77 i 'TV' KHNiO H UJT A. AHA. A. VOL. X. NO. 150. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1869. DOUBLE SHEET THREK CENTS. l.APJ, FIRST EDITION MARRIAGE DESECRATION The Divorce Jugglers of New York Law and Decency Set at Defiance How Evidence is Manu factured by Professional Perjurers. Much has been written concerning the loose divorce laws of Indiana, Illinois, aud Connec ticut, and it is generally supposed thut those titates oiler facilities for severing the marriage relation which can be found In no other section. The statutes of this State refusing divorces ex cept for the crime of adultery, it would seem that New York should be the last place in which n person would apply for divorce on trivial grounds of complaint, and there is a popular idea that with all the evils which society suiters in this city the divorce business has not attained a foothold here. This Impression 1 very erro neous. The accommodations afforded at western railway stations, where trains are said to stop fifteen minutes for divorces, are equalled, if not surpusFcd in this respect in New York, and any married man or woman who discovers a new nflinity can here be cut loose from a matrimonial p irtner in the most expeditious manner. But there is a class of men who make a regu lar business of procuring divorces, who keep about them a retinue of professional perjurers to manufacture evidence, and who will get a decree of divorce for any person at short notice. Not only ure false atlidavits made out, but jndiela) signatures are forged, and, in nine cases out of ten, the credulous applicant receives for his money a decree of divorce which will not stand a moment when disputed by regular legal proceedings. There is oneclass of applicants who are always furnished by the procurer with a genuine di vorce. This includes married persons who may bo still living together, aud whoso position In society is such as to make it certain that the defendant would contest a divorce decree unless based upon positive and genuine evidence of adulterv. Such parties, if living in New York, generally insist upon having a divorce in con formity with the laws of the State, and are willing to pay the procurer a sum eullieiently large to induce him to work np the case in an elaborate and perfect manner. Two illustra tions will sutllce to show the exact nature of this class, and the means employed hy the pro curer in obtaining a valid divorce. These cases are among the least villanous operations of the regular divorce procurer, and divorces thus obtained cannot be set aside. For tunately they are comparatively few In number, but the other class of divorces Includes innume rable cases and involves a complete system of perjury and forgery from beginning to end. To illustrate: Mrs. John Smith, residing in New York, writes to the divorce procurer that her husband has ill t eatcd her, that she suspects him of adultery, and that she wants a divorce. The procurer re plies that if she will forward a formal complaiut, accompanied by a certain sum of money, and pay another amount upon the divorce beiug ob tained, her wishes shall be gratified. Next mail brings the complaint to the procurer, who calls in his professional perjurers and acquaints them with the contents of the complaint. If, how ever, it is not strong enough the procurer makes out another, forges the siguaturo of Mrs. Smith, and, enclosing the new complaint in a document signed with a bogus name as plaintiff's attorney, sends it to the reierrce appointed by the court to take testimony in divorce suits. The law re quires that the defendants shall bo summouod to appear; and to get over this difficulty the pro curer fills out the following form of affidavit and attaches to it a bogus name: Superior Court of the City of New York, , being duly sworn, says, that on the day of deponent served the uliuexed summons ou the defendant lu this action, by delivering to and leaving with said defendant, , personally, a true coy of said annexed summons, at , in tlie ;lty oi : , deponent knowing the person on whom he served the summons, as aforesaid, to be the defendant in this action. . Sworn to before me, this (lay of . The following is the form of summons above re ferred to, and which, of course, is never served upon the delendant: , plalntiir, against , defendant. tsuiiiiuous for reliei. To : You ure hereby summoned aud required to answe th j complaint lu this uei ion, which will lo tiled in t.uc oltlce of the Clerk of tha Superior Court or the city of New York, at the City Hull, New ork ; and toseneacopy or your answer to said complaint, on the subscriber, at his office, No. , wlllilu twenty days after the serving of this summons on vou, exclusive of the day or service; and if you fail to answer to the said complaint within tlie time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded In the complaint. X.itol , Plaintiff's attorney. The signature as plaintiffs attorney is also bogus in this case, and the preliminary docu ments thus manufactured having been sent to the referee, the hired tools of the procurer go before the reterce to give evidence. Each per jurer gives a bogus name to the referee, und has a slip of paper inside his hat, bearing the dates mentioned iu the complaint, so as to make no mistakes. As ho makes his statement he keeps an eye on the memorandum in his hat, and is thus enabled to tell a straight story. Thrno or lour of such rascals having made affidavits cor responding with the complaiut, the referee, who, perhaps, may be acting in good faith, sums up the evidence with a rccoinincndatiou, and the case goes to the Court, when, the defeudaut not appearing, the decree of divorce is immedi ately issued. Before