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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1867.
DOUBLE SHEET TIIItEE CENTS.
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
Real Estate in Baltimore, The Baltimore (Md.)
American says that un "enormous amount of
propf rty has changed hands in that city during
the last J ear. A relerence to the books at the
Exchange Salesrooms for 1806 will show that of
real and leasehold property four hundred and
seventy-eight pieces were offered of which three
hundred and eighteen were sold, at prices ranging
from three hundred dollars up to seventy-six
thousand dollars. In the sales are comprised
a number ol valuable farms and country seats,
and the ae-gregnte sales will reach beyond a
million of dollars. One hundred and sixty
pieces of property were offered and withdrawn,
because the bids were not satisfactory to the
owners or persons ottering for sale. During the
year there were forty-nine ground-rents sold,
but they were generally small. Three steam
boat and one sailing vessel were sold. Among
th real and leasehold property were forty-live
houses sold bj the City Collector for arrears of
taxes."
The "Heroes of New Orleans "At the recent
celebration in New Orleans of Ueneral Jackson'
rotton-bag skirmish, it was ascertained that
even of Toledano's Rifle company are still
living, two of the Foot Dragoons, and Ave of the
Chasseurs, being fourteen out of the ori-rinal
five hundred and seventy-six who com iobc!
Planche's battalion on the morning of tr i 8th
ot January, 1815; of Captain Og.len's ctvalry
company, then forty strong, two only ave re
maining; of Beale's riflemen, sixty-tour strong
i one alone now survives, his last comrade, Mr
A. Gordon, of Mobile, having died within the
month. The last of the Louisiana nines, Gene
ral II. W. Palmer, went down in the Evening
Mar.
Movement of the Negro Race to the West
One of the most frequent sights to be seen in
the neighborhood of the Poutchartraln Rail
road depot,says the New Orleans Crescent, is
the number of negro immigrants every morning
just arrived from Alabama, Georgia, and other
Eastern States, and on their way to Texas.
Almost every stenmer seems to bring over two
or three hundred, not to speak of the arrivals
from otticr aiiectioii". Toe Atlanta papers
allude to the number that are continually
passing through that railroad city, audit is
obvious that the revol ation of ideas in the negro
mind is culling for some corresponding change
in his habitation and previous manner ot
living.
Snow in Louisiana. A correspondent of the
New Orleans (La.) Picayune says:
"Since the beginning ot the pro-cnt century
snow has lallen over this region as follows:
"18(10. In December snow leil for the first time
during twenty years.
"Ifel7. Snow again fell.
"1822. January 1, snow fell to a considerable
depth.
"1831. February 8, there wt3 a slight fall of
pnow.
"1852. January 12 and 13, there was a heavy
i fall of snow In Lower Louisiana."
A Pennsylvania Colony in Tennessee The
McMinnville (Tenn.) Era iays: "Coffee county
is fast becoming a Pennsylvania colony. Home
fifteen families from that State have purchased
lands around Concord and Oak Hill, and are
settling. They nave already laid out $85,000
for lands, and 'the cry is still they come.' They
are excellent farmers and good citizen?, and
we have ample room for all such. One of them
has purchased the extensive Catron property in
Tuliahoma."
Celestial Salt. The New Orleans (La.) Times
of the 4th says: "We learn from a gentleman
who arrived yeerday from Red River, that on
the 2d of the month a shower of fine salt oc
curred in Red River, about sixty miles from the
mouth. There had been a little snow the day
before, and on the next day, it being observed
that the supposed snow had not melted it was
examined and found to be veritable salt. Our
informant gathered a bushel ot it, aud i was
found to be equal to the best Turk's Island."
One Less Belie On the 2!)th of lust mouth the
church and residence ot St. Thomas Minor,
Charles county, Maryland, were destroyed by
fire. The church was built more than one hun
dred aud fifty years ago. The manor-hou9e was
not quite so old a little over a century. The
brick for its construction was imported from
England.
A Canai at Savannah. The Savaunese propose
to build a canal eight miles along the coast, by
means of which four hundred miles of inland
navigation, from .Savannah to Jupiter Inlet,
Fla., will be opened to steamers of lour feet
diatt.
Freedmen's Wages. The Sbreveport (Louisi
ana) papers speak 'encouragingly of the hiriua
of treed men in that region, the prices giveu
run as high as twenty dollars per mon'.h, wuu
food. Some w'.ll not "hire except by the mjuth.
Populations of Southern Cities According to
the late census, Vicksburg had a totil popula
tion on the 1st of May last, of 8007 of whom
4274 were whites and 879"3 blacks. Natchez
had a total population ot 8431 and Jackson 348G.
An Innovation A steam plough has just
leached New Orleans, the first ever received in
that cltv. It was consigned to Longstreot,
Owen & Co., and was from the manufactory of
Fowler & Co , Leeds, England.
Conflict of Opinions Judge Meredith, of Rich
inond, Va., decides that the Virginia stav law is
unconstitutional. Judge Baker, ot the Norfolk
Circuit, decides that it is constitutional.
Monumental The ladies of Memphis. Tenn.,
have formed a "Southern Monumental Church
Association," and appeal to the ladies of the
Southern State.
The Anueke Jams Estate.
