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VOL. VI.-No. 146.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, I860.
TRIPLE SHEET-THREE CENTS.
IMPEACHMENT.
Another Appeal by Wendell Phillip.
from tte Anti-Sacery Standard of thin week.
The question of Impeaching the President oc
cupies a very large share of public attention.
In our judgment, more than two-thirds of the
loyal manses arc ready for it. The House of
Bopresentatlvc, we are assured by the most
trustworthy and competent authority, is ready
to begin by a vote of three to one. The only
hesitation arl-cs from the position taken by
certain Conservative Senators men who have
never outgrown their education in the timid
poVicy of the old Whig party, and who still re
tain relation with the President whnhit would
be flattery to cull equivocal,
QThese men exprea such repugnance to the
measure, sut h doubts of its juntice and expedi
ency, that it, friends infer they will never agree
to a conviction. Unwilling to aid in what
"would then be thought au abortive movement,
cne successful in its immediate result, the
friends of impeachment ho-itatc to proceed
We doubt whether this reluctance is good policy.
Grant the possibility ot our not securing a con
viction ther are still ninny considerations
"Which show how valuable the mere impeach
ment itself would be. Foremost and chief of
these is the probable effect on the South. What
cnatigea us honoruole and healthy humility in
May, 1805, to the arrogant and swiigperiu!: con
tinence tf May, 1806?
Tie reliance on Johnson's treachery, and ibe
expectation that his treason would be counte
flamed by a larsc Northern constituency. No
one will deny this. The stiff Northern breeze
of October ami November has almost blown
way that castle in the air. Still, a million
and more ot Democratic votes give large room
for future hope; make it easy to confound and
dispute the siiMiilkauce of the election triumpu.
Few men doubt that the Pre.-iideut means to
persevere in his plot, but the whole South
watches to see what the purpose ot the Norm
really Is, and how lar, even in the presence of
euch a Democratic mas, the Republican party
dares to go. Let the news net tnrt.h
that the President is defied that, n.ni.h-
hcan
with
leaders dare to decluc open buttle
him, to impeach and supnd him.
ana, like the handwriting on the wall, that
announcement will make Southern knees, like
those of former tyrants, shiikc and smite against
each other: Hie proud but baseless fabric of
Southern ambition will dissolve, and leave not
a wieck behind." Wade Hampton even may
come to his knees, and coward brutes like Mayor
Monroe will surely pet to theirs. It will be a
sign of Northern purpoee and of our leaders'
understanding of, and confidence in it, more
poient than any otner evidence can be. No
movement would go so far towards convincing
the South bow hopeless is her plan to save her
inhuman civilization from the verdict which
Northern victory has recorded aeniust it.
There is another consideration of great im
portance. The usurpation and corruption of
the national Executive have been increasing
every year for the last quarter of a century.
Tjler, Polk, Fillmore. Pierce, and Buchanan
have each succeeded in outdoing his predeces
sorthe increaing servility and baseness of
each m.-i ting his predecessor appear compara
tively dc ;ont. The impunity with which each
was suffered to coraplele hia villany emboldened
his successor. Such men are below the leach
of honorable motive, respect for character, ant
love ot good repute.
Their impunity corrupts and emboldens all
In the nation that resembles them. The motives
to f uch usurpation and severity are many and
strong; success and impunity intensify and
etrenethem them still further. We n?ed an ex
ample; we need to give to the popular rebuke
the strongest expression and form pos-ible. If
the sinner cannot actually be punished let him
tremble at the close approach and most immi
nent danger of getting ins d-scrts. If the
Senate will not give us ihe credit of convicting
"the usurper, let the House, at least, give free
course to the utterance ot that protest from the
moral sense of the people which impeachment
alone would constitute.
Such utterance is due to national chanicier
and self-respect. It might tend strongly to
arrest our deterioation. Warren Hastings,
colossal sinner as he was against Christian
civilization aud ubsolute lust ice, was acquitted
when the Commons impeached him; hut Lord
John Russell tt stides that the trial saved India
from any repetition of such wholesale murders
and gigantic corruption. He says:
"Though the impeachment euded in an acquittal,
.its results wro memorable and beuotiotal. Never
has the groat, obiect of punishment, the prevention
of crime, been attained more completely than bv
tbia trial "
So it might, and probably would be iu our !
case. Surely we stand in as great need of such !
saltation. The trial would throw open to the
light the dark chambers und crooked puth of
Executive malversation and defiant illalitv i
oi poncy. ine wood ot New Orleans, and that
of these three soldiers wliose murderers, by
Johnson's trick, walk unpunished, might still
cryanheard for vengeance: but its guilt would
be traced home to the very doors of the Wuite
Hou&?, on evidence no man could gainsay.
Afuv that revelation, such a popular verdict
would be recorded no matter how a whole
family, 'provided with offices, or any other
management, might gag the Seuite thtt no
future President would venture to walk in the
same path. We have so much faith in the
virtue and intelligence of the pi on '.e as to be
sure of this. If Johnson cannot be punished,
avli, like his first predecessor, we can smd him
forth with i.neh a mark on his brow that uo
man will follow his example.
We turn to another point. Some doubt
whether Johnson be legally liable to impeach
ment, since, as they suppose, he has violated
no specidc statute, committed no offense spe
cially and exactly detincd by" law. We think
euch a supposition utterly erroneous. On the
contrary, it asked by what law we intend to try
him, we might answer, a the Roundhead did in
Charles the First's case, "By all tue law ne ha-
left us."
But even grantin? the supposition to be cor
rect, it does not touch or affect the que'tion.