any record is made of the tleeree the procurer makes sure of his fee, and then forwards the decree to the complainant, who knows nothing of the details of the suit. In some cases the divorce proceedings are not placed on the record at all, unless the applicant for divorce personally attends to it. Thus, In less than a mouth, Mrs. Smith gets her divorce, aud imagines herself free: but if the husband, upon discovering the affair, makes an appeal, he will have very little difficulty in getting the de cree eet aside. The bogus witnesses, however, cannot be found, and if the divorce producer is required to produce them he can manufacture just as many affidavits aa he may need to relieve himself from the dilemma. The witnesses give gome boarding-house as their place of residence, and as it is Impossible for the proprietors of such places to always remember the mimes of their boarders, there Is not mudi probability of the fraud being proved to its fullest extent. But there is etiil a more profound depth of vil lnnv into which tome of these procurers dive. Where applications for divorce are based upon .. complaints of abandonment or cruel treatment it is necessary to get the decree from some court In Connecticut, Indiana, or Illinois. Chicago is the favorite place f r euch operations, although Indlannpolis and New Haven arc extensively patronized. A party in New Jersey applying to a New York proennur for a divorce must have the evidence taken before a New Jersey referee. 'i'hn urocurer in this instance not only mauu- lacturcs bogus affidavits, but concocts a bogus rrft ree's report aua lorwarcis 10 new nuveu, Chicago, and Iudlanapolls a mass of documents which do not contain a single genuine signature except that of the complainant. By means of similar trickery the court before which the case nmca mi is satisfied of the reliability of the documents, and a decree is issued divorcing par ties who may never have been in the State where t) c divorce is graniea. A messenger is generally Bent to New Haven with the documents, but those going to Jndiau- upolis and Chicago are forwarded by mail un let peculiar circurufiUoccs make it necessary to personally engineer the case. As before stated; In many instances of divorces thus fradulcntly obtained, the defendant may have been guilty, and, consequently, docs not contest the matter; but If some of these cases were to be energeti cally investigated it would reveal a system of fraud and perjury of astounding magnitude. There are very recent cases that can tie cited where all the villanlcs above mentioned were committed, and divorce documents are being almost daily manufactured for parties livlug In different parts of the Union, which would send their authors to the State Prison at short notice. -V. Y. Urrald of to-day. "SINE DIE." The Council of Wild Wo rum In Nemdon-Thrlr l atum Alprtlnirn la be Held In I'topla Prethon Too llrrtt For Word. Some eighteen or twenty of the forlorn and faithful even unto death met yesterday after noon in New York. Mrs. Wilbur called tho meeting to order with the remark that they had not expected to meet at all, and should transact no business, which nssuranco was altogether superfluous the association having never trans acted any business except talking. Tho orators and oratresses oi the occasion looked crestfallen and hung their heads as if something fearful had happened, the said personages having been engaged for a whole week in altogether useless rumination. Murmurs of discontent, loud and prolonged, went up from all parts of the room, or rather from all parts where anybody was seated. "I can't stand this," sighed oiy. "Talk, why talk is the last solace of a broken heart," moaned a second. '"Oh, my lost lecture!" shrieked a third, and "What Is the world coming to ?" ques tioned a fourth a query to which the empty desks, once occupied by the faithful, rcspouded. or seemed to respond, "Not to the meetings of the Suffrage Association, certainly." The grave Madamo 1'resideut, or Vico-Presl-dent for Madame President (she of the gray and glorious frizzle) was not present listened with a pathetic expression of countenance, which was almost tears in and of itself. "Sisters," she murmured at length, in softest accents, "let the lovers of suffrage join the Oneida Community; for, behold, have they not lately endorsed its peculiar principles ?" Then, "I have a husband, and "I have a hus band," and "I have a husband, too," was buzzed from lips unused to speak respectfully of hus bands, "and he might get a divorce, you know, and the walls of Balaclutha would be left desolate." "Let him get a divorce,'' bristled the sauciest of the faithful. "Can't 1 smile upon tho judge and get a decree for alimony '!" "I hain't got no husband and don't want rone," grimly interposed the vestal of the asso ciation. "Husbands is nuisances; I want a fight," and, with an exhibition of far more apti tude for pugilism than correct English, which has been voted altogether superlliious by special resolution, the vestal took an attitude unques tionably menacing. "Husbands Is good for nothing but to pay bills, and I never permits any bills to be presented. I fights 'em oil." The vestal relapsed Into an attitude of musing pensiveness, having been safely delivered of tlie preceding oration; but still discontent reigned rampant. The fair president looked sad, not to say vexed, at the pugnacious remarks of the bellige rent vestal, who talks uo more, but fights, and, order havlug been restored, the resolution manu facturer ventured to begin the drawing of a re solution voting and decreeing and directing that the members of the association should join the Oneida Community in a body. l ve got a nusDana, objected