The Buffalo Votumercial Advertiser hu the fol
lowing: About thirty years ago a suit was brought to
teet the title of Trinity, when a conveyance was
vrcduced, which was considered by the Court
i nle very way conclusive, and a decision was made
in favor of the corporation. This document was
found in a book or deeds which had loug been
missing, but somehow turned up at the right
moment. The following is a copy of It:
'Anno 1670, Marcbffl. Have Johannes Van
Brugb in right of Catxlna Roclol'sen. his wife,
and Atturney of Pleter Hartgers, William Bo
mrdus lor himself and his brothers, Jan Roc
foleen and Jonas bonrdus, and Cornelius Van
Carnnm, in right o Sarra Koclofsen, his wire,
and by assignment of Peter Boeardua, all chil
dren and lawful heirs of Anneke Roclolsen, late
widow of Domine Bogardus, deceased, tor a
valuable, consideration transported and made
over unto the Kieht Honorable Colonel
Francis Lovelace, his heirs Md assignee?, their
on., iinnrr rnnimonlv called and known
bj the name of Dominies Bowery, lying and
being on Manbatan's Island towards tne North
River: The quantity of ye land amounting to
..... ..-.. m ihn farmer eround
brief Irom Governor Stuyvesant, bearing date
ih ith Hiv ni .iniv lfi.14. and the continuation
therAiinnn frmn linMnnr H. NiCOlR bearing
date ye 27th of March. 18C7, la more particu
larly bet lorth, which transport was signed oj
them and acknowledged before the Aldermeu,
Mr. Olof Stevenson Hurtlant and Mr. John
Lawrence."
Anneke Jans was the maiden uame of the lady
who was the wife of a man named Roclofson,
und after bis death married Dominie Bogardus,
Bv the Dutch custom tho wife was generally
known toy her own iaru as well as that of her
Jiuslwittd, -MMi Uiberiud bis estate.
SEW POSTAL. ARRANGEMENTS.
Extension of Mall Facilities Katee of
PoitsK on Printed Matter to Europe
and Asia.
Tho Post Office Department has made arrange
ments by which a number of European and
Astatic conntrles, hitherto beyond the reach of
our mail communication except by letter, are
brought wit hin the range of delivery of all, or
nearly all, United States mail matter. It is a
singular fact, unknown probably to most
persons who have not had occasion to learn It
by unpleasant experience, that there was a con
siderable region in th civilized world where an
American traveller might not receive a ne ws
paper directly from home.
Under the arrangements now completed, pre
payment of postage, sometimes at high rates, Is
made necessary In all eases. The following offi
cial statement gives a full list of the countries
with some of which there has been regular com
municationthat are now included in the de
livery by way of Hamburg and Bremen:
Bales of postage on netrtpapers and other printed
matter periodicals, etc) sent from the United
Mates to countries of Europe and Asia, by
Bremen or Hamburg mad prepayment com
pulsory. NEWSPAPERS.
Bremen, by Bremen mail 2 cents each.
Hamburg, by Hamburg mall 2 cents each.
Prufsia, Austria, and German States, by Bre
men aud Hamburg mail 3 cents each.
Lunenburg, by Bremen mall 3 cents each.
Lunenburg, by Hamburg mail 3 cents each,
and 1 cent per 14 ounce.
Schkswig-Holstein aud Denmark, by Bremen
or Hamburg mail 3 cents each, and 1 cent per
14 ounce.
Sweden, by Bremen or Hamburg 3 cents
each, and l.Vcenv per 14 ounce.
Norway, "by Bremen or Hamburg 3 cents
each, and 3J cents per 14 ounce.
Holland, "by Bremen or Hamburg 3 cents
each, and 1 cent per 14 ounce.
Russia, by Bremen or Hamburg 3 cents
each, and 1 cent per 14 ounce.
Switzerland, by Bremen or Hamburg 4
cents each.
Italv, by Bremen or Hamburg 5 cents each.
Turkey, by Bremen or Hamburg 3 cents
each, and 6$ cents per 14 ounce.
Greece, by Bremen or Hamburg 3 cents
each, and 5 cents per 14 ounce.
Gibraltar." Spain, and Portugal, by Bremen or
Hamburg 3 cents each, and 2$ cents per 14
ounce.
Austria, India, and China, by Bremen or
Hamburg mails, via Marseilles 3 cents each,
and 9 cents per 14 ounce.
Austria, India, and China, by Bremen and
Hamburg mails, via Trieste 5 cents eacd, and
2 cents per J ounce.
PERIODICALS. ETC.
Bremen, by Bremen mail 1 cent per ounce.
Hamburg, by Hamburg mail 1 cent per
ounce.
Prussia. Austria, and German States, by Bre
men or Hamburg 1 .J cent per ounce.
Lunenburg, by Bremen mail 1J cent per
ounce.
Lunenburg, by Hamburg mail li cent per
ounce, and 1'. cent per 14 O'ince,
jschleswig-Holstein and Denmark, by Bremen
or Hamburg 1 cent per ounce, and li cent
per 14 ounce.
Sweden, by Bremen or Hamburg li cent per
ounce, and 2 cents per 14 ounce.
Norwav. by Bremen or Hamburg 1J cent per
ounce, and 4 cents per 14 ounce.
Holland, by Bremen or Hamburg 1J cent per
ounce, and 1-J cent per 14 ounce.
Russia, by Bremen or Hamburg li cent per
ounce, and li cent per 14 ounce.
Switzerland, by Bremen or Hamburg 1 eent
per ounce, and 1 cent per ounce.
