Itrenicu." Southampton, December 13 Noon. Tin.' lcamslllp Jhmc, which lci't Xcvv York De cember 1, put iu here this moruiuir, nud soon after proceeded to Bremen. Drt-Kdl'iit Colliery Kxploslou. LoxnoN, December 13 No in. A most ap palling explosion occurred in a colliery in Darmsley, in the county of lork. The loss of life is frightful. The bodies of over three hun dred dead bave already been taien out, aud many others are still unaccounted for. The Bolivar" no Privateer She Is Claimed by tlia Colombian Minister, London, December 12 Evcninir. The steimrr Jioiiwr, seized on suspicion of being luteuded lor a Feniau man-of-war, has been cluiniid by the Minister of the republ.c of Colombia us tho legitimate property ot his Government. The Jiolitar Is the vessel which went to Laguayra iu charge of Eimiish olliceis aud crew for delivery to Pi evident Mo quera's Government. The crow there insisted on belncf retained in the ship, which wi's refuted; they thereupon left the port with her and returned to Euj-land. She will now probably be Ivuulcd over to the Colombian (rovcrumeut. Tue ex.i'eiuont iu reference to her has died out. Ft-nliius Leaving for America. Cork, December 12 Bveuins. A lars num ber of Fenlaus have embarked at this an I other Irish ports for America. FB.AKUE TiK t'',niirrtt JCiircuIc to Visit I lie Pope at Koine. I.oniN, December 13 Noon. Tho Empress liugeiiie has tiii:illy decided to visit ihe Pope ut Itome. Xuitli (icrmau Conference nt Iterllu. Bekmx, December 1.1. A Couieivnce of rue j Mates of North Or-rnmny will nice in tins city on Saturday. riuauelal and Comiucielal lutt-llicucr. , LiVF.ni'ooL, D 'cembor 18 Noon. The Coll u Market opens nuiet and stead v The sales lo- :uy ,viil piooubl.v rencli 10,000 bab unchanucil, mi 14.M. middling uplands being quoted London, December 13 Noou. Tho Jlonev Market is firmer. Consols are quoted at hh1 for money, ex-dividend. AMERICAN SKCURITIE8. The following are the openina quututions: I'lieEailroad, 47; Illinois Central, 77.J; Unl-ed tates Five-twenties, 01. Tlie Fculaus. I'.y the United States Asuodated Pre. Liverpool, December 13 -Noon. The Eng lish defectives have discovered that there is u heavy concentration of Fenians at Hull, and the Government has takeu active measures to -uppress any dcuiontr.ttioii that may be made ihere. Kaly ana Home. FLOKEt.tr, December 13 Noon. The Italian Embassador to Koine lias concluded a diplo matic agreement bet .vceu the two !overnments, the terms of which me euilueutly fuvorable to Italy. lleorgautzut lou of the Fnuoli Army. Pabis, December 13 Noon. The Mouiteur of i his morning publishes a plan for the reorgani zation of the French army. Ihe C ontraction ot the Curreucy. I'y the New York Associated Press. New York, December 13. A special despatch irom Washington says that, although the new lull proposed by the Committee of Ways and Means inclines to a contraction of the currenivy, und agrees generally with the views of Sir. McCulioch, as expressed to members of the i ommittee, it is still considered very doubtful whether Concross will adopt it. The temper of tho Honse upon the subject of inteifeiinif with the present status of the national bunks was plaiuly seen on Monday, .hen it voted down summarily several attempts ol tbe kind that were then made. The proposi tion 'o add $2",000, 000 to the currency was not approved by the Currency Committee, and the present belief is that neither contraction nor un equitable distribution of the currency can succeed. Ffom Canada. By the Ae York Associated Press. Quebec, Dec. 13. Slight fall of suow yesterday, but not enough for sleighing. Two nentlemen recently fought a duel at Lamouraskee. Tbey exchanged shots without damage, Had while reloading for a second shot the police made their appeatance, and prevented further hostili- ; ucs. a caoie teicgram irom Britoi auinorie-i a draft for jfKOO sterling for the relief und, FROM WASHlWQTOiy THIS