Impeachment is not like, uor Is it limited like,
it common indictment. No man cau be indicted
except for a crime that eommou,or statute law
bas distinctly described; but au officer may bo
impeached tor any grave misuse of his powers,
or any mischievous non-use of them Lr any
conduct which barms the public or perils its
welfare. It is a process intended to sweep after
the exact and dehnito machinery of the law,
and save the State from evils whieh no law,
liowever comprehensive, can cover.
Who ever undertook to find or ttate the exact
idatute that Warren Hastings had violated t
When did Burke, Fox, or Sheridan euter West
minster Hall "with the statute-book doubled
down in dogs' eaT," to specify the exact clause
which that ruthless irampler on helpless mil
iums had violated ? The nature of the proceed
ing excluded tbem from all such labor. So of
our usurper with bloody and unclean hands.
His otlenfes have been, to be sure, in many
instances violations of express laws. But wo
waive that; we may point to his whole course,
beginning with North Carolina in 1805 and eud
lug at Baltimore, when, thirsting for loyal
blood, the wholesome timidity of his own tools
and the courage of a young judge sent him,
balked and cowed, back to bis lair we may
point to all this aud demand that the whole
constitutional arsenal shall be exhausted to
punit-h such a past and prevent a similar future.
The American people arraigning their Chief
JIaglBtrate in tbe face of the world the first
time In their history for his attempt, by hvoo
crsy and treason, to corrupt their moral ienc.
end balk their victory over an inhuman and
bloody system and doing It in defense of a
hapless and friendless race, wonld be a sublime
spectacle, compared with which the trials of
Charles I and Louis XVI would sink into
merely selfish and ambitious measures. Such a
step would be in keeping with the noble march
of the Revolution better evidence of the cene
rous and blah principle which has underlain
the war, than the thunders of Gettysburg, or
evcu tiie Emancipation Proelam-ttl n itself.
Wendell Phillips.
Sic Cullorh AcaliiMt Home Monopolies
Sot For'lf(u.
t'mm the 'JYibune.
Secretary McCulloch has informed Congress
that (his nosion of a nice tariff is, one whose
rates of duty shall not be so high as to "build
up home monopolies." Which savors of bun
combe. Which also has a stale flavor of free
trade cant, and a perceptible scent of dema
gogUm. N
It would bother Secretary McCulloch to tell
hew a manufacturing monopoly could be created
m the United States. Say a monopoly of making
salt saline springs and rock salt being on large
deposit in fifteen different States and Territo
ries. How would you create it? Copper
siteaunng tor ships how would you go to work
io uiawc a monopoly ot manulacturing that, the
copper ot America not being concentrated in a
sinclc hole, owned by one man, or one company
of men? Poiket and table cutlery how, Mr.
McCulloch, could you cou'er on the smartest
Yankee that ever simulated a gunllint, or
cheated the eye with a ligneous bam, the mo
nopoly of supplying even jour town of Bun
combeville with table-knives and forks, pocket
knives and scissors? the road to Buncombe
ville being a highway by law to all the world,
and the making 01 cutlery, trood or bad, dull or
sharp, tempered or distempered, being one of
the inalienable riirhts
and child in the United StRies
lhc proposition that high duties on imported
goods would build up home monopolies'' is a
proposition that is absurd on its lace. If the
Atlantic rolled a tariffot' fire aud brimstone, be
tween us tnd Europe, manulacturing monopo
lies could not be established here. Why? lie
cause in the United States of America, iron,
coal, copper, lead, zinc, oil, and timber are
geographically diffused, and because man is
free, labor is free, capital is tree, and land is
cheap. By way of charitable subscription to a
scanty stock ot economical knowledge where it
is official ly needed, let us impart that one of the
essential conditions of a monopoly is a control
ot labor. Not till land becomes as dear in Ame
rica as it Is in Great Britain can American capi
tal control American labor. What does Mr.
McCulloch suppose to be the average length of
manulacturing lite in the textile mills ot Massa
chusetts? It is only from tureo to four years
lor the men only from live to six years for the
women. They quit tQe mills then for what?
The men for a piece of land; the women tor
husbands aud a piece of land. The 'Home
stead law" is a law of Americal industrial life.
We can't keep operatives at work after they
nave earned money enough to buy and Improve
land. The American passion is to own a bit of
the earth to hare a home on, to cultivate, to
adorn, to welcome children back to, to die on.
A tact underlying podiical economy that a
statesman should know. But where you ttud
labor without education, without the right to
vote, without political representation, without
the power to tlx its wages, without the choice of
Biarketa, without access to Und, without the
power to change its condition, there you will
tind the po.-sibility of a monopoly. There
money and genius can build one up'. Kugland
is dotted all over with monopolies with respect
to the rest ot the world. There is a lovely
monopoly in the town of Sultaire, which town
Mr. Salt owns, the inhabitants of which town
Mr. Salt owns, and whom Mr. Salt keeps at
work, supplying the world with worsted dress
goods, thanks I j the knavh-h free-trade gospel
ing which preaches and prays to nations r.ot to
make their "tariffs so high as to be prohibitory,
nor to build up Aowe monopolies" the loreien
ones beiug all right. Mr. Salt makes eighteen
miles of worsted dress cloth in a day ! Consul
Abbott thus describes his little monopoly:
"The 'Model Mill,' erected by Mr. Salt at
Sultaire. occupies sis acres of ground between
the Midland Railway ou one side, aud the canal
which connects the Atlantic with the North
Sea on the other. It hits llj acres of tlooriug.
