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VOL. VII.-No. 25.
PHILADELPniA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1867.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
OBITUARY.
Victor Cousin.
Virtor Coiinin, tbe celebrated founder ot the
ErWtlo School of Philosophy in Franco, died
of apopleiy on tbo 14th Inst., In the eeventy
fiftb jfar of bin age. He was born in Paris,
November 28, 1792. His early education wa
received at the humble tchool of his native
c'.tj, but hit ardent, love f learning induced
kit parrot.", who wore not in wealthy circum
Unce, to ' k for him the advantages of the
mperior seminarl s. He completed his course
wk.l tre highest honors, and haying resolved to
e rgas In the trofeion of public Instruction,
In lf12 was appointed professor In the Normal
(School, ot which be became the Principal sub
seqacnt to the Revolution oi 1830. At the fame
turns be held ihn otllec of prolessor of philo
sophy tn the University, anl for several years
sustained the burden of his doutle teachinr.
He at once gamed an extraordinary deeree of
populaiity. I'Ue young meu who attended his
licturei were taken captive by his lare combi
sailon ot profound thought and glowing elo
quence. II spoke under tboin'-piration of ideas
winch pecmetl to have eaincd pos.-ciclon of bn
Miul. No teacher of philosophy before him hal
show an equal power in representing metaphy
sical abstraction in such aunnated and graphic
ketches. After a course of travel in Germany
and Italy, which ha bad undertaken for philo
sophical purposes, on his return to France in
1820 he found a change tn the vows of tho
Government; ba was suspected of liberal senti
ments in politic; hiH lectures at the University
were suspended; and he remained in dlsgraoe
tor seven years. During this Interval, ttiouirli
deprived of all public employment, and desti
tute of fortune, he did not abide his devotion to
philosophy, and his writinun at tuia period
served to Increase his reputaiion and to pro
mote the interests of his favorite study.
In 1824 a singular incident took place which
added in no small degree to the prestige which
he bad already won by bis brilliant intellectual
achievements. While travelling in Germany,
he was arrested at Dresden, and conducted to
Berlin, where he was detained in prisou for
several months. This was at the instigation of
the Jesuit, who hud become hi enemies on
account ot his attachment to a liberal policy,
and who accused him ol having eugar'cd in a
plot against the German Governments. The
atlair, however, terminated to his honor and to
tDe shame ot his persecutors. He displayed
throughout the whole process a ti-muesa and
moderation which gained lor him the highest
esteem of the Prussian Government, and, in
fact, of all the cnliehteued men of Germany.
After the revolution of 1830 he might easily
have entered the path of political distinction,
and been honored with public otlice, like his
colleagues Ginzotand Villemnin, and his Iriend
Thiers, but he declared that be would remain
faithful to philosophy. "Politics." sail he at
that time, "are an episode with me: but the
foundation ot my lifo belongs to philosophy"
He was placed at the head ot the Normal School,
which he re-established and reoreaulzed, and
from 1830 to 1840 he published several or tho
roost tnirorlant works which he contributed to
the development of philosophy In the nine
teenth century. For the last fifteen years ho
devoted his Ktudies mainly to the eoeial and
intellectual condition of France during the
seventeenth century, nnd published several
historical and biographical monographs In
illustiation of the subject. His labors in
the cause of popular education have given
a great impulse to the progress of intellectual
culture, and many of his Miutrcstiona have
been adopted in the best srhnols of this
country. The philosophy of Couelu was essen
tially a protest aeainst the matt rialistic
sahools of the eighteenth century, embodying
in a broad, catholic system the conclusions of
the hicrhest speculative thought ol the present
age, although his method was original, and
deeply stamped wiitt his own powerful indi
viduality. It aimer! to reconcile the results of
positive science with tlielruitsof spiritual in-
I .... . . .... -1 ... 1. 1 1 rw.r.,- . l . Ilia full n i . .
lUUIUIJ I Itllvl WUIIC ai ClflUIS, IU tut VAV ',
the deductions of espertence.to place on a deep
foundation the universal primitive beliefs of !
numaniiy. ins exaniiuauuii oi in- (iiiiinoupuiuin
system of Locke 19 a masterpiece of analysis
and reasoning. Such a lucid exposition of the
first principles on which religion, and morality,
and the noblest hopes of man essentially depend,
has been presented by no modern writer; and
this production alone establishes his position
' on the same level with his Illustrious country
men. Descartes and Malebranche. The prin
cipal philosophical works of Cousin have ben
translated into English by several American
scholars.
A. C. 51. Pennington.
Alexander C. M. Pennington died at his rea
dence in this city on Friday evening. He was
born In Newark, N. J. Ho was a lawyer, and j
served two terms in the State Legislature. He
was a representative in Congress, trom New
Jersey, trom 1803 to 1867. 1 or a long time be
was a prominent member of the Wbiur party.
At the time of bis death he was in the Glitu year
of his age. AVw York Tribune.
Marquis of Kxeter, K. O.
The English papers of the 15th and lGth
inst. announce the death ot the Right Hon.
Brownlow Cecil, Marquis and F,arl of Exeter,
and Baron Burgbley, county Northampton, at
Burghley House, near Stamford. The deceased
nobleman was the direct descendant and repre
sentative of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the
famous Prime Minister of Queen Elizabeth, and
was the second Marquis and eleventh Earl ot
Exeter. He was bom on the 2d of July.
