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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUAIIY 8, 1867.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
vol. vn.-yo. i.
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I
THE THEATRES.
"I ho Amount of Business
Ihem- Their Receipts
United States Taxes
I860 and I860.
Done by
and
for
Wf give below erles of tables showing the
receipts ef the principal places of amusement
In this city for rach month of 180ft and 1866,
with a comparative statement of the Increase
or decreaselo the amount of business done by
them. Thft amount of the tax of 2 per cent, on
the gross receipts -which has been paid to the
United tu during the same period is also
HDOWIU
"Walnut Street Theatre.
TUla tfltablishment was closed lor several
woathstn 1865. During the remainder of the
two years it was open for evening performances,
and occasionally for Saturday tternoon ma
tinees. About two hundred and forty perform
ances were given in 1865, with average receipts
of 3&0; during 18tiC about three hundred and
twenty five performances were given, the re
ceipts averaging $530. The receipts and taxes
Jor the several mouths of the two years were as
..follows:
1863.
1H.
I Ino.
In
Illoc'pU
Month.
Koe'pta: Taxes. iRec'pts laxei.
January. ...
ebraary-..
Marob
April
May
Jane
Jaly
A avast......
September,.
Oetoker
November..
Decern Wr,..
S6.800 $126 00. $16 877 $337 64 $10,677
closed
16 6f6
338-88
4. 600 1
81921
7,000,
closed 1
cloned
closed
20.0091
14.817
90 00'
68-84
10 00,
17.410
15,008
19 860
12 888
6,671
9,198
10,772
15 987
17 872
16,791
848 -2U'
800 06
887 00,
12 910
11 811
12,850
11142! ....
18886 ....
214 44 10,187
818-74 i 1,620
857 44 1.883
81682: 3,8j2
818182 ! 81,640
41818
286 84
819-78!
898 661
16.989
19,683
Total..
91,890:1837-801173 630
Tie asterisk () indicates a dooreaae la the re
ceipt for 1866, aB compared with corresponding
months of 18C6.
Cheiaut Street Theatre.
This Theatre has been open almost uninter
ruptedly during the two years, for evening per
formances, Saturday afternoon matinees, and
frequently on Wednesday afternoons. During
1866 about 360 performances were given, with
average receipts of about $456. During 18C6
about the same number of performances were
given, with average receipts of $340. The
receipts and taxes ior the two years, In detail,
were as follows:
1805.
1800.
I Inc.
la
i Iteo'pts
Month.
Eec'pti Taxes. Kco'pts Taxes.
January...
February .
March
April.......
May .......
J me.
July
Aaiust
Pep'f mber.
October....
November..
December..
$11,997 $239-96 $13,794 $276-88; $1,797
IV rj-t-in 11.011) zm) as 1 'Oil
28 708 474 16 11 721 234 42 11,987
10,456 20912 8.66 178 70 1,)1
12,878: 2676B 18 258 , 2H606 880
8,701, .174 02; 8,825, 166 50 376
11,472; 229 44 1.884' 87 68 9 688
15,714 i 814 28 7,161' 148 22, 9,553
11,988 238-76 7,6n7! 150141 4 431
14,43 2H9 26 10 686 218 72' 3,777
16 826 826 62 1 8,766 275 80 2.561
16,292 , 826-84 18,004 260 08; 3,288
Total.... 166,108 830217 122 775 2455-90 "13.828
The asterisk () indicates a decrease in the re
ceipts for 1866 as compared with corresponding
, months of 1866;
Arch. Street Theatre.
This establishment was closed during several
weeks of each year. No matinees have been
given. The number of eveuine performances in
1865 were about 275, with average receipts of
$576; durine 1866 there were about 260 perform
ances, the receipts averasnne $435. The receipts
and taxes for 1865 and 1866 were us follows:
1805.
1800.
Inc.
In
Bec'pts
Month.
Bec'ptsi Taxes.
ltec'pts i Tases.
January
February....
March
April
May
Jane
Jaly
Aoa-nt
September.. .
October......
November...
December . .
$17,972 $359 44 $12,872 $247 44 $ 5,600
15,897! 817-4 14,212 2S4 2 M.OSo
19,834 ! 880 68 15 601 812 02. 3 733
10,286 ! 206 70i 12124 242 48; 1,839
12 444 ! 248-88 8,217 164 84 1 4,227
11431!' 228 64 6.3W9 107-98 6 038
,7-i5! 194 60 1,928 88-66, "7,797
UUi 18 48 coped .... ....
11966 239 80i 9 82S 186 66: 2,637
16,167 829 84 1 9,694 193 86, 3,778
19 214 884 28 18.098 26196, i 116
18 208 , 204 16; 11,863 227 00 1.863
Total ....1168,867 8177-84 113 823 2266-44 45,544
The asterisk () indicates a decrease in the receipts
lor 1866, as compared with corresponding months of
1806.
, The Academy of Music.
Our returns from thl3 institution are very
meagre, as each lessee makes his own returns
and pavs bis own taxes to the Unl ed States In
ternal Revenue officers.
1N05.
1M16.
