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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 13GG.
Iliitoiical rhotonrnplis o( (J rent Men.
An examination of various historical char
acters, as prcaentel to us hy writers, has
tendency to make us believe, with "Ingo,"
that reputation Is a tnoit Idle and false Impo
sition. The fame of a representative man
of any by Rene age is handled about between
the deml god and the demagogue, apparently
accordance wK& the personal views of the
authors. For a long time we believed that
certain kings and statesmen were very bad
men, because they had been painted so to
us by ancient historians. But ol late, In
stead of vilifying, it has become fashionable
to ''whitewash" their sins, and make them
appear rather as Injured aud defamed heroes
ttytn as willing disciples of his satanic majesty.
Il is curious to note the changes which
come over the literary Bpirit of any particular
time. One decade Bees all the writers busily
engaged in tearing down the Jofty lames o
those of another, while the next decade sees
them all at work mending their tattarcd repu
tations, and seeking to re-srect the statues
almost demolished by their predecessors. At
preseut the work of cleaning the Wackcned
tablets is the order of the day, and unless a
check is speedily put to the practice of what,
under the assumption of impaitiality, Is really
gross adulation, we may expect to have no
bad men to hold up to our children as warn
ings. Some time since in fact, some eigh
teen centuries ago Seneca and Lucan voted
Nero a monster, and so recorded him in their
histories. But alter all the world absenting
to that judgment for nearly two thousand
years, we of the present ago have devoted
our skill to ck-ailjg the unfortunate royal
murderer, and to-day we can And thousands
of people who scoff at the idea ol burning
Home and Nero humming a tuue.
About the same time that Nero flourished,
auother traditional hypocrite filled the same
throne. Tiberius Ciesar is painted to us as
" a man of great diisimulntion suspicious
dark, and revengeful." Of late, however, he
also has had his advocates, and we read a
short time since an elaborate work tending to
piove that Tiberius was a man of deep cau
tion, but at heart a very good fellow alVer
all. In late times we find, even among our
standard historians, a singular attempt to
clear the characters of men who have always
been reckoned among the worst of our race
Whenever an orator desired to terrify au
order-loving audience, and to ntr.t.nm to t.hnm
the incarnate fiend ot anarchy, he would
invoke the shade of Robespierre, and achieve
a fine point. But some other type must now
besought 1 he latest works are defending
Robespierre. A short time since a little
French pamphlet fell under our notice, which
exhausted itself, the subject, and the reader
n an effort to show that the great leader of
the Jacobins was a shrewd statesman, who
did wiong rather by force of circumstances
than from a moral depravity.
The name of Richard III has been handed
down to odium by the play of Shakespeare.
Now, while It cannot be denied that Shake
speare, with a servile desire to gain favor
with Elizabeth, made tbe faults of Richard
far more prominent than history warrants,
yet, it was not until the past decade that we
have heard the doctrine advocated tint
Richard was a virtuous and absolutely excel
lent, but eccentric king. We think that Miss
Ilalstcd first originated the idea of an im
maculate Closter, but several more extensive
writers have sought to confirm the impres
sion. By keeping to the middle way, and
adopting a happy medium of judgment be
tween the fiend and the Christian, we can
make a more correct estimate.
It is worthy of note, also, to see how far
the prejudices of a writer will lead him to
exalt a favorite hero, or debase him, to suit
his purpose. Tbe case of the treatment ol
Oliver Gromwell is one In point. Macaulay
makes tbe Frotector the grand piime motive
power of the Revolution of the Common
wealth of England; while, on the other
hand, Hume states that, during the debate of
the Rump Faliament.his influence and posi
tion were aiike insignificant, and it was not
until fortune made him the had of the army
that he was made to hold a prominent posi
tion. It seems, however, that the estimate of
his power is unjust, and it has been, shown
fiom the records that he held many posluom,
on the most Important committees, and was
the author of some ot the most vitally revolu
tionary measures adopU d by the Long .Par
liament. Probably, however, the most notable in
stance of an attempt to clear a defamed
character is that attempted by Froude In
his ''History of Eugland"-a work most ex
cellent in diction and clear In style In the
case ol Henry Till. Henry h as been al ways
pictured to us as a bigamist and a wife
murderei a combination of the most despi
cable and lnfomous characteristics In nature.
If however, Mr. Froude la to be believed, we
owe that monarch m apology. He was In
deed peculiar, that must be acknowledged
ele,how account for his serle 0f wives P but,
at the same time, he was a frank, genial gen
tleman, and not half so bad as many of his
more honored contemporaries.