1795, and in consequence of the death ot
his lather in May, 18U4, he, being the legal heir
to the titles and estates, succeeded to both
beiore he had attained bis ninth year, lie was
educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and
graduated there as M. A., in 1814, and as LL, U.
in 1835. On the 12th ot May, 1824. he married
Isabella, daughter of Wil'iatn Stephen Poyntz,
of Cowdray House, Sussex, who survives bun,
and by whom be bad several children, the
eldest of whom, William Alleyne. Lord Burgh
ley, conservative member of Parliament for
North Northamptonshire, succeeds to the titles
and honors of the family. As a public charac
ter the late Marquis was known as a firm and
consistent supporter ot conservatism. De
scended lroiu one of the haughtiest and
mo6t aristocratic families of England,
he retained all that pride ot birth
which distinguishes the Fnglish nobility, and
opposed with all his ability the demands of the
lower elates for a greater share in the govern
ment of the British empire. From 1841 to 1840
he held the position ot Groom of the Stole to
Prince Albert, and during Lord Derby's ad
ministration in 1852 was appoluted to the im
portant oflice ol LordChamberlain of theQuet-u's
household. Upon the return ot Lord Derby to
otlice in 1858 he was again appoiuted to the tamo
position, which he held until the second retire
ment of the present Premier of Great Britain,
when be again retired into private life. In ad
dition to these offices his lordship was Heredi
tary Grand Almoner, and was Lord Lieutenant
of the counties of Rutland and Northampton for
many years. He was also the senior Knight ot the
Garter, having been decorated with that famous
order In 1827. Outside of his political career
the Marquis was known, with admiration to the
sporting world of Englaud, as one of the most
enthusiastic sportsmen of his auo. In 18U be
mmmenced his career as a member of the turf.
he having won a plate at Stamford during that
vear, and for the past forty years his horses
lave taken part in all of the great races In
jrrus'and. He was at one time owner of the
:ar$.ev ttock of race-burse in the kingdom, and
won mnnv important races. In his private life
he is said to have been a most courtly and
finished gentleman, ot high literary attainmntfl.
There is a romance in ral life connected with
his moth r which it woald not bo out of plane
to mention here. It is known in poetry as "The
Lndye of Burleigh," and is briefly this:-Hit
father, being distrustful of the circle in which
he moved, retired Into the country for the pur
nose of seeklna a bride who would not be
tempted to marry him forth" sake ot his titles,
but trom pure aMVction. To lurtuer bis ends,
he laid aside all other designations than that of
"Cecil," and retired to a villace in Shropshire,
where he wooed and won thedeautitul daughter
o Mr. Thomas Iliegins, of Bui as, his host. The
astonishment ol her ladyship on learning of the
rank ot her husband is prettily alluded to by
Tom Moore in one of his Irish poems. At the
time ot his death the late Marquis had nearly
reached the ripe age ofj seventy-two, and with
his departure the present ministry of Earl
Derby loses one of Its firmest supporters.
Mad'lle Oeorff.
The latest papers from Europe bring intelli
gence of the death of Mad'lle Marguerite Georges
Wcjmer, the once famous Mad'lle Georges, of
the French stage. She was born at Amiens in
178G. At the time of her death, therefore, she
had attained the vcnerablo age of eighty-one
years. Her professional career began in 1802,
when she made her debut at tho Comedie
Francaisc. It was marked by many triumphs,
and crowned with the most illustrious suc
cess. In the davs of the Consulate and tho
First Empire she stood at tbe bead of
tho profession. In 1812 she played before the
Emperors of France and Russia. Honors were
paid to her In Saxony aud Russia, as well as in
France. At one period she studied under the
tuition of Talma, and, appearing subsequently
at the Odeon, sbe made a remarkable sensation,
in the character of "Joan of Arc." She after
wards played at the Porte St. Martin, and at the
other principal theatres, closing her labors at
tbe Theatre Francais. Her line of parts was
that of classical tragedy, and therein she had no
rival but Mad'lle Mar's. Sbe had passed tho
meridian of her fame when, in 1821, Rachel was
born. In June, 1846, Mad'lle Georges was
obliged, by ill health, to retire from the stage.
She icsorted to teaching, however, in tbe
dramatic art; and it is worthy of note
that one of her pupils, in 1856, was Miss Jean
Davenport, who is now distinguished on the
American stage as Mrs. Lander. In 1849, a
benefit was ananccd lor Mad'lle Geornes who
was in poveity aud Rachel played "Eriphile,"
in li'hiqenie. Her conduct on the occasion,
however, gave disagreeable evidence of profes
sional jealousy. Madame Viardot aUo appeared.
The beneficiary herself played "Clytemnestra;"
and, even tn the faded splendor ot her genius
and her extraordinary beauty, made a deep im
pression upon the fickle mind of Paris. Tie
last years of the great actress have been clouded
by trouble nnd sickness. But tbe t r aired v is
apt to be tolcmn in tbe fifth act, and "After
ine's fitlul fever she sleeps well."
FROM CANADA.
A Miracle near Montreal A Dying Nun
llestored to Health by the Interposi
tion of the Virgin Mary A Parish
Divided.
Montreal, C. E., January 28. A document
has been published by authority of the Roman
Catholic Bishop ot yuebec, giving at great
length the particulars of a miraculous cure
cih cted last Sew Year's Day by the immaculate
Virgin Mury, and the authenticity of which is
certified by Dr. Lacbuino, a graduate of the
Lavel University. The scene ot the miracle
was the Jesus Mary Couvcut, at Point Levi,
opP'iwite Quebec.
In November, 1802, a nun of that Institution,
Sister Mary F. Thomas, alter an attack ot
tleurisj, went Into a consumptive decline,
ast Mny hemorrhage of the lunus commenced.
In the iiiontn ot December sue uau 10 lane 10
her bed, being unable to dress herself. The
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s became worse, and her conlssor
aduiiui.-'ter the last consolations ot
reliL'ion.