' Month.
Kec pis; Taxes, ltec'pts Taxes.
$5,669 $113-88 TTTj .T77
14 062 , 281 24 $19,049 880-98
4 832 86 64 ....I
1,408 28 16 26.291 505-82
1
. . (
'.'.'.'. 6,868' 138:76
I 25 066 501-12
13,670 272 49
January
February
Marob
April,,
May..
Jane
July
Aapust
September
October
November
December
The receipts of the remaining places of public
amusement we will give In a Tew days, as boou
as their monthly returns can be prepared.
THE FENIAN COUP.
Intense Excitement Among the Brother
hoodA Committee Appointed to "Look
Up" the C. O. I. II. Sketch of the New
Head-Centre, General Gleason.
The third cycle in the memorable history of
American Feniacism commenced In this city
yesterday, when the mantle of authority worn
oy John O'Mahony and James Stepheus de
scended on the shoulders of Brigadier-General
Gleason. The Grand Council ol the Represen
tatives ot the Manhattan District, which was
held on Sunday, decided, as has already been
stated, to depose the late Head-Centre; and, like
his predecessor, he has retired into private life.
During the meeting on Sunday, a committee
was appointed to "look up" Mr. Stephens and
demand from hint an explanation of his course.
Yesterday tbey commenced their labors, but
tbey failed to find the hiding entertain. Colo
nel Kelley was applied to lor information on
he subject, but he declined to give any.
SKETCH OV TUB MEW HEAD-CENTRB.
General Gleason, the iuccessor of Stephens,
e a young lrithman, remarkable for his tall
stature. H ia about six feet six inches in
height, slightly stooped, and baa just entered
on bis twenty-eighth year. He was born In
Fishnioy, near Borrisoleigh, In the county of
Tipperary, and from his early youth he was
connected with the insurrectionary movements
ia his native country. In the year 1860, during
tb Italian war, he raised a company of one
hundred aud nine men to defend the Papal
dominions, and was complimented for hi
bravery in action by Oeneral Lamorlciere.
Babsefloently be was taken prisoner at the
siege of Ancona by the Sardinian troops, and
jelegefd after a captivity of sli months, He
then returned to IreUnd, and on the day he
arrived In his native town the HherlrTot the
county difcpoesessed him of his estate, his lease
having expired. Subsequently he came to New
York, and at the beginning of the war Joined
the 69th Regiment, and participated In foity
two general engagements of that organization.
OnYls return he Joined the Feuian Brother
hood, and wont batk to Ireland on a special
mission; bnt while there he was arrested for
"trcason,"-and lodged In the Mountjoy prison,
Dublin, where he was incarcerated lor six
months. He came back to New York Immedi
ately after his release, and was a prominent
memoeroi me uroincmwu up 10 iuc uiumtuv
of his appointment as Its chiet.
During his career In the Army of the Potomac,
as an officer ot the 69th Regiment, he received
the rank of brevet brigadier-general.
It is eenerally believed that the condnctof the
firevious leaders of the Brotherhood will render
t difficult to restore its former status, or collect
sufficient money to pay the expenses of its offi
cial existence.
BOBKBTS TO W-UB ANOTHER ADDRF93.
It Is said that President Roberts will issue an
address In a few days, calling upon the true
Irinhmen of America to unite now with the only
organization extant that is competent to achieve
the Independence of Ireland; and that there w
no longer any excuse for tbj9e who profes to
love Ireland to stand in hostile attitude to the
men who have proved by their past actions their
honesty and devotion to the cause of their suf-
lenng country. jx. x. woria.
Wendell Phillips upon the Amendments
Ilia Views of "More Southern Oatha."
From the Anti-Slavery Standard, January 6.
We believe the nearest danger is that the
South will adopt the Constitutional amendments
proposed by Congress, and claim admission to
that body on the ground that thote amend
ments constituted an offer from the Republican
majority, the acceptance of which by the South
entitles it to full admission. We pointed out as
long ago as last summer, ou the adjournment of
Congress, that this was the shape the thing
would take. Members of Congress maintained
that the adoption of those Constitutional amend
ments was only part of the conditions to be im
posed on the South.
But many men saw that when ouce the fall
canvas becan the champions of the Republican
party would be driven to the wall by toe aues
tion, "Has Congress a policy?" It would le fatal
to answer "No; Congress has not yet made up
Its mind to anything." Its deienders on the
platform and stump would be obliged to tatte
the ground that Congre&s had cometo6ome con
clusion on so pressing aqueftiou. It would be
madness, as a parly, to stand before the
people, opposing the President's plan and
ottering nothing ia its pluce. We saw
that many speakers and committees would
fall easily before , tueh a temptation and
asBert thai Congress had a plan, and the adop
tion of those amendments by the South was the
basis of that plan. On that adoption tbe Rebels
would be readmitted to tbe Union. Events took
just this course. It is true that when Cougress
adjourned no such understanding existed. It is
true that leading men all over the country
strenuoualy denied that Congress had taken any
such position. But leading journals atd the
State and Federal committees either pursued a
very equivocal course, or openly made such an
oiler to the South.
