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VOL. VII.-No. 19.
PHILADELPniA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 18G7.
DOUHLE SHEET TI1REE CENTS.
THE PARISJEXniBITION.
Organisation of tha Committee! for the
United States.
The names of the Commb sioncrs appointed by
our Government to represent the United States
at the Paris Exhibition, as well as those of tlie
delegates Irom the respective States, have
already been published; but no list hits been
given of the persons who have done the work
on this side of the ocean. The Government
Commissioners will begin their official labors in
Paris.
Belov we give a complete list of the paid
agents ol the Government who have been as
signed to the work of classifying the American
contributions at the agency in New York, and of
the advisory committee oi ten members, whose
ervices have ben gratuitous, and ' who have
culled In the aid of dit-tinguished experts from
all parts of the country. The organization has
been thorough, and complete, uud when the
record of the volunteer work of the Advisory
Committee is published, it will be found that a
great labor has been accomplished without the
expenditure of a dollar by the Government.
It was the original intention of the committee
to give a preliminary exhibition in New York of
the articles destined for Paris; but the difficulty
of procuiiug a suitable building, and the delay
in the action of Congress in relerence to the
lixhtoition, defeated the project.
The following is the organization for the
United States:
AGENTS,
Mr. James C. Derby, General Agent for the
United States.
Mr. William C. Gimnell, Civil Eneincer.
Mr. Alexander Mulat. Civil Engineer, graduate
of the Central School of Paris.
Mr. Jullen Quetil, Civil Engineer, graduate of
the Central School of Paris.
Mr. James S. lledtieid, late Consul to Italy.
Mr. Allrcd llcrrisse, Department of State,
Wathingtou.
Messrs. William II. Bradtbaw, Ulrick P. lions,
George C. Simmons, Georce Rule, Moses D.
Wheeler, pupil of Hie School of Mines, New
York, Kenneth Kobertson, pupil of the School
of Mines, New York, assistants.
Mr. George C. Johnson, Cashier.
The Advisory Committne is as follows:
Advisory Committee of Citizens, one for rack
Group Samuel 15. Ruimlcs, Chairman; William
J. Hoppin, Richard M. Hunt, Elliot C. Cowdin,
Francis W Evans, Frederick Law Olmsiead,
William S. Carpenter, Thomas McElrath, Charles
L. Brace; Prolessor Charles A. Joy, Secretary.
The associate members of the Advisory Com
mittee are as follows:
GROUP 1. WORKS OF ART.
William J. Hoppin. chairman ; Jonathan
Bturges, New York; Abraham M. Uozzens, New
York; Robert L. Stuart, New York; William T.
Blodgett, New York; J. Taylor Johnson, New
York; Robert M. Olvohant.'New York; William
P. Wripht, Nw York; Sheppard Gaudy, New
York; Henrv T. Tuckerman, New York; Charles
L. Titlany, New York; Charles L. Kniedler, New
York; Samuel P. A very. New York ; Josonh
Harrison, Philadelphia; George Whitney, Phila
delphia. GROUP II. BOOKS, PROOFS AND APPARATUS OF
PTJOTOORArnY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, MEDI
CAL AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, MATHEMATI
CAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Professor Charles A. Joy, Professor In Colum
bia College and School of Mines, chairman.
67I.8 6. Printing and Publishing George P.
Putnam, publisher; Joel Munsell, publisher;
James T. Fields, publisher; E. II. Butler, pub
Jifher. Classl. Bookbinding James Somerville, book
bidder. Class 8. Clatsic Moulding Calvert Vaus,
architect.
Class !). Photography Ocden N. Rood, Pro
fessor ot Pbysico'in Columbia College; M. Carey
Lea. editor of Philadelphia Journal of Photo
graphy; Charles W. Hull, Correspoudihz Secre
tary of the American Photographic Society;
Frank Leslip, publisher ot the tuustra'ea Jour
nal; William II. Badetin, manufacturer ot photo
graphic material ; Dr. John Dean, amateur
photogiapher.
Cass 10. Musical Ins'rumenls. Theodore
Thomas, composer and music director; William
Mason, pianist and composer; Joseph Poznan
ski, pianist; S. B. Mills, pianist; Hpniy C.
Tiram, pianist; William A. Pond, publisher of
music; William Scharfenberg, pianist and pub
lisher of mu-ic; Charles K. Jarvis, pianist;
Charles WollsoUn, pianist; Otto Dresel. piauist;
John K D wight, editor ot VwighPs Journal of
Music,
Class 11. Medical Instruments. Dr. J. K.
Bsrne. Sursreon-Geueral ot the United States;
Dr. William H. Van Buren, profesor of sureery;
Dr. Frank II. Hamilton, professor of surgery;
Dr. Ernest Krakowitzer, prolessor of surgery;
Dr. John M. Caruochan, professor of surgery;
Dr. Thomas B. Gunniue, sureeon.
Cass 12. Philosophical Instruments. Dr. F.
A P. Barnard. President of Columbia College;
Dr. Wa'cott Gibbs, Pro'esor of Chemistry m
Harvard College; Dr. William M. GilKspie, Pro
feasor ot Knuiuecring in Union College; John E.
Gavir, President of the American Microscopical
Society.
Class 13. Maps and Charts. Ckarlps P. Daly,
President of the American Geographical Society;
Archibald Russell, Vice-President ot the Ameri
can Geographical Societv; Georee C. Anthon,
Professor and Founder ot Anthon's Classical
School.
GROUP III. FURNITURE AND OTHER OBIECT3
USED IN DWELLINGS.