Italy, by Bremen or Hamburg 2J cent per
ounce and 2 cents per i ounce.
Turkey, by Bremen or Hamburg li cent per
ounce and 5 cents per 14 ounce.
tireece, oy uremen or uamourg 1$ cent per
ounce and 6 cents per 14 ounce.
Gibraltar. Spain, and Portugal, by Bremen or
Hambutg li cent per ounce anl 2j cents per 14
oun3e.
Austria, India, aud China, by Bremen or Ham
burg mail, by way of Marseilles li. cent per
ounce and 9 cents per 14 ounce.
Austria, India, and China, by Bremen or Ham
burg mail, by way of Trieste 6$ cents per ounce
and' 2 cents per ounce.
These charges'are in each case in full to des
tination,' combining rates between tne United
States and Bremen or Hamburg, and the rae
bevond Bremen aud Hamburg to points of de
livery. KevUed Army Regulations.
By General Order No. 4 of the War Depart
ment, paragraph No. 895, Revised Regulations
of the Army, is modified to read a9 follows:
"The legal punishments for soldiers by sen
tence of a court-martial, according to thu
otlense aud the jurisdiction of the court, are
death, imprisonment on bread-and-water diet,
solitary confinement, hard labor, forfeiture of
pay aud allowances, discharge from service,
reprimands: and, when non commissioned offi
cers, reduction to the ranks. Periods ol con
finement, except in aggravated cases, shall not
exceed six mouths, and in repeated cases of
desertion shall not exceed one year, but in cases
of homicide, robberv. rape, and in aggravated
cases of injury to person or property, may be
Imposed at the discretion of the court; solitary
confinement, or confinement on bread and
water, shall not exceed fourteen days at a time,
with intervals between the periods of such con
finement not leas than such periods, and not
exceeding eighty-four days lu one case.
"Enlisted men for purely military offenses
shall not be sentenced to confinement in a state
prison or penitentiary, and when soldiers tor
other than military offenses are sentenced to
confinement in a penitentiary, they will be
dishonorably discharged the service in the
order promulgating the proceedines of the
court, me oaii ana cnam suau uoi ue
urcd as a punishment. Ordnance sergeants
and hospital stewards, though liable to
discharge, shall not be reduced, nor are they
to be tried by regimf ntal or garrison court
martial, unless by special permission of the de
partment commander."
ucnerai uracr rxo. a, irom tne war ieuun
nient. stales that "The numerous cases 01 sol
diers on furloughs who report at points far dis
tant from their stations without the means of
travelling further, demand, that officers should
use a proper discrimination in granting fur
louche. The men must either become deseiters
in fact, or must receive aid from the Government
in returning to their companies. Department
commanders are r.uthorlzed to send men report
ing under such circumstances to a military post
. . 1 . , . i .. v.. I 1 . ... . 1
Ol' depot, wueu wierr in (jiuuttoiiuy luai liiey
can soon be sent wuu a aetacninent to tne vici
nity of their posts,
'in suecial cases, where it shall seem most
judicious, department commanders. In the exer
cise or a sound discretion, may uruer transpor
tation tickets to bo purchased by tue Ouarter
niuster for furloughed soldiers, and where this
Is done a special report ot tne amount paid tor
such transportation will be made by lerter to.J
the company commander, wno win cnarze tue
same against the soldier's pay-roll on the muster
dav.
"The same amount, together with the date
when the soldier reported himself, will be en
tered on his furlough."
Mr. Frederick Seward's Wound.
The wound In Mr. Bsward's head, received at
tho time ot tho assassination, has only closed
over within a recent period. Trepanning was
InmoBHible. owing to its situation on the side of
hia Kifnll. and now the brain at that point is
only protected I'? t1 armor of flech.
MEXICO.
Maximilian Within View of the Capital
The Mission of General Sheridan'
Chlaf quartermaster to Texas What
Does It Mean t
New Orleans, January 16. The steamer Con
cordia, irom Vera Crezon the 10th inst., arrived
here to-day.
The only item of news that is of much Interest
consists in the announcement that Maximilian
had reached the valley of Mexico. He is re
ported to be still nick with fever, and obliged to'
put up at the Hacienda de la Teja. It is exp-cted
that he will take up his residence there for some
time.
Another detachment ol French troops was to
embark at Vera Cruz on the 12th Inst.int.
D. L. Lane, United Stales Consul at Vera
Cruz, has arrived at Concordia. He returns
home for the benefit ot his health.
The mission of the Chiet Quartermaster to
Texas is to make arrangements for the certain
and speedy transportation of supplies to the
new ports which have been established on the
Texas frontier, and lor supplying the troops in
the new position which tbey will take as soon
as convenient after the French troops shall
have left Mexico.
Tbe special cavalry mission has been in
trusted to General Merrlt', not Forsyth.
Testimonial to Edwin Booth.
Next Tuesday evening will be an occasion
honorable in the world 01 art. On that even
ing, at the close ot Mr. Edwin Booth's perform
ance of Harntet at the Winter GaTrlen, there will
h-i prosentedlto him. by a committee ot represen
tative men in every pursuit ot learning and
e cry branch ot art, a te6tlmouial. the motive
and character of which finds best expression In
the following beautilul letter addressed by the
subscribers to Mr. Booth:
"Nkw okk. March 6. 1K06 Edwin Booth, Esq.