At this staee the Superior of the Convent told
her to pray lor a cure. Sue did so, addressing
herself to the Immaculate Mary. The other
nuns did the i-ame, and all were inspired with a
firm faith thai New Year's day would witness a
cure. On the 31st of December candles were
kept burning all day before the image of Mary.
At 6 o'clock on New Ytar's moruiue she arose
otter a relrestiing slepp, perfectly cured.
When the Doctor came she opened the door
to him. and be, on seeing her, wss thunder
struck, and believed he whs dreaming. He now
certifies that on the 31st of December she was
in tbe last staeo of pulmonary consumption,
and that on the 1st day of January sae was in
suntly cuted, and that tie cure is a miracle.
A PARISH DIVIDED.
A decree by the Catholic Bishop of Montreal,
dividing the parish ol Mnitreul, has created
great excitement among ins rlock. At present
the Irish and the French lave eacli a ciiurch,
making two parishes out ot one. This
decree would deprive to Irish of the
church which thev now have exclusively
to themselves, and would nnder it necessary
for two nationalities to worship together, which
neither would like. Mr. Beautry left on Satur
day for Rome, to protest against tho Bishop's
decree, on behalf ot the Churchwardens of
the French Catholics. Hon. Daicy McGee. it is
understood, will also wait upon the Pooe when
in En rope, to protest ou behalf ot tho Irish
population.
A Mr. Nicholson proposes to gi w to the city
of Cleveland, for the purpose of a public park. 1
from two hundred to two hundred and bftv
acres of ground lyingon both aide of the Rockv
river, provided the city will expend In improve
ments on tne same ou,iwu per year lor me next
ten years.
The Rev. W. Ballard, of the church mili
tant in Newport, Kentucky, h is been On-il fif
teen dollars for attempt'ng "to prove hit doc
trine orthodox by apostolic blows and knocks"
on one H. 8. Call, with whom he tueologic-nly
dillered.
The Macon (Ga.) Tr'fjrn ifi say ex-Senii.ur
C. C. Clay has returned home, alter a protmctl
absence, to find bis property libelled for cont
ention at the Instance of the United State Di.
trict Court for North Alabmu.
A fortune of 1250,000 is awaiting Dr. Benin
niin F. Patterson, ol Mobile. Me was formeily
asurtrcou in tbe United Stnie Army, but has
not been heard of since lniii, when he was at
Bermuda Hundred, Viruinin.
The publication of the United S'.alcs biwi In
Texas has been given to the Austin (iiticttt;
whose editor was formerly Jcu". Davis' Private
Secretary.
The Richmond 7 inies, in uotlcing the de
cease of Mr. N. P. Willis, savs "he wa ambi
tious ot notoriety as a 'rw.'" What does the
'Jimes mean f
The "Great Commoner" bus been clectd
President of the Lancnster Fire Company hi
aspirations a month since were for the Senato
rial mantle of Mr. Cowan.
A Buffalo Lyceum committee intend, it It
said, to sue Beochcr fur fulling to keep his
engagement to lecture to them.
The Rebel General A. P. Stewart ha re
moved to Memphis, where he tl conduct a
college for young men, assisted by hit brother.
General Grant senda all the newspaper cor
respondents who have teat lu the reporters'
gallery of Congress card of lovluuou to hi
receptions.
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.
The Mew Hungarian Address
to the
Austrian Kmperor.
PEsTn, January 12. At to-day's meeting of
the Lower Houe of the Hungarian Diet, M.
Deak brought in the dnitt ol his new adores,
which was read to tbe House. It is as follows:
Imperial, Royal, and Apostolic Majfsty
When, in our recently submitted adorers, we
attain and repeatedly besought your Majesty to
deign to restore, in its full luteghty, thai solemn
State treaty which forms the basis 01 our mutual
relations of right, viz., the violated Pragmatic
Sanction, and the Constitu'ion therein, guaran
teed, but buspended by absolute power; wnen
we explained that, so long as we stand outside
the Constitution we are not iustifled in taking
any decisive step tor bringing about the
desired reconciliation, we were with right
able to expect, and did confidently hope
that the thoroughness ot our motives would be
appreciated, and our request would be speedily
fulfilled. But apprehension and doubt take the
place of hope, when we see that in the domain
ot legislation, as well us In that, ot the Execu
tive, absolute power continually disposes ol our
nost sacred interest--, as now recently shown by
a decree bearing upon tne future. That un
doubted right ot Hungary, according to which
the settlement of her defensive system and
every modincation can only be carried out with
the asi-ent of the Diet h as old as the Constitu
tion of the country, our laws, royal diplomas,
the Pragmatic Sanction, aud tbe invariable
practice ot our constitutional life equally
guaranteed this right. When, in 1715,
the standing atmy was inlroduccd as a new
and more serviceable foini of the deienslve
syntem, it was the Legislature ot the country
that arranged it for Hungary. Every change,
however slight, that has since been Introduced
among us into the defensive system, has been
determined by the Diet. This right is a vital
condition of the Constitution, and generally of
all constitutionalism, which the country can
never give up. The Imperial decree with re
spect to the defensive system, recently issued,
is a new positive denial or this indisputable
right. And we who consider it our most sacred
duty repeatedly to urgethar the suspended Con
stitution be first ot all fully restored, should sin
againbt the luiberland which has entrusted to
us the deiense of 11s rights we should err aUo
againtt the rcpect due to your Majesty, which
commands us to be sincere, if we were to pass
over In silence this latest measure ot tne
absolutist system. The above-named aoso
lute decree was issued just at a time
when we had rightfully petitioned lor the
restoration of our Constitution, and were
fairly entitled to expect compliance at a time
when, in accordance with your Majesty's
promise, we believed our Constitution would be
speedily m reality restored, aud that Constitu
tion would also be introduced into your
Majesty's other dominions. It was not issued
as tbe proposal ot a responsible Government,
the binding force ot which depends upon legal
adoption by the respective countries, but as a
law to be at once executed, binding in all its
paits, and extending in its consequences to the