Richard M. Hunt, architect, chairman; James
11. Bowen, Chicaao; A. M. Cozzens, New York;
J. C. Bancroft Davis, New York; W. J. F.
Daily, New York; lltl'any & Co., New York;
Marcotte 4 Co., New York; Robert 8. Chilton,
Washington; A. Herrisse, Washington; Edward
Gotthlel. New Orleans; Thomas Faye, New
York; Maenio, Guedin & Co., New York; o.
Collamore"& Co., New York; J. 8. ltedfield.
New York; George C. Simons, Boton; U. D. J.
Pratt, Wasbinaton; Professor Thomas Bzlcstou,
New York; J. M. Usher, Boston; James O'Con
nor, Pittsbure; James Archer, St. Louis; A.
Barbey. New Yoik; Samuel Sinclair, New York;
Ulrick Frederick Hess, New York.
CROUP IV. TEXT1LB TABRICS AND IMPLEMENTS OF
WAR.
Elliot C. Cowdin, Importer. Chairman: Dr. F.
A. P. Barnard, New York; Majur-tieneral A. B.
Dyer. U. H. A.; Maior-Geural William B.
Franklin, Hartford, Conn.; Mujor-General M.
? C. Meigs, U. S. A.; 8urgeon General J. K.
Barnes, A. 9. A.; Colonel J. G. Benton, U. 8. A ;
' brtiradler-General B. S. Alexander, U. S. A.; E.
I R. Mudire, Boston; W. A. Budd, New York;
Adam D. Logan, New York; J. L. Butler, Sr.
l mil., rnlnncl IJ. 8. Rowland. New York:
Charles L. Titrany, New York; William G. Lam
nert. New York; Stephen Hyatt, New York.
GROUP V. PRODUCTS OF MINES AND METALLURGY,
' OP TUB FOB EST, OF FISHERIES, OF CHEMISTRY
AND PHARMACY.
Samuel B. Rugglos, member of the Chamber
of Commerce, and late Canal Commissioner.
Chairman. . .
Class 40. F. A. P. Barnard, President or
Columbia College; Charles A. Joy, Prolessor in
Columbia College and School of Mines. New
York; Professors Thomas Egleston, John 8.
Newberry, Charles F. Chandler, School of
Mines, Columbia College; Professor J. P. Kim
ball, Bureau of Mines, New York; Professors
Benjamin Silliman and Georre J. Brush, New
Haven; Profesois William B. Roger and Joslati
P. Cooke, Boston and Cambridge; Professor
William II. Clark, Amherst: William 8. Vaux,
Dr. F. A. Genth, Philadelphia; Professor George
11. Cook. New Brunswick; Professor Kd.C.lBoya
' ton, West PoiDt; Prolessora John C. Draper and
Claries 8. Stone, Mew York; Professor Charles
U. Rhepard, Amhert; George W. Majnard, Com
missioner from Colorado.
Class 41. Products of (fie Fores' Vr. John
Torrey, Prolessor ol Botany in School ol Mines;
William H. Webb, shipbuilder. , , ,
Class 42. Matural History. Yrofeor Louis
Aeassiz, Cambridge; Dr. Spencer F. Baird,
Washington ;Tbomas Bland, Robert II. Brownnn,
D. G. Elliot, J. C. Brevoort, members of the
Lyceum of Natural Historv. New York.
Class 43. Yeaetable Textile Fabrics. John
Priestley, New York; A. II. Rice, member of
Congress; A. II. Laflin, member of Congress,
manuiBcturcrs of paper.
Class 44. Chemical Products. Dr. John Tor
rey, Proleor ot Botany, and United States
As'sayer; Dr. R. Oeden Doremns, Professor of
Chemistry In the College of New York; John
W. Fraser, Professor of Chemistry in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; Frank H. Storer, Di
rector of Boston Gas Works; E. N. Horsiord,
consulting chemist; Dr. Walcott Gibbs, Pro
feesor of Chemistry in Harvard Collecre; E. N.
Kent, consulting chemist; Dr. G. L. Youmans,
autnor; Dr. Ed. K. Squibb, manufacturing
chemist; Charles A. Joy. and Charles F. Chand
ler, Prolessors of Chemistry, New York.
Class 46. Leather and Skins. Loring An
drews, Jackson 8. Schultze, Oliver Hoyt, New
York, manufacturers and dealers in cotton.
GROUP VI. MACHINERY.
Francis W. Evans, Civil Engineer, graduate of
the Central School, Paris, chairman; John Ste
phenson, J. Vaughn Merrick, James Dougherty,
J times C. Rann, W. E. Worthen, K. Ball, J. A.
Fay, Charles U. HaswelL Henrv T. Brown, H.
P. Genstembre, Myres Coryell, William Wright,
T. D. Stetson, William E. Everett, B. P. John
pon, Williiim Allen, T. R. Pickering, II. D. J.
Pratt, Norman Wiard, Thomns McElrath, U. 8.
Stoops. Aquila Adams, 8. Kd ward Todd, W. 8.
Carpenter, J. Stanton Gould, J. II. Bowen,
Frank Leslie, Richard M. Hunt
GROUP VII. CEREAL8, VEGETABLES, SUGARS, FER
MENTED PRINKS.
Frederick Law Olmsted, architect, Chairman.
Cyrus H. McCormick, Chicago; Thomas McEl
rath, New York; J. P. Reynolds, Springfield;
Frederick 8. Cozzens, New York; W. S. Carpen
ter, New York; h. N. Horsford, Cambridge; T.