AFTERNOON. IVICI11 DXSFATCHSS TO KVBNINO TBMCOllArn. ' WAsniwoTOH, Decembor 13. The National Currency Act. Tbe House Committee ou Banking and Cur rency finished a new bill amendatory of the national currency act to day, which will be offered as a substitute for tbe one now before the House. Its principal features aro as follows: First Redemption in New York. Second. Reduction of the circulation of ex isting banks lo the amount of thirty-one mil lion, by scaling down the circulation of all banks whose capital exceeds $300,000, and limiting- the total circulation of any one bank to $1,000,000. Tblrd. Distributing thirty millions of this cir culation equally among tbe State Banks yet to be converted into National Barks, and to new banks in States that bave heretofore secured the least ritable proportion of circulation. Fourth. Fuller and more complete returns to the Comptroller of the Currency. Firth. More power to the Comptroller to close up defaulting banks. Hlxth. Severer punishment for couuterreitin". The Failure to Arrest Sarratt In Canaan. With rfereuce to the failure of this Govern ment to take measures for the arrest of the con spirator Surratt while he was on British soil, I can state, upon excellent authority, that it was deemed impracticable to do so, because of the almost certain probability that E;iili?.h public sentini:it, as well as English enforcement of tbe Extradition treaty, would repaid Surratt's crime as a political one, aud tha therefore, his attempted arrest on Britih soil would result not only iu a failure to securo tbe assassin, but iu bis own advantage, by being made the subject of protectiou by Great Britain, whose example other European Governments would not have he? n slow to follow. Settlement with Krazer, Trculiolm, Si Co. A statement has been published that our London Consul had made a settlement with traer, Tienholm, & Co., for Confederate pro perty in possession of this firm. I learn from the Govern jient Department hero that this net of the Consul at Loudon has becu icpudiatcd as unauthorized, and made with out tbe knowledge of our Minister, Mr. Adams, or Mr. Dudley, Consul at Liverpool, v ho had sole charge of the pror.'cedinas. Tho motive for the settlement on tbe part of Frazer, Trenholm & Co. undoubtedly was to avoid the necetsity of answering in tho suit in Chancery, brought by Consul Dudley, which would un doubtedly bave disclosed large ainouuts of Con f derate property in their hands. . FROM WASHINGTON. Stevens' Bill to Re-cstablUh.1 Civil Gov ernment In North Carolina. Jly the Vnittd States Associated Press. Wasbinoion, December! 18. J, L. Auidui official reporter to the Louisiana Convention, aud private Secretary to General Hankg, was exum nod before the Committee to investigate! the r.ot at Kvw Orleans, to-day. lir. Mievens introduced to-day a bi'l to establish Civil government io North Carolina, and enab e it tj resume tts former relations as one of the coastltu tionui States oi the American Union. Altei a long preamble, tbe first section provides for tbe holding of a oonveutioa at lCalou'b, on tlio 20,h oi F ay, 1867, ot hundred and twenty loyal citizen, as celcyates to name a Constitution, to bo submitted tor approval, nioJirJcanon, or rojoction. Tho second section piovides that all main resident c tfzens of twenty-one joais of age, without dis- notion of race or co or, who can lead or write, or who own (100 or more, shall vote; provided, that no ono her -toioro ontithd to vots shall be disquali fied Irom voting in the said ele -non. luo tniid tection p:07iusj attb.onual;flcations of di legates to iho Convention sLad bo me same as those lequued for tha House oi looiuioud, and tho oath to be admin stored, si fol ows: ''1 hat on the 4ta oi March, ISC I, and stall times here after, I would wiillOKly liavo cuuitilled with the require ments ot the proclamation oi til President ol the United Mates, tusuou on .he Hib ol lieceniber, lst3. had a sale epDoriunity for so doing been oflereo me: that 1 was op posed to a continuance ot the Rebellion and the estu hiUtiment oi tbe to-called Conitdirata Government, i.Dd vo.un'arlly gave no.ald or eucouragemeiH taereto bat carnes lv dosired tte su xesi of ibe Union, and ibac I wil henceforth .akblu ly supoorttho Constitution aud the laws ol tbe United States " Section 4. The Juase administering the oath, il he Bui-poots falsehood, may require othor evidonce. 