one. "1 want a husband,'' objected another, "and I'm not going to have one of them Oncldas either. "Ah, shameless creature, cried out the ancient and pugnacious vestal of the association. All, shameless crcctur , alter nil 1 ve taught ve, to Epeak right out in meeting in this way. I tell ye, that's no way to get one: I've tried and I know; aud again the vestal compressed tier lips and looked the impersonation of a Jupiter in petticoats. Presently, however, an expression of benignity crept over her iron features und her lips moved ecstatically! The few who were near euough might have heard her murmur, "I'll try a new dodge a brilliant idea; why haven't "I thought ol it all theso years i I U have one yet. without goin' to the Oncidas after him." As the venerable spiuster murmured "all these years" au expression of unutterable pathos and patience suffused her aged countenance as it the recollections of other aud sweeter ays had sud denly come over her. She gazed dreamily at ' acancy, and sighed, "All these years all tuese years unmarried. The most incorrigible or aged celebates, had he seen her then, witli all the fight gone out of her, would have piled her forlorn ness, even to matrimony, and proposed on ttie spot, mere was a pathetic fascination about It that would have proved dangerous had. tuere been a single eligible old geutleman present. Tho sternly set jaws relaxed, the rigldness begotten of loug vestal solitude, and the stern Napoleon ot eut frage looked dangerously amiable with tho dreamy, but ah, how fallacious, anticipation of possibilities! The fair resolution manufacturer had, in the meantime, completed the resolution. The sub stance was that, whereas the members of the association believed in tho right of every citi zen, male aud female, but female particularly, to be a niairimenial repeater, and that, whereas it has been proved by the late assassination that tho world was not yet educated up to the stand ard of matrimouinal repeating; thereforo liesoleed. That tho members ot the Still rage Association f ecedo from tho world in a body, and join themselves unto tho Oneida commu nity, in connection with which this sacred right of the citizen is respected and provided for. Hut alas lor the late of resolutions ! The spirit truly was willing, but tlie flesh was weak, or else the llcsh was willing but the sprit weak. Whichever may have been the case, the resolu tion was received by the lew who had husbands with hisses, in tlie midst of which a motion to adjourn sine die was put and passed, with tlie proviso that those who wisiied to join tho oneiders snouid have tho privilege ot doing so without forfeiting the respect of tho associa tion; and no more will the hall at Packard's Building resound with tho declamation of the stylish Mrs. Wilbur, or tho modest sugges tions of Dr. Lilliput, or the oracular evolutions of Packer Pillbox, or the Boanergian cloquenco of Mrs. Stanton, or the "Get up a fight, please," of the iron-visaged vestal. The occupation of tho pretty creature, whose business it was to manufacture stunning resolutions, Is gone, like "Othello's;" and no doubt In a few days the Oneida community will have au opportunity to add to its accessions. The poor Suffrage Association is no more. "The IVuil Diver." All Phlladelphluus, If not all fair weather travellers, are familiar with tho name of JSoynton, the "Pearl Diver," whose little curiosity shop at Cape Hay was one of the attractions of that place for several sea sons. Ills place waa burned at the (Treat Are of last year. The following extract from a letter of the "Pearl Diver," received by a gentleman of this city, will be read with interest: "Fortune has treated me rather badly since 1 lef 1 CapeMuy. 1 could una no employment lu 1'liUiKlnl phlu, nor could 1 start business, for I hail no money, so In a? h pair 1 shipped on a vessel bound for tlie Indies. From thero 1 went to New Orleans, where 1 succeeded In getting a situation us sub-marine liver In a wrecking company. I have remained as such ever since. The occupation is. exceedingly dangerous, but 1 love It. There is a wild fascination about i that has mo completely in its power. It Is so glorious to go down, down, down, iu the element 1 love down among the llsh and dead men (some times, and to work in silence ho groat that you can almost .hear yourself think. We ure at present bound to Memphis, thence to New Orleans, where we will reuiuin for a mouth." A SWILL-MILK SENSATION. A Breakfast Appetlr.rr for the "City of f hurcbeii"-WhiU tho Hub" of the limplre Nlnle Flavors Its Coffee with. At the session of the New York Board of Health, held at police headquarters yesterday, the following chapter of grievances, calculated to arouse a shower of indignation in Brooklyn, was submitted by Mr. Bergh, President of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals. Tho communication was referred to the Sanitary Committee for investigation and re port: American Society for the Prevention of Ckvelty to Animals, New York, Dec. ao, 180!!. (icorge B. Lincoln, President: A most ntroclous wrong Is being Inlllctcd on tho inhabi tants of Brooklyn and this city by wretches whom it would be gross flattery to call brutes. It consists in their confining hundreds of cows together in dark and badly-ventilated stalls, without exercise, and scarcely room to stand or He down, all the while fed on distillery waste or slops. This barbarous and unnatural treatment produces Its natural consequences. Tho animals become positively rotten, the poisonous mucus sometimes actually dropping lrom their bodies. And while in this condition they are milked and the horrid liquid sold und consumed by tlie in habitants of the aforesaid