The trout on the railway is 54.5 feet long and 72
feet high, and h:is six stories. The lower floors
are divi(i"d iu the middle by the engine rooms,
but the top storv ruis the whole leugih of the
building, and forms one ot the very largest
looms in the world. The floors are hiiilt in the
most p"-rteci fire-proof manner. The roof is of
iron. The windows are formed ot immense
squares of plate glass. From the centre of
the main building the warehouses run tmclr
to the canal, a distance, in all, of JL5LI feet,
and rise to a height of ttt) feet above the
canal. On each side of the warehouses the
romaininir space is occupied with eheds
containing rooms for preparing wool. Below
these are innuendo cistorns with filters, holding
GUU.OUO gallons of rain-water for manufacturing
purposes. On the top is a tank, holding 70.0(10
gallons of water pumped Irom the river, for the
supply of the town, and for use iu case of tire.
On one side, facing the high-road, are offices,
store-looms, etc The engines are of 12 j0 horse
power, with eight boilers, supplied by pipes
from the river. In making the engine-beds
2400 tons of stone weie used. The chimney,
separaied at the corner of the works, is 18 leet
square at the base, and 210 leet blah. The cas
works are very larpe, aud yield 100,000 feet per
day lor .r000 lights n the establishment, and
loi the supply ot the town. The gasometer in
CO feet In diameter and 18 feet deep. Mr. Salt
employs 4500 hands., who work 1200 looms, aud
produce 18 miles ot cloth a day.''
"Monopolies," Mr. McCulloch! Are they
evils? Indeed they are. Knglaud is full of
them. Knghind la the manufacturing monopo
list ol the world. Then why did yfj not ask
Congress to guard the domestic industry of our
country, upon the prosperity ot which alone
can you depend lor the income to pay our debt
and carry on the Government against foreign
monopolies the monopolies that do exist, aud
do grind and crush their unprotected competi
tors? Salt's worsted mill is a sample of them.
Sultaire is a principality. Salt is a monarch iu
the markets of the world. Salt tramples to-day
on every worsted manufacturer in the United
States, in.d is turning thousands and thousands
of our laboring men and women out of employ
ment Into tbe snow. Aud wbv. Mr. Secret irv
of tbe Treasury ? Because jour tariff practical v 1
is a irce-tradu tariff. Salt walks over it, aud I
walks through it, and walks over and through
his American competitor'.
Coneressmen, a tariff Is a bremiwork for un
equally developed .industry. R.tl-o our high
enough and make It tight enough to Hive Un
people from foreign mouopolirti.
An Odd Case. The Rev. Dr. Liueolu, of Tro- i
vidence, R. 1., announced from hi pulpit, iome ;
Sundays ago, thattickcU to Newpoit aud back
a BaptiBt Convention was kitting at Newport - I
could be obtained at a certain store. One of hi I
congregation obtained a ticket, went to Newnort.
and btarted on his return trip. Cnfonunutely
the train did not connect at Kali River with any
train for Provldcnox, and the conductor Insisted
upon his fare. The layman refused to pay, wa
put off the cars, and on bis return sued Dr. Lin
coln for (Jatnaius ile did not recover,
MARINE DISASTER.
Tht "(ienrriil McClellan" Alhore
orr
I'atcliogue, I.. I.
Medfobp, L. I., December 19. At five o'clock
this morning tbe ship General MctieUan ran
abore off Patchogue, L. I., fifteen miles from
Fire Island light, having one hundred and ti ty
passengers ou board. Fifty tons of pig lead
were thrown ovetboard, and the vessel, con
siderably lightened, now lies with sails set wa t
ing lor assistance. No lives have been lot, and
the captain will not allow any one to land.
Ihe Coast Wre iking Company's vessels have
been de patched to her assistance, in charge of
Captain Young, the Assistant (ieneral Agent.
The ship lies on the outer edge of the outer
bar uninjured, and is in no danger, unless a
storm ensues. Her position is broadside to the
beach, in a good condition. She hiw made nj
water, and if the assistance of stearatugs had
arrived she would have been got off to-night at
high water, as she was lifting Irom the sea.
A pilot is on board, but the ship was not
under his charge on account of a disagreement
ol the off-shore pilotage. On grounding, rockets
weie sent up as signals of distres, and Biirlmeu
assrmlled at the boat houses and offered assist
ance, but none was required.
The steamer Chnnthennin, and the wrecking
schooner Johnson, are expected every moment
flora New Yor't. The weather Is clear and the
sea calm.
The McCldtan Is seventeen hundred tons bur
den, and draws twenty feet of witter. She has
mi asorte I cargo. W. Y. Herahi
Another Ioct Defendluff Himself.
The London Keeiao says: "We have received
a long letter from Mr. Robert Youo?, the 'agri
cultural poet.' upon wliose pension we com
mented m a recent number, ile sends a copy of
bis work and challenges criticism. One of our
charge' against him was that his rhymes were
not rhymes except when read after the pro
vincial Irish fashion of pronouncing English;
nud in the very first couplet of the very first
poem in hi- book we find 'name' offered as a rhyme
lor 'theme.' Mr. Young, In his preface, informs us
flint he 'never had an opportunity of acquiring
scholabtic knowledge.' This is no excuse for
writing nons-en-e. Here is something in the
style of Tim Malonv, of Ballymalony, wuo,e
etluoions were edited by Thackeray:
'I ho landlord' hero, our hearts to cheer,
Around our board are sealed, o,
And Ireely pass the social gln-s
Io friendship consecrated, O.'