1'alue swi anng-is deolared or jury. Sec ion 6 provides for the opening of tho polls by the United Stales Marsiial, who shall appoint judges o! election. Section 6 provides for compensation for Marshals. Section 7 declaies ihe prest-Lt government vo.d, aud the in net ions ot ad tho stale officers at an end. Sec lion 9 Tho President is to u- the mi'ltary ai:d naval power t execute this law. FROM BALTIMORE TO DAT. Colonel Gallagher's Fnueral - Avrett ot Thieves and Pickpockets, Ktc. special despatch to tbe bvkkimo teleqkaph Baltimore, Deccmocr 18. Colonel Gallagher's funeral ycsieiday ailornoon was largely attended by the military, members ol tho bar, and Custom douse oltiolo s, and it was highly imposing. Iho new l'o Ice Comm ssiouers bave ordered the Hrrest of all vagran s and idlois, including penons Mispcctcd ot lei rig pickpockets and thieves. John Clare's trial, lor the murder of urove, of t ar is e, is now progressing. The Chnileston Fire. ; By the Xew York Associated Press. Charleston, December 12. The Are which broke out ou Bryce's wharf, at 10 o'clock this morning, was not extinguished un'il tbe . couutius-rooQis ol Messrs. Moore & Co., T. 8. it T. J. Uudd, and also the factors, were enti-vly , ilcstroyed. The property is understood to be . nlly insured. Skip News. By the A le York Associated Press . i New York, December 13. The schooner Julia j i'rart, from Nassau, has arrived. The barque ' ''avannah, from Nassau tr Philadelphia, put into Nassau ou the 4th inst., iu a leaky condition. Markets by Telegraph. New Vouk. December 13-Noon. Gold is ouo'-ed nc 1371; Sterling Exohange, 91 j dignt oills, 104; U. S. Five-tweiitie 1802, coupons, lu7y do 1801, 100; do. lblS5, 100 J; leu-iorties, UUj; Seven-thirties, ail sorts. iU6. Uonev is in good demand at 8 per Crnt. Ibe block Market ts strong; Virginia Cj. 00 ; Missouri 6t, 90J ( Canton, 43; Cuinb rlund, 661 i Western Union feiegrapb company, 402 i -New York Central, llij ; Erie Koilroad, 73J ; H udjon tiiver, 122; Heading, 110;; Michigan Central, li'i',; Michigan Southern, 82 J; Kook Island, 105 ; NoriU western, 64 j; Port Wayne and Chicago, 100. New Ysk, -jf-comber 13 -Cotton is quiet, at S4J;n8c. tour tirini a let of 0000 arro's State at K7t6a,ll Western, 07 86&U-7&; Ohio, 10 60r) 12-76; Southern steady; 2 0 barrels so d at 10 60.J 10, Rye F ourouiet; 100 barrels sold at6 75.; 7. Wheat steady but quiet Rye dull Barley quiet; 700 buahels 10 d. Corn dull; 7700 husliels loldattl lO Oats quint. Beef dull. t'orK steady. New Mess, 21 00,21 76. Lard steady at 12'12)o. Whisky ua'vt. Baltimore. December 13. Flour isqu'et; South ern tirm. Wheat firm; red. 8 1U; white, 8-20 8 25. Corn active; white, 105 l-00j yellow, 08 j al Oats steady. Rye 130ai 5. Seeds quiet; ( lover 012 la9 26. 1'rovisions luaotive. .Io Pork 22 CO. I,ard nominal. Groceries dud. C irtVe droopinc. Wbnky steady; city, in bonl, 1(2 38: I'eniisylysnls, free, ta-2U3 80. Mobile, I'eoem'er 12 Tbe sales to-day of Cot ton amounted to 2000 bales. The demand is gene rally active; middlings at SOuSlc closing arm atW. Before: Commissioner Shark by. A man n a mod John l.avets was before Commissioner Hharkc) at 1 o'clock, upon tbe charge ofmiantac- ' tunng certain false fteuoiu, to wit, one for John U. Bell. Jvhn H. Little, and Jo n McCa 1, CotteJ Btate Detectives, wiih in out to use thesimeto detiand ihe United State s. Ihe oounel lor the defendant wlrhad to waive ljeanng, hut tbe Asi-tant United States