future. Tbe object ot this decree is tbe noblest
and hatdest tribute citizens owe to the State
the blood and tbe lives ot the sons of the coun
try. Its stipulations strike deeply into the
most sacred relations of family lite, and affect
the most imporrant moral and material in
terests of the land. Not only is it required by
that tttit and highest consideration which must
never rightfully remain unregarded tbe clear
sense of the fundamental la s of our Constitu
tion but also fairness and advisability demand
that the will of the country should co operate
in the settlement ot similar arrangement, and
that without this, and previous to its legal
expression, they should not be put iuto actual
execution. It is not only the numbers and the
valor ot the army tnat give permanent security
to the State, even amidst the most serious dan
gers. Were the defensive system to remain as it
is, the strength and enduring determination of
the army would be mainly elevated when backed
up by the entbCrsiastic will of the people, hut
we can only securely reckon upon this enthu
siastic will if the system under which tbe citizen
is bound to delend the State meets the confi
dence of the nation. This result can only be
attained when tho people, uninjured iu its
rights and most sacred interests, convinced of
the advisability of the system, and perceiving
the necessity of the sacrifices to be brought,
accedes it through its legitimate representatives,
and adopts the system. But if, at the very mo
ment wnen every citizen ot the fatherland
imagined he might with justice already couut
upon toe restoration of the Constitution, right
fully demanded upon the one side, virtually
promised upon the other, it even upon tbe
threshold of the fulfilment of the royal promise,
and in a matter of such paiaroount 'importance,
appertaining according to all notions of tbe con
stitutionalism to the normal way ot legislation it
even their imperial decrees are emitted wichout
absolutist power as laws, and if, without the
country being ablr previously to weigh the rea
son, the necessity, the advisability, the extent
of these decrees, and to express its opinion re
garding them in the constitutional way, their
immediate posiiivc execution is also ordered
then it Is impossible that the confidence begin
ning to awake should not again disappear.
Enthusiasm lor such decrees can never arise;
nay, it is not even to be expected that tbe peo
ple should remain quiet, tor the disregard of
the Constitution displayed In these ordinances
is of itself calculated to call forth bitterness in
place ot tranquility tand enthusiasm. If tbe
present situation urgently requires such meas
ures, which demand a material modification of
tho defensivo system, this presents a new and
weighty reason lor your Majesty at once re
storms our suspended Constitution. A ml, I
urgent need, a Hungary standiug without the
Constitution would be but a weak support of
the throne. The Eiet can only exercise the
legislative right of the nation upon the basis ot
the Constitution; outside the Constitution it is
not authorized to do so, nor can it undertake
burdens for the country whose rights are sus
pended. 80 long as the fundamental condition
of the Pragmatic Sanction, which guarantees
the independence, the riehts, and the Constitu
tion of our fatherland is actually inoperauve,
co long is it leeally impossible that the Diet
should make arrangements In the sense of
that mutilated lundamental compact. But
U cannot take up ntiy other ground.
We know that the formerly existing mili
tary system has undergone, from time to
lime, material changes amoug all the nations
ot Europe. Timely alterations in the political
organization of the countries, the gradual de.
veiopmeut of the telenets of war, have compelled
all States to modily their military ssstem in ac
coidance with tbe demands of tbe general situa
tion, Iwcause its own security would otherwise
have been ieooardized. Hungary has not been
iiu kward iu this respect, and has at all times
Nduntarilv. ot her own free will, made chances
Cirrespoudlng to the requirements of the age.
Bit tbese cDanifes have til ways taken place
t trough tho Diet. The country will also be
ndy in future so to shape its military system
a may be required by necessity and advisa
bill.v, by the situation of the laud, its constitu
"onil position, its national, economic, and
politcal relations; but it cannot consider
ordinances Justifiable. whenever issued,
that are emitted with this object, with
1 V,' d'r2t and express assent of the
li" t. Ve, therefore, beg your Majesty, with the
deepest'espect, niot graciously to takeinto con-
1 1 ht"" mt 11 our duty to maintain invio
late the t'hts ot the country solemnly guaran
teed by 4ie Pragmatic Saucllon, and that we
must uot neglect that duty. We pray your
Majety nt Q permit the work of agreement to
, r'n,1'',,d tuipoesible by thli and similar
attarkt upoi tbe fundamental principles ot our
l onalitutioi. We request your Majesty to with
oiaw this re-mij uiued decree, aud all inea-
snret generally put forward in evasion, nay,
een violation of our Constitution by absol.i'C
power, and we implore your Malesty positively
and completely to restore that Constitution at
the earliest period, in order that we may thereby
bo placed in a position legally to resolve and
determine upon all things demanded by the
security and the moral and material Interests
of the country. We are convinced that it is
only by constitutionalism, as well in Huneary
h- In your Majesty's other dominions, being
fully and positively brought into existence, that
the object laid down by tho Pragmatic Sanctiou
will be able to be attained.
THE OERMAM PARLIAMENT.
Count Bltmtrk'i Electoral AddreaM.
Count Bistnark and about one hundred mem
bers of tbo conservative party in the Berlin
C hamber of Deputies have just issued the fol
lowing electoral address:
The elections to the Parliament of the North
Herman Confederation are Impending. This
Pailiament is to agree upon tue constitution
indispensable for common affairs with the (iov
ernments of tncdly (lerman Mates, already
allied by treaty, which will constitute the North
German Confederation. Its task is therefore
very important and tar-reaching, and all tbe
more dillicult, as not unimportant prejudices
and obstacles in all directions have still to be
overcome.