Dear Sir: Yeur performance of Hamlet' lor a
hundred successive nights Is an event unprece
dented In the annals of the stage, and so hono aole
to the public taste, and to your own irenias, that we
wish to signalize and commemorate it by the accoui
pnnyinar medal, which we offor to you with our
uncerext respect and friendship. It is not, we are
very sure, the emotion aud aoplaiu of tbe momeu;,
however rapturous triev may be. but it is the in
fluence of b autv flowering into a thousand aindiy
tliouiftits and humane Ueedn, wbich is tbe (1 ue elorv
ot art and the purest satisfaction of the artist, and
your portraiture of 'Hamlet,' mat onmatebed form
and feature of blown vouib' Is so subtle and delicate,
so pathotio and powerful, that when we say it will
always herealter be tbe Image of Shakespeare's
'Hamlet' in our minds a perpetually refining pre
sence we know that we teil a truth winch will be
to you the most pratetul praise. We are, dear sir,
but a very tew ot the manv ot your countrynea who
would gladly join in such an acknowledgment of
your n.asterly interpretation of our treat poet and
we venture, therefore, to a-k on te accept this
to) en, not only as our own ofllring, but as that of
all those whom your publio career ha made vour
laithlul friends, and who earnestly hope for your
continued welfare."
Among the names of the subscribers are those
ot men most eminent as statesmen, soldiers,
poets, editors, sculptors, and painters In this
country, and the medal which gives form to
their feeling of artistic admiration and personal
regard is one of which Mr. Booth may, in every
sense, be proud. It is at present on exhibition
at Tiii'any's, in Broadway, and will continue so
up to the evening of its pr.esentar.ion. .
Tbe Winter Garden stage has been selected as
the place of presentation, to gratify the natural
desire of the many ardent admirers of Mr.
Booth who had no opportunity of subscribing
to this testimonial, ot iu some degree uniting m
its object, by witnessing the presentation and
hearine the addres and Mr. Booth's reply.
JV. Y. Evening Post, yesterday.
One of Washington's Aldea-de-Camp
Among the loner-standing Revolutionary
claims which will probably come again to the
notice ot Congress during the present session is
that of the heirs of Colonel William Grayson.
The name is unfamiliar now, but ninety years
ago it was a pillar of strength to the American
cause. A writer in the National Inteuigencer
gives the following reminiscence, which will be
entirely new to most readers:
"1 he late John Taliaferro related to me an anec
dote, the last time 1 ever saw him, of Mr. Monroe
and Colonel brayaon, that uiav be repeated. They
were both in the continental uongreas, and dur
ing the exciting period which has been ad
verted to he accompanied the lormer on horse
back to New York. Late in the afternoon, while
on their journey, tbey arrived at Bladensburg,
where tbey wore met by the latter. The patriot
statesmen aud colonels ot the Revolution em
braced each other auectionatob , being the best of
friends, and Uisian'ly related, and immediately
entered into c nversatlon upon national atUlrs
Colonel Grayson was one ot the most tascinating
gentlemen in conversation ol tbe time in which he
lived, and Mr Monroe a courteous and attentive
listener. A long a he could bold bis eyes open
youuc lalialeiro did not let a word escaoe bis ears.
and at a late hour he left them tcte a-tele aud pied-
'ited before a coeerful wood fire. At six tho next
morning he descended the stairs and found them iu
the precise condition in which he left them a mere
chump ot tho luet remulning unconsumrd In
those dm s patr.ot heart- kuetv lu' .0 reel and
patriot brains to work Thai nivUt's -ltilnif mav
have had a happy influence iu n.'iapiiix a nation's
destinies."
It may be added that Colonel Grayson was a
colleague of Mr. Monroe in the Continental Con
gress and in the Virginia Convention. When
the Constitution was ratified by that State he
was elected, with Richard Henry Lee, to the
United States Senate. Til-health, however,
compelled him to resign his seat, and he died
soon after.
Polaontng Whales.
We have already given an account of the new
invention for killing whales by poison. The
London Post is rather alarmed at the plan. It
savs: "A single ounce of the compound suf
fices to kill a whale In the course ot a few
minutes a fact whence one may judge of the
potency of this new poison. Compared wlth
tbe prolonged torture of harpooning, the new
method may be considered as realty bumaue,
even as regards the whale; but as regards the
fishermen, whose lives were exposed under the
old system to such proverbially imminent peril,
the two methods will not bear a coinoarisou.
If there were no other contingencies to betaken
Into account, the reported invention would be
one of the most useful kind. But If an ounce
of tbe poison will kill a whale in a few
minutes, it would be adequate to the destruction
t a whole shoul ot small fish, which themselves
would be devoured by others, and so on indefi
nitely. Even supposing that there were no fish
on the spot to consume the offal of the hun
dreds of whales caught and thrown into the
sea. there may be undercurrrenta of which we
know nothing to carry it to any distance.
It may be said that the hsh eating the poisoned
0IW1I would die themselves, so that no poisoned
tisli are likely to find tUeir way to Billingsgate,
fcsucu a destruction ot fish would be deplorable
111 itselt; but as the quantity of the poison
would be continually diminishing according to
the number of tush through which it passed,
the dose at last might become so small as not
to kill for hours, or even days, and the fish
might be caught while yet alive and brought
to mnrket. The method appears adapted to
diminish the risk of human life incidental to
whaling, and to be humane as regards the
whale itself, which it kills so rupldly; but even
these advantages would be purchased at too
dear a rate it all the fish ot tbe sea lire liable
to be poisoned as well as the whale."