"Surely Mr. Young is not serious in asking us
to review balderdash of this kind, especially
since Lord Derby has decided upou giving hiiii
1'40 a year lor wilting it."
A MliHloiiury Prclalc'n Stock Outfit.
Mr. Canly, "tbe Robins of Ireland," isubout to
sell by auction the farm stock of the late Lord
Plunkei. The Dublin Freeman's Journal, uuder
the head of "The Outfit of a Missionary Bishop,"
publishes what lit calls "a characteristic inven
tory of what in evangelical circles will, no
doubt, be looked upon as the complete Enls- I
copal outfit of the late Arch-hicrarch of the
Church Militant in Ceuuaugbt: Item first, $17
head of cattle; item second, 2! short-homed
Kerry cows; item third, 5 Durham and Kerry
bulls; item fourth, 77 ditto bullocks; item tilth,
2114 ewes; item sixth, 15! hoagets; item seventh.
242 lambs; item eighth.sl two and three-year-old
wedders; item ninth, 242 lambs; item tenth, 82
wedders: item eleventh, 17 rams. Then comes
a long list, of 'carriage horses,' 'weight-carrying'
cobs, ten family and farm horses, sows and
litters, fat pigs and boars, carts to the number
of eleven, ploughs six, and harrows four; single
and double Broughams, phaetons, jauming cars,
chariots, nud saddles; grubbers aud hydropults,
scales, and ladders."
Sharing lu the Prollts.
Lord George Mauners has made an important
speech. Speaking to the Farmers' Club at
Newmarket, England, recently, he suggested
that it was becoming necessary to tempt the
laborers to stay at home, and he thought the
best way to do it would be to promise them a
share in all the profit el the farm above ten per
cent, on the capital invested. As the average
vield of a fanner's capital is barely eight per
cent., that ipiomise will not add much to
wages, not half so much as ten per
cent, reduction in rentals would. The London
tptclator remarks: "Lord George is. however,
the first of his class to see what we believe to bo
a truth, that, the laborer must in one way or
another share in the farm, either by cultivating
bius ot it for himself, which will probably be the
first attempt, or by becoming himself the
farmer, as he is at Assington. There the
laboiershold direct of the landlord, Mr. Gur
don, farm very well, pay a good rent, and are
about twice as well off' as if they took wa."es."
Au Aged Woman Burned to Death.
A heartrending affair occurred iu the town of
La Grange, Dutchess countv, N. Y on Tuesday
the particulars of which are as follows: au
elderly lady named Peggy Overacker, of the
above town, haa been for some time laboring
under an attack of paralysis, being unaole either
to Bpeiik or move about. On the day in ques
tion she was seated In front of a woou fire iu a
room at the residence of Martin B. Overacker
when a spark trom the fire ignited her clothing!
Ueing unable to give any alarm, the poor crea
ture sat there unable to move, and in a short
time was burned to a crisp. The smoke escap
ing through the crenc.es of the door and win
dows attracted the attention of some of the
iiousenow, wen roey rusnea luto the room
and immediately became aware of the terrible
occurrence. They had lelt the poor woman but
a short time previous, having made it their busi
ness to watch her as closely as possible. The
affair has created profound regret throughout
ine eastern part of the county. Mrs. Overacker
was upwards of seventy years of age.
Epigrammatic Sigug.
The writer of "Tablo Talk," iu the London
O'aardian, says: "An enterprising wine and
ppirit merchaut has placed in hia window in
l)i vereux court. Teaiple, the lollowing lines
surmounted by an elaborate heraldic device of
iiiu ut-iui-iumu ueiui-uorsc ot the ancient
Templar body:
" 'M by the Templars' hold you iro,
ihe Horse and Lamb disuluyed,
In erubloniatio figures show
Ihe menu ot their trade.
" 'That clients mav Infer from tbsnce
How just it thohr )rofeslon,
The Lamb sets forth their innocence,
Ihe Horse their exped'tiou.'
"The epigram is not bad for a tradesmau's.
device f but we hope mine host's wine is better
than tbe concluding rhyme."
The London lirvieie adds:
"This writer does .not seem to be aware thst
the verses are old, and not at all the invention
i the 'enterprising wine and spirit merchant'
lu Uevereux court. Thera is a third stanza,
v bich runs:
'Oh, happy ftiitonil happy islel
Let foreiKa nation sav,
Where they vol Justioe without guile,
Aud law wiihout delay.'
And there I a reply, In which the lawyers'
cl.euU are converted into the lamb, hncanse
they ar devoured by wolves, and into the
horse, bccau.e they are ridden by jockeys."
-The Pi iucn of Wales, during his visit to
Mo ow.told a Russiau archbishop that the Queen
desired the wellar'-ol allChristiaus. This should
be graUhiua news to th Irish, who do not .be
loug to the Established Church.
An English iu Ige, in charging the jury In a
railway iw, said he thought that the blowing
of tobacco uioke in the face of a fellow railway
pa-inr?r inibt U; condid'Tcd &n insult.
THIRD EDITION
etjj3lo;i?:e.
FINANCIAL, NEWS OP TO-DAY.
By Atlantic Submarine Cable.
London, December 20-11 A. M. Before
official hours, United States Five-twenties of
1802 were offered at 71J, the closing ratcg oi
yesterday.
Erie Railroad shares are rather higher.
Consols are quoted firm at the rates current
last evening.
TIIE LATEST NEWS BY STEAMER.
STEAMSHIP "JAVA" AT HALIFAX.
Etc., Mc, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
Halifax, December 20. The royal mail steam
ship Java, from Liverpool December 8, has
arrived here, tn route for Boston.