The President was, at that time, really
opposed to those' amendments. He may be so
still. But, whatever his real opinions, he evi
dently yields to the necessity ot the hour, and
allows his friends at the South to make any
terms which will replace them in Congress,
Once there, they w ill break through all pledges,
and intrigue to shape the national policy accord
ing to their need. No matter what the Presi
dent may say, there can be no duubt that this is
his present attitude and plan.
Ail Southern oaths are ludicrous. Provisions
for diefranchisement are waste paper. Wiio,
in those Rebel communities for we will not
even call them States will ever enforce them ?
Is the Civil Rights bill enforced anywhere in
the South? Let the white South once obtain
what she plots for a place inside the Govern:
ment and she will break through all constitu
tional barriers exactly as sue uid be I ore 1860,
Will any believer in tne emcacy ot luee
swindling Amendments be kind enough to
point out any provision of the Constitution
which the South disM'ted, and yet obeyed, in
tin.es beiore the war? She laughed at all con
stitutional provisions, and delied tho North to
enforce them.
Remember the pitiable effort of Massachusetts
to biing the laws of South Carolina relating to
colored seanen to the decision of tbe Supreme
Court. Remember the iniamous ei pulsion of
the New Kneland n-preentatlve, Mr. Hoar,
from Charleston, followed by atrocious Stute
h gislation to prevent any other attempt to test
eoutn Carolina laws Dyuie u nited Mates Uon
si it ut ion. This is but one ot a score of In
stances, wiio will guarantee that that same
vtbite aristocratic South will now keep her oath
any better? Her disfranchised clusees will
evnde the law, vote and be voted for, aud uo
eflort, either North or South, will he effectual
to prevent It. The only safety is iu building up
a really republican South before we make
States out of those territories.
Congressmen must, as Judge Marshall once
said ot his Court, "be presumed to kuow some
thing." If its members know anything of tbe
history of this Union, ihev will be infamously
guilty of deliberate treason when they admit
the white race ot the soutii back to power on
the basis ol those amendments. The very roof
under which tuey meet will cry out against
such follv. Every stone in tbe Camtol could
tell a tule to convict them either of iguorauce
and carelessness so gross as, in their position
to amount to crime, or of conscious treason
No man is fit to sit in that House who will
trust anything to a mere Southern oath. Roit
a guarantee on the outh of a Southern Rebel!
To write it in water or Baud would be a per
manent record in comparison.
The South will never keep any bargain unless
compelled to. To give the negroes loud, ballot,
aud education, and to hold the arm ot the Fede
ral Government over the whole Southern terri
tory until these seed9 have begun to bear fruit
beyond any possibility of blighting, is the only
safe and practical reconstruction. We call ou
those, whose "practical statesmanship" In the
matter ot electing Andrew Johnson has neatly
ruined us, to be on their guard. They canoot'a
second time safely plead that they were de
ceived. When men cheat us once, it is their
fault. When they cheat us a second time, it Is
our fault. To put Johnson where Hamlin ouirht
to have been might possibly be mere folly. To
build up and accept white Governments in the
Southern Territories is crime.
Wendell Puillips.
LOUISIANA.
The Veto Message In New Orlaua Sick
uesa Prevailing.
New Orleans, January 7. The President's
voto message was received and printed here
twelve hours before its delivery to Control. U
is generally approved by Rebels, The 7'fmea
saj s it Is tbe views of a statesman and a patriot,
and the Constitution is ably defended. The
Crescent joins in, and says it Is like all of the
President's utteranaees, clear, forcible, and ably
argued.
A good deal of sickness prevails, aula number
of deaths have occurred amorg the laborers
employed upon the levee at West Baton Rouge
and Point Coupee Parishes. It is possible the
very bad weather of the past t wo weeks was tbo
cause. A number of laborers have b:n their work
Id conseQueDco,
KEKTCCHYt
Trial of Guerillas at Louisville.
LoriBviLLi, January 6. The trial of the
guerillas confined at Franklin, Kentucky, for
robbing railroad trains, etc., commenced to-day
at a special term of the Circuit Cottrt. The day
was consumed in getting a jury. Tbe charge of
murder will first be tried. The Commonwealth
failing in this, they will then be tried tor
robbery.
Governor Bramlette'a Message.
The message of Governor Bramlette is a long
and rambling document. In which he urges
omplcte amnesty. land states that it baa
been bis policy since the close of tbe war to
KTant pardou to soldiers of either army who
had committed offences while in service. He
advocates a revision of the criminal code, so as
to make degrees in the crime of murder Ken
tucky now punishing the crime of manslaughter
with death and suggests several State im
provements. The finances of the state, he says,
aie in a very satisiartory condition, ine in
debtedness is $6,324,651; the resources of the
sinking fund are $8,127,681, and at the close ef
1866 there were in the treasury $l,H64,444. ine
claim upon the United States for expenses
dunna tbe war has not been paid, and amounts
o $2,438,347.
lie trusts that wise and prudent legislation
may be such as to remove the flimsy pretenses
ol an uureasoning fanaticism for any further .
disregard of the Constitution of our fathers.
through Freedmen's Bureaus and Civil Rights
bills," and directs the Legislature to Invite
white emigrants to the State. Freedom be
stowed upon the lnfciior raceol man withdraws
trom him the protecting care of the superior.
and leaves him to meet tbe superior race in tbe
stjngele of life, and must, by a universal la of
nature, rapidly deetroy from among us tbe
interior rice.