Mr. Rdinund bharpe has presented the
British Museum a statue of the son of Rameses
II, about four feet high. He bears a
standard on each side; It is of the most beauti
ful workmanship, on hard polished breccia.
TniltD EDITION
FROM EUROPE THIS P.M.
By Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Cables
ANOTHER REFORM MEETING IN
LONDON.
A PE0SPECT OF ANOTHER WAR-
HUNGARY DISAGREES WITH AUSTRIA.
MAX'S GOODS AND CHATTELS EN ROUTE
FOR AUMRIA.
Etc., Ktc, Etc., Ktc, Etc., Etc.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Another Monster Trad Reform Meeting
to be Held.
Lonpon, January 17, noon. The Reform
League is preparing for another monster trade
demonstration. The affair will come off in
London, on the 11th of February, and is ex
pected to surpass any demonstration of the
kind ever made in England.
HUNGARY.
Prospect of Trouble with Austria.
Pesth, January 17. The Hungarian Diet,
with remarkable unanimity, design to break
their negotiations with Austria, if tiat Govern
ment still opposes tho wishes of Hungary, in
insisting on the army organization scheme and
other measures equally oppressive and odions
to the people.
ATJBCEIA.
Maximilian's Personal Effects Insured
for Carriage to Hagus.
Vienna, January 17. The Presse of this city
in an article this morning siys: Large insu
rance has been- made at Hamburg on the per
sonal effects of Maximilian, to be shipped per
the steamer Maria to Ragusa.
Commercial and Financial Intelligence.
LivEBPOon, January 17 Noon. The Cotton
Market opened quite active this morning, and
prices show a slight advance. The sales will
probably reach 10,000 bales. Middling uplands
are quoted at 14jd.
London, January 17 Noon. Consols are un
changed. American securities are quoted to-day as fol
lows: United States 5-20S, 72g; Erie Railroad
shares. 43; Illinois Central shares, 81J.
From Fortress Monroe.
Fortress Monroe, January 15. A large fire
broke out In Portsmouth yesterday morning at
2 o'clock, resulting in the destruction of prq
perty to the amount of $15,0i0. It originated
by the bursting of a bake-oven, which was
being heated at the time preparatory to baking
the morning batch. The engines in Portsmouth
arrived on the ground shortly after the alarm
was given, but were powerless to render assist
ance, owing to their destitution of hojc, the
same complaint made by the Norfolk Fire De
partment when the Atlantic Hotel and other
property were destroyed. Assistance was sent
from Norfolk, and the steam-engine "Torrent,"'
from Gosport Navy Yard, also arrived at the
ccene, but not before several buildings were
destroyed. Seventy-two ship carpenters and
caulkers, who recently arrived from New York,
assisted the 8remen, and their exertions have
elicited great praise from the citizens. The
fire was finally out out at 4 o'clock. Six small
houses were destroyed, and one badly injured,
the loss being estimated at $15,000, mostly
covered by insurance.
A slight fall of snow occurred last night, with
ran and hail. To-day the weather partially
cleared off, and to-night has become intensely
cold, promising to be one of the coldest nights
this winter. The James river is closed with ice
clear down to Jamestown Island, completely
obstructing the navigation. The regular
steamers are confined at the wharves at Norfolk
and Richmond. The Ice is very thlGk, and the
Intense cold to-night will 6erve to extend it still
further down the river. Four coal-loaded
fcchooners, bound up to Richmond, lay ice
bound. Arrived at Norfolk yesterday, the schooners
Julia B. Berkley, from the Nansemoud river for
New Haven, Connecticut, with a cargo of oys
ters, wind bound.
The British brig Dawn sailed for Falmouth,
Jamaica, with a cargo of staves, etc.
Fioru Boston.
Boston, January 17. The stock subscription
to the Natioual Steamship enterprise footed up
$325,000 yesterday morning.
Anew Cold Board Is about to be started here,
with rules and regulations similar to the New
York Board.
Two young men, aged eighteen and nlneteeti
jears respectively, have been arrested on sus
picion ot having caused the recent fires in
Maiden.
Markets by Telegraph.
New Yt'RK, January 17. Stocks steady. Chi
euro and itnek Island, 100); fieadine, 103 j; Canton
Company, 48; tne. 68 J ; Cleveland and I'oiedo, 125;
Oicavo, tort Vane, and Pittsburg. tWJ ;
Cleveland and Pittsburg, 89J; Hichnrftn Cenir!,
Iii6 j Jlichlffsn boutbern, 79 1 New York Central,
108J 1 Illinois Central, icrlp, 120J ; Cumberland pre
lerrd. 80; Missouri Bs. 93; U. 8. Kive twenties of
18a, 107 Oo. IBM, 105J ; do. 1864, 105 Ten-forUe.
9jiSev.n-tbirties, 104 jj Sterling Exchange, 6J; at
sight. 101 ; Gold, 136 .
Nbw iobk, January 17. Cotton qntet and firm.
8l)C"S5o. Hour dull and declining) sales of 8000
barrels State, 9 40;Oil2-40; Ohio, ll tf0:14 15;
Western, S9 40185. Wheat dull and deouniug.
Corn quiet and firmer. Beef quiet. Pork Ai m.