cities. Nor is this nil. The offal or dead cart makes Its daily visits to this frightful charnel house, where It may bo seen waiting, in some instances, for the very bodies of animals then actually dying while being milked. I am awnro that It Is difficult to reconcile this statement to the sober realities of truth, but there Is no fiction, unhappily, in it. The nauseating but unsuccessful Investigations of this Eociety long ogo lu those localities con firm its accuracy. Now, the question is. shall these "deeds almost w ithout a name" bo forever tolerated for want of olliciul severity, or by reason of an incomprehensible apathy on tho inrt of the people ? Not an hour should be lost; lundreds of men, women, and children are annually being murdered or consigned to lives of disease, to say nothing of the tortures of the submissive brute, by suffering these pest-houses to exist. Let them be speedily and forcibly swept out of being, and their li'cudish proprie tors sent to Sing Sing. But. you will say, proof of this is necessary. This l engage to furnish, provided tho Health Board will comply with my request repeatedly urged that one of the agents of this society be nppointed an assistant inspector, without com pensation, as provided by the eleventh section of the act of 18(10, and subsequently amended in section 15 of same law. This matter is certainly of sufficient importance to the public to employ every means offered for its correction. And I trust the board will, without delay, second this effort of ours to do that which its present in spectors iu that locality have completely failed to do. I have the honor to be your most obe dient servant, Henry Bkkoh. President. AMPOCEUE. A Dead Woman (Jntim i0( Founds In Nluo Yearn. The Saginaw (Mich.) Enterprise reports that while removing the bodies from tho old to the new cemetery, south of Sagiuaw City, the men eugnged in the task of disinterring came across a petrified body, it was that of a female, and tho inscription on the tombstone was, "Mary, wife of J. Maiden, died April SJ1, 1800, aged 80 years, 1 month, and !3 days " Bernard Kiee, who Is superintending tho disinterring and re moving ol the bodies, estimates the weight of the body at 400 pounds. Mary Maiden, of whom this petrified body is the remains, was well known in Saginaw City ten or twelve years ago. She was a devout embolic. Her husband was at one time keeper of tlie light-house at Thunder Bay, and is now living at Alpena. It is said that she died very suddenly one day, after eating a hearty dinner. She was quite a large woman, weighing, perhaps, ViOOpouuds. Mr. Lewis, through the Haijinairian, says: "The head hud fallen from the body, and" the bones of the neck at the point of separation had the same appearance ns those of other bones near by, known to be the remains of one buried about the same time. Of tlie head, as we saw it, there was nothing left but the bones. From the shoulders down to the feet, save the hands, which were somewhat crumbled, the body re tained its natural shape of roundness. Over the bowels there was a slight depression, but tho wall of the abdomen was full, aud the limbs, even to the break in the right leg near tho ankle, which occurred while the deceased and her husband were keeping the light at tho mouth of Saginaw river, were precisely as they must have looked when she was laid out for burial. The general appearance of the limy deposit by which this wonderful preservation has been effected, is like that which often accumulates in tea-kettles, and as it appeared iu the interstices of tho clothing, and In tho soft parts of the body where there had been slight abrasions, as iu the lilt hip, was of about the same consistency. The chest and breast were particularly full, aud had attained a greater degree of hardness than any portion of the body.'" This is decided to be a case of adipoccre, which is explained by the New American Ency clopedia, ns follows: "Adipwcreo is a product "of the decomposition of fleshy matters. It bears a slight resemblance to spermaceti. It is formed from bodies buried in moist earth, and especially when these arc accumulated for years in great numbers." THE NEW YOKK MONEY MARKET. Frmn the X: Y. Herald. 'The 'bulls' In gold had their turn to-day, and cflccted quite a sharp upward movement, much to the consternation of their opponents, who were rendered very uneasy by the energy of the 'bulls,' and were Induced in many Instances to rover tuelr outstanding contracts. The reversal was originally based upon a very vague telegram from Frankfurt, implying an unsettled foreign market for our Gov ernment securities, owing to the prospect of funding them at a lower rate of interest. The 'bears' did not stop to question the truth of such an inference regarding the proposal to fund the debt, or they would have known that such a measure, If enacted by Congress, would only strciigtheu the national credit. The bankers in Fjanklort are perfectly well aware that they must receive par In gold for their live-twenties before they need part with them, and the cable telegram referred to st ems rather a specu lator s canard than a veritable news item. How ever. It sulllced to give the market a start, und the price of gold rapidly ran up to 12o', from which it declined again lo Vi0, but was again run up to 14 1,1, the highest point of the day on tho reports that Conirress was ussuining a belligerent tone on the question of the Alabama claims, and that (Secre tary lioutwell would not sell his gold to-morrow below 121. and possibly not uoiow 123. "Holders of gold paid from seven to two per cent, to have their balances curried over. Tlie operations of tlie Cold Exchange Hunk were as follows: tlold