In (act, If we continue to put any faith in
the writers of the present century, we may as
THE DAILY. EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2T, : I860."
well acknowledge ourselves historical infidels
at once. We can pronounce no judgment on
a man whom ten centuries have voted a mur
drrer, for fear the ten centuries have done
him inluftlce. We mut modify our estimate
and belief none bad and none good, but each
exactly as our lancy makes them. There
may be much reason in the seeking to modify
extreme opinions, but we think that in at
tempting Impaitiality Froude and hi? com
peers are doing as much injustice by adula
tion as oth rs have done by their detractions'
It is well, however, to remember the advice
of Bulwer's "Richelieu" to historians :
"Ve rale aud formal men,
VI o irriio ibs uw, aud wiih unfcvprisli hauJ,
Wo ulc 111 l'ie 106 motives oi iho rrri ,
Yv cannot know what ye hare wvor tried!
llielory ii.eneives only the flo?hlrn bones
Of n li m wo ore ind by the mock ii(r skull
lliewou (I li wire prclonn to pu tut Ibe toaluroa!
V itliou' iho rounduP8n and the a'owr ofl'ie
liow hideous la t e sel ton! Without
1 ho co oringa and humanities that clothe
'in errors, iho anatoin s'a of schools
Can wake our meinor hklooua!"
Repotted Massacre by Indians.
Wk can hardly credit the telegram from Fort
I aramie, published In our later editions yes
terday, to the effect that on the 22d a terrible
massacre occurred near Fort Phil. Kearney,
in which Brevet Colonel Fetterman, Captain
Brown, and Lieutenant Gourmond, of the
18th Infantry, with ninety enlisted men of
the 2d Cavalry and 18th Infantry, were sur
rounded by Indians, and every officer and
man killed.
1 he circumstances would have to be very
cxtraoidinary in which so large a body of
regular United States troops, commanded by
oOit'Cis of such rank, could be entirely cut off.
It is barely possible that the report is correct,
but we shall not believe it until tuller intelli
gence is received.
Our whole Indian system, as at present con
ducted, is expensive, corrupt, and inefficient
to the last degree. It is a fungus on the body
politic, which han grown to be of the hugeat
dimensions. From the Secretary of the Inte
rior down to the pettiest agent of the meanest
tribe, the whole thing is simply putrescent
with fraud and downright theft. The Gov
ernment is cheated and the Indians ari
cheat d. If reform ot the most sweeping aud
drastic character cannot be introduced, the
entire system had better be abolished.
Instead of promoting peace between the
Indians and the whites, it is really at the
bottom of nearly all the trouble there is.
Should this reported massacre prove to be
a lact, it may wake the Government up to the
nece-sity of remodelling the whole Indian
Bureau. The Rocky Mountain chain, from
Fort Benton to El Paso, is dotted over with
the settlements of our hardy mining pioneers.
The great routes between them and the
Atlantic States are infested by bands ol
hostile Indians. Protection muU be afforded,
for our mining interests are becoming of the
highest nat'oual importance, and deserve to
be losteied in the most generous manner. It
is ccitain that these roving savages cannot
be allowed much longer to impede the da
veiuinuciiL of tUla great braueU Ol ttie nation's
industry.
Koutlieru Sentiment.
Statements and counter statemen's multi
ply from Washington in regard to a change
of purpose on the part ol the Southern com
munities with reference to accepting the
terms of reconstruction offered in the Consti
tutional amendment. Prps'dent Johnson, it
is reported, has lately expressed the opinion
i hat those terms would probably be accepted.
We search in vain, however, for any indica
tions of returning reason on the part of the
Somh itself. On the contrary, the organs of
public sentiment in that section appear to
grow more bitter and defiant. Some of them
are openly and delightedly predicting another
aimed conflict, in which the late Rebel forces
v, ill be reinforced by large accessions from
the Northern Democracy. They seem to
forget that this was one of the vain hopes
upon which the South relied in 1861. The
same madness which inspired the leaders of
the Rebellion still manifests itself; the old
virus still rankles and burns.
These are not pleasant facts to contem
plate, but a knowledge ot them is essential to
a correct understanding ol the great problem
which the nation Is attempting to solve.
Death of General Curtis.