England,
Liverpool, December 8. Fenian nrrests con
tinue all over Ireland. A house in Liverpool
has been searched, on information being re
ceived that Stephens was secreted there, but it
proved a hoax.
George Straud & Co., of Stirling, engage! in
New Oilcans trade.havc suspended. Their habili
ties will amount to over 100,000. The assets
are largely in excess.
The conclusion ot the trial of Lamirande had
revived the prote-ts iu ELglish journals against
! the illegality of nis extradition iu Canada. It
j is true that be coulessed his gu.lt fully, but ex
I ccption is nevertheless taken to the irregularity
, attending his arrest. It is supposed that the
matter will receive attention wheu Parliament
j meet-, and that the Government will be called
! to account.
Fiaarc,
! , The French Admiral in China bas issued notl
i ncution declaring the river Seoul, in Corea, in a
I state ot blockanc, from October l.r, owing to
t he recent murder of the French missionary,
i Ihe Bank of France ha gained 14,000,000
! francs in cash during the past week,
i The Paris Falrie says: "The scheme which
is being concerted between the Catholic powers
1 has no political meaning, but it is simply an
atrangenient by wLich the Catholic Govern
ments would contribute to the Pope's civil list."
Sputn.
The Spnuibh Minister of Marine has announced
that tbcic will be no naval levy tor the flrt
quarter of the year 1807, the present reserve
being sufficient.
Denmark.
The Crown Prince of Denmark was at Berlin,
iiiu i.hu excuangeu visits with the King. The
latter gave a state dinner to the Princu.
Austria.
j The Berlin correspondent of the London Times
i "aysthat, notwithstanding all assertions to the
j contrary in the Austrian official pre.ss.it may
bo regarded as a positive fact that troops are
I about to be concentrated.
Financial and Commercial Intelligence.
; LivKitPooL, December 8. The cotton inirket
dunng the week has been slightly tasior, and a d,.-J-,
t"3ruou,,.1 is noticod on middling up- i
lands. Ihe market closed steady Tho Hrohcrs' Ctr- I
1 XZYS.l0'1,,01 t6'J balt,s- ol w",c" specula. I
tors took 4.60 tales, and exporters 14 000 bales.
1 he sales ot yes ordar were about 0000 balds, tae
market closing firm. Of these sales 2000 wer lor I
' Now Orleans Fff' llin.
! Mobiles .....16 it
! l'P'"l- .....V....16i ill
I r Jh,T', e 8t0.ck J, c.ot,,on m Port is estimated at
639,000 bales, ol iwhich 178 000 tales are Amonean.
j Ibe advices Irom Manchester are uniavorable. I
the market tbere lor oods and yarns being dud. I
I and prices are tending downwards.
I Breadstuff. Richardson, Spouee & Co.'s, and I
I other circular, report F'our null and steady. Wheat I
I juict and steady, whh quotaiions hareiy main. I
uined; amber, red. and Bouthorn, 12s. tfd.. 13s. 3d. i
VnH.V oeel,ue M-S mixed Western,
i oils. 8u. (c 39a. td t quartern. 1
i 1'roviHonF-Itlgiuiid, Atbja & Co., and usual
authorities, quote Heel stca.1. ; 1'orlr hoavy ; Bacou ,
mact.vej Lard declined l2s., and still tending
no wn wards; sales at 48s. lor American; Cheese
ucliTe. and adyui.c!.dr 2s.; liutter steady ; Tallow
sieady at 44-. tid.(a40s. cJ.
lToduoo Ashuaw easier at 34 1. 3d ?i3Jj. 6d. for
I ots, and 80s tqlfyg 6d. lor tonn. huuar jg liruior.
j and bas advanced 8d. a:6d Rice firm. rmr.,,. i
iictive. Linseed quiet, aud declined (id Lin-uid !
cakes steady. Cud oil, no galea. Linsood oil doll !
at 40s. 40s. 6d. Kngin gteadv at 10s. lor American
common epirlt. Turnontine dull at 3Ss for Ame- '
rican. I etro'eum fl mer; Pcunsylvun a rliued is .
quoted at Is 6d.iftla. 6d. i iiallon :
LohDON, Deeemoer 8.-llaring, Brothers k Co. ;
quote as follows: Market dull aud dechued 2s. ,
Winter red Western, 63tj7i.;;Flour,84. lor West- !
ernbtate. torn.B8ci.39s. lor Western uuxod. Sugar I
S'eady. CoHee firm. Jtiee quiet, lea steady at ;
Vdin f0 ewnuwn CpnKOU Iron du 1 at 5 6rJ
io 10s. for rails and 64s. lor bars. Linsed qui. t.
LinfeedlCake llrmand advanced 6g. : gales atXU 16s.
12 lor Amtricao. Spiru ot lurneniine emgier at
39s. lor American Petroleum quiet aud gtoady ut I
IO. 6Ad. tor American refined Lingoed Od flat at ,
3b. bd &3bs. 9d ftperm Oil nominal at 26s. Tallow
quiet at 44g. for American on t.o pot
Glasgow Makkxts (.lasoow, Oecembor 8.
W best flat and declined 6d
London, Decembers Ih bullion in the Bauk
ot England haa incroased X1000.
Last Mghtts Cable Despatches.
THE MEXICAN QUESTION.
Reported Negotiations lie t wren the
&l ulled State Uoveruiucut and Marahal
Bazalue.