Lard firm and Wbiaky dull.
The Pope's Jewels The Pope.lt Is said, has
sen a great number of jewels to tho Nuncio at
Pnriii. bv whom thov hnvn hnun rimiMltd In the
j Parisian banks.
XtiVAL. RIGHTS.
Convocation of the "trong.Mlndd" at
the Franklin Instltnte this UeraiBf,
Representatives of the female part of society
Who are desirous of making no distinctions,
either ot color or sex, In the rights of citizen
ship, so set forth, assembled In Franklin Insti
tute this morning at 10 o'clock.
Notwithstanding the inclement and blustering
weather, tbey turned out In number;, as gene
ral in times past; about two score, and a tew
not counted, in masculine attire. A large por
tion, as evinced by grey hairs, and white polls,
had advaucrd far beyond the prime ot lite.
Duong the morning session, the curious came
in, nuking qui'e a respectable audience.
The Convention was opened alter the hour by
the nomination of Mr. Rabert t'urvis, as Chair
man temporarily, and Miss Mary B. Lighttoot,
ot Pennsylvania, to act as Secretary, which were
unanimously carried.
Mr. Purvis returned his thanks for the honor
ot tbe nomination.
A Business Committee was appointed by the
Chair, to consist ol three, as tollows: Sarah
Pugh, Lncy Stone, and Mrs. Stanton.
On motion, an addition was made by adding
the names ot William Still, ot this city, and Miss
Abbey Kimber.
Mr. H. H. Broome, of New York, was called
npon to speak. lie remarked that there was no
time at present to 'peak, but all should work in
this grand movement. In New Xork State they
have no monthly paper expressing the extreme
radical views ot the people, except the Inde
pendent, and all honor to it.
I have been consulted as to the steps of esta
blishing a paper expressing the full views of the
people tor equal rights, and intended to start a
monthly paper,' which should present to tho
population the wants and deftires of those who
are barred trom the full enioyment ot freedom
and eqnelity, and had come to be advised and
receive aid and encouragement of the people
here assembled.
What should the great doctrine of all be? It
should be nationality; because all should feel
that this should be a free country, without
regard to color, sex, or condition. Equality of
rights for our brothers and sisters, because they
are entitled to the same rights as ourselves. We
bave no rights but what should be awarded to
all. I know of no restriction and debarment
in political rights. All we want to know
whether the man Is honest, and a lover of the
proeross of this country.
Hence we went culminating from nationality
and equality, humanity, to feel that they all are
our brothers and sisters, that the elevation of
their characters is the elevation ot ourselves,
and that the deterioration of their rights Is the
debarment of our own. This should be the
country where we should know no differences,
no stations, no conditions, but all should stand
equally one with another. Let us be filled with
a nobler resolve, and be determined that Chris
tianity shall in truth reign among us.
Mrs. Cady Stanton, of New York note, as "ex
Congreswoman," is a medium siscd lady, and
rather fleshy ; sporting the curls of youth,
and to all appearances rejoicing in the prime
ot life. This lady beiug appointed chief on the
Business Committee, and being also the leading
spirit in that circle, read tne following resolu
tions: Resolved, That las republican institutions are
bonnd up in individual 1 rights, tbe question lor the
American people to settle, is the rights of indivi
duals, not races.
Ktsoivtd, That the present claim for manhood
suffrage sntrar-eoated witn the words ' eornl."
' impartial," " universal," is a oroel aban
donments tbe slave women of the bou'ti, and a
Irand on the tax-paying women ot the North, and
so maun 10 me intelligence 01 tne mneteentn oen
turv.
Jlesolved, That the thanss of the women of the
nation are one to senator cowan lor bis amend'
ment striking out the word "male" irom the Dis
trict Minraire Dill, and tbe nine senators who voted
with bim, and so ably maintained tne discussion ot
tne question two enure sessions 01 tbe senate.
Jlesolved, lhat tbe true demand in the con
struction is no more "wnite wool" citizens, and
the women of Pennsylvania hereby instruct their
self-appointed repreoentatives In Congress to amend
all bills now lelore tliem that no States or Torncoiios
be'admitttd 10 tbe Union unless by their constitution
they secure eqnal rights to all oitizens, irrespective
ot ten or color,
Resolved, That tbey who are to be bound by a
law, should have a voioe in Its ense;meut; and
when any human being ha attained the sge of
maturity, tbat person has a right, not merely a
privilege or lavor, but an absolute light to nave a
voice in making tbe lawn.
Kesolved, Tbat while we rejoice in tbe reoent
enactments in reference to the district ot Columbia
ana the 1 erritonen, we are restrained In our joy by
tbe withholding ot the ballot irom women.
Jlesolved, Ibatthe ballot, alike to women and
men, n esns bread, education, intelligence, veil-protection,
self-reiiance, and sit-rospet; to tbe
daughter it moans diversified employment, and a
lair days wages tor a lair aays worn; to tne witu it
means control ot her own oerson, property, and
eurnirjge; to the mother it means the equal euar
dianship ot her children ; to all it means colleges and
professions open, equal opportunities, skilled labor,
and inieileetusl development.
Jteto'ved, That the prohibition of the common
rights of sepulture to co'orea people, by our ceme
teries incorporated as publio burial grounds. i a
desecration ot the place and a witnermir reoroauii
to our profession. And the exclu-iOn of colored
persons from the street ears i a rrross outran-,
mving more serious esose 01 complaint than those
giievaeces of our forefathers, which eaused the
struggle for independence.