Major-Gknmial Samuel R. Curtis died
ol apoplexy at Council Bluffs, Iowa, yester-.
day. General Curtis was for several years
a representative In Congress from one of the
Iowa districts, being at the head of the Mili
tary Committee, if we remember light, during
one term. He entered the volunteer service
eaily in tbe war, and was soon appointed to
the rank of Major General. His greatest
military achievement was the victory of Pea
Ridge. Near the close of the war, he met
and defeated tbe Rebel General Price, who
had invaded the State of Missouri and pene
trated to tha Kansas line, General Curtis
Wing then in command of the Department of
KansM. since the war he has officiated as
one of the Government Commlssioneii for
the inspection of t Pacific Railroad as
fast as completed. He was a griduate ot
West Point in 1831, and was quite distin
guished In his younger days as a civil
engineer.
eaasaaa asaasBi
Tbe Congiessional Exclusion.
Toe Congressmen who are "pending their
holidajs in taking a trip through the South,
sre being hospitably entertained at the larger
towns where they stop. At Nashville a flue
banquet was given to them, which was par
ticipated in by gentlemen ol all political
views. Our "Southern brethren" will find
that the "radicals" are not such bloodthirsty
fellows as tbelr imaginations . had, perhaps,
pictuied them. The highest good of. the
South itself Is bound up in the proper settle
ment of tha great questions before tha
country.
IUpentc and Rer onxtmction.
W clip the following editorial from a Frede
ricksburg (Va.) exchange. It N a sample of
the repentance which is exhibited throughout
the entire South, ard the brutality of Its tone
savors rather of the Sandwich Island) In
the days of Captain Cook than a Christian
people. With such utterances from the South
herself, it needs no spur to prick the sides of
our radical Intent :
"$11,MK, we hear, were ptld out here on
Stmiriiay to the 'Utniul I'orpV for thiir pious
labors in rebitrying the Federal dead durlntr tbe
months t October aud November. Uut loi
(Jcneml LeeV mistaken rm-rcy to clti7.cn- iu re
ftisit a to lire on Fredericksburg, outhc n'.bst of
December 15, 18G2, ten limes ai tnauy would
have required the soi-vicea of a Hunal Cor)):
and that interesting 'C'otos' would have bad
occupation, and pay to spend iu Fredeilcki"
brrs', for FOiue time to cotne. Biirnidc, it
-poems, was ocr benetactor. Uut lor tue
sup. a Maii'.'bter ot ui own MMlers, there
woul'l not have been a much money pVid
out Jn impovprisbed Fmlei lokshurv. Tuc
ticld on ibis aide of Murye' HeiahU, on winch
was prown the corn our charitv aent to starving
IiclMid in 1847. has jielded a ri h harvest in
the Irish invaders slain, whoo dad bortie
covered its fatr surface in Decern ot. Hf,2, and
now Ihc monev paid for their reinterment on
the 'Helehts' they could not take, will briue a
ciiculatine medium to tbe Confederates who n
they robbpd, and whose houses they sacked. Of
cour9" we pay our share of taxs to support
thesn Yankee absurdities and nuiancei, Freed
n.ru'i. bureau, Uuiial Corps, and military occu
pation; but it U some comfort that our dead in
vaders help to pay the rot of cir living no.''
Ol Course!
The termination of the Missouri affair is con
tained in the following :
hr. Louis, December 28 Tb? rotnervative
report that i'riaidentJoouson decliues to iutT
leic In Misouri affairs, on the ground that each
Si i,te eboul ! be left free to nrv.crve peace, and
that no interference will be tolerated unless the
tutted States, laws ne violated or thextate
al's tor help. This is tbeyBiippoeed srouivl for
Genet al Orant's orders wmdra wing the troops
rom Leiiup tou.
The only wonder is bow, with the plain and
explicit language of the Constitution before
our laces, anybody could have entertained a
different opinion. The conservatives have
shown, for nearly a year past, a perfect
willingness to see the Constitution trampled
in tbe dust if they could only get up a colli
sion between the officers of the General Gov
ernment and the State ot Missouri. Gov
ernor Fletcher deserves ureal cred t for the
coolness and addiess with which he ha? borne
himself.
Tub Secretary of thk Common
vi eai.tu. A telegram Irom Harr'sburg an
nounces the appointment of Colonel Frank
Jort'an to the post of Secretary of the Com
monwealth, vice Eli Sliier, Esq. Tbe appoint
ment is one which commends itself to the
entire Republican par y. The success of the
ticket in our State was due, in a great degree,
to the perseverance, tact, and fidelity of
Colonel Jordan. We commended at the
time the skill and determination he displayed,
and we congratulate the State upon having
for her Secretary a gentleman so closely Iden
tified with all her interests, and at once so
urbane and able an official. Tbe selection of
Hon. Benjamin H. BrewHer Is also a deserved
compliment to an able Jurist a nd a thoroughly
radical lawyer. Mr. Brewster has fjr years
stood among the foremost ranks of his profes
sion, and is eminently qualified to fill tbe
chair occupied by tbe venerable statesman,
Hon. William M. Meredith.
lU FuatD. It is said that tbe application
lcr a writ of habeas corpus in favor of Dr.