L. Minier, Chicago; James H. Bowen, Chicago;
J. S. Rod 11 eld, New York; Charles B. Sevmour,
New York; J. A. Wilstach, Lafayette; Horace
Greeley, New York; N. c. Meeker, New York;
J. M.Schaffer, Fairtield: Joseph Hodgson, Mont
gomery; Governor Patton, Montgomery, Ala.:
Colonel W. S. Rowland, New York; Professor
W. P. Blake. San Francisco; J. N. Hong, Sacra
mento: Isaac Young, Leavenworth; Sidney
Clark, Kansas.
GROUP VIII. ANIMALS AND SPECIMENS OF AGRI
CULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
William 8. Carpenter, member of the Ameri
can In'titutc, chairman; John Stanton Gould,
President; and B. P. Johnson, Secretary of the
New York State Agricultural Society.
GROUP IX. HORTICULTURE.
Thomas McElrath, member of the American
Institute, chairman; Horace Greeley, President
of the American lnsiitute; W. 8. Oaroenter,
member of the Horticultural Society; Calvert
Vaux, architect ot the New York Central Park.
GROUP X. OBJECTS EXHIBITED WITH A SPECIAL
VIEW TO THE AMELIORATION OF THE MORAL AND
PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE POPULATION.
Charles L. Brace, chairman; Colonel James
II. Bowen, Chicago, United States Commis
sioner; Celonel William S. Rowland, Commis
sioner from Minnesota; J. M. Usher, Boston,
Commissioner from Massachusetts.
EUROPE.
AMERICA AND ENGLAND.
The Alabama Clalim The Question of
Arbitration How Such a Mode of Set
tlement would Affect Both Countrlca.
Prom the London Times, January 8.
We have authority to state that, in reply to a
communication received Irom the Geverumcnt
of the United States, her Majesty's Minister at
Washineton has been instructed to ascertain
whether that Government is prepared to accept
the principle of arbitration upon the pending
differences arising out of the late civil war,
provided an agreement can be come to as to
the points to which such arbitration should
apply.
Prom the London Times, January 9.
Itiswiih hearty satisfaction that we record
the friendly overtures made by her Majesty's
Government to that of the United States. Lord
Stanley, as wu announced yesterday, has in
structed the British Minister at Washington to
propose a resort to arbitration on the differences
arising out of the American war, and from the
htneunge in which this decision has been made
public by tup Foreign Office, we may infer that
a recent communication from Mr. Seward
paved the way lor its adoption. It is
row lor the Government of the United States
to say whether they will accede to the principle
of arbitration, the piecise terras and subjects of
which are properly reserved tor subsequent dis
cussion. Upon the latter point we cannot anti
cipate that any serious difficulty will be found.
Of course the depredations of the Alabama are
the real sources of dispute, and the great ques
tion lor the arbitrator will be to what exteut, if
any, Great Britain is responsible, legally or
morally, under circumstances to be duly set
forth in the case, for the consequences of her
escape from the Mersey. The law officers of
the two countries, if thej cbuld meet tor consul
tation, would probably tucceed, within a very
jew hours, in Iramiu? a statement perfectly
satisfactory to both. There is, indeed, no con
troversy about the facts; the controversy is
about the pr.nciples which should be applied to
them. Heie the amplest discretion should.
noon everv crround. be left to the arbitrator.
The object is not to obtain a judicial determina
tion of a lceai doubt, but to bring about an
equitable arrangement betwpen two innocent
parties, who, being nations and not individuals,
have no common superior. So long as
Ue constiuctlon of our Foreign En
listment act was belore the Liw Courts
it was inevitable that especial stress should
be laid on the leeal aspert of the claim
preferred by the United States; when it once
comes before the arbitrator, it is the moral
aspect which should prodorainate. Municipal
tribunals are governed by precedent, even in
matters involving national interests, not be
cause precedent is a sounder euido than prin
ciples of justice, but rather because an adhe
rence to precedent is the only safeguard against
partiality and the only security for uniformity
of decision. This reason U manifestly inap
plicable to the adjudication of International
differences by a sovereign power. Such a pro
ceeding is more analogous to the Intervention
of a peacemaker between two friends who have
disagreed than to any ordinary litiaration. 'Toe
supteme end of a legal judgment is that it
should be in strict conformity with the law;
the supreme end of international as ot private
mediation, is to effect a settlement which can be
accepted on both sides with honor.
Will Lord Stanley, however, be supported by
public opinion in making a proposal all but
identical with that which Lord Russell declined,
and thereby incurring the risk ol a refusal from
the United States f We venture to believe that
he will, and turther, that his moral couraae iu
taking a course repuunant to a false but plausi
ble sentiment of national dignity will be re
warded by success. It should always be remem
bered that Lord Russell's first reply to Mr.
Adams was the conclusion of an elaborate cor
respondence on our alleged liability for injuries
inflicted by the Alabama and her consorts.