Ihe Indian, though superior to the negro,
vanishes betore the rTojrrens of our race, and
testifies by his decay the resistless course of.
natural law. True statesmanship admonishes
ns to make timely provision for the simnlv of a
laboring population. Until "the leopard can
change bis spots," or "the Ethiopian bis skin,"
will all the efforts of fanaticism to repeal or
nullify God'b laws be unavailing.
The messrge concludes with the usual long
and well-worn argument atrainst the Constitu
tional amendment, on tbe ground that "the re
solution submitting the proposed amendments
dot-s not come to us with the sanction of two
thirds of the members chosen by the. several
Slates to the House of Representatives aud
Senate 22 'Senators' chosen by 11 States, and 65
mitnners oi tt.e ttotie of itcpresen'atives chosn
by the people of 11 States, not being admitted
to seats nor counted in the pretended passage of
tbe resolution; and is not, theretore, constitu
tionally submitted."
The Governor is very severe upon Congress,
and adds: Entertaining this view of the Con
si itutioual powers ot "the Ooneress" to propose
amendments, the amendment submitted to your
consideration is not regarded as coming with
the sanctions of the Constitution, an. I therefore
should be rejected. A further consideration of !
the amendment proposed is not deemed neces
sary, and objections to it in detail not required
tor this communication. I will only add,
that were . the provisions as acceptable as
they are objectionable, the fact that they
are not, proposed in coniormity wun ine
requirements of tbe Constitution would
be putlicient to compel their rejection; and more
especially so, when they are held out ns a con
dition precedent to admitting rights already,
secored by the existing Constitution. It U Idle'
to propose amendments to a Constitution the
existing provisions of which are held at naught
by those proposing the amendments. Let them
firM learn to obey that which already exists.
before proposing amendments thereto. In the
language of my Inaugural Address, "A depart
ure iroul euuBiiiuiiuuui laun is ine ioumiiuiou
of all the evils ow upon ih; a return is the only
pcriiiuiient remedy."
FROM MGXICO.
Probable Kvaeuatlon of Ban LuU Potosl
by MeJIa.
New Orleans, January 7. There is a report,
thought to be reliable, that Mejia had proposed
for the evacuation of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
The citizens opposed a light, and his troops
were disaffected. The evacuation, therefore,
may be occurring now.
Mexican advices state the schooner San Car
los, with five planters, emigrants troni Austin
county, Texas, for Tuxpan, Mexico, had sailed
from Gulveston loaded with their goods.
Organization of the New Army,
Maximilian has made public the following
order:
"lu order to facilitate the pacification of the
Empire we have orderel that three army corps
be iormed, each one of which shall be raised
upon the force hat actually exists in the terri
tory where it h i to operate, to the strength of
8i ( 0 men, and i, the service shall require it, to
12,000.
"The First Army Corps shall take charge of
the paciticution of the following: Deportments:
Caliiornia, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Nayas,
Durnngo, Jalisco, and Colima.
"The Second Army Corps the followlug Do-
?nrtments: Guanajuato, tueietaro, Michoacau,
'oluca, Tula, Nolle de Mejico, Tulacingo, Tux
pas, Tlnscaln, Puebla, Iturbide, Guerrero, Aca
pulco, Vera Cruz, Ooiaca, ondTehuantepec.
"The Third Army Corps shall operate In the
following departments: Coahuila, Nueva Leon,
Mutamoras, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi,
Matehuala, Aguas Caltentes, Fresnlll's, aud
Zucatecas; these five departments, Campeachy,
Merida, Lnguna, Tabasco, and Chiapas, remain
ina as they are, under the control of the Im-rx-iial
Commissary and General Commanding at
Yucatan.
'Each of these army corps shall be commanded
by a gcneral-in-chiet whom we shall appoint.
Hibiect only to the orders that may be issued by
tiie Minister or war.
"Considering the merits and qualities united iu
Pivi&ion-Generals D. Miguel Mlramon, D. Leo
nardo Marquez, and D. Tomas Mejia, we have
appointed them GeDerls-in-Chief of three army
corps that we have ordered to be formed by our
Instructions of this date; General Miramon to
command the First Corps of the army, General
Marques the Second, and General Mejia the
Third.
"As the army should have a uniform organtza
tion, and any distinctive designations should be
done away with, we have directed that, accord
ing as the Austro-Belglan Legion is paid off, all
the men desiring to enter the Mexican army
stall be appointed according to their rank, and
that such as desire to return to their country
shall do so at the expense of the State, accord
ing to the terms of their agreement. -"A
true copy. T. MuMHy,
"Mexico, December 13, 18CC."