Mudd, one ot the assassin conspirators, which
was immediately made upon tbe announce
ment of the recent decision of the Supreme
Couit in regard to trials by military commis
sions, has been refused, on the ground that
such cases are not covered by that decision.
It is perhaps not best to jump to hasty con
clusions in regard to the Supreme Court. We
are not prepared to believe that it is to be
prostituted to the political ends of conser
vatism and retiogression. Many of the most
important questions that can come up, con
nected with the subject of reconstruction,
have already been virtually settled by the
Supremo Court, and settled in accordance
with the loyal Bentiment of the country.
Sentenced. Another Fenian, Thomas
Smith, has been tiled by the Canadian autho
ries for participating In last summer's inva
son, found guilty, and sentenced to be bung.
This Canadian invasiou business is getting to
be pretty serious for those who were engaged
in it. m
A case will Boon be brought before the
Supreme Court, it is sail., covering the
question of the present political status of
tbe people constituting the community of
Alabama.
The repotted conversation between the
President and Representative Eggleston 1h
denied in toto.
Dry Goods Business U dull, but the woret
has beeu leached, aud there aie ni ne buyers of
uf'Ods at the reduced enecs asked, thus arrest
liig the downward tendency In fcome measure.
Urowu shirtings and beetine have improve!
in demand, Hnd standard shectiues are uifiher.
bleached good aie also belter, the great pre
vious reducliou having drauoutbuver. Drills
are in limited demand. Canton flaunels aie
quiet. Stripes and licks are moviug a little.
I'tintf, however, are oulv active lor the mo?t
desirable stales, aud prices are firmer. Delaines
are iu tair activity, and desirable makes hud a
ready sale. Cobures are inactive b it tirm.
Broadcloths are more brisk at the recent decline
in price. CaBiniers are very inactive, H?av..
and d uk desirable qualities and style alone
are wanted. Satinets ure very dulL Flaunels
are very slow of tale. Blankets ate dull aud
heavy. Foreign goods are very .ua;tive. The
lmportatioub are very few. but old stocks aie
laree. No activity is expected till the middle
ot January, when spring ooods will be offered,
of which there is a good upi1y. h lita and
French, German and English dresigoodt can
at preseat be bought to gteat advantage. Ta
fall in gold wlllanert prices favorably to buyers.
A1. Y. Independent.
Infi nt Mortality in France Notice has lately
been atttacted to the decrease of the pop tlatiou
in several districts of France, owin? to the tear
lul mortality amongst lulauia. The childreu
who thua die off by thousands are tent out to
nurse by parent who cannot attend to them, or
who wiah to rid themselves ot illegitimate o(T
hpilng. Some communes are celebrated lor
never rearing children.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFtCE Or THI F.VWO TffLMltiFH, I
Tbursdaj, December 27, lsud. (
The Stock Market was very dull thH moraln;,
and pr.ces were uoscttled, owing to the further
decline, in gold. In (Jovenment bonds tkrv was
voiy bttle domj. July "C5 6-2 U sold a'. 1071, a
decline of I; ana Cs ot IHUi at 1101, decline ol
f;!!i was hi 1 tor 10 40; 104J for 6-20: and lo:tj
(M04 tor June and August' 7,3i)s. City loans
weie unchangeJ; iuo new is-ue sold at 9:i j, aud
old do. at 90.
ItailtOKd shares were inactive. Reidin? sold
at from 624.52, cIjbIus at the latter ra'e, no
change; aud 2;ij lor CatawUva prelened, no
change. 12!ij was bid lor Camdn and Amboy;
60 i lor Peui s.ylvania lta lroal; 33 lor Little
Kiiujlkill; 61 lor Noiii-town? f8 lor Miuehlllj
H7i lor North Pennsylvania: 2;ifor Klmira com
mon; 42 Xor pie.envd Jo.: 30) tor Philadelphia
and Erie; and 47A for Northern Central.
In City Passenger K-Jiiroad shares there
was notntng (ioins. t0 waa bid for t-conl and
Tl.lrd; 19 lor ThtrU eiitu and Fitteci th; 60 lor
Chesiitit and Walnut; 1 1 lor cstouville; 3D lor
(in en and Coates; 2t)t lor Chard Cjllese; and
lis for Union.