cleared f 10,904,0110 (lold balances 1,107,832 Currency balances 1,S5,1nj "The Government bond market was active aud strong, in sympathy with the advance In gold, and under a large home-Investment demand, doubtless springing from tne desire or ricu men, capitalists, aud corporations to convert their funds into Gov ernments, by the holding or which on the lllst Inst, tliev inuv evade the imposition or Htato aud local taxation. It may be remembered that when the raid on this class of securities was made a mouth ago, au expose of the designs of the speculators was glveu lu tills column. This plan to break the market preparatory to laying in bonds for currying over the end of the year has been eminently successful. They have sold their former bonds at a Hue profit, and are now buying mem duck ten to twelve per cent, lower. "Tlie money market was easy at six to seven per cent. Commercial paper was unlet and steady. Foreign exchange preserved tho firmness noticed at the close of business on Tuesday, and under a further demand for bills advanced an eighth per cent, lor sterling." SECOND EDITION LATEST B7 TBLHOXlArXI. Five Diunken Irishmen Ituu a Muck Through a Railway Train Texas Election Returns. Important Spanish News The Throne Question A Naval Court-Mar-tial Ordered at Washington. FROM WASHINGTON. Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Washington, I'ee. 2. Comparatively few Senators aud members are lu the city now, as a great many departed for their homes last even ing, and many more to-day. I'oiitumwier-tJeiwml Oeswcll gathered around him yesterday at his sump tuous board his assistants and heads of tho bureaux In his department, with their wives. Of course it was ureatly enjoyed by til!. Navy Axciiln. The Secretary of tlie Navy has decided that In future a paymaster, detached from duty as acting Navy Agent, will bo allowed tho same timo for settling his final accounts as the Pay master of tho Navy Yard at the station where lie was employed, and if tlioro bo no yard at that station, then ns the Paymaster of tho station, and such paymaster will be allowed to retain hie principal clerk for tho time allowed him to settle his final account as acting Navy Agent. Naval Court Martial. A Naval General Court Martial has been or dered to convene nt the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Vn., on the 5th day of January next, before which Paymaster Thomas C. Masteu, U. S. N., will be brought for trial upon tho charges of neglect of ollicial duty, disobedience of orders, absence without leave, and scandalous and un- ollicer-liko conduct. The court will be com posed of the following olllcers: Commodore John M. Berrien, President, Captain l'eiree Crosby, Commander S. P. tkuackcnbush, Commander W. 12. Fitzhugh, Commander V. 11. Maker, Paymaster W. M. Mocgs, Paymaster T. 11. Looker, members; and Gene ral John A. Holies, Solicitor and Naval Judge Advocate-General, Judge Advocate of the court. A Hraiuilul iMemorliil. There has just been finished and presented to Mrs. President Grant a beautiful, chaste, aud elegant memorial, unique in character and de sign, the handiwork of Mrs. Fries, of this city. The shape of the memorial is oval, about eight inches in height, handsomely framed in gilt, and the design is a tomb with a weeping willow drooping over it. The tombstone is of pearl, bearing on it tho word "Mother." Tho willow tree is correctly formed, and Is composed en tirely of the hair of Mr. aud Mrs. Dent, Mrs. Grant's father and mother. The memorial is a work of art, aud exhibits great skill. A Soldier Arretted lor Murder. A soldier by the name of Gallagher was last spring tried in tho Crimlual Court of this city for assault aud battery with Intent to kill a com rade whom lie had wounded in a inolce at Lin coln Barracks.- lie was convicted of assault and battery only, and at the conclusion of his term of imprisonment was sent to his regiment at Norfolk, Vn. A few days ago the wounded man died from tho effects of his wounds, where upon Gallagher was sent back to be tried for murder, and is now in jail here. An Oltlee Abnllxhed. Despatch to Tk Evening Telegraph. Washington, Dec. 2'J. Some months since the Secretary of the Treasury abolished the otlice of surveyor of customs at Eastport, Maine, as it was useless. Recently strong influence was brought to bear to have it rc-eatablished, but the Solicitor of tho Treasury has decided that the oflice beiug abolished, it can only be restored by Congressional enactment. Secretary lioutwell leaves hero to-night for his home to spend tho holidays. The Texan Election. The following telegram was received here to day by Judge Pasehall: Austin, Dec. J, 1800. Davis '400 ahead, ex clusive of Milan and Navarre counties, which would elect Hamilton, If allowod to vote. Tho question has been submitted to tho President by Generay Reynolds since. . M. Pease. The President says ho has not yet heard from General Reynolds on tho subject. There is, however, no chuncc of an election being allowed In the counties named. The New Naval Kegliiter. The new Naval Register is now being mado up, and in it all the stall' olllcers are put at the old rank, as Congress took no action in the matter. . FROM BALTIMORE, Improvement of Jonr' Falls. Special Denpatch to The Kerning Telegraph, Baltimore, Dec. 2I. The ordinance to im prove Jones' Falls against floods, assessing one million dollars on the property-holders imme diately benefitted thereby, and the city to assume tho remaining expense, aud appointing Colonel George P. Kane, Goucral Trimble, and Henry Tyson a committee , at an annual salary of twenty five hundred dollars each, passed the first branch of Council, and will pass the second. Tho Improvement w ill cost about four millions of dollars. FROM EUROPE. This Morning's Quotation. By the Anglo-American Cable. London, Dec. 23 11 A. M, Consols 9'2' for money, and IKW for account. United States live-twenties of 1KG2, t; ; of lbfis, 61 ii ; of ISOT, u; ; ten-forties, S2-. Hallways unchanged. Lonuon. Dec. 21111 A. M. Calcutta Linseed active and uuuhanKcd. Heliiled Petroleum, Is. ttd.i is. 8 yd. Livekpool, Deo. 23 It A. M. Cotton steady; uplands, 1 W d. ; Orleans, lld. The sales to-day are estimated at l'i.ouo bales ; sales of tho week, 5s,ooo bales, inoludluB 7000 for export and SilOO Tor specula tion; Itock, UiO.Oou bales, or which H2.U00 are Ameri can; receipts. 