That correspondence was conducted almost
exclusively upon the narrow basis of an
appeal to piecedents. and as tin burden
ol proof lay upon Mr. Adams, Lord Riue-ell pos
sessed a great advautatre, which he turned skil
fully to account. There were very few precedents
relevant to the argument, but of these o:.e of
the most recent ana important, in which the
United States had occupied the position of de
fendant, happened to be in our favor. Lord
Russell, ehietlyon this cae, had already com
mitted himself to a denial ol the American claim
before it was ultimately piescnted in a
practical shape, and his prompt rejection ot
it in that shape followed almost bv way of
logical consequence. We do not justify this
pait of Lord Russell's policy, and we regret
the ungracious lnnguage In which an unpalatable
reply was conveyed. It would have been better
to suggest a change In the form of the claim than
to cut off all prospect ot its being entertatned in
any form whatever. At the same time, Lord
Russell's error may be partly explained by the
turn which the discussion bad taken, and partly
excused by the peremptory tone of Mr. Adams'
lemonstrances. But an error it was, as we have
more than once pointed out, not only In policy,
but on principles of reason and right. There
are, doubtless, some demands to monstrous that
It would be impossible for any nation to con
sent to arbitration upon them; but when
a Government on terms ol amity with our own
complains of haviug been aegrieved by our
default, and offers to submit its alleged grievance
to arbitration, it is no sufficient answer to say
that we cannot allow a foreign sovereign to sit
in judgment on our conduct. We have been
pi.rties to a declaration in favor of referring
international disputes to arbitration; we have
actually relerred a late dispute with a much
weaker power to arbitration, and bowed to the
arbitrator's award; ami we should certainly
tender arbitration to any State against which
Grpai Britain bad acause"ot complaint. Then,
why demur to arbitration, when proposed
by the United States, only because we have
implicit confidence in the justice of our cause 1
We say again that Lord Russell's unqualified re
jection ot Mr. Adams' tender was a false step,
and it a false step, that Lord Stanley was bound
to retrace it without needless delay and without
unwoithy reservations. There Is nothing half
so undignified as being in the wrong, nor was
there any means of placme us in the riorht
except by assuming the initiative arid inviting
the United Stites to meet us halt way.
Whether tbey will do so, and if so, in what
spirit they will do so, remains to be seen. We
can hardly expect that Mr. Seward will lose
the opportunity ot commenting on our chnnec
ot attitude, or that some of our New York
contemporaries will fall to attribute Lord S.nn
ley's prollercd concession to b:is motives. It
will perhaps be said or insinuated, but with an
entire oblivion ol dates, that we presumed on
the weakness of America iu the day of her
calamity, and truckle to her when she has
regained her stieneth. Now if this reproach
were ever so well deserved, yet it ongbt not
to deter us from acting on our own con
victions of duly. It is. however, wholly
undeserved, and capable of being rebutted
by plain facts. The moment selected by Mr.
Seward for pressimr his demands upon Lord
Aussell was preci-ely that nt which the United
States, triumphant by sea and land, had utterly
crushed the insurrection, still maintaining a
vast army and navy on a war footine, and in
dulging hopes of a speedy reconstruction, which
experience has since disappointed. It' there
ever was a time at which Great Britain bad
reason to fear a rupture with America, it was
that very lime when Lorn Russell, in Us name,
repudiated the Alabama claims. But we cannot
bring ourselves to dwell on this topic, nor cau
we suppose that motives so petty and unstate
manlikewill influence the counsels ot the United
States. Knglishmcn did not saspect Ame
rica ot cowardice when, in deference to tho
clear rules ol maritime law. she gave up the
prisoners wrongiully capiured oh bosra the I
Trent; and Americans of sense will not suspect j
England of cowardice because, in deference to '
equally clear dictates of international morality, !
she retires from an untenable position The 1
United States Government yielded then. I
idthough many peisous in this country pre- i
dieted that national pride would be tos strong I
lortbem. it is the turn of our Government to
yield now, and, whether or not their motives be
appreciated, we have confidence iu the result of
their efforts to renew those friendly lelations
with a kindred people which should iiever have
been interrupted.
POLAND.
The Imperial Decrees Incorporates
Poland with Kiimila.
A St. Petersburg telegram of January 6 says:
"Three ukases concerning Polaud, aud bear
ing date the lPtb ot December, have beenisued
to day. The nr.-1 introduces the Russian system
Into the financial administration of Poland, and
publishes a provisional financial direction for
Warsaw, under the control of the Fiunnca Mm
if try at St. Petersburg. The definitive consti
tution of this office as a permanent linauce
direction is reserved.
"The tecond ukase regulatesthe postal admin
istration of Poland, and subordinates it lo the
Russian Ministry ol Posts and Telegraphs. Tae.
third decree simplifies the eeneral Polish ad
ministration, li orders that irom the 13t'a of
January Poland shall be divided into live,
instead of ten Provincial Governments, and
eighty-five districts, and that offices tor the pay
ment of taxes shall be established on that day
In the Governments and districts according to
the new division ot the new kingdom. It also
grants fuller powers to the GoveDors, and orders
the formation of local bodies ot guards."
Education I u New Zealand.'
In the province of Nelson, New Zealand,
every householder, rich or poor, pays u tax of
i'l towards the Government free schools, and 6s.
per head on each child who does not eo to some
school. An inspector is appointed, who reports
periodically to a board ot management on the
progress ana attendance ot the pupils; thus,
the system is persuasive rather than compul
sory, and answers very well. The education is
secular, with certain times set apirt for reli
gious instruction, which the pupils can avail
themselves of or not, at the discretion of the
parents.
Probable Release of Jeff. Darli,
The Richmond Enauirer of Saturday savs:
Charles O'Conor and Mr. Shea, counsel lor Mr.
Davis, are in Washington. They have had a
conference with Greeley, who his bad one with
the President. It is rumored that Mr. Davis
will soon be released on parole or bsil."
English Yschtinff The London Fie'J says:
"Englishmen have done great things, but they
enter into nothing so feverishly as our trans
atlantic brethren. Mr. Walker, in the cutter
Alerte, one-fourth tho size of the Vesta, made a
dreary passage to Australia and back; and some
years seo Captain Stallard took the Gem to the
same distant continent. Five years airo Captain
II annum left England in his schooner Themis,
and voyatted in search of pleasure to the Pacific.