It Is all the more urgently necessary that not
only should every political party exert its entire
activity and influence to solve that problem for
the permanent salvation of Prussia and Ger
many, but that at the present moment tho
whole Prussian people should step forward as
one man to complete in concord, as a temple of
honor to the German nation, that edifice of
(icrman unity lor which the people in arms
have laid the firm foundation.
Far be it thcreiore from us to evoke anew the
errors and divisions of tbe immediate past. We
oder the hand for common nation to all who are
ready to range themselves now with us under
tbat flag which has hitherto led us ou to victory.
Our programme is short and intelligible to all.
The Prussiau kingdom, as the centre and guar
dian of (ierman unity and freedom, and the
German policy of his Majesty the King, put in
active operation and represented thiough
Count Bistnark, as tbe exact expression of the
royal Idea, this Is the motto we have to follow,
this Is the object we have to fulfil.
The Geiman people constantly recognizes
more strongly that the Prussion monarchy Is
the guardian of German power and German
honor. It adheres daily more firmly to the
mottoes under which our King nnd his army
have won victory upon tbe. battle-field, and the
hearts of aiimin'ug nations. It rejects forever
the deceptive statesmanship ot those who,
vacillating! between timoronsuess and arro
gance, again try to press into the foreground the
standpoint shown by the most recent teachings
ot history to ne untenable.
The work must be earned on as it has been
begun, and its director can be only that man
who, as a faithful servant of his royal master,
has understood how to combine the ancient
State-forming idea of Prussia with the materials
of the nineteenth century. Let us, therefore,
rally around our old flag, and embark in the
work with all the more zealous and energetic
hand b cause we ma!e the first experiment
with an electoral law based upon the indispen
sable presupposition of tbe devoted patriotism ot
the entire people an t of every individual.
The Man Who Drew the Opera House.
We learn frpui a correspondent of the Chicago
Journal, that Abraham II. Lee, the man who
drew the Ciosby Opera House, resides in Prairie
du Rorher, Randolph county, Illinois. He was
tormerlv a partner in tbe commission house ot
David Tatuin & Co., of St. Louis, but was un
successful in business In that city. He weut to
Prairie du Rocher to reside about ten years ago.
His wife, who is a very sensible and estimable
lady, is a daughter of tbe late William Henry,
Esq., ot Prairie du Rocher, who died while on a
visit to France some months ago. Ex-Mayor
'I 1 T.lrtH nf U T siult, nn.l 'IM. . l.il.. . I ,.. . ..
iiijivi, oi, i-wuin, anil xui'uuuua ntv1". I
Esq., United StateB Internal .Reveuue Assessor '
at St. Louis, are his brothers-in-law. I
Mr. Lee is about forty years of age, is a large, I
stout, good-natured man a man of excellent ;
practical sense, who, Senator Reilly says, would
be just the last person to be "spoiled by good
luck, hue always been an industrious, hard
working business man, and withiu the past two
years has, by the profits of his business, become
possessed of a property amounting to about
$40,000. He resides quietly and happily with
his wife, five children, and niotber-iu-luw, on
his father-in-law's old homestead. His standing,
socially and otherwise, is of the best. His
neighbors respect and like him he is kind,
generous, hospitable, aud a gentleman by
nature, and tbe people ii. Randolph county and
all who knew him will greatly rejoice iu his
.'iidden good foitune.
A Lucky OlHce-Holder.
General Dix, though Minister to France, is
also Naval officer at ttie port of New Kork,
w hich is worth 40,000 per annum, and for
which be has drawn $0000. On receiving his
appointment as Minister to France, ho sent in
his resignation as Naval otlicer, to take effect
on the appointment of his successor. But tiis
successor has not yet been appointed, and is
not likely to be very soon.
Playing Cardt Cards were Invented in 1391
by Jacquemin Grungenmour, to amuse King
!',uiv VI of France, who at that time was
mad The ace was made the best card in tbe
pack, being derived from the French word
"Argent," sigi ifyiug the money, and to show
that a king cou'd not get along without it, as a
menial card backed by the ace would triumph
over a king. The kings were called David,
Alexander, Cieear, and Charlemagne; the queens
were named Argine, Rachel, Palles, and Judith;
the varlets or knave.' represented the squires to
the kingt, and were named Launcelot, Ogier,
Renard, ana nector; tens, nines, etc., repre- j
scnted tbe foot soldiers. The ace of clubs was j
so named and formed to represent a clover leaf, ;
and to signify to the kini; that a good General I
would encamp his army where pasturage wai
plenty. The ace of spades represented the hal
berts carried by the foot .soldiers; the ace of
diamonds represented the h ads of the arrows
used by cross-bowmen; and the ace of hearts
represented the courage of the knights and boI
diers. .
Scott's ' Ta'isman." This tale, in which Sir
Walter Scott introduced Ricl ard the L'on
hearled (the Black Knight of "'.vauhoe") with
such brilliant success, has been, seized by Mr.
Balfe, tbe composer, who has, made, or Is
making an opera out of it, to be' entitled "Tbo
Kuicht of the Leopard." The scefie, of course,
will be Iu Syria, where Scott pHccd it.
"Richard" and "Saladin," with "Qteen Biercn
garia," must be among the drama la'jwmntB.
m
The family of ex-Governor II arrets (Rebel),
of Tennessee, have returned to rbeur hom; in
Henry county. The "head" still remains In
Mexico. 1
General Ponnypacker. of PtnnsylvJnla, who
was severely wounded at tbe capture .of Fort
Fisher, has been appointed Colonel of line 37ih
United States Infantry.