70,000, of which 88,000 are American, Ureadstulls Provisions and produce unchanged. Antwkkp, Dec. 28. Petroleum opened linn at Vk'hmrn, Dec 23. Petroleum closed here yester day at 6'(i0 and at Hamburg at 15-02. PAKia, Dec. lis. Tht Dourse opens quiet. Routes, Tit. ilo. This Afternoon's Quotations. London, Dec 28 1 P. M Consols unchanged. United States live-twenties of 1802, w';: of lmn, hak : and of 1867s, 8y V- Krie, 10V : Illinois Central, tii) Atlantic and (treat Western, 2fl. Ijvebpooi, Dec. 23 1 1. M Stock of cotton afloat, 848,000, including lM.ooo of American. Corn, 2ts. 1 (or No. t muted Western. Lard, 70s. FROM EUROPE. The Hpnnlnh Tlironn Onrm Ion Supporters or I tin Diikr f tienna In Council. By the, Franro-Ameriean Cable, Madrid, Dec. 2J. It Is reported In this city to-day that a family council of tho members of the House of Savoy was held in Turin yesterday, for the purpose of debating and to decide, if pos sible, the question which exists in relatl n to the candidature of tho Duke of Genoa for the Spanish throne. It appears, ns tho matter now presents, that tho existing Government of Spain, with the parlia mentary and other political partisans of tho Duke operating in Madrid and the other cities of the country, have not by any means aban doned their hopes of his ultimate ncccptance and enthronement. The Spanish Government has ordered that the parliamentary elections to fill tho seats remaining vacant in Cortes shall ibc held on 'JOth tho day of January, 1870. This step Is taken so as to secure, as is hoped, the return of members f;A'orable to tho throne policy of tlie executive, and thus give a legislative majority for the election of tho Duke. The parliamentary elections will bo hotly con tested by the opposition. Tho newspaper press unanimously demands that elections shall bo first held for the diff erent municipal councils, so as to thus terminate the ex is ting unconstitutional sltna tion, the presentmuiiicipalitics having been Ille gally appointed by the Government. The Mlnis frs.having concluded hintingat tho mattcrof nu excursion to tho mountains near Toledo, have ordered the services of :R)0 men of tho Guards, with a battalion of infantry of the line, on duty to accompany the cortege, so as to protect the Ministerial party. This excursion, contrasting as it does In such a marked manner with tho widespread misery existing iu tho capital, has produced a very painful impression on tho pub lic mind. FROM TjjjT WEST. ltlotln on n Hallway Train, Despatch to The livening Telegraplu SiMtiNGFiELi), 111.. Dec. U3. A terrible riot occurred ou a train of the Chicago and St. Louis Ruilroad on Monday night. Five drunken Irish men attacked the conductor aud brakemen and passengers, knocking down several, and break ing the car windows. They were linally ar rested. OSITITAItY. Sir Station! Nortlieote. A cable telegram lrom Marseilles announces the wrecking in the Mediterranean of the Jiritish war vessel Deerhound, Sir Stallbrd Nortlieote, who was on board, being among the lost. The lUtriit Honorable Sir Stad'ord Henry Xerthcote, Part., was born lu London on the 27th of October, ISIS, aud was educated at Haldol College, Oxford, from which he graduated wltu distinguished honors. Ilaving devoted himself to the law, he was called to the bar iu IS 17, and iu ISM was made a Commander of the Hath, ;clvil division, aa a recognition by royalty of his valuable services as ono of the secre taries for the industrial Exhibition, or World's Fair, held In London in that year. 1 n March, ISM, he was returned to Parliament us a Conservative for the borough of Dudley; In 1STj7 he stood for I.'orth De vonshire, but was defeated ; he was returned for Stum ford in July, lfctif, and remained one of the repre sentatives of that borough until May, lsr.fi, when, again becoming a candidate for North Devonshire, he was successful lu securing a county constitu ency. Ue took a warm interest lu art and educa tional matters ; was private secretary to Mr. Glad stone, when the latter was President of tho Hoard of Trade (lma lf), and (d Tory proclivities; and was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from January to June, lsfj. lu June, lSilC, when the lato Earl Derby came into power for tho third time, he wis appointed President of ttie Hoard of Trade; and on the sth of March, 1S07, became Secretary of State for India, one of tho UiOst Important officials In the Cabinet. From this position he retired at the close of HJr. Disraeli's ministry, a little over a year ago. tu iscz br Stafford published a work with the title of "Twenty Years of Financial Policy, lsiu-ct.' Although tir Stallbrd Nortlieote was not regarded as a brilliant roan, he was one of the most promis ing politicians in the Couservatlve ranks, and would probably hae succeeded to the Chancellorship of th Exchequer on the return of his party to power. At tlie Parliamentary elections of lust year, he was again returned for North Devonshire, after a spirited contest, standing at the head of the poll. AInrlano