A solitary cruise in such parts is a strange and
dismal thing to attempt, and niauy of our
leaders will recollect the shocking events that
attended this unexampled exploration. At Mas-t-ateura
his friend nnd ai!ine-mater, a lieu
leuantin the navy, died, and after visiting the
Sandwich Islands on his wav home, his wife
died on board, hnd he brought her corpse to
England, her last resting-place on earth. Such
a tale oi sadness as this seems out of place here,
and we would have left it untold were it not
that, with the equally sad loss which happened
io me neetwins, it serves to snow mat tne
pleasures of yachtinar, like the other vanities oi
life, are not unalloyed with misery."
A dinner was given near Paris th other
nay, of which the principal dishes were stark,
horse, dog, and rat.
OBITUARY.
A PA1II OP PORTS PASS AWAY
Nathaniel Parker Willie.
Mr. Willis died at bis residence, Idlewild,"on
the Hudson, on Sunday night, in the sixty-first
year of his age.
Mr. Willis was born in Portland, Me., on the
20th of January, 1H07, and had consequently
Kst completed his sixtieth year at the time of
his denth. He received his early education at
the Boston Latin School, and at Phillips' An
dover Academy, where he was prepared tor
Yale Colleee, at which institution he wan gradu
ated in 1H27. His poetical genius was exhibited
while he was yeta school-boy, and during his
residence in New Haven he published a series
ot poems, entitled "Scripture Sketches," under
the signature of "Roy." After leaving college,
be became conuccted with the periodical litera
ture of that day, and among other enterprises
established the American Monthly Magazine, iu
1828, most of the contents of which were the
productions ol his own pen. He continued his
labors iu this Magazine for more than two
years, when he joined the staff of the
'Mew York Mirror, a weekly literary jouraal
which bad been started by Mr. George' P. Morris
about seven years before. Soon atter forming
his connection with Mr. Morris, he commenced
an extensive tour In Europe, where he re
mained lor t he space of about seven years. The
fruits of his European experience were given to
the public in his lively volumes entitled "Pen
cilluiffs by the Way," which originally appeared
in the columns of the Mirror. His travels ex
tended through hrance, Italy, and Greece, and
into portions ol European Turicey and Asia
Minor. As an attache of the American lega
tion nt Paris, to which office he had been an
pointed by Mr. Rives, then United States Minis
ter at that Court, he gained free access to the
highest social circles,and with tbehab.tsof keen
and rapid observation which he had already
formed, and which remained one ol his proml
nentcharacteristics throuehout his life, he ob
tained a rich (tore of materials for sparkling
description, and piquant and, not untrequently,
a little mischievous comment. During that
period he also published "lusting of Adven
ture," a series ol tales aud sketches written for
the Loudon JVeut Monthly Magazine, under the
signature of Philip blingsby, which obtained a
brilliant popularity both in England and this
country. His first work was seveicly criticized
by the British periodicals on account ot the
freedom with winch he exposed the interior of
households wbfre lie had been received as a
guest, nnd some of ills lemniks on the writings
of Captiiin Marryatt. then iu the litieht of his
reputation as a popular novelist, led to a duel
with toat author at Chatham, which, however,
hnppily terminated without Woodshed on either
side.
After exhaustiner European life in its manifold
enticing phases, Mr. Willis returned to America
in 18117, hnving two years previously been mar
)led to an Euerlish lady, the daughter of General
Stace, suoer ntendent of the military and naval
arsenal at Woolwich. Upon arriving in this
country, he retired to the beautiful rural resi
dence on the Susquehanna, near Owego. In this
State, which, under tne romantic name of Glen
mary, has obtained a celebrity as w;de as the
writines which date from t iat place. In 1839
he became one of the editors ol a New York
literary journal called the Corsair, and in the
same jear he made another visit to Emrbind,
where he published "Letters from under a
Bridge," written oriirinally at Glenmary, and
oue of his mo.st agreeable productions. This was
sneedily followed by his two dramas, Tortesi the
Usurer and litanca Visconii, and a col
lection of stories, poems, and European letters,
entitled "Loiterings ot Travel." At this period
he published a splendid illustrated edition of
Ins poems, and contributed the letter-press
oescriptioris to Bartlctt's "Views of the Scencrv
of the United States and Canada." He returned
to the United States in 1844, and io connection
with his former associate, Mr. Morris, established
the livening Mirror, a daily newspaper of this
j city. The death of his wife, uud the failure of
i his own health, induced him to make a third
I viit to Europe, where ne brought our an edition
of his maeazine artides unoer tne title of
"Dashes nt T ile with a Kree PenciL"
1 Alter a residence of about two years abroud
he returned to New York in 184C, aud in tin
same year was miuried to the estimable btdy
' who still survives him. a daughter of the Hon.
Joseph Griuuell, of New Bedford. He now
published an octavo edition of his complete
! works, and in connection with his devoted
: fellow-laborer, Air. Morris, established the
Home journal, which rapidly won a large 8iiar
.f the public favor, and lias continued, from
that time to the present, a popular nnd almost
unique orenn ot literature, society, fashionable
lite, and the news of the day. 'lhe reputation
ot this favorite journal was due, In a great
degree, to the assiduity, tact, and versatile lite
rary powers of Mr. Willi5.' He was never weary
of his task, never at n loss forsiiRgPStive tuem-s,
never wanting in skill of adaptation, in curious
surprises ot expresion, or in flowing wealth
of original illustration. His devotion to bis edi
torial duties was like that of a fond mother to
her pet child. The laneruor'of disease seemed
to produce no effect on the fertility of his pen.