William Martin Torbot, an officer V the
Rebel ram Shenandoah, has made a bet of 500
tbat the assassin llooth issiili alive, and pledges
himself to furnish proof thereof withiu six
months.
Thomas Stanley, an ex-United States;! sol
dier, while passing the public square at BnWus
ville, Tenn., a day or two since was aske H bv
two Rebels if he was a Confederate. Re,pltf lug
In tbe negative, be was set upon and btdly
beaten in the face with a cane.
TUI11D EDITION
FROM WASHIWGTOW THIS AFTERNOON
l SPECIAL, HfiSrATCIlRS TO KVRNINO TKLEORAPH. )
Washington, January 29.
The Teat Oath In the Supreme Court
of the District.
This morning, in the Supreme Court of thi
District, a motion was tnide for the admlssiou
to' practice of Colonel A. B. Magruder, late of
the Confederate service.
Chief Justice Carrier stated that, before he
could be admitted to the bar, the tint rule of
the Court, requiring all members to take the
oath prescribed by the act of July 2, 1802, would
require an amendment, or to be set aside, and
the Court would like to hear counsel on the
question. A day was fixed for the argument.
The Veto of the Nebraska Bill.
The veto ot the Nebraska bill will go in to
day. It will be about half the length of tbe
veto of the Colorado bill.
Washington, January 29. The City Councils,
after a long delay, have passed a bill paying the
Trustees of Colored Schools over $9000, the
amount due under a law for that purpose.
Senor Don Alberto Blert Gara yesterday pre
sented his credentials to, and was received by,
the Secretary of State as Charge d' Affaires of
Chili. Tbis gentleman succeeds in that charac
ter Senor Don T. S. Asta Buruaga, who took
official leave of Mr. Seward oa the same occa
sion, and who, for several years past, has been
the very acceptable diplomatic representative
of Chili in this country.
FROK BAXTIMOKE TO-DAY.
Decease of Celebrated Cltlzeus Large
Fire at Hagerstown Yesterday, Kic.
(SPKOIAL DESPATCH TO THB BVBTflNO TELKORAF1I.
Baltimore, January 29. -Mrs. Emily Mac
tavish, daughter ot Charles Carroll, of Carroll
ton, a signer of the declaration of Independence,
died yesterday, aged seventy-five. Mr. John A.
liobb also, an old celebrated shipbuilder; also,
Mr. Leiter Wriglet, widely known.
The Baltimore Hun has the following special
despatch:
Haoebstown, Md January 28. A laree Bre
occurred here last night, burning tho Ragle
Hotel, kept by Mr. Samuel Shaw, who loss
neariy all his furniture, aud is not insured.
The following additional places were destroyed:
Tbe Hagerstown Mait office, with the entire
stock nnd press, tully Insured; tbe clothing
stores of J. D. Swart, and Fellbeimer & Bro.,
goods nearly all saved; and the drug store of
J. H. Duivellv & Co., whose goods were partly
saved. The stocks of nil were insured. Tho
loss of buildings will tail on Messrs. William
Heyser and George Fechtig, both of whom,
however, are insured. The total damage will
aggregate not less than twenty thousand dollars.
Our harbor Is still blockaded with ice, caus
iLg much distress.
The spotted fever is prevailing amongst the
negroes in portions of our city.
Election at Wheeling, W. Ya.
Wheeling, Jan. 29. At the municipal election
yesterday, the Democratic ticket, with the ex
ception of Treasurer, was elected by a decreased
majority.
Markets by Telegraph.
Nrw York, January 29. Cotton firm but quiot
at 84c. lor Middlings. Flour cull, with a dccliuluir
tendency , 4OU0 barrels gold; State, $9-60.(12 00; Onio,
11 75(a l3 80; Western, 'J 6U. 13; Southern, 11 75
('16 60.' W neat dull. Corn dull and declined lo. ;
other grains dull. Beef quiet, with the market
generally unchanged. PorKdull; new Mess,
Iai0-tl2j; o d Mens, $19 3719 50. Lard steady.
Wtnrky duil.
JSkw Kork, January 29. Stocks excited and
liphtiy improved. Chicairo and Rock Island, 933 !
Reading, 1013; Canton, 41 J; Erie, 63J; Cleveland
nnd loedo, 117; Cleveland aud 1'ittBburtr, 7t;
Ctdcapo, Fort Wavne, and Pittsburg, 91; Michigan
Central, 1( 4J ; Michigan Southern, 09; New York
Central, 97jj ; Illinois Central Scrip, 113; Cumberland
preierred, 36; Virtnnla 6, 69; tiuiloon Kiver, 120;
K.ve twenties of 18b3, 107j ; ttoid, 134j.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Court of Quarter Seasloua Judge Poirue.
The court-iooin tins morning presented a lively
rveno. it was no completely jammed aud crow tied
iliac a pernon til toon minutes behind time could
cut noither standing nor sitting room. The uress
ol busiiiebt ib now very jrreat, and the need of a tew
and larger court-room la pressing indeed.
JUarvaret riarrluytou was acquitted on a charge
ot the larceny of clothes belonging to Margaret
.A damn Tbe defendant aeknowledged having
token the arttolcs, bat promised the prosecutrix that
(he would take hur where the had pawned tiio
cutties, and help her to recover thorn. Cou
diiut ntly. the matter being so amicably settled, the
bill was tubmitted without evidence.
TUB TCQ OP WAR.
Pr Jonos and Daniel McDonald, both co!orod,
were tried npon crossbills of assault and oaltory.