These resolutions were accepted for discus
sion. Mrs. Lucretia Mott, a lady advanced tar
into years of maturity, read letters trom foreign
countries, expressing hope that all persons in
England and France would (it was hoped) soon
have all rights accruing to citizens of tho-e
nations.
Miss Susan B. Anthony was the next speaker,
having all the appearance as Btronejin the move
ment set forward by tbe Convention; of average
height, closely fitting black sack or rather cott,
straight collar and glasses, short hair, and,
withaL, having all the essentials of a decided
woman and a well-expressed speaker.
Tbe Finance Committee reported that $3555
had been collected to defray the contingent ex
penses. It was a noteworthy fact that, in the discus
sions, the spokesmen were those who hud per
ambulated through the country, bad been the
spirit of all similar Conventions, and were the
only persons who presented the case to the
assemblage. The freedom and rights of the
colored man. it all its different phases, com
posed one ot the grand topics of consideration.
Mr. Edwin Coates had often tried to imagine
the thoughts of an Individual, of a person who
opposed the rights to others which he enjoyed,
and had, he desired to make known, not suc
ceeded. Any man of any heart ought to be
earnest in the rights of woman; for all the plea
sure we enjoy comes from the society of woman.
Aud he pitied tbe man who could look upon
the standing of women 8t the present with com
plaisance, and have no desire to elevate her to
those political equalities which he eojoys.
Mrs. Cadv tJtauton spoke at length upon the
necessity ot admitting women to Individual
riu'bts if we would have a nation founded on
the highest and noblest principles of humanity,
trlving lite and vigor to all denominations and
cla?sei-, without regard lo the dlderence of sex
or color.
A Committee on Finance, consisting of four,
to oars through each aisle, so suggested by Mrs.
Mott, was appointed, as follows: William Still,
Dr. Childs, Edwin Coates, and Dr. Coates.
At this point Professor G. Coombs, the second
Franklin and promoter of holy matrimony, was
seen circulating through the seats, selling his
pictures, and no doubt whispering advice as to
marriageable opportunities,
Mrs. Mott was then the next on the list of ex
ponents of this' great subject. She is an aged
lady, and wears a white lace cap. The sect to
which she belonged no doubt prohibited the
wearing of crinoline, far that article she wore
not. Ol small stature and small atores, she
discusses all questions "womanly:" that Is,
without any gostures, and a swinging motion of
the body. Many here, sho remarked, are ad
vocates of this movement. ("Hoar I" "hear I")
All believed that unless woman bad the right
to enable her to act and speak, and have action
In reenrd to her welfare (hear), this country
could not expect to reach a hlh standing In
the civilized universe. (Applause ) There ha
not been a convention, she stated, which had
not been conducted in the most dignified, most
orderly, and In the most parliamentary manner.
Here assembled the brightest stars and noblest
minds of the country, in the woman line. At
this point, after speaking of some stories, the
old lady became confused and sat down.
Taxation without representation was a chief
feature in the discussion. Some intimate that
women were not taxed, but this was snddenly
silenced by Mrs. Cady Stanton, telling of a
woman who done all the work of her family. .
done all the work (hear, hearl and bought
hr husband's tobacco. (Much laughter.)
Mr. Paxon, of Doylostown, remembered! the
time when his mother had gone to the polls to
vote; and further stated, that Congressmen were ,
but the barometers to tell of the universal
sentiment of the people.
FINANCE AND C0B1MKB0E.
Officii of thk Eveninq Tet.boraph,
Thursday, January 17, 1867. J
The Stock Market was inactive this morning, ,'
and prices were waak and unsettled. In Govern-,
uient bonds there was verynlittle doing; July, ,
1866, 6-208 sold at 104 J, a slight advance; 10-40s ,
at 100, no change; and 7'30s at 1044, no change; .
108 was bid lor 6s of 1881. City loans were j
unchanged; the new issue sold at 1004J100J, and
old do. at (164. v, '
Railroad shares were dull. Reading sold at ,
62, a decline of 4; Pennsylvania Railroad at (61
(lci56J, no change; and Camden and Amboy at ,
131, no change; 30 was bid for Little Schuylkill; r
61i for Norristown; 56 for Mtneaill; 28 for Elmira .
common: 40 tor rireterred do.: 291 for Catawisea
proterred; 30 for Philadelphia and Erie; 46i r
Northern Central; 364 tor North Pennsylvania. .
City Passenger Kaiiroaa snares were in- ,
chaneed. Spruce ana Pine sold at 30. 18
was bid for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 464 lor ,'
Chesnut and Walnut; 72 lor West Philadelphia; ,
14 for Hestonville; and 20 lor uirara college.
Bank shares were firmly held at tail prices.
Mechanics' sold at 334, an advance of 4. 133
was bid for First National; 115 tor Third N a- ,
tional; 1074 for Fourth National; Ti'i for North. ,
America; 151J lor Philadelphia; 136 for Farm- ,
ers'and Mechanics'; 66 tor Commercial; 86 for ,
Northern Liberties; 100 for Southwark; 100 i
lor Kenslneton; 68 for Penn Township; 66 ,
lor G'rard; 100 for Tradesmen's; 65 tor City; and
60 for Union.