His mental euprt;y triumphed over the weakness
of Lis bodily Irame, and the dashes of quaint
humor and the utterauce of dainty conceits
which constantly enlivened the columns of his
journal were ofttu produced in the intervals ot
pain, or dictated amidst the paims ot lingering
illness. Even until within a few days of his
death, be would not consent to relinquish his
erasp ot the pen, maintainini; the same persist
ent energy which had kent him firm nt his post
through so many years of hopeless invalidism.
The titles ot Mr. Willis' works comprise
slmost a library of volumes, and are doubtless
too familiar to most oC our readers to demand
repetition in this place. Nor is It necessary to
offer a critical esiimate of their character, in
addition to the comments which we have been
Irequenlly called to make at the time of their
successive publication. As a fluent and grace
ful distourser ou the lighter topics of social
interest, he is admitted to havo bad lew rivals.
It they are to be found at all, we must not seek
tbera in the stately reserve and polished diz
t ityol Enelish literature, but among writers
v ho diew their inspiration from the gay per
siflage and graceful Irony of Parisian lite. No
man caught with a quicker eye the flee'dug
aspects of social comedy, or reproduced their
rainbow colors with, a more dexterous louch.
His poetry shows that he was not destitute of
the deeper sentiment, for the exercise of which
he bad little use in the airy sketches which
ttiurru alike by the frivolity of their tone and
the piquancy of their diction. As we have not
seldom had occasion to remark before, his
Itchiest compositions often betrayed a subtle
delicacy of discrimination, au acute perception
of evanescent differences and similarities of
rploiion, which, if applied to the discussion ot
giavcr and more piotound tonics, would have
given him the name of a muster in a sphere of
intellect In which be has now scarcely the credit
of an Imperfect initiation.
Alexander Smith.
Mr. Alexander Smith, well known as author
of "A Lite Drams," and other poems, died at
Waidie, near Edinbureh, on January 6, atter an
illness of several weeks. Mr. Smith, who was
the eon of a pattern designer, was born at Kil
marnock on Deceiuoer 31, 1830, so that be had
iust entered his thirty-seventh year. His first
work, "A Life Drama," was written by
him while encased in his father's bui
nPfcs, and published in the Critic in
1862, and afterwards, with other po"ms.
in a volume, in 1863. in 1855 he published, in
conjunction with Mr. Dobell, "SonnetB on the
(Crimean) War," and in 1W7, "City Poems"
and "Edwin of Deira," At a later period he
ditUiguifhed linjself as a prose writer, pub-
lifhinginlPC3. "Dreamthorp.'Mn 1865, "A Sum
mer in 8kye" end "Alfred 1 1 Heart's Household."
He was also a frequent contributor to Good
Words and other serials. In 1H54 he was
appointed to the office ot Secretary of the Edin
burgh University. He married about ten years
sgo, and has left a widow and family.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Ofiicb of ihe EvF.Nnto Telkoraph, I
Tuesday, January 22, 1867. i
The Stock Market was very dull this morn
ing, with the exception of Railroad shares,
which continue the most active on the list.
Reading Fold largely at 61i61j, a slight
advance; Pennsylvania Railroad at 6fiM5(i, no
change: Norristown at ti2, no chance; and
Lehieb Valley at 62i. no cbanne; 128 was bid
lor Camden and Amboy: 29 for Little Schuyl
kill: 6Gi for Minehill; 29 for Elm ira common;
40 for preferred do.; 16 for Catawissa com
mon; 291 for preferred do.; 30J for Phtla
delphia and Erie; and 47 for Northern Central.
City Passeneer Kailroad shares were un
changed. Chesnut and Walnnt sold at 61; 19)
was bid for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 30 for
Sprme and Pine; 14j lor llestonville; and 2GJ
lor Girard Colleee.
Government bonds were firmly held. July,
1806, 6-20s sold at 104,',, no chanee; and 7'3()s at
104i, no change; 107J was bid lor tis of 1881;
and 9!)ii lor 10-40h.
City loans were In fair demand. The new
issue sold at 100 and old do. at 90 j.
Bnns: shnres were in good demand for invest
ment at full prices, but we hear of no sales.
139 was bid lor First National; 105 for Seventh
National; 235 for North America; 152 for Phila
delnbia; 60 for Commercial; 32 for Mechanics';
.r8 "tor Penn Towuship; 60 for GirarJ; 'i for
City; and 67 for Commonwealth.
In Canal fhares there was very little move
ment. I.ehieh Navigation sold at 64V. 22? was
bid tor Schuylkill Navigation common; 32J for
preferred do.; 120 for Morris Canal preferred;
134 tor Susquehanna Canal; 66V for Delaware
Division; and 62 for Wyoming Valley Canal.
Quotations of Gold 14 A. M., 1363; 11 A. M.,
130: 12 M., 136J; 1 P. M.. 1354, a decline of 1
on the closing price last eveninrr.
The Morns Canal and Banking Company
announces h semi-nunaal dividend of 6 per cent,
on the preferred stock of the Compauy, and 3
i er cent, on the consolidated stock of the Com-
I i ny, pavsble on aud alter the 6th o' February
neyt. Philadelphia stockholders will receive
their dividends at the office ot E W. ("lark A'
i o. Thetianster books will remain closed till
the 5th proximo.
The h niton Coal Company announces a
dividend of three per cent., free of State tax,
payable on demand,
The New Jersey Railroad Company has d
clared a semi-annual dividend of five per cent.,
nee ol Uovernment tax.
From St. Louis to S. Paul's by way of
Macon City, is a route which asses through
l be richest part ol the State of Missouri, ajd
touches at nearly all the rapidly growine towns
with which that country abounds. For some
time a railroad has been in operation from St.
Louis to North Missouri, extending 170 miles.