Paris, December 19 P. SI. It M reported in
semi-ofli3ial quarters that Marshal lUzaine has
opened or attempted to open negotiations with
the United States Government in reference to
the establishment of a new Government iu
Mexico after the withdrawal of the French
troops.
Why Maximilian U Detained In Mgxlco.
Flobbnce, December 19 P. M. Tho'report U
current here that Maximilian is detained in
Mexico in consequenoe of ita having become
known to the Austrian Government that tho
Austrian army wish him to become immediately
the successor ol Frauds Joseph.
FRANCE..
Farewell Dluucr to MlnUter Dlgclow.
Pakis, December 191 o'clock P. M. The
Emperor Napoleon will, it Is expected, attend
the farewell dinner to be given to Minister Bige
low to-day.
The Reorganization of the French Army.
Pabi8, December 191 o'clock P. M. The"
scheme for tho reorcanlzation ol the French
army is very unpopular. The French people
cannot see tbe uecesslty for sucli an immene
Rtanding army when Fiance and England are ut
peace.
SPAIN.
(General Prim Pardoned by the iuecn.
London. December 19 P. M. It is reported
that General Prim, who bas kept himself away
from the country since his attempt at revolu
tion last winter, has returned to Bpaln, haying
iccrived a pardon from the yuccn.
GERMAN T.
The New German Parliament.
Bfrlin, December 10 1 P. M. The Gcrmnn
Parliament will be voted for almost universally
thoughout Germany.
Blemark Resigns the Presidency.
Bkrmk, December 19 P. M. Count von P.ls
mnrk bas resigned the Presidency of the Con
fidence. FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY.
The National Express offlce Closed, Etc.
SPECIAL DK8PATCH TO TUB EVBNINQ TELKORArn.J
Baltimore, December 20. The National Ex
press office here has been entirely closed, and
the whole asct9 have gene into the hamls of
ex-Governor Pratt, as trustee and receiver.
ll the city seems absorbed in preparing for
t'h. .3tm.i.
An Appointment.
By the A'ew York Associated Press.
Washington, December 20. Edward V.
Murphy, for many years one of the reporters In
the United States Senate, has been appointed
Superintendent of Exports at the port of Phila
delphia, Steam from die to Liverpool.
By the Xtw York Associated Press,
Buffalo, December 20. The merchants of
Erie, Pa., are making efforts to establish direct
lines of vessels to carry petroleum from Erie to
Liverpool. The vessels are to have capacity to
carry twenty-five hundred barrels each, and to
make three trips per season.
Arrival ot Steamers.
By the Mew York Associated J'riss.
New York, December 20. The steamship
DentKch and, from houthampton on the ;th,
arrived here at auy early hour this morning.
The steamship Java, from Liverpool, has
arrived at Halifax.
hip News lcr Steamer "Java."
Arrived from New York, ship Ansdale, at
Table bay. Ship Queensland, at Deal. Fron
Portland, ship Orra Linn, at Belfast. From
lloston, ship Otiuro, at Alaoa Day. From Phila
delphia, ship Aldrid, at Queeiistowu. From
New Orleans, ship Marie, at Liverpool. From
Baltimore, ship Carroll, at Liverpool.
Markets by Telegraph.
New Yoke, December 20. Xlie otock Markot ia
lower. Money at 6 p cent, Gold 13(i. ; United
S'a'es Five twentie of 1802. coupons 107 aWl ot
1804, coupons, lOOI&WOi. of 1SB5, lOOJiIuUi j leu
lortioo, coupons, liujf ; Seven- turned, ot "all ferios,
106.((al06S j Missouri sorii-g, 08i(o93Jj Canton Com
panv, 46)C46j Cumb-rland preferred, 8UC8;
Western Union ieieerraphi ompany, 46: New York
Central, 110ft Erie KaiLroad, 73j ; Hudson River,
liil;?KeBdiiii. 104J.
Sky York, Decombor 20. Cotton Arm; uo
Iands, 35o. Hour dull and with Jess flriniiosa;
Southern brands dull and droopiuj?. Wnoat dull
and nominally lower. Corn dull and lf2o. lower,
ltyc quiet. ISar.ey drooping. Oats lo. lower; galot
ol 21,000 bushels. Keet dull. Fork dull and
lower; ew Me, 820 26; O'd do., $19; prime,
17-37jkl7-75. Lard steady. Buttorquiot. Whisky
dud.
Baltimore, Decetnbor 20. Flour is very firm
Oldo extra, S12 7513: Chicago extra, 812 25a l2 75;
Provisions inactive Pork, 823. Colluo dulf; Itio,
616 oOialS'GO. Supars dull, aud Whisky very quiet.
Conflict of Authority Iletwcen Governor
leiintr ana Ueu. Uraut lu Missouri.
I Jefferson Citt, December 19. General
I Orant left St. Louis for the Eat yesterday.
Pelore leaving he sent a company of United
State troops to Lexington, to protect tbe bush
v hackers irom (iovcruor Fletcher's militia.
Governor Fletcher has one to take command
of his militia in person, lie says h" outranks
Geneial Grant in Missouri, and the end is not yet.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Court of tluarter Seaelona Judgo Poirce.
This morninif finds this Court still occupied in tho
liiai ol the cape ot ttio c omnionuealth vs. Jainos
Falby. Kvtryone.no doubt, bv tins time, knows
this case by heart, at least as It has been proton red
at I onrt lor we have already eivon it twice, once
upon its tr al last term, aud airain icaterduv.