I he Doctor aud McDonald were sitting in a room
toeotbei. and the Doctor dunned McDonald fore
dollar. Muo. said ho hadn't it ; thetDoctor said "If
you don't pay it you have to wade through my
blood and body, or I'll wado through yourn."
I hen turninr to the parties i 11 tbe room, the dark
votary of .iKsculapius luid, "Leave de rrom, ttliut da
di or, aud keep your njouf shut up saut." As
Mao. started out ol tne door, tue I'octor took mm
l the neck, and by come Klright-'o liand movement
foon relieved him of some ot bis clothing. Mao.
merely pushed the Doctor oil'.
The Doctor, in tolling his story laid, ' Knear mid
night hour, do clock struck 12: my wile's brouer
l ad died not long before; Mat. Cavil was toudinr
room wtiar McDonald and a party was playing a
ciosa-cut game ob euchre; reven drink had been
rent up aud only two paid foi ; I went up and said
( ey must break up de ranie and stop; 1 axed
McDonald for to l ay mo de tin he owed Hie; lome
words 1 awed and he said I'd hab to lick: him or he
Hou deueuio Uondnv morning; dta was baturdav
night aud dey wan iiiiosin' ou the Sabbatn aud
cl.eatfn' oie out ob de drink t well, ho cotoued me
by do collar and 1 ootcbed Mm by d collar.
"When Greek meet Hli rook,
Den comes ne tug ot) war;
VVIieu b ack meets b ack,
Den cotnen de tug ob bar,"
"Ho Is a big man, I'm a little man; but J don't
know as be could lick me Dat'i all "
Tho jury, in taking these lacti in 0 consideration,
rendered the Jut verdict ot not guilty as 10 both
vartiea. importing the comi ou eaoh
Kredoiick VVtVhelm ara chargea with asfault and
lattery uiou tiarub J. Wor.t. It acorns that Mihm
Worst rented rooms from the defendant, aod alio
comniuius that he looks the doors, and veiy ol tea
roluaed to lot bor come in. On tins particular ocoa
tion fbe knocked repeatedly at tho door to ret iu,
and defendant in shutting the door struck her ou
tho forehead, and f truck at hrr and blfsvd a do?
on her. Tbe dofonse deny thrso allegations. Oa
tr')ltrlct Court Judge Stroud Axens II.
Rvmburpsr vs. James Craig. An action to recover
ton owed money, 'ibe money was borrow! bv a
Mr. fShoeniaktr, agent lor Mr. Oxjg, lor the
ltichards liouue, Kluhth and Spring tjanu n streets.
Toe Defense denv their Dability, saying tbat Uboe
maker had no authority lrom tbeiu to borrow the
money On trial.
LMatrlct Court Jedre Nhamwood. liohert
Butlert vs. Joseph Tasker, George Baitiell, aud t
CHonsall. An actlou 10 recover damages avaiuit
defendant lor allowmg water 10 oreidow a eoiler
tit J bad ieiiid trout bun. Defense, that tue ground
Itsell :i full ot springs, and it is not tbe fanlt of
defendants On trial.
Court of Common Pleae Allison, P. J.
John Brown vs. Henry Ungorer. An action to
recover lor services rendored. Verdict for for do
lenaaut. Georgo 8teck vs. Oustave Fishor. An aorion or
assumpsit. Nonsuit.
John Tracer vs. Charles Demi. An aotion to
recover tor work and laoor dono. On trial.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Office of thb Evening Telegraph, I
Tuesdiy. January 29, 1807. J
The Stock Market was very dull this morn
ing:, with the exception ol Railroad shares,
which continue the ruo-t active on the list.
Rchdins: sold largely at 601(OuOJ, a slteht de
cline on the closing price last evenlner; Camden
and Am boy at 126, a decline of i; Pennsylvania
Railroad at fit!), no cbanee; and Catawissa pre
ferred at 2Kam, a decline of 30 was bid for
Little Schuylkill; 614 for Norristown; 66 for
Minehill; 35 for North Pennsylvania; 29 for
Klmlra common; 40 tor preferred do.; 30 for
Philadelphia and brie; and 40 for Northern
Central.
City Passenger Railroad shares were firmly
held. 83 wa bid for Second and Third; 64 for
Tenth and Kleventh; 19 for Tuirteen'h and Fif
teenth; 31 for Spruce and Pine; MJ lor Ch8nut
and Walnut; 70 for West Philadelphia; It for
llestonville; 26 for (iirard College; and 10 for
Ridge Avenue.
In Government bonds there wtw little or
nothing doinsr. 106 wr bid lor Id 5-20s: 1074
for (is ot 1881; 104 for 7'30i; and 99 for 10-40s.
City loans were tn fair demand; tbe new issue
eold at lOOCfOlOOJ, and old do. at 904.
Hank shares were In sxd demand for 1n
ventment at full prices. Commercial sold at 67;
151 was bid for Philadelphia: 100 for Northern
Liberties; 33y for Mechanics'; 100 for Kensing
ton; 58,for PenniTownthlp; 100 for Tradesmen's;
05 for City; 41 for Consolidation; and CI for
Union.
Canal shares were rather firmer. Lehigh
Navigation sold at 64JrJjQr5, an advance of i,
and Delaware Division at 5G(?d56J, an advance
ot i. 22 was bid for Schuylkill Navigation
common, 32 J for preferred do.; 121J for Morris
preierred; 13 for Susquehanna Canal; and 624
tor Wyoming Valley Canal.
Quotations of Gold A. M., 134 J; 11 A. M.,
1344: 12 M., 134J; 1 P. M.. 134,.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE 8ALKS TO-DAI
BeportedbyDe Haven & Bro., No. 40 8. Third street
BErORE BOARD3.