It is now proposed to extend this road to the
State of Iowa to the north, and to the junction
of the Pacific Railroad at Leavenworth. To do
ibip. a first moriuage of $0,000,000 worth of
bonds, bearing 7 per cent., and payable In
thirtv years, is to be placed upon the market.
As this road is vouched for by Jay Cookc-
V Co., who have despatched agents to ln
vestigate the condition aud prospects of the
Company, and who have reported favorably,
nnd as we are assured that the $6,000,000 mort
gage is secured by a road worth $10,0110,000, the
investment is beyond all doubt a most advan
tageous one. Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. intend
to sell the first $600,000 at 85 cents, so that the
first who invest will receive 9 per cent, on their
capital, and acfunlly receive back an increase1
of 20 percent. The loneth of the road will be
.'180 miles, and the annual revenue will amount
1o $1,500,000. The opportunity presented our
capitalists in one which they will not fail to
seize uoon. so soon as the merits of the Invest
ment can be investigated.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALKS TODA1
Reported or De Haven & Bro., No. 40 S. Third street
FIRST BOA ED.
100 eh Reading Railroad s5 51 J
BEFORE BOARDS.
f500U S 7 30s,Je.c.l04i 14 n Tenna K.Jots 66J
&1000 do Jy..c.l04( 879sh do ....lots 6(3
5000 oo AuirsGHMj 200 bh do o 66i
$2000 6-209 65cpJy..ll)4S 20 sh do 60J
3000 t a6a t'43 100 sh do. . sBOwn 6i
:!( ClIV HA llfiW lOfl i 100 ah Hn fid!
$0000 do. new Its. 1001 100 en Reading,
30 61
HU do Oil.. W,i 100 an
do o 61
do.lots.soO. 61
$1000 PaH lstmt Cs s6 901 400 sh
$1000 N Pa RCs 9;l i 100 en
do 0.51 r0
15 eh Norristown. Is. 02 100 sh
KIshLehN stk 64 V 100 sh
20sh l eh Vl. ...Its C2i 100 sh
Csh Buck Jkltn.... 40 16 sh
lOOshStNcbloal... lj fish
31 sh Cties & Wal.ls. 61 100 sh
6 sh Acad Music. .. 65 100 sh
1 sn Pen Da K.. .. 60
do 11 -611
do b30 612
do 61
do.trnsf Its 61 '.
do e 611
do 613
do....b60.51-09
Messrs. De llaveu &
Third street, report the
Brother. No. 40 South
following rates of en-
ibansre to-day at 1 P. M.: American cold. 135A
d ? 13G; Silver t,s and is, 130; Compound Interest
.Notes, June, XHC4, 10(; do.. July, 1804, 10; do.,
August. 1804, 15.'.; do.. October. 1804, 14J; do.,
liettmbei, 18G4,"13j; do., May. 1805, 11.1: do.,
Aueust, 1805, 10; do., September. 1865, 10; do.,
October, 1805, 9 j.
Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No.
r,C. South Third street, report the following rates
of exchange to-dav at 12 o'clock: C. 8. 6s, 1881,
coupon, 107J((l0K; U.S. 6-20, coupon, 18G2,
117J108J; do.. 1804, 105$106; do., 18G5, 100
(V1004: do., new, 1805, 1042lO4j; U. S.
10-40s, coupon. 99100; U. S. 7'30s, 1st
series, 1044104',; do., 2d seriesk104J104V; 3d
series. 104 J104j ; Compounds, December, 1801,
LVft'lSL
Philadelphia Trade Keport.
Tuesday, January 22 lhe market Is fairly
Mipphed with prime Cloversced, and this is the oulv
inscription wanted. Small sales at C7'758 "5 t
01 lbs., the latter rate for recleanod. Choioe Timo
thy commends 3 75'o4 per bushel. Flaxseed la
taken on arrival by the crusher at 82 862'96.
Tne last etie ot No. 1 Quorcl:ron Bark was at
$35 t ton
lhe Flour Market continues very quiet, there
being no demand except from the home consumers,
who purchase only enouirh to supply Immediate
wants. Sales of a tew hundred bar els at88a8 76
iter barrel for superfine; $9,g,10 60 for extras;
1160'nl3 for common aDd cboioe Northwestern
extra lamt'y ; 12tl4 for Pennsylvania and Ohio
uo. do ; and 14 60a 17 lor lancv brands, according
toquaity. Kve Flour is held firmly at $7 25 per
barrel. Prtcee of Corn Meal are nominal.
1 he receipts of Wheat continue very small, and
the stocks have become reduced to a very low figure,
t here wa a air inquiry tor prime qualities but
common grds were not wanted. We quote 'eon
svlvania rea lit 2-76to310 Southern do. at 83 10;c.'
o 20, and white at $3 20J 8 40. I he last sale e't
1'. nuevlvania Kye was at fcl 86 Corn is quiet, but
prices remain without ehansre Hales of luuo
basbols new yellow at 98o.(w$l for Peunsvlvauia
nod Southern. Oats are scarce, aud in moderate
lf quest.
Nothing doing in Whisky. Trices are nominal.
-The will of the late William Pollock, of
PittsBeld. Massachusetts, bequeaths $25,000 to
bis daughter, Mrs. Snow, and a large amount of
personal property, with the use of the house uud
land8, to his wife, who alo has tho income of
one-hall their proceeds at anv time she chooses
to sell them. Mrs. Pollock will also receive the
income of on"-fifth of the estate dunn her life,
and ths remaining four-tifths ate to be divided
equally among the five children. The aggregate
property to be disposed of will probably amount
to 11,600,000. The will required between $600
tnd 1700 worth of revenue stamps.