District Attorney said he had one witnesi that be wished tt have exam nd. Jamts A. Allen worn-l reside at No. 408 WhaN ton street ; I am a iteucti entur and awning maker ; 1 know tbe defendant; I waa emp oyed l turn to make whisky stencils lornim; m tbe first lnstaaca a man that f didn't know brought an impression to have ono out like"t ; It was ao incpeotoi's iteoctl, wiih the name ol Sell Oi it (the platu was here shown to 1 be witness, and h" icconn red it a the one siren to bim as a sample to cot the o'ber one by ): 1 made the stencil p ate; I bad a conversation with htm, la which I told him I thought it was a counterfeit, and tbat I would get into trouble about it; he said there would be do danger of it, and ne gave me permis sion to come up there, but be said It would naruiy oe worm w out , as 1 would ou y be losing oar time and be losing his; I delivered the plate, oat 1 don't know to whom; I sent my boy Harry down with it, and wtv-n he came back ho liantcd me the mono , 93-60; that i tho naual charge for making a plaioot that kind; I made several plates for him; another p.ato was shown the defend ant, (a d he iecogiiid it as one that he had cut. Levrns a aed me to make this plate; he old nie lie Lad anothor man's whinky in his place, and that ho wan cd to oouuteife t it, and that there theie was nothing wrong in it; 1 was to go down the noxt day, a d tako it ; I didn't go down for four or five davs; when 1 saw Mr. linens at No. 10 (i ran llo stiee: ; we went 10 the barre s, and I tooK a facsimile tt the plate on tho barrel; 1 took the fmprossion, anl bad tue pinto done about 8 olno Inst ounday evening; ldtlivtied it ouSui:day evening to Ur. Lever s bun self, at my house ; 1 suppose it was about twenty minutes ot ten o'olook ; lie came in the honse a'ons; he came there in a carriage; ho told me there was a gent emnn with him; I forget his name; I was to rcce've 80 for the plate; 1 was paid tor ft bv Mr, Levens himself ; when I took t tie.order he paid me ten dollars on account ; on Bunaa night ne gave me the balanor, 820 1 he naid tbe whisky was good, and he could sell it for S64 a barrel. Another plate was here thowu tho witness, which be also recognized. Tnis plate, I tqid him, I conid not cut without teeing Mr. Ot r, the nspector of the First District, who told mo not to cut any more without seeing him. He said it was not necessary lo see Mr. Orr at all. 1 prumised to make the plate lor him then, and 1 went to his oflloa, got tho im pression, and cut it. Seyciai o bor p atos were shown the wilne s, which ho a: to rcoojruis d as having eat. t n trial. Before Commissioner Smith. a nun named Henry Pollitt whs before Comm'ssioner Smith at noon to-day. on the charge of distilling without paying the extra taxi Harry Pauley worn the defendant's plaee of business in at No 122 Dook st ooi ; there is a still tbore; he bas no lioense under the new law; lam Deputy Collector of the First utstnc ; the still was in the baci part of the building; it is . conneo'ed with iho house; tho Hill was not iu operation when I went ibere, t ut there were indi- ' cations of It; there was a bnnei 01 whlsicy In the still at tbe time; there was no Are burning under It; 1 seized tbe place on the 4th, aud placed two ' watctiimn there; &haw was the name of tte watch man tho night the night the still was carried off; I visited it two or three times aaay; I yisitod it on Tuesday, and found the si ill gone; I saw the marks where tbe still went out; tho watchman was en duty when 1 went there. Cross examined l'oliitt r nts the premises, and must be tho agent of the man who owns tho still; lou go through Mr. rol m's p'ace to get to It; j went through the house hen 1 went to the f till; 1 attked for tho proprietor 1 he came in and wont out again ; I asked his wile i sho was in charge of tho place; she said ho was; I old her mv time was pre cious, ana I rean the warrant to her; I a-kod to louk at the still; sho and several others said there was no rtill there; I lold her it was my duty to search the premises; I went d wn tho collar and looked around, but saw so still; I then went to tho back part ot a hul'ding snd came 10 a window which was pain ed, ana i couldn't soe through it 1 asked for the ket s ol the siill, but bit wife didn't know whether ho carried thorn wlb him, or where he kept thim; wh.