Ihe whole ot yosterday was occupied in the ex
amination of witnosses. Tho Commonwealth, aitur
the c'ose of the dutense eflbrimr tho testimony of a
Jaree number ot witnesses In robutta'. Ai O i
forth, representing tne Common wealth, w.n tiiU
niornlna "giiovmg" bis rohuttiiii; witiio.scs n onir id
a huriv, In order to pet through wltn the cm at
foon as possible, and in order to no away Irom
Court (us the room i now verycold) Messrs. fa.
sidav and O'Kyrno, lor tho detonUaiit. uro also
working hard to bring tho caso to a saeedv oneiu
eion, but at tho closo ot our report it wai stilt on
trial.
Supreme Court at NUl Prlus Judge
1 r-oniecon Merrick & Sons va Germ in a, li'in
t'Ver, Fulton, and LorriUard Insurauco Companies
ol Mew York. An action to recover upon policies
of insurance on the Houthwark Foundry. Plaint
elaim that their los was 61801, wlncn included
tbe niaeliiner-- ol the Ciuittanooya and several othor
vtcIr they weie buildinir, and which loss was pro
portioned among all the companies. Defendants
claim that their policies d d not cover tho machinery
of these vessels, aud that its value should bo de
ducted from the lull amount, and that they shou d
he charged with their respective proportions of tho
l"sg on the balance. Defendants havo alroadr paid
each on tbe policies, which the? say covered
the polJes Plaintius olaim a balanco of 81117 89
irom each company. On trial.
Eivorce in Vermont Under tho laws of Ver
mont divorce is now granted for "adultery, sen-t'-nce
to confinement in the State Prison for
hree years or more, intolerable severity, wilful
ncsertion for three years, absence for pven
ears, and not heard from during the time, and
cros'S ncelect and cruel refusal of the husbatid
provide suitable maintenance for the wile."
.V bill as introduced at the last session of the
Lr eiMlatute to add another cause to the list,
nabltual in tempe ranee." On tbe fir-d; vote it
as lost; on the second carried, and on the third
lout in each case by a very small majority.
Wc are prepared tor tho statement that in Ver
mont the proportion of divorces to marriases,
at present, is one to eleven.
Shipments of Colorado Golr?. The shipment of
Coloiado cold for tho week endintr Tuesdav.
December 4, was 1179 ouuees, valued at $24,000.
This is an Increase of seventy two ounces over
last week, says tbe Central City (Col.) Register.
Colonel Frederick llecker, who has re
idded iu Illinois nearly seventeen years, has
been nominated by tho city of Marburg as its
candidate for Representative in the North Ger
man Parliament. Colonel Hecker is a native of
the Grand Duchy of lUdeu.
A Wahinptou clergyman, in addressing fa
vrayer on behalf of universal suffrage, without
regard to race, color, aire, or sex, said, "Para
doxical as this may eeein to Thee, O Lord, It is
uevcrtbele.-s true."
A Methodist paper thinks that nolkaing has
uo power to steady tho reason, and that waltz
ing gives a paralytic vertigo to animal nature.
Human existence hangs upon trifles. Wnat
would btuuty be without soap.?
Two tight-rope walacrs In Ban Francisco
recently broke their necks.
They have news-girls in Chicago, as well a
news boys.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Office of tbi Evening Tblrobath, I
Thursday, December 20, 1866. f
h..t r2f,.k Market wa" lnR" this morninf,
but prces were sipihit. i:n. rnn,nn T
were nrmiy neia at mil pric'. (
at 107?; 6s of 1H81 at I121, an
Junc7,:)0s at 10.IJ, no chmiiie
H94r?0l)', no chanse. City loam
".MJJ US'? J?.'"'! K'F. OldTVold
advance of 4;
and 10-40 n.t
loarm worn In tni
ui-ujaiiu; ine new issue SOlU at 'JBJtjStKH and old
do. at 1)6, no chance.
Kailraad shares continue tbe most active on
the list. Catawlssa pn fened sold largely at
2i'f2!iJ. closing at 20, a decline of 4; Re idina; at
62dri52.l, dtvideud oil. a decliue of i; and Pcnu
svlvania Itwlroad at 5"i,j(Wi55f. a slight advanf-c;
130 was bid tor Camden aud Amboy; CO for Nor-ib-town;
684 for Miuehill; .10 lor North Penn
sylvania; 30 lor Klmira common; 42 for preferred
J.0' 31i for Philadelphia and Eric; and 48 for
Northern Central.
In City Passenger Railroad shares there was
not hi up doinp. 90 was bid for Second and
Ihird; 194 for Thirteenth and Filieen h; 331 for
Spruce and Pine; filj tor Chcsnut an t Walnut;
t lor Wiet Philadelphia; 14 lor estonville- 3d
for Union ; and 30) lor Gerniantoivn.
Pank shares, as we have noticed for some
time papt, coniinucjn uood demand for invest
ment at full pi ices. Common wealth sold at 67.
1311 was bid for Firt National; 115 for Third
National; 240 for North America; 135 for Farm
cr' and Mechnnlcs'; 65 for Commercial; 100 lor
Northern Liberties; 101 for -south wark; 100 for
KeiiBineton; 67 torGirard; 91 lor Western; 100
lor Tradesmen's; 41J tor Consolidation; aud 02
lor Union.
In Canal shares there wai very little move
ment. Schinlkill Nav'caiion preferred sold at
do.l, no cbwnpe: 21 was bid for common do.; 65
lor Lehigh Navigation; aud 5G lor Delaware
Division.
Coal shares were In demand at an advance.
New York and Sliddlp sold at 4, an advance of
I; 5 was bid for Fulton, and 3 81-100 tor Cit
Monrtain.