In Canal shares there was very littlo move
ment. Lehigh Navgation sold at 64, no change.
22j was bid tor Schuylkill Navigation common;
120 for Morris Canal preferred; 13J for Susque-,
hanna Canal; 66 for Delaware Division; and 61
for Wyoming Valley Canal.
The Boston Evening Traveller, January 15,
says: . ,
The banks are doing comparatively little In
the way of discounts; but they are lending with
more freedom to parties who ask for collateral
loans made returnable on demand, or after a
few davs' notice. The street raws for short ac
commodation or unquestioned security are six
and seven per cent. Prime commercial notes
are not freely offered for sale. The Dest double
names, with three or four months to run, ar
easily passed at seven and eight percent. In
fancy stock dealings there are no signs of imme
diate improvement from the long-continned
depression which has pervaded the market over
since the disastrous breakdown in prices that
occurred something over four months ago. The
solid kind ot securities are less variable than
the other1, and command fair prices, being
wanted by careful investors for permanent hold
ing and periodical revenue."
guotations of Gold 10 J A. M., 13 11 A. M.,
1304 : 12 M.. 137; 1 P. M.. 136 i, an advance of
I 011 the closing price last evening.
rUlLADELflllA STOCK EXCHANUK 8ALS3 TO- DAI
Keported byDe Haven & Bro.,No.40S. Third street
BEFORE BOARXS.
100 sh Reading 62
100 h do 10 62
200 sh do..lotn.s5 62
100 sh do 2d 62
300Kb Reading.... Its 62
lnOshUestonv'e. 60 144
200 th o 2d 14J
FIRST BOARD
S160U8 7 80sJy...l041i
2" sh tenna R
66i
26iO US 6-20s 66regcl04
f 2000 Citv es now. . . .lOOj
91000 fecb Nav 6s 82 80)
600 do t6 8(4
S'iOuO FaK 1-tmt 6s s6 991
1600 W J H7b 97
1U0 sh Maple Hh .86 It
86 sh Mech Bnt ... 88 i
610 sh Susq C scrip . . 621
26 sh
do lts.s6wa 66
100 sh Beaoing...
06 b 2
v v n
26 sh
100 eh
do b6 62
do 62i
de b6 62
do ....lots 62
200 sh
100 sh
o 06 63
8 sh Cam A a.
.181
A.fBsrs. De Haveu &
Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the
following rates of ex-
l,ni,rra tnjiav at 1 V If
: American gold, 136f
(V' 137; Silver A? and is, 131; Compound Interest
,oies, June, ist4, lbj ; ao.. Juiy, imt, ibis; oo.,
August. 1864, 153; do., October, 1864, 14; do.,
December, 1864, 131; do., May, 1865. 11; do.,
Aueust, 1866, 10 ; do., September, 1865, 10; do.,
nciober, 1865, 94.
Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No.
36 South Third street, report the following rates
of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock: U.S. 6s, 1881,
coupon, 107(gl0j; V. 8. 6-208, coupon, 1862,
ll'7j107j; do., 1864, 105 1064; do., 1865, 1054
(ft 100; do., new, 1866, 104j104; 17. S.
10-40S, coupon. 994100; D. 8. f-30s, 1st
series, 104i104; do., 2d series, 1044104J; 3d
series, 1044(0 104; Compounds, December, 1864,
13.: 134.
Philadelphia Trade Report
Tbdbsdat, January 17. Business was dull to
day in all department., and out-door operations
were partially suspended, owing to the almost im
pssaabls condition of the wharf and all other -thoroughfares,
There was very little trade eflectec in Flear, but
holders were not disposed te aocept lower figures.
A few hundred barrels were taken by the home
consumers at $8 a 8 76 ft bbl. for Hoperass, 9
10 75 tor extras, $11-5013'M for common and
choice Northwestern extra fsmllr, 91214-26 for
Ponnylvsnia and Ohio extra family, and 911 76
17 for fancy brands according to quality. Rye
Flour is held at 97-25 V bbl. Nothing doing la
Corn Ms si.
There Is no perceptible ehsnge to notioe in the
Wheat Market. Salm ot 200 bushels No. t spring
at 92-66; we quote Pennsylvania red at 92 76810,
Southern red at 93'18'20, and white at 98 20c
8-40. Kve ranges from 91'3frl'a lor Pennsylvania,
and Western. Morn Is dull; small sales ef new
yellow at 97o 91. Oats are steady at 6qJ60c.
Nothing doing in Barley or Visit.
frioes of Whisky are nominal. ,
A correspondent of the London Ouardian
gives the following anecdote In the course of a
letter on hymn tunes: "At an early period of
the recent war a detachment of Grand Ducal :
Hessian troops, charged with the defense of a
particular poot, suddenly found themselves face
to taoe with a much superior Prussian foroe ,
Their commanding officer waa a Captain Konlg,
who, as a politician, had been a strenuous advo- .
cate of a Prussian alliance, but whose only
thoughts as a soldier were those of military
duty. Determined to hold his own to the last,
be prepared his men for the engagement, in
which he himself was one of the first to fall, by
bidding them all join together in a hymn. The
people of 9rand Ducal Hesse are partly Roman
Catholic, partly Protestant; and it became
needful to choose the one byoin which all the
soldiers, whatever their rclieious confrtaioo,
could sing. That hymn was 'Grosser Gott, wlr
lobe dich.' "