Dank shares continue in gool denimd for In
vestment at lull prices. 13 1 was bid for First
National; 113 lor Third National; 112 lor Sixth
National; 13."1 for Farmers' and Mechanic)'; 66
Ut Commercial; 100 lot Northern Liberties; 31
lor Mechanic'; 100 lor Kensiuirtou: 100 for
Tradesmen's; 41 tor Consolidation; aud 50 for
Commercial.
Canal shares were dull anl lower. Schuvlkill
Navigot'on pn'tern-d solJ at 3 J, a decline of 4;
H(i whs bid lor Morns Cuual; 13 torSiaque
hanua Canal; and 6G forDe'aare Division.
Quotations ot Uohl DM A.M. 131 1; 11 A. M..
l !l: 12 M., 131J; 1 P. M.. lilt, a d.'cliu" of i
on tic closing I'rice last evening.
The New York Tribune this morning says:
"Money ha- becuiu active demand aiuo.i Mock
hoii'es al 7 cent., and 6'7 ) ccut. haj b.'en
paid c n (lovernmeut collatei.sis. Tbe activity
in money pn reeds In some rlearree Ir ui the
usual dtflre to make things look song by mer
chant? mid others at New Year's. In commer
cu.l paper there is little doing. I'rttne na ues
fell at 7 ft cent. Late in tbe day no .-all loans
tou dbe mad mi ler 7 i eeur. Sterling bills
at CO da s are quoted at lt' i by ical ui
houses."
The New York Tlerabl this tnorniua: say:
"The money market was quiet, and while
some found it easy, others fouud it moderately
active at seven per ceut. There is reaso-i to
bel.eve that the legal-tender notes hypothecated
by the bears with ceitain friendly bauks, as or
diuary collaterals, are still withheld Iroiu circu
lation, and thia is haviug its elfect iu curtailing
the volume ot loanable funds available lor use
on the SMock F.xcbanL'?.
"The object of the 'bear has been not only to
limit monetary accommodations tor tbo tiaie
1'cius, but to aioiiae uu'ounded appreheuslous
1 l the future, aud thus to demoralize, as far as
po'jible, the s'ock market. This is a strategic
peM'oi nance influenced by purely speculrive
motives, and levelled against the natural course
ot tbe markets tor both money and stocks. It
ran. thcreloie. work only a transient result, aud
oecided ease must follow.
"Tbe draiu from the Wwt continue?, and that
to the South has nearly subsided, aud on the
2d of Jauuar) the disbursements of dividends
by the banks, insurance, and other compauies,
will commence, thu swelling the amount ol
money In the open market, while on tbe 151 u. of
January the semi-anuual iuletesi on the third
uric- of tbe seveu-tniri loan wiil become due."
1'iilUDKLPlllA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES T0-DA1
Ki potted by De Haven k Bro , No. 40 S. Third street
BEFORE BOARDS.
100 8b reading Railroad 02
FIRST BOARD
SlfOOUSr.s8icpc.1104 86hO0LhiKh V 6s..' 95
loo c-ajs G6 coup. . . ii6 4t,o en tcu in pt. as
8fi0 lo Jy..c.l07J 100sUUa.ol 2i
S1CC0 do retio JylOtfi 100 sb do 29
ftlGGOSch A.7sbtln.. H7 I osh Readiu. .o iff 62
8-101 0 i-cli 6s, 64. cUtji HI J 1G0 sb do soO 62i
&2C00 fa K 11 in bs. .llffij 400 sh do 52i
Ue..r, lo llnviu dc ltrotdlT, No. 40 tlOUtb
Third tret't, report the lolloping rates of ex
change to-day at 1 P. M.: American gold, 131.
(5.1314; Silver As aud i, 125; Compound Interest
Notes, June, 180.4, Hi; do., .lulv, 1804, 15. J; do.,
August, 1804, 15; do., October, lsiit, 14; do.,
Decimbci, 18tl4, 13; do., Mav, 1803, 11; do.
Aupost, 18G5, lo: do., September, 186'., ',; do.
ilctobet, 196'., 9.
Messrs. William Pam'er A Co., bankers. No.
South Third street, report the following rat;s
of exchange to-dav a' 12 o'clock: C.S, Cs, 1881
coupon, 1(9; ('110; ('. 5 20s, coupon, 1802, M5
W105f ; do.. 1804, I01(:10tj; do., 1S05, 101V3
105: do., new, 1805, 107J107?; U. S. lO-iOs,
coupon, 99!!i!; U. S. 7-30s, 1st serted, 104
(Trl04f; do., 2d scries, 1041044; 3d sptU", 104
(1014; Compounds, Di-cember. 1804, 13313,1.
Philadelphia Tiade Report.
1 HURf dat, Uecembor 27 lhere was a very firm
lceliug in the Flour Market to-day, but tbjre was no
demand, except from tbe home consumers, who pur
chased oiily enourh to supply tuoir most necessitous
wants. Bates or 800 barrels, chitfly North wes'ern
extra family, at $11-50313 inciud.ng Pennsylvania
and Ohio do. co. at 12j14 50 the latter rate for
choice wlntor Wheat; laucy at 814-6316; extras at
80S.10 60; and superfine at $8 $3 60. in the absence
ol sales we qaote Kye Flour at $7 25 fc barrel. No-thine-
doing la Corn Meal.
The Wbeat MarV.ot continues excessively dull. A
cargo ol 00,000 bushels of California has jun arrived,
pait of which was consigned to a milter, and part to
a commission morohaut. In the asonco ot talos we
quote Pennsylvania red at 92-66S3 10; BouUiorn do
at 8(38 25; ana white at $3 203 45. Rye is held
at SI 2C1 86. There was rather more inquiry tor
Corn, and 16 000 bushels new yellow sold at 95&93o.,
in store and afloat. Old yellow sells at 91-18. Oats
remain without change. Small sales at 67i30o.
There is nothing doing in Whisky, and prices aro
nominal.
A Strange Donation. Among the Loudon
Ttmes1 advertisements the following recently ap
peared: "Arclrbmop Manning acknowledges,
withtuauka, the later and enclosure oi A. I.
L., rect-ivid safely on November 6th." Th
truURHctiou to which the announcement dimlv
relers is cxtiaordinaiy. On the day on which
the Gunpowder Plot Is called to rufud by irro
tesque exhibitions in the public streets, Ar li
me hop Maiming received the letter alluded to,
ibe enclosure Deiui? a check on a leading bank
tr the sura of five hundred pound j. Toe sender
eave no name, but sipned him-elf "Guy Faux,
a Protestant," and marked bis donation "for
the use ol Pope Plus IX." Archbishop Man
nine looked upon tbe letter iu the light of a jest,
and wus about throwing letfrand check on the
brc. when Ids secretary t-uirpeMed that they
might be able to trace ibe author of the sup
poped hoax, inasmuch as the check was num
bered aud li ttered bv the bankers. Archbishop
Manning agreed to this, aud on tbe check beine
presented at the bank, the manager sai l he bad
iiistrucions to pay tbe amount, and that the
pltt was that of a Protestant gentleman, who
as anxious that his Dime should not be made
known. The Archbishop irausmittcd the money
in due course to Home, and thanked the douor
by public advertisement.
The Consumption of Wate: anl Win) in Paris.
"La Vigne" writes as follows: - Do vou
know how much water is distributed iu Paris
iu ti e space of three months f
"Sixteen milliards (thousand millions), one
bundrel aud eighty-seven millions, seven hun
dred and eiphty-iwo thousand, five hundred and
eiphtv-eight metres cubic ! !
"6o much water as that?' you exclaim.
Dear leader, is there uot also a little wine
brought iuto the to wuf Listen, and you shall
hear:
"Every three months, accordins to the octroi
registers, there e:iter Paris
6,134 lulollties of wine, bottled.
21.7HO " of alcoholic spirits aud liquors.
47.905 " of beer.
102,lli of different kind of oll."J
SPECIAL NOTICES,
KgP NEWSPAPER ADYERTISINU.-JOY,
OOE CO., K. E. corner ol riFTH udCHEg.
KIT PtreeU, Philadelphia, and TKIBUMX BUILD
INGS. New Yort, are "amis lor the "TSLionrH," and
tor the Newspaper! of the Whole country.
130!yp JOT CO CO
EST,
NATIONAL RANK IIP THK RK.
rUBLIC.
Fmr.DFi.rni, DwemHor 26 ls5S
7 he Annuel Flrctlon mi IHrectnra wi.l bo held st the
HANK1NU IIOUSK.onTUKriD.tY, January S, ln, b-
twron tbe uouxi ol 10 A. KI. and t P. M
I'J it Uti J. F. MUM FORD. Cashier.
1ST
UNITED BTATF.S TREASURY,
I'llll.ADKf. 1111 A. rxx-pmhnrll 1HJU
NOTICE. Holderi of Twcntr coiiDon) nnd upwards
In number o- Unlt-d Hielen Loam due Januarr 1 Mil,
ere reouet ed to present the same this OlBce for
dHte
r xaunnanon ana count, at any tune previoiiD to that
12 1 3t
C MoKIHBIN.
As&istnnt Treasurer.
STEINWAY
& SONl-
till
Grand Square and Upright
Piano Fortes,
HK1NWAY & BOSS direct erwelal attention
1? llicir newly Invented lipilpht" 1'ianos, tjvltti
tliclr --Pat-nt Jietniaiir" and douiit Iron
flame, lalenled June 8, Ist. This larcntioo
roii!lHts In oroTldlng the Instrument li addition
to tl.c Iron Irvine In fr-ni of the sonndboaid), wltn an
Iron liraceltnme in the r ear oi It bo h Itamei being
c ast in i nt ftfr. thrr.'bT imiartiiiB a solldlij of ion
atrurtioi. and oepncliy ot standing Id tune never before
ttalmd Iu H at tinea o' Instrument
1 he rootidboard li tapported beiween the two frames
liy an apparatus reni'allng Its tension, so tlut the
f ieateot pofAible deirre ot eounl produelna capacity
obtained and rexulated to the nicest desirable point
The ureal volume and cximlnite (ualtv of tone, a
mcllaa elastlcltv and pioinplnnss of action, o-' thene
new I priyht l lanoa have elicited the unqualified ad
mire t on of the musical pi oleMivn and all who oaro
beard them.
H L AIi a ItROTIIERS confldentlr offer these bean
til til instruments to the public, aud luvlie ever lover
ol mimic to rail and examine them
very 1' li.no In conn rocted with their Patent ArralTe
A rratineme nt arplied diicctl' to the mil Iron Frame.
V or pule onlj bv ftl.ASHTK llBOTUKRS.
12 27 ln;4p No. im CIIKHMJT Street.
riT-i CHRISTMAS PRESENTS! CnRIT
17 K i IMA8 PREiKNTH 1 Our celebrated A R A. FFE
I'lVNOS now sel insr to snit the times. Call and
rxamlne fhem at our New Warerooma No. lliw CHKij
M X Mrevl, before purchasing a'ei-wbere. 12 19 lit
Pv
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AILEY
Chcst?iut Street,
8
PHILADELPHIA,
JEWELERS,
IMPORTrsi or
linglisK
Plated Wares,
Fi?ic JFatchcSy Cocfo,
London Pearl Setts,
JL?iglish Cutlery y
Bronzes, Porcelain,
Coral Jcwehjy
Precious Stones,
Gilt Goods ; &c.
Always on lunil a Urge asjoument of
Jm.me TewelrYv
NKW DKSIGNS FURNI3HKD AND GOODS MADE
TO OP.DKR, AT CHORT NOTICE.
SILVER WARE FOR
o ill DAL PRESENTS,
IX GREAT VAR1ETV.
14 fmwtJll
PEAS, MUSHROOMS. AND MACCAR0MI.
JoM landed firciu the batons "Conqueror," an Invoice
ol the flneat
FRENCH PEAS,
MUSHROOMS, ani
MA.CCA.R0 NI,
Imported by ourselvej,
' SD10N C0LT0N & CLiHKE,
S. TV. Corner WALNUT an BROAD.
314 mwMpS
H
LID AY PRESENTS
AT PANIC PJRICE3.
French Merlnoe. Poplins, Fields, Alpaca", Pelainea,
( alicoc Table Luicua, Napkins, XoreU), Ilaudker
cbie'.a Irlsb Linens, Hbltt liosoms Hosiery, 'iickinK,
Hanuels, Shar. 1h. ltlankets. Fiosted Beaver, Cloths,
and tusoiiiiercs lor men's and boy's wear.
15,000 YARDS MUSLINS.
IOencbPd and Unbleached, all (trades, at the late re
duced prices.
All these goods must be sold for what thev will bring,
at os. 2 and4&orto K1KTH 8tre.t.
Above Market and
No. 903 Ma.HK.Kr Street
12 28 5t , M. K. WILLIAMS.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
LAD1K4 FtTB THIMMEU I190DB.
LADIES' 8KATIKU BATS.
FKENCI1 t-ILK TJMBBtLLlS.
childbed's Velvet hats
oems' fob capb, collars and cloves.
TIIEO. II. McCALLA,
BAT AND CAP EMPOlilUM,
12 14 12t4p NO. 80t CIIKSIVUT ST.
J II. BURDSALL'S
CONFECTIONERY,
ICE CREAM AND" DINING SALOONS,
No. 1121 CIIESNUT St.,
OIBABI BOW.
FBUIT AND FOUND CAKES of aU sizes, with
lame assortment of COSFECHONEBV, etc, for the
HOLIDAYS. 12 18 Inrp
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. LOST. ON
Thursday, list Intt., In Mantua or Weal Philadel
phia, a gray 8kre I'latrier fciut. Botum to ho. lwi
SPUCCM olrwt, u
IJJ)RY GOODS CHEAP ENOUGH
M A R K E T'
ARE SKI. 1,1 no.
AT TBS
VERY REDUCED PRICES,
TIITIK KNTIRE
MAGNIFICENT STOCK.
FINEbT FROSTED BEAVERS.
ROYAL CHINCHILLAS.
VELOURS AND WHITNEY9.
MAGNIFICENT OVERCOATINGS.
FINEST STOCK CLOAKINC8.
ALL THE NOVELTIES.
CLOAKINOS FROM S2 UP.
NOBBY CA8SIMERE8.
FINEST CASSIMKRES MADK.
LOW GRADES CASSIMERE3.
BLACK FRENCH DOESKINS.
BLACK FRENCH CLOTHS.
BICHLY-TRIMMED CLOAKS,
ELEGANT 8ACQUES, CHEAP.
HANDSOME SHAWLS, CTIKAP A3 EVER.
GARNEI AND MODE POPLINS.
GARNET AND BLUE MKRINOES.
SUPERB POPLIN AND MERINO STOCK.
MERRIMAC CALICOES.
ALL-WOOL DELAINES, 60 CENTS.
CHRISTMAS DREs'S GOODS.
BALMORALS EXTRA CHEAP.
CHRISTMAS SCARFS.
BLANKETS LOW DOWN.
BEST BLEACHED MUSLINS, 30 CENTS.
12 18 12l4p
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
i. .t. rr.vYiore,
JEWELLER, .;.
Mo. lOfiH CIIESNUT 3T.
AKeuConfs invtied to onr eierent tTO( K Or" 000
aultebte for
CIIIIISTMAft I'KKSENTS
Fine Watches,
Elegant Jewelry,
DiAinoudfi,
Fancy Silverware,
Clocks,
Fancy Gooda,
AT LOW CASH PRICES.
12 0 6t IVo. 1028 CIIESKUT 6t.
I' Mimuii i tf .Cu.hihiiiU'.w--1 .-
American (Waltham) Watches.
Dealers in Watches from all parts of the country au
reminded that the underslxned keep a full assortment
ot Waltham Watohes, In gold and silver cases, con
stantly on hand. Large reductions In the prices of
movements and esses have recently been made, and
the Internal Be venue Tax Is no longer chatgea to cas
tomen. Thecood repute borne far and near by the manufao
tures ot the Waltham Company, make it needless for
tbe agent to urge their claims to general patronage, or
to do more than caution the public against spurious and
interior Watches with which the markets are flooded.
Every Waltham Watch, of whatever class, Is warranted,
bj special certificate, which should in all case be de
manded. BOBBINS & APPLETON,
AGENTS OF THE AMERICAN WATCH CO.,
12 22 Ct
No. 18a BROADWAY, N. Y.
RATIONAL
BANK OF THE REPUBLIC,
Nos. 809 and 811 CHESNUT Street!
PHILADELPHIA.
CAPITAL (500,000, FULL PAID.
DIRECTORS.
Jos. T. Bailey, Wm. Ervlcn, Earn. A. bispbaiai
Edw. B. Orae, Osgood Welsh, Fred. A. Uoyt,
Sattia IlUUs, Ben.Bowland.Jr. Wm. H Ehawo i
PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM H. BHAWN.
CiSHIElt.l
JOSEPH P. MCMFORD. Ciom o,
R E M O V A "
or THE
Ivor 111 rtimsjlvanla Railroad
Passenger Station.
THE PHILADELPHIA PASSENGER 8TATI03
Of THIS ROAD WILL BE REMOVED
FEOM THIRD AND TH0MP305 STREETS
TO THE SEW AM) C0MM0DI0fc8 DEPOT,
H. W. C0KSEB BERKS AND AMERICAN STREETS.
12 24 lot ELLIS CL4.BK, OeaereJ Ageak
w hi
0 NINTH. A7