TMRP EDITION
PERU AND BRAZIL.
HOSTILE DE5I0NST RATIONS.
A Peruvian Slave Obtains the
Medal for Sculpture.
Five Monitors to toe Constructed.
Arrival of American Emigrants in Brazil
Gohl Discovery in Uuliiii.
Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Kte.
New York, January 22. Advices from Rio
Janeiro to the 23d of December, state that the
Peruvian papers are very hostile in their tone
towards Brazil, and it Is said a small body of
troops have been sent to the frontier to guard
against aggressions.
Public meetings were being suppressed by the
police in Pernambuco.
A mulatto slave had carried off the medal for
sculpture in tho Provincial Exposition. His
statue was Cupid. Ile has received letters of
manumission.
The keels of five monitors have been laid on
the Isla des Cobros, whose construction was
formally inaugurated by the Emperor. Nearly
five hundred troops and seamen have been
despatched to the Paraguay.
The long continued rains had done ranch
damage to the roads and railways.
Two hundred emigrants had arrived from
New York, and four hundred more were ex
pected. Though they were hosoitab!reeeived,
complaint is made that they were not agricul
turists, which is contrary to the stipulations
betweeu the Packet Company and the Brazi
lian Government.
The collection of troops by draft and con
scription in the provinces was progressing with
rapidity.
The cotton crop promises an increase.
A discovery of rich gold and diamond wash
ings in Bahia has been made.
In Paraguay no fighting had occurred, except
some exchanees of artillery firing.
Two Brazilian vessels had entered Lake Piris
and bombarded the extreme r'ght of the Para
guayan army.
A reported insurrection in Paraguay appears
to be confirmed. A Paraguayan captain seized
a depot, the garrison fraternizing with him,
ann when Lopez sent a force to chastise him
he retired to the mountains, and beat off the
troops.
A second attempt, with 600 men and two
cannon, was repulsed with the loss of the
cannon. At the last account the caotain had
COO men, well victualled and supplied with
munitions.
The Iudlans on the northern frontier, taking
advantage ot the absence of the men, were
cruelly ravaging the unprotected villages in that
section.
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL. NEWS TO
DAY. By Atlantic Cable,
Lokdo.-:, January 22 Noon. United States
Five-twenties are quoted this morning at 72J..
Illinois Central shares, 80J.
Marine Disasters.
New York, January 22. Arrived Ship
Oneiza, Irom Calcutta. She was cut through
by the floating ice In the harbor this mornins,
und was run ashore, wlh eleven feet of water in
the bold.
Arrived Barque George S. Hunt from Ha
vana. Mot ot her crew are badly frost-bitten.
Arrived Ship Samuel Russell. Some of her
crew are badly frozen. Brig Blue Wave, from
Kingston, Jamaica, on the 7th instant, fell in
witb the brig George E. Maltby, from Demarara
for Bath, in a slnktng condition, and took from
ber the captain and crew, nine in number, and)
brought them to this port.
From Illinois.
Monmouth, January 22. U. S. Wicr & Co.'s
Cultivator manufactory was destroyed by fire
yesterday. The loss is $50,000; insured for
$15,000.
Markets by Telegraph.
New York, January 'ii. Stocks dull and lower.
Chicago and ttock island. 99 ; Keadintr, 102 : Can.
tn Company, 46; Erie. 64); Cleveland and Toledo,
120; Cleveland and Pittsbunr, 89; Pictsbur and
iortWaynp. 963; Michigan Central, 106; Michigan
outhern, 78 J: New York Central, 108: Illinois
Central serin, 116j; Cleveland prelemd, M; Virgi
nia 6, 69; Missouri 6, 93; Hudson Hirer, 127; U. 8.
hive twenhe 108; len-fortie, 104j. Sterling Ex.
chance. 109j; Sight Kichauge. 110ft; Go d, In con
sequence of the passage of the Uold bill, is quoted
at ja6j.
Sale of Stocks and Real Estate.
The following properties were sold by M. Thomas
&Son, at the Philadelphia Exchange, commenc
ing at MKn, to-day; '
MX) shares Bingham Mining and Lumbering Co. tl-75
VliNhareii Central National Bank 11 to
S1(H) Del. Mutual Ins Co scrip. 1864 87X oia.
10ft aharei Alluntown Roll ng Mill, par S50 34 00
1 abate in the Mercantile Llbraiy T'it
1 share Plitla. a tlieoivuin, paid up to lht8 11 -ftO
10 aharea American Autl Incrustation MHO
a MM) boud Union Leanue. 4 per com not aold.
S00 share Mount Farm Coal and OH Co W cents.
i valuable lots. Oxfor i rond.1 veutr-thlrd Ward itii Ot
two-story dwe.llnga corner ot rort -a eeond
and Powelton avrnua 4900-00
3 dwelling), No. 1M3 1615 and 1517 Kac atreet ttvO Oil
avern and dwelling. No. 251S Caliowhlll treat not ao'd.
Dwelling. Ho. -m Madloo atreet IftOOw
Vealdeuoe, N. W. oor. ol Mnuiccmh and Arch
atreeta not sold.
8 lots of ground. Twenty bilh Ward 1470 v0 .
Tbree-atory brick dwelling. Mo. UO Bradford
irset 1450-flf
Irredeemable ground rent. SSI a year 5"?
Irredeemable ground rent, tl'20 ear 1W', .
Dwelling, So.iil M. thirteenth atreet notaold.
Slight Fibe. A slight Are occurred In
the carpenter shop, Juvenal street, above wal
nut, this morning about half-past 12 clock.
Damage Immaterial.