Money is apain easier. S'x Dcr cent, is still
the moi-tceneral rate 011 demand loanp, but the
transactions at 5 per cent, are more numerous.
Discounts coin inuc dull at 6fu!7 per cent, for
pime paper. Foreisn cxehiihpe is nominally
held at steady rates. Lend ma bankers ask 1094
for tiO days' sterling bills, and HOj for short
siaht tio.
Quotations of Gold M. A.M., 13(51; 11 . M..
136: 12 M.. 136: 1 P. M.; 135j, a decline of lj
on the closing price Ian evening.
I'lllLADKLPHIA STOCK tXCUAflUK SALSS TO-nAI
Kiportedbj De Uavon & JJ10 , No. 40 S. Third street
FIRST HOAHD.
tfiuou US bum... C.112J 100sn ltnadinff....fi J12
HSlOOO 6-21)8. f.2 cp. . . ,-lO.if
S1600 U.&7U0S. Jy.lu6i
2i0 do. ...Jui.e 104?
Sa6n0 ao.. Jo lt.. 105
JHOOO 0 8 10 40s.cp.. 93
200 sn
do
..I0IB.B6 62
100 Mil
100 -h
200 sh
100 sh
100 sh
200 Bh
do
do
0 1
.810.52
0 62
44
do
do
9 s5 62
9 slO 62i
o..s5int.62'iil
1C000 do.... 6n 99,
8500 City os nc&p. . 99
do
do..lotsslO 624
10o do muc&,i09i
.lotsslO 62(f
itoal.e lj
1 .'!'.! 930 29?
$300 00 o.acfcp 90
200 sh Ocean 8-(59
100 sh fech N pt 85J
25 n l'tmna If.. lots fifil
i'Aju Din on mmi
boo an do.
100 sh Cata m
400 h do.ioiH.30 29
100 sh do..,B60wn 29 '
I 10 h do 00 29J
100 sh do c 29J
200shNY&MC!ols 4
200 sh Kevstone Zino l
6 Bh Coml lk 57
Messrs. De llaveu & Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report tbe folio n'inp rates of ex
change to-day at 1 P. M.: American cold, 135A
(U:J0; Silver As and I, 129; Compound ' Iti.ereit
Notes, June, 1804, li; do.. Julv, 18(!4, LIS; do..
AupiiHt, 1804, 15J; do., October, 18G4, Ul; do..
December, 184, 13J; do., Mav. 1805, 11 1; do..
Ainrust, 18C5, loj; do., -September, 1SC5, Ji; do..
October, 180i, 94.
Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No.
30 South Third street, report tho following rates
of exchanpo to-dav at 12 o'clock; U.S. 6s, 1881
coupou, lllj&mj ; H. S. 5-2(), coupon, 18G2, 107
moii; do.. 18C4, 10610(1 '.; do., 1805, 10(4
iuujj; uo., new, loiio, lu:t(fllU8j; U. 10-40S.
coupon. 9D$1U0; U. S. 7-30s. 1st series, 105
df,h5i; do., 2d scries, 105(??!105J; 3d seriiw, 105
105j; Compounds, December, 1804, 13jrgl3d.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
TnURBDAY Deccmbor 2). Cotton is rather
firmer, but there Isvcr Iitt'o demand. Small sales
of middling uplands at 31o , and New Orleans at 36
(36c.
In Queroitron Bark no further transactions have
been reported.
Tho Coal trudo Is at a stand, and prices arc entirely
nominal.
1 hero is a firm (coline In tho Flour Market, but
the demucd has been confined entirety to the wants
ol ti e homo consumers who have takon about 1000
hiirrois, at Hill al2 76 l barrel lor Northwestern
extia landlv; 81213 60 lor Pennsylvania and Ohio
'i'i'0,0' 141tJ lor lanovi 89 .10-50 forextra, and
88 .V60foruyerfine. 200 burrols Kye Flour sold
at -i Jb. I'r'crfl of Corn Aloal are nominal.
1 Hero is very little prnno v? heat i ffdnnp, and ttiis
cescnpti'in is wanted at lull ra es; sales of 1000
l usheis prime Soittln rn n d at $3 25; small lots of
o,Ilb5i'v.ul,m nt f2 808 10, and white at 91 S(m
J 40. A lot ot 8 ae Kve sold at CI 88. Corn is In
pood demand, and 8000 bu-hels new yellow so d at
r01 n 105, and 1200 l usheis old do ut $1 18. Oats
are in fair request, with salos at 67fa58 cents. Tricae
ot Par ey and Mult ore nominal.
Whisk' I ho trado is confined to the contraband
aitiole, and prices are nominal.
General Lewis reports the freedtnen in Ea-t
Tennessee as craving for education.
Ayounp Boston merchant has be'en down
in tbe crater of Mount Vesuvius.
To-day, Friday, and Saturday will bo the
shortest days of tho jear.
Conspicuous baldness auTiotMhe K,i;pre-s
Eugenie.
J'vnch's advice ho w to kill time shoot every
day. J
There is good skating in Richmond.
liiniSTJIAS GIFTS
FOB CHILDREN,
Hobby Horses,
Bprirg Hones,
Chair Horses,
Velocipedes,
Wheelbarrow,
Wagons, Carts, Etc ,
Wholesale and Retail ly the Manufacturer,
J. A. YOST,
12 20 21 No. tiH DOCK Street.
riASH AND ptCKD ROXFS, AND A FULL
J aoitnieutof Stationers' Tin im. ur.u'
CO. S. t,o. M CHESMj'f Street.
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