Bread Riot in Venice. An alarming bread
liot occurred at Venice recently, but
ns quelled without any loss of life, or the
necessity of resorting to force, on the promise
oi the authorities to provide employment on the
public works.
The Lvxor Obelisk Tbe celebrated Luxor
obelisk is to be removed from the Place de la
Concorde, Paris, and placed In the central
court of the International Exhibition. It is fo
be supplanted by au equestrian statue of the
Emperor.
Railway Station The railway stations in
Great Britain are three thousand nine hundred
and forty-one in number. Some of these, as on
the North London line, for instance, are used by
seven different companies each. .
Cheese-eaters The consumption of cheese In
England amounts to the amazing 'quantity ol
21,260,0h0 poDd a year.
THIRD EDITION
EUROPE.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT!
NEWS BY CABLES TO NOON TO-DAY.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS
An Arbitration to be Proposed by
Sir Frederick Bruce.
Etc.
Etc., Etc., Etc.
Etc.
Etc.
London, January 8 Noon. The London
Times of this morning says, "upon good autho
rity, that Sir Frederick Bruce, British Minister
at Washington, has been instructed to ascer
tain whether the United States Government
w ill submit tbe Alabama claims to arbitration,
provided that certain points Tor the arbitra
tion are agreed upon previously."
The Reform Movement Presentation of
Petitions Denounced.
London, January 8 Noon. The Daily News
of this morning, in a leading article, denounces
the project for a rsform demonstration by the
presentation of macs petitions.
PRUSSIA.
The New Parliament.
Berlin, January 8 Noon. The election for
members of tbe new German Parliament has
been ordered to take place on the 12th of Feb
ruary next.
Financial and Commercial Intelligence.
" London, January 8 Noon. Consols are
steady this morning, at a slight advance. They
are quoted at 91 for money.
American securities are quoted as follows:
United States Five-twenties, 72J; Illinois Cen
tral, 814.
Liverpool, January 8 Noon. The Cotton
Market opens quiet, with prospective sales for
to-day of 8000 bales. Middling uplauds are
quoted at 15d.
TIIE LATEST NEWS BY STEAMER.
CITY OF BALTIMOKE AT NEW YORK.
New York, January 8. The steamship City of
Baltimore has arrived, with Liverpool dates of
the 26th and Queenstown of the 27ih ult. She
brings 300 passengers.
Commercially speaking, the news Is a perfect
blank, owing to the observance of the holidays.
The political news is also meagre.
No change has occurred In Fenian affairs.
There are seizures of arms occasionally ; but the
Brotherhood remained without a single encour
agement, Genera Miller, late President of the
Fenian Military Council, publishes a letter In
the London Times, wherein he 'expresses the
opinion that Stephens is no good man, but is a
political humbug, cheat, and racal.
It was thought that the Empress Eugenie
would not go to Rome, In consequence of
the personal relations between the Emperor
Napoleon and the Pope.
The Pope has declared that he will not aban
don Rome.
It is considered probable that General Mene
brea. would be appointed Italian Minister to
Venice, and Count Creppi would represent Italy
at Stuttgart.
The Federal Assembly of Switzerland has
voted 12,000,000 francs for the purchase of
breech-loaders for the army. .
LAST NIGHT'S DESPATCHES.
TRANCE.
Sailing of the Transports for the Troops
In Mexico, i
Toulon. January 7. All tho transports des
tined to Vera Cruz, to bring back the French
army now in Mexico have sailed. They are
under convoy of heavily armed Iron-clads, to
piolectthe fleet from anticipated trouble from
privateers alleged to have been put atlont by tbe
Liberal Government of Mexico.
GREATBRITA1N.
No Reform Bill to be Introduced by the
Tory Government.
London, January 6 Evening. It Is said that
ihe Ministers will introduce no Reform bill at
ttie coming session of Parliament, but will order
Parliament to De dissolved in preierence 10
doing so, and appeal to the people to support
tuelr action. The Ministers will not resign.
GREECE.
Reported Suppression of the Candlau
Insurrection.
Constantinople. January 7. Official accounts
received here by the Government from Candia
announce that tbe insurrection has been fully
suppressed, and no armed opposition to the
Turkish Government now exlots, except by a
few stragglers who have escaped to the moun
thins. AU8TBIA.
Health of the Empress Carlotta.
Tbiestb, January 7. Information received
from Miramar reports the health of the Empress
Carlotta as somewhat Improved.
Crime at Springfield, Massachusetts.
SrniNGHELD, January 8. Ellen Buchanan, who
had been arrested and committed for the mur
der of her child at Chlcopee, was brought to
this city aDd lodged in jail yesterday.
Leroy Whiting, committed for an alleged rape
on a woman fifty-seven years of age, ha also
been placed In the hands of the Sheriff.
Markets by Telegraph.
Wilmington, N. C , January 8. Cotton Is quoted
at 82.a,820. lor middlings. Spirits Turpentine, 61o.
Naval atures inactive. Common Kosiu, 8u;8 25;
. 2, 8 60; No. 1, ft Mfefl 25
Closing a French Prison. '-We have to men
tion a fact," says the Journal deVA in, "as rure
as the closing of the Tempta of Janus, namely,
the throwing open of the prison of Oix through
wnnl of occupants
New Jersey legislature.