iHanzorcbl. Mariano Manzoccnf. one of tho most proiniueut musicians and composers of New York, died in that city a day or two ago, at the age of forty-live years. Horn in Naples in 1S24, ne gave early lu life evi dence of musical abilities of a high order, which were developed under the instruction of such masters of the art as Donizetti aud Mcrcadantc, and was one of the most eminent pupils or the Conservatoire of his native city. Two grand operas composed by him were produced at the celebrated San Carlos Theatre with such marked success that he was at once summoned to Madrid, to bring out tho same works. In lKftti he came to tho Tinted States, settling lu New York city,- whero he became established as ono of the leading masters lu singing. Among Ills pupils were several who have attained a high rank upon the operatic stage, the list Including such names aa Adellna Patti, Madamo Cora de WollioiBt, Laura Harris, Mad'lle Sconcia, Madame Hermann. Signer Mamsocchi, however, died poor, and a grand concert for the benefit of his family is contemplated by some of his former pupils. MRS. ST0WE OUTDONE. The Hyron Iliilne-An Entirely New Hernia tion. An entirely new solution of the Byron mystery Is furnished by a writer in tho Madras Mail, who says that "his father had it from one of Lord Byron's meet Intimate friends." According to this lively correspondent, whose story we find in the Echo, '"Lord Byron was, in a sense, a devil. Incredible as the thing may seem to the thoughtless, the handsomest mau in'Kugland had a small tall, a pair of rudimentary horns, and short, squab feet divided forwards from the instep into two parts, instead of being furnished with toes. "Before he was born his mother had been once greatly terrified by seeing, when in a very deli cate state of health, tho celebrated picture of Satan Spurned,' in tho gallery ut La llayc, und the result hud been tho fashioning of her child, to Boino extent, after tlie monstrous form of which this sight caused her alarm, and of which the continuous recollection could not be effacod by any means known to her physicians. At tho time of her confinement it was at first suggested that the monstrosity should not be sutlcred to live, but the child's body, as a whole, was so perfectly shaped, und his face so wou drously beautiful, that tho suggestion was forth with put asido, and England was not deprived of what was to become in due timo one of its ehlofest ornaments. Poor Lady Byron never recovered wholly from tho shock caused by her discovery of what her husband really was; and partly through ex cess of imagination, partly lu consequence of bad advice from persons who shall bo nameless, she felt it to be her duty to lnslM upon her hus band subjecting himself to certain painful opera tions. But this Lord Byron obstinately refused to do. He urged, and with considerable force, that the peculiar manner in which he wore his abundant curls efleclually bid from view the rudimentary Lorns; aud thut, as Lo never ap peared in pnblic without his boots and trousers none would ever suspect the existence of his. other defects, with the exception of his valet, in whom he placed implicit confidence." legal irxTEiLianncu. Court of Onnrtrr KemilonKJarfffe Pa.xon. t' James Cunningham pleaded guilty to a charge Of appropriating to Ins own use some money that bad been given him for the purchase of groceries for another party. lieorge W. Davis pleaded guilty to the larceny of : a coat, having been caught In the act of taking it -lrom the door of a store. Marpuret Sullivan owned up to the theft Of gro ceries from a fumlly In which she waa employed as servant. Mary Griffiths was convicted rf stealing an over coat, from a small Mon1-hand shop. Kliabeth Pollun was convicted of malicious mls-J chief In breaking a pane of Klaus In thn door of a gentleman's residence because stie was ordered away. She had repeatedly annoyed the gentleman ' by visits of n disorderly character. - Catharine Wallace was convicted ot assault and ; battery upon her dauhier, a married woman. Jacob KiHiior was convicted of ass'.uili ami battery upon Jan es Hums. It was a small light growing out of a dlsrusslon over a sheep. James Hellly and Thomas Hassan, boys, were , charged with the larceny of h quantity or rigars ' from a store at Kighth and Market streets. Iteilly pleaded guilty to the charge, ami Hassan was tried , iilone. Tlie evidence was thut both entered toe store -by pn tng open a window, aud took the cigars away, v Hassan was found guilty. Nll I'rlna-.ludKO Wllllnm. Powell vs. Tho i-rnns.vlvaula Hadroad Cnmnmy. An action to recover dam iges for injuries received , by Mrs. Powell while a passenger from Pittsburg to tills city. Before reported Verdict lor defen dants. James McKlwee and wife vs. The Philadelphia and -Wckt Chester Hailroad 'ompaiy. An action tore-, cover damages fertile death of 'plaintiffs son, a coal ' carter, in tlie employ of Ueorge Heb-rton, wtio was run over aud kliud on the tutu of February, 1S69, by ; tlio irclght curs of tho defendants. The defense ". alleged that tho accident occurred on a ptlva'e track ' running into coul yard, which was not nnder their contioi, aud therefore tliev were not responsible. On trial. , , ; nA.xji: AI CO.U.UF.KCE. Office or ihk Kvf.nino TlXKOKArHJ Tburtday, Deo. S3, 1869. 