100 eh Read....e5im 601
100 sh
100 sh
do s5 CO:
do 60!
do.sa2U 60d 60
do t30 60:
800 sh
do lots 6'i
200 sn
300 sh
100 sh
200 ih
do 0 60)
do 601 i
do....2d:nt 60
do 180 60
200 ah
200 sh
100 sh
do btiO 60
FIRST BOARD
$200 Citv 6e, new... IK) 1 60hCamfcA 12
S3000 do municlOO lOO sh Cata pi. ...bl5 281
filtlOO fa R 1st m be.86 J 100 Bh do 08O 281
4fi()0 w Chos 7s.... W t 200 sn do lota 28.
ti0O0 tlnura 7s 874, 100 sh do blO 28
29 sh Wilmft 11 It.. 64
li O sh
!t00 sh
do D60 28
do t5 28
12 sh fenna b 0 6Gj
5 sh Del. Div 6tiJ
160 sh do.. lots. 16 66
82 sh Leh N stlt Ml
100 to Reading 0 601
200 h
200 ah
do.... lots e 605
do.lots.b30 601
do 2d 601
42 Bh do ....lots 55 I
20 sh
30 sh do b6 64j!1
Messrs. De Haven &
Third street, report the
cbansre to-day at 1 P. M
Brother, No. 40 8ontn
following rates of ex
.: American gold, 134 J
fjf)134s ; Silver s and 4s 12!); Compound Interest
uies, june, mo., ihf; ao., July, 1HH4, 104; GO.,
August, 18G4, 15 ; do.. October, 1804, 144; do.,
December, 1864, 13; do., May, 1805, 114; do.,
Ausrust, 18G5, loj; do., September, 1865, 104; do..
October, 1865, 10. '
Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No.
3(1 8011th Third street, report tho following rates
of exchange to-dav at 12 o'clock: U. & 6s, 1881,
coupon, 1074107j; U.S. 6-20s, coupon, 1802.
lCUmOli; do.. 1804, 053105J; do., 1866. 105
1054; do., new, 1805, 104J104j; V. 8.
10-40.H, coupon. 99lyf; U. 8. 7-30s, 1st
series, 1044(1041; do., 2d series, 104Jffil04J; 3d
series, 104J'cil04J; Compounds, December, 1804..
13i14.
Philadelphia Trade Report
Tuesday, January 29. Trade continuca exces
sively dull in all departments, but prices remain
without essential change.
There was a fair demand for prime Cloverseed,
but common qualities were neglected. Sales of 200
bushels at $&&8 60 V 61 lbs. Timothy ranges from
$3 754. Flaxseed is wanted by the crushers at
82-86 tf2 00 bushel.
No. 1 Quercitron Bark Is held at $35 $ ton, but
thore is not much inquiry.
There is no demand for Flour, exoept from the
home consumers, who purchased a fow hundred
barrels, chiefly Northwestern extra family, at fll-60
(n 12 76, including .Pennsylvania and Ohio do. do. at
12(a H lancy brands at 814 60$ 17, extra at 9a
lu 60, and BiiDerflne at 886'75. Rye Fioar is held"
firmly at 7 26 $ barrel. Aothing doing in Corn
ileal.
There was some inquiry for Wheat of prime
quality, but other descriptions were not wanted, in
tne absence of sales, we quote, Pennsylvania red at
62 7oft 3 16, Southern do. at 83 108-25. and whit
at 88 20(0.8-40. Rve ranees from 81 85 to 1 87 for
Western and Pennsylvania. Corn is quiet, witn
small sales at 98o w$l for new ellow, and 81 for
White. Oats are sellinor at 6758o.
Nothing doing in Whisky, aud prioos are nominal.
Personal News.
The Princess Murat was born in thi9
couut ry.
The maternal ancestors of the Empress
Eugenie were Scotch.
Mrs. Colt, of Hartford, Connecticut, is
about to erect a church in that city, to cost
$50,010.
Hon. D. P. Hosue has been elected Mayor
of Tallahassee, Florida.
John Francis Mac;iiire, M. P., is making
long dinner orations in Charleston.
Tbe WashiLgton Mar denies that Grant Is
going to Europe.
We hear that John G. Sase is going to
Europe to lecture.
The voungest duke in England is the Duke
of Norfolk aged nineteen.
General Breckinridge is said to have a son
iu an importing bouse iu New York.
The Cincinnati Commercial nominates
Gen. Thomas for the Presidency.
Mr. E. G. Simmons, of New York, paid
$10,000 for tbe trotter Ethan Allen, in Boston,
ou Thursday.
Colonel Baumes, late of the 37th Illinois,
assumes the editorial chair of the Dubuque
(Iowa) limes,
The Rev. Bernard Peters has become editor-in-chief
of the Hartford Post.
Hon. A. R. Boteler sold last week thirteen
acres of land near Sheppardstowu, Va., contain
ing water-power, lor $35,000. .
The Rev. S. 1 olmau, of Concord, N. H., has
been appointed Chaplain ot the New Hampshire
State I'rieon.
B. A. Epperson, would-be member of Con
gress from the Second Texas District, (9 an
nounced to lecture before tho Boston Youn
Men's Democratic Club.
One Thomas Shields, of Norwich, Conu.. on
January 14, drank a quart of whisky on a bet,
and died tne next day.
Dr. Labnn M. Sanders, of Barnstead, N. H.,
died a few davs fcitice from a disease contracted
(.ve years aeo while performing a dissection.
James Dixon, a poor fireman of Nashville,
Tenn.. has fBllen heir tn $150,000 by tbo death
01 a rj4tive In Alisl.-iil.