Trenton, January 8. The annual sesilon o
the New Jersey Legislature convened to-day.
Nearly all the members have arrived, and the
hotels are crowded, many friends of various
projects being In the city to attend to their pet
schemes.
Great Interest has been manifested through,
out the State In regard to the vacancy in the
United States Senatorshlp, caused by tho death
of the Hon. William Wright, and the excite
ment now centres In this city. Friends of the
two prominent candidates Hon. Messrs. F. T.
Frelinghuysen And George T. Cobb are on
hand, doing all In their power to aid their re
spective candidates. The election will In all
probability be held to-morrow. The various
officers' reports are completed, and ready for
pi esentation.
Among bills to receive attention daring the
session which commences to-day, is one look
ing to the revision of the Registry lnw. passel
last winter, as is also one for the altratio"n and
amending of the Bribery laws. New railroids
will receive a good share ot attention, th?re
bciDg several applications for charters for the
opening ol new routes now drawn up for pre
sentation. The business of the session, it Is expected,
will be nnusnally large, Inasmuch as everv
county In tho State has some important mea
sures which are to be pressed upon tho atteu
tion of the Legislature. An informal caucus of
the Republican members was held Inst eve nine,
but the result was withheld from the public.
The message of Governor Ward will probably bo
received and read this morning.
ANOTHER CONVENTION.
The Colored Soldiers and Sailors In
Council Meeting This Morning at
National Hall.
The delegates to the Soldiers' and Bailors'
Convention met in National Hall, Market
street, below Thirteenth, this morning at 12
o'clock. Delegate . were present from Penn
sylvania, New York, Kansas, New Jersey, South
Carolina, Ohio, Nebraska, District of Columbia,
Maryland, Michigan, Louisiana, and Virginia.
All the delegates were not present, some from
distant States not having arrived at the time of
the opening proceedings, but they are expected
to participate to-morrow.
The object of tbe Convention was to demand
for the colored soldiers aud sailors, who fought
to subdue tbe Rebellion, equality of rights
with their white brethren in arms, and
to secure the assistance and co-operation of
influential colored men in different portions of
the country in instituting measures for the
a-tive prosecution of their claims, and the
8-sertiou of their rights as freemen and citizens
of this great republic. ;
A band of music was stationed in front of the
ball to attract tbe attention of passers-by, and
at the opening ot the Convention, which waB
called to order by Mr. . A. Ward Humdy, of
Maryland, a large number of persons (mostly
colored ). had assembled in the hall. . . .
The Secretary (Mr. Fisher) was Instructed by
the Chairman to read the following call lor the
Convention: .
Washington, D. C Ootober 20. 1866. Pursuant
to a resolution passed at a meeting of tne Colored
Soldiers' and bailors' Lesvao, beid in the oity ot
Washington, D. C, September 1, 1866, we inviie all
toldiers and sailors who served in tbe Union army
or navy during tbe war, and wbo believe that tbey
liave not received from the Governments due re
cognition ter their services rendered in tbe boar of
reed, and wbo farther believe that In soetainlna tne
Union with tho mu-ket, have now their rignt to thu
ballot, to meet at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June
8, 1867.
Iboinas R. Hawkins, Charles B. Fisher, George D
Johnson, David G. Ryder, Wnliam Frank
Uronatrh,. Charles J. ueitrer. Floyd Hammond,
Peier Rogers Lawrence, P. B. Sonenordor, L. P.
Samuels, W. ft. Stokes, N. J. Pilinbury, Goorge
M. Arnold, N. B. Meyers.
Prayer was then offered by the Rev. Henry
Ireland Garnett, in which he prayed for the
President of the United States, that he may be
guided to do right.
It was moved that George M. Arnold, of
Louisiana, be nominated for temporary chair
man, which was concurred in by the Conven
tion, and he was elected by acclamation. Upon
taking his seat he thanked the delegates for the
honor conferred on him.
George Hart, Johnson Terry, and Charles
Fisher, Esqs., were elected temporary Sec
retaries.
The following Commit tee on Credentials were
sppointed: J. B. Strattoo, Pa.; C. M. Fisher,
I). C; A. M. Green, Pa.; II. J. H. Gorman, N.
Y. : J. II. Jenkins, R. I.
The following were appointed a committee on
permanent organization: James Underdue, Pa.;
A. Ward Handy, Md.; D. O. Rider, Pa.; Guy
Brinton, Pa.; J. 11. Richardson, Pa.; Samuel
Jones, Pa.
In the absence of the Committee Rev. Dr.
Garrett addressed the Convention in substance
ns follows:-The 8th of January is an important
day in the history of the United States. A
ereat battle was fought on that day 1b New
Orleans, asisted by the black boys in
blue, and so distinguished were they
that they received the approbation of
General Jackson. On Janurry, 1866, the first
a-sembl ape of colored soldiers and sailors as
pen; bled iu National Hall, and at this hour, in
January, 1867, the House of Representatives
is passingover the bead of Andrew Johnson, and
then Moses will take a voyage up that river that
it decidedly salt. No one knows how to navi
g ite that water better than President Johnson.