1 We notice no material change lu the local money market to-day, the demand having greatly eased oir during the lust two days. The wants of the market are nlmost entirely limited tothc business Incidental to the Christmus holidays. Wo continue to quote tlrst-class mercantile acceptances at i0 per cent, outside the banks, but for much that is ohered many are willing to pny 12 per ceut. rather than have their appeals rejected. Considering the quiet condition ' f the market yesterday and to-day, the severity of the rates is unaccountable. Call loans were quite active at tl per ceut., und are lu miicli favor at. the bunks, as they enable tticm to l.tep control of their funds. Cold again opened strong, and is evidently nnder artificial inliuenees. Tlie hecretury's declining to sell more than f 1,0 0,iiiK, Instead of f.t.OOO.ooo, has doubtless had an effect upon the market. To-morrow the Janu yy Interest ou the public debt will bc (iin In advance of the time und without rebate, and tie anticipate a serious fall whilst the unloading is going en. Nunc f:iit,iHH,eoo will be more than the market can carry nt 120 or over. Tho sales opened this morning ut Vli) and declined to 120 before noon. Governments are dull but steady at former nuo tattons. The Stock market was dull, and prices unchanged. No sales of State securities. City us sold at MX for the new issue. Heading Railroad was moderately active. Sales at 4!m'.'8V, b. o. ; 1'ennsylvatila Kailroad was quiet at f:i; ; and Camden aud Amboy Hail road at lia;.. The bids were barely nominal. In Cunal shares we have no other Rales to report, than Lehigh Navigation at 3(33 b. o. The rest of the list was neglected. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven A Bio., No. 40 S. Third street. FIRST HOARD. M000 City 6s, New. 8 sh Cam Jb AR. 118Jf loo Bh Heading H, . .49-94 cAp.... 8' t-toooPoR'.'mos.... u.v Hsh Henna R. ..c. ftf7, 30 do Is. f:t?i i uo c. tut; loo sh Lib N St. B3,; 100 do b30. 1(10 do b30. sou 100 00 loo dO.COd.S.afiO.40'94 do 4994 do..sfiwn.49-94 do. .IB. 030.00 1-10 1000 Nakr Ladnek, Hankers, report this morning's Gold quotations as follows : 101)0 A. M 1'204,11-JS A. M..' ..120V to-jo 11-18 11-14 11 -SO ...via 11-9 It -60 113 11-W ....120 ...120, ...130 V , . . .120?4 ..AM, .12"?-,; Jay COO RE & Co. quote Government securities at follows: U. H. 6s Of 18R1, 118(itll87i ; 6-208 Of 18ea mbtelisjtf; do., 18C4, 1117112',, ; da, IStw, nic 112.','; do., July, 1S06, lUiVtfOlMJ,'; do. do., 1S0T, ii4giu',;; do., uses, H4U4.'; mmos, ios; 109 ; Cur. Ss, 108J(M0t). tlold, 120s'. StEfSKK. Wli.MAM Pajntkk Co., No. 88 8. Third street, report tlie following quotations: U. 8. 6s of 131, 11 '4'm7. ; 6-20SOf 1S62, 113.',-1133' ! do. 1804, lll.4ail2; do. 18C.5, 111fi(jM12; do. July, 18tt. 114?,,I14J; do. July, 1S67, U4Ka1l4; do. July, ISttS, 114(o;114 ; 6s, 10-40. lOSytalOH. U. S. PoclllO Hit. Cur. tis, I03j(aiu8?4'. Uold, 120 (120'. Jfarkst steady. Stock Uuotatlana by Gleudluulng, Davis A Co. York bouse the followlng: N. Y. Cent. A Hud R i Tolearranh 1 P. jU. i f report through their New Pitts. P. W. Chi. R. 8t Paciflo Mail Steam. . . 48 MIL St. Paul H com 73V, : XI il M, ct Pniil ...... r oki - Con. Stock Scrip... 8t7i do. scrip M, N. Y. KrteRall. . 81 V Ph. and Jtea. R 9!)k ...... w i;v. . uui (io.i.i numn n,.prBSB ui Mloh.8.R 8t'4i Wells.FargoOo 81 dev. and I'lits. it. ... a Chi. and N. W. com.. w Tennessee 6s new. . . 44)f , j Gold 120& Market steady. . .. O.I Chi. and N. W. pref.. S2 Chh andltLH 104 7t llillnlclpltla Trade ICeport. Tui'itsDAY, Dec. 23. Cotton is dull, with small sales of middling uplands at 'a'c, and Gulf at 26 BCM c. In (quercitron Hark no change. We quote No. 1 at f3o per ton. There is no falling oil' iu the demand for Clover- 1 seed, and rurther sales are reported at 8(&8-12tf. Timothy is held at tl, und Flaxseed Is at $2-5. The Piour market is quiet, there being no demand except from tho home consumers, who purchased livo hundred barrels, In lots, at H-254-76 for super fine; 4TB-2' for extras; $5-2Sa)6-25 for Iowa, Wisconsin, ami Minnesota extra family; $5-s)(38 tor Pennsylvania do. do. ; fl-7oifi-2S tor Ohio do. do. ; and f0-7fx4 tu for fancy brands, according to quality. Ryo Flour sells at $&-12;i(a S-25. The Wheat market is if a void of spirit, and only 1000 bushels Pennsylvania red sold nt fl '25(1-28, and u sniull lot of white at (jl-42. Hye may bo quoted at tl for Pennsylvania. Corn is but little sought after. Sales of old yellow at tl-03. and 40i)0 bushels new do. at 80(g83c. Outs are dull and range from 55c. to Me. Whisky Is strong. Sales of wood and iron-bound Western' at 9c.f)l 11)2, Including 235 barrels yester day afternoon utjhelower rat LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. For additional Marine Xetes see Inside Panes. (Bu Teltffraph.) New Toiik, Deo. 23. Arrived, atoAmahlr Russia, from Liverpool ; bugle, from Havana ; aod b aU Kee, from Ber muda. POKTOF PHILADELPHIA DECEMBER 23. STATS Or TirKBMOMKTKR AT TUB KVEXTNQ TCUCiiBAPB ' OKi'lOlS. 7A.M 35 1 11 A. M 83 1 2 P. M ..41 ( OLKARKD THIS MORNINO. . ' Steaniohip Eutaw, Uoffin, New York, John V. Old. ARRIVED Tim MORNING. , , Steamer W. W'hilldio, KiKxatiH, J3 hours from Haiti- , more, with mdse. to A. Groves, Jr. Hris AuDie lliitclielilur, Htetilmaa.8 daya from Portland, i with iiuHdiugs to Iaaao Ilougu & Momi -vessel to Work man & Co. Suhr Mary Ella, Thomas, 4 days from New York, with mdse. to Kniglit 4 Kona. ' - Kohr J. W. Kvernian, Outten, S day from Pamunky river, with railroad tie to Albrixht i, Fiuley. Hour Southerner, Huron, 4 days from Leesburg, Vs., with lumber to Ju. L. Buwley A Co. bohr Tlio. T. Taiker, Allen, from Boston. '' ' ' . MEMORANDA. " ' ' ' Bteamahlp Yazoo, Oatliarine, for Philadelphia via Ha vana, cleared at New Orleans ISth iust. bteaiubhip Brunette, Fowler, for Philadelphia, cleared at New York yesterday. haniue Aleiumn, Arthur, for Philadelphia, sailed bom , , Liverpool 6th inat. Kubr Alei. 11. Cain, heno for Boston, put inte Proviso. ' town yesterday, with loss of maittboeut and boat ty a vol-liaion. t
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