-nl went to tbe place I found It lastoned. Ke-oirect examination When I went into the cellar 1 found a barrel of liquor there, and seized it: tie next day I sont down 10 look at It, aud found the l quorhad been taxen out and wator substi tuted. Mr. Orr. Deputy Col'ector for tho Flr-t District, testified that the deft ndant had no license under the old or new law. Ibe detendant was bound ovr in $1000 bail for Ms appearance at tho next term of the United Statci District Court. A Whisky Excitement. About one o'clock this afternoon, a great, excitement was created in front of Tun Evening Teleoravb ofllce by the seizure by Revenue Inspector Hoar, of five dray loads of whisky, the brands on which were by him suspected to be counterfeit, one ol the driveis stated that it cane Irom a distillery, but refused to g've any of the par ticulars. ho the whisky was taken in charge, and In spector McCall was forthwith notified to certify to tbe eenumeness or spurlousncss ot bis braLds upon the barrels. Ccllector Sloaniker was likewise notified at once, and requested to furnish a sufficient body of men (o take charge of tbe spirits. About o quarter past one o'clock tbe whisky started up Third i-treet. On further Investigation tbe teizure proved to bave been impiopcr. - THE NATIONAL, FINANCES. Specie Payments and tho Legal-Teudtr Currency. The Hon. E. G. Spauldinp, of tbe Farmers' and Mechanics' Natioual Bank of Buffalo, having, In a letter to Hearetary McCulioch, ex pressed the opinion that the currency could bo moderately contracted "so as to preserve a tolerably easy money market, in order to be able to food the Compound Sixes and tbeSeven tbirties into lone; gold-bearing bonds, between this and the 15th of July, 1868; aud tbat the specie standard could be reached with at least $260,000,000 of plain legal tender United States notes Ftill outstanding." Mr. McCulioch replied, as follows: "Treasury Department, Washington, De cember 7. Dear sir: Your favor of the 4th is rcci Ived. You will receive a copy of ray report throueh tbe Controller of the Currency. It was very hastily written, but is, I think, sound in doctrine. What we need is an Increase of labor. If we could have tbe productive industry of the country in full exercise, we could return to specie payments without any very large curtail ment of United States no'es. My object bas been 1o keep the market 6tendy, and to work bick to spee'e payments without a financial collapse. I fliall act In the future as I bave in the pas'., with great caution, and attempt no impractica ble thing. "I am, very truly, yourc, "H. McCcLLOon. "Hon. E. G. Spanldlnc, Fanners' and Me chanics National Back, Buffalo, N. Y. J)URIIAM'S RESTAURANT, N. E. CORNER ELEVENTH and CALL0WHIIX, . i- ... (fate of No. 805 Cbesnutotreet,) PBllADELFHlA. Tbe undersigned bees leave to Inform hli former patrons that be has flttefl np a tlntt-olass KMvaurant, at iheN. E. corner of ELKVMU and OALLO WHILi Htreets. Uaving bad several years' excellence In the bnilneoe, he flatters Mmnelf t!i ,t he can accommodate all who id a tttvor him with their pa renaite. ilia e8tHhiHlmiit la provided with roon s neatly uirvmnea, ruiutble tor 1 either large or snU lilnacr r BUDier rartiea. fir ! prepAreu iv juiuibu rAnlir.n w rjui'tnun. COIL41 IONW, Ktc. wi n tbe heat reftbenis, and good competent waiters at the nhorteat notice , Boned Talker, Alamode Beer, and ail ornamectal duties made to order. , S. DURHAM, 12 13 12trp 1KYEHTU AUD CALLOW
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