He believed that an all-wlso God would direct
their counsels. If tbey acted in an up
right manner he bad no doubt but
their pica would be answered. He was glad
to see so many soldiers and sailors present.
General Hamilton was one of them, a friend ot
r ood old J oka Eiowd; also, Lieutenant Mat
thews, of Kansas, who whs tbe liret colored
man who received a commission.
Colonel Hinton was then introduced ,and said:
In Washington there Is an organization kaown
as the Democratic Association. This evening
Washington will witness an assembly of people
more hated than any outers ou earth; tbey are
lo assemble to celebrate tbe battle ot New Or
leans. To-day Andrew Johnson, the accidental Presi
dent of the United States, upeaks to the fossils
of the country. We shall probably remember
the bth of January by the news we shall receive
over (he wire thhi evening. The speaker gloried
la being tbe first man to recruit colored soldiers.
We are now tbe children of a common God,
and we are citizens of a common country, and
there should be no distinctions on ax-count ot
color. He congratulated them upon this being
iLe first Soldiers' aud Sailors' Convention, and
hoped it would be the last, and hoped the next
time the soldiers, white and black, should meet
together.
Sergeant A. Ward Handv was then introduced.
and said he coneldered it a pleasure to ba pre-
Keuiou mis occasion, xae aeiegntes had as
sembled from the north and south, and the
east and the west, to demand equal rights of
sunrage, irrespective oi color.
We appeal to the great heart of tbe American
people through their representative lor tho arm.
pathy and rights which has been ours since the
lounaauon oi tne republic Charles Samuer.
in pleading for Kansa?, pleaded for every black
roan and woman in the United States.
His opinion was that tbe black man who
couiu xeu a loyal man from a traitor was euti
tied to the ballot. All men wbo were born on
iu American continent bad the proper qualifi'
cation for the eleetive franchise. He demanded
It in the name of bumniiity and of God.
The mm who touaht for the flue not for their
ervices, but because thpy wei born In Ame
rica have the ripht to the envle 1 privilege of
puttina a small piece of paper in a box.
It is the duty of the colored soldier to auk the
American people in the name o' their head, in
the name of the many battlo-tlolds where tney
peiisbed in defense ol their counTy, to ask that
they have all their rights.
If tbey are to put their feet upon our necks,
then we have fought in vain, lie believed the
spirit of Lincoln was with tbem to-day, if it
was possible for the spirit to leave the body.
Our political Moses has bowed his knees to
poll. H baa forgotten freedom, right, and
truth. He believed that the timewoull come
when they would be taken bv the right hand
and bid to enter Into the joys ot the elective
lrancbise.
Tbe Convention, on motion, then adlonmed
until 3 o'clock, when the committee will report
the permanent ofticeis.
Aid the Suffebiito. The rooms of the
notue Missionary Society of the city of Phila
delphia, No. 507 North street, are crowded dally
from 2 to S o'olock P. M. with applicants for
assistance. The Society has no, the means to
supply one-fourth. Unless the community
speedily furnishes the needed tunds, lis, doors
n ut be closed, and Us operations among tbe
poor and destitute suspended. Some arc actu
ally dying for want of proper attention and
nourishment. The public are Invited to call at
the office and examine the tact. Clothing for
it omen and chMren Is much needed, Mr.
Thomas T. Mason, No. 133 Ninth Third street,
is Treasurer. Send tn funds to him without
delay.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Office of thb Evening Teleobafh, I
Tuesday, January 8, 1867. J
The Stock Market was inactive this morning.
but prices were rather firmer. In Government
bonds there was less doine. JjIv. 1866. 6-208
sold at 104 J; 99 J was bid lor 10 40s; 108 for 6s of
1881; 107 tor 1862 5-20s; and 104J for June and
August 73us. cuy loans were in lair aemana:
the new issue sold at 095, ft slight advance; and
old do. at 95, no change Railroad shares were
the most active on the list; Catawisa preferred
told largely at 30i31, an advance ot i on the
closing price last evenin.
Reading sold at 62, no change; North Penn
sylvania at 384;i8f, no chancre; Pennsylvania
Railroad at 56j(7&6J, an advance of f; and
Philadelphia and Erie at 30j(Ti31, no change;
1304 was bid for Camden and Amboy; 61J for
Norristown; 66 for Lehigh Valley; 29 lor Elmira
common, and 40 for preferred do.
In City Passenger Railroad shares there was :
nothing doing. 18 was bid lor Thirteenth and
Fifteenth; 45 for Chesnut and Walnut; and 14
for Hestonvllle.
Bank shares were firmly held at full prices.
Mechanics' sold at 32; 161 was bid for Philadel- ;
phta; 135 for Farmers' and Mechanics'; 66 for ,
Commercial; 100 for Northern Liberties; 67 lor '
Penn Townships 100 for Tradesmen's; 40 for
Consolidation; and 67 lor Common wealth.' ;
In Canal shares tbere was very littlo xnovo.. ?
ment. - Morris Canal pretorred sold at 124 ; V2j ;
was bid for Schuylkill Navigation common j 3J
for preferred do.; 874 for Morris Canalj aau IjJ ;
for Susquehanna Canal. . "
Quotations of Gold lOi A. M., 134J; 11 AM.,
133i; 12 M., 134jj; 1 P. M.. 1344, au advance ot
on tbe closing price lat evening.
PHILADELPHIA 8T0CK BXCDAMK SALES t0-JA!
Reported by De Haven ft Bro ,No. 40 3. Third street
FIRST BOARD.
100 sb Reacting. ...a6 62 100 o Reading., ,b30 52 J
BETWEEN BOAUl'S.
S6400 6-20s 66 cpJyis.lOii, 4 sh Ca A A scrlD. 46
$4000 City 6s now. ita 991 800 n Cats di 80
8000 W JK6s....b5 85
2'K sb do its 6wn 80
800 sb do lts.sfiwn 80
2000 faR lt m Hs'ts 991
V2000 PaK 2d nit 6elis 99
100 sb Ocean 8j
100 h do s80 80
s& n lifcn ijk tu
10 ) ah Phil fc E 801
lCOsh do b80 81
200 sh ao.. JoU.sS 801
100 sb Egbert J
16 sb Reading..., Its 62 I
8ThN 1'enna 88
100 sb do b60 88
63 b Penn a R..lots &'
200 sh do 6i
HTmbk. William Pamftfr Xr. f!rt hanlrara iln
1?0 South Third street, report the following rates
oi exchange to-aay ac a o ciocs: u.tt. 6s, ltttu,
coupon, 1084108i; U. S.5-20", coupon, 18C2, 107i
107i; do., 1864, i06j(i!rt)5i; do., I860, 1064
lOiii; do., new, 1866. 104(21044: U. 8. 10-40s.
registered, 9j100J; do., coupon, &j1004;
U. S. 7-308, 1st series, 1U4106; io., 2d series,
104JQ105; -3d series, 104J105; Compounds. De-
cember, 1864, 13. .
Yeesrs. De Hayen & Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex
change to-day at IP. M.: American gold, 134
(&1344; Silver ts and 4s, 128; Compound Interest
Notes, June, 1M4, 161; do.. Juiv, 1804, 16J; do.,
August. 1864, 15J; do.. October, 1864, 14i; do.,
Decen.ber. 186, in; ao Mav, 1865, iu: do..
Aucrust. 1865, 10i: do., September, 1865, 9i; do..
October, 1865, 9.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Tpksdat, January 8 Tbe Floor Market was ex
tremely quiet to-day, and only a few hundred bar.
rels were disposed of for the snpply of the home
consumers at 98-26(38 76 f barrel for superfine ; 9a
10 60 for extra ; $11-6013 60 for common and choice
Northwestern extra family 12H 26 for Pennsyl
vania and Ohio do. do. ; and C14 8017 for fancy
brands, according to quality. KveF.our Is selling
In a small way at 1 7 26. Noth ng doing In Corn
Mal.
Wheat ot prime quality has been in good demand,
and holders are firm In their viowsj but In conse
quence of tbe limited receipts and stecks, the trans
actions were small. We quote Pennsylvania red at
2 763 810; Southern do. at S310S8 20; and white
at 8 208 40. Rye ranges from $126186 for
Son tbem, Western, and Pennsylvania. Corn is in
fair request, and sales of 4000 bushels new yellow
were effected at 91. Oats were in better request,
and prices have advanoed. Sale of 4000 bushels
Pennaylvsnia at686 e.
Nothing doing In liarley or Halt.
Cloverseed Is quiet, with small sales at 18 8 75 K
64 lbs. 1 imothy ranges from $3 25,5 8 75, and Flax
seed trom J2-90 58,
Nothing doing In Whisky, and prices are
nominal.
Tbe Freaks of Fortune A young woman liv
ing in Preston, England, recently received a
notice that a relative had left her a legacy ot
5000, besides furniture and other things.
Although she had been aware of her relative's
wealth, and felt sure he would leave her some
thing handsome, she appears to have been
taken entirely by surprise. She left the mill at
wbich she was a winder, and has never been
well since the Intelligence reached her.
Gavarni's Last Studies Gavarnl, the late
French artist, had a passion tor aerostatics, and,
like Leonardo da Vlncl, had the conviction that
aviation, or the fly of the bird, was the prin
cipal and the alpha of aerial locomotion. He
spent the last ten years of his existence in ex
periments and studies on the length of the wing
and its level, and he constructed many appa
ratuses which never answered.
A Great Army in Russia The recruiting
which is to take place in Russia from the 27 th
of January to tbe 27th of February, at the rate
of tour conscripts per 1000 Inhabitants, and five
per 1000 In certain districts, will produce 860,000
men. The Russian army at present numbers
800,000 men under arms; add to which 860,000
produced by the new levy, and the round num
ber Is 1,650,000 men.
Lunatics. AH the